Sports
friday, February 14,1992
The Battalion
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By Steve O'Brien
The Battalion
The tables finally turned and the
Texas A&M men's basketball team won a
lame for the first time in almost two
onths.
The Aggies defeated Texas Southern,
5-67, in front of 1,621 fans at G. Rollie
hite Coliseum Thursday night, break
ing a 12-game losing streak that began
last December. The win moved the Ag-
fces to 4-16 this season. The Tigers fell to
11-14.
A&M head coach Tony Barone said he
was worried until the last seconds of the
^ame rolled off the clock, even though the
\ggies had built a 60-45 lead with 2:33
ft in the game.
TSU freshman Kevin Adams was part
Barone's concern. Adams scored 12 of
^’ S ^ P°i nt:s ' n the second half, including
agUFtm four three-pointers.
t,11 "I didn't feel comfortable until the
buzzer went off," Barone said. "1 was
doubting it when that kid hit all those
three-pointers. The kid just nailed some
shots, and they were from downtown.
"I was just hoping the clock was going
Ito tick. I was hoping for a malfunction,
and it go from two minutes to one
minute."
A&M guard David Edwards led the
Aggies with 18 points and nine assists.
Chuck Henderson added 15 points for
j A&M, while Corey Henderson and Matt
■ Haralson both scored 11.
1 guard Theon Dotson led all scor-
\ y ers with 25 points.
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Coach Barone isn't the type of coach
that's going to let you think about that,"
Haralson said. "When we go into games
we're totally focused on that game. Ev
erybody is focused on winning.
"We don't even think about losing."
A&M went on an 8-0 run to start the
game and led 34-27 at halftime behind the
shooting of Edwards, who scored seven
consecutive points before intermission.
Thursday night was the eighth time
this season the Aggies led at halftime, but
only the third time they won.
"(Edwards) stepped in and hit some
tough shots when we needed it," Haral
son said. "He's been doing that all year
long. That's what a good point guard
does."
Edwards said the Aggies deserved a
win after having coming close so many
times this season.
"It feels great after losing all those
games when we felt we deserved to win,"
Edwards said. "We play hard against ev
erybody we play. We might not play
great against everybody, but we play
hard."
The last time A&M celebrated the
thrill of victory was Dec. 21. That night,
the Aggies defeated Delaware State of the
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
Since that time the young A&M team
has suffered carbon monoxide poisoning
as well as had to deal with the death of
Barone's mother, in addition to the losing
streak.
Barone said his team has been playing
hard throughout the season despite the
adversities.
"I didn't really feel a lot of pressure as
the season has gone on," he said. "I think
Edwards adjusts
to coach's lessons,
helps A&M win
By Scott Wudel
The Battalion
KARL STOLLEIS/The Battalion
Anthony Ware takes a pass from David Edwards and scores to give the Aggies
a 14-5 lead with more than 14 minutes left in the first half of A&M's 75-67 win.
these kids have played with a tremen
dous amount of enthusiasm and effort in
most of the games. It wasn't like we were
trying to lose the games, and our effort
wasn't good.
"But when you lose as many in a row
as we have, you tend to doubt yourself,"
Barone said. "I think any time you win a
game, you gain credibility.
"Tonight, they gained credibility for
themselves and that's just as important as
anything else."
More than a week ago, David Ed
wards found himself pining away -on the
A&M bench while his backup, David
Martin, took the G. Rollie White Coliseum
floor with the rest of the A&Mt starters.
Edwards had been shown his seat by
head coach Tony Barone, who thought
Martin's abilities were more conducive to
controlling the tempo of the game and de
creasing the chances the Aggies' would
turn the ball over to their nationally-
ranked opponents, Alabama.
It was a small part of a bigger lesson
Barone was hoping to teach Edwards. A
continuing education for the overexuber-
ant point guard to show him what it
would take to be the Aggies' leader of the
pack.
Wednesday afternoon, Barone gave
Edwards his next assignment. The head
coach handed his student an article about
Duke point guard Bobby Hurley, who he
considered the best point guard in the
country.
The article's intent was to teach a per
son in Edwards' position how he could
make the other players on the team better
as well as improve his own abilities.
Hours after Edwards read the article
he took the floor of the Coliseum again.
The point guard had taken the article to
heart and Barone was beginning to see
the fruits of his labor.
"David Edwards can be as good a
point guard as there is in this league,"
Barone said after the Aggies' 75-67 win
over Texas Southern. "I think what David
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