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By Doug Foster
The Battalion
Although a Southwest Conference
championship is out of reach, A&M head
coach Lynn Hickey and the Lady Aggies have
one chance left to change the outcome of the
title race.
Hickey and her squad will travel to
Lubbock today to take on the Texas Tech Red
Raiders, who are in first place in the
conference standings with an 11-1 mark. Tipoff
is scheduled for 7 p.m.
A win by Tech, the 15th ranked team in the
nation, would give them the conference title in
front of their home crowd. The Aggies, who
are 15-11 overall and 7-6 in SWC play, could
finish in sole possession of fourth place with a
Hickey
win over Tech and losses by SMU in their final
two games to Rice and Houston.
Hickey said the Aggies
would have to dig down deep
to defeat the Raiders and go
into next week's conference
tournament on a winning
note.
"Tech is going to have
their final senior day, and as
always they will have a great
crowd there," she said. "If
they beat us, they will
officially win their first
conference championship, so
it will be a tough arena to play in. I guess we
will see just how much intestinal fortitude we
have."
In their first meetirlg of the season, the
Aggies fought back from a 14-point halftime
deficit to come within one point of the Raiders,
but couldn't get over the hump and lost to
Tech, 70-69. Hickey said her squad showed it
could play with the first place team, and with
a good effort, A&M could pull out the victory.
"It's going to take a lot of guts to get out
there and go after them," she said. "We know
we can win, and we know we can play with
them because we did that here."
Senior Dena Russo said A&M needs a win
against Tech in order to give the team
confidence going into the conference
tournament.
"We just need to go up there and surprise
them," Russo said. "They've only been beaten
once. We need to go in there and beat them
with a good game, then go into the
tournament and win it."
Robinson's last-second layup lifts Spurs
Softball team's
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today vs. UTA
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Dana Mitchell a lot, but she has
answered the call and pitched real
well so far. But we will be much
stronger when Missi gets back."
The Aggies competed in the
Northeast Louisiana Mardi Gras
Classic last week, and brought
home a first place finish with a 6-
Orun in the tournament.
Mortensen was named the
tournament's outstanding pitcher,
oing 4-0 and giving up seven
its and no runs in 23 innings of
work. The freshman is the top
pitcher for the Aggies this year
with a 6-1 record and a 0.62 ERA.
Brock said Mortensen was a
player he thought the Aggie fans
would be excited about watching
during the next four years.
"I think a lot of people are
going to really be excited about
seeing her play this year," he said.
"She has been very successful at
just about every age level, and I
think it's great that they're going
to see a pitcher who can dominate
like she can. As a freshman we
are really excited about her."
Senior third baseman Rhonda
Halbert, who is the Aggies'
leading hitter with a .387 batting
average, was named outstanding
defensive player in the Mardi
Gras Classic. She anchored an
A&M defense that allowed only
one run in the last 38 innings of
the tournament.
Brock said Halbert is
providing the leadership and
solid play he wants from his
seniors. He said he expects even
bigger things from her this year
than in years past.
"Rhonda right now is about
as good as I've ever seen her," he
said. "She is exhibiting a lot of
leadership abilities so far. She
was off for a while and this year
is looking like the Rhonda
Flalbert of old.
"I think during her senior year
she's going to go out with a lot of
style."
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -
David Robinson's layup with 1.4
seconds left, San Antonio's only
points in the final 3:25, lifted the
Spurs to a 103-102 victory over the
Minnesota Timberwolves on
Tuesday night.
Minnesota rallied from a 17-
point deficit to take a 102-101 lead
on Gerald Glass' 3-point shot with
5.6 seconds left. The Spurs then
fed the ball inside to Robinson,
who muscled past Thurl Bailey
and a collapsing defense for the
winning basket.
Robinson's 25 points paced
San Antonio, which got a season-
high 19 assists from Rod
Strickland.
Pooh Richardson led
Minnesota with a season-high 27
points. Doug West scored 23 for
the Timberwolves, who have lost
20 out of their last 24 games. <
San Antonio is 14-7 since Bob
Bass took over as the team's head
coach from Larry Brown. The
Spurs have won four in a row and
eight of their last 12. They also
swept all six games against the
Timberwolves this season.
Minnesota is 1-14 in three years
against the Spurs.
The Spurs outscored the
Wolves 17-6 to start the fourth
quarter and take a 94-78 lead. San
Antonio sank its first 11 free
throws in the quarter to reach its
biggest lead of 97-80 with 6:46 left.
The Timberwolves rallied
behind Glass, who hit two 3-
pointers in the comeback as the
Wolves outscored San Antonio 24-
8 down the stretch.
The Timberwolves led in
nearly every statistical category
except free throws, where San
Antonio outshot them 30-8.
Minnesota had more baskets,
rebounds, blocks and assists. But
it could not stop Robinson.
"He just made a great move,"
Bailey said of the Spurs' center.
"What can you do?"
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A&M certainly hasn't lacked
effort this year. The Aggies have
only won five games, but aside
from a loss to Florida and a loss
in their first game against Texas
Tech this season, Barone was
pleased with the effort of his
team.
Most fans judge a season in
terms of wins and losses. There
are no moral victories for
keeping games close, but if there
were, the Aggies would have
won each of them going away.
Eight times this season, when the
final buzzer sounded, the Aggies
were within seven points.
What makes this season
tougher to swallow is the fact
that A&M was without their best
player for 11 games.
Damon Johnson, a freshman
forward, may be one of the best
players ever to play for the
Aggies, and he's still got three
more years. He's built like
Charlotte Hornets' forward
Larry Johnson and plays the
game the same way — strong
and hard.
Johnson, combined with
David Edwards and the
Henderson brothers. Chuck and
Corey, would seem to give
Barone optimism for next season.
"I think you have to be
careful with that," Barone said.
"Just because you have guys
who are returning doesn't mean
they are going to get any better.
That's going to be a real
committment, which they are
going to have to make. None of
them have ever made (that
commitment) because it's not
their nature to do that right now.
"In order to be a better
basketball player, you have to
work on your weaknesses and
not your strengths. That will be
a true test for them."
This season has not only been
a test for the players but for the
fans, and Barone knows that.
There was talk of a new
special events cehTeCbutThe'
plans have been put on hold.
Barone has said all season that
student and community support
could make G. Rollie White
Coliseum a tough place to play.
But the "Hollernouse on the
Brazos" has not had much to say
so far this season.
In 14 home games, the
average attendance at the
Coliseum has been around 2,200.
G. Rollie White seats 7,500
people.
But Barone doesn't blame the
fans. Instead, he points to
A&M's unusual schedule this
season.
""I think we've had some
real glitches in the schedule," he
said. "We've been away for
quite a few games and the Baylor
game wasn't even on the
schedule. There's hasn't been a
normal kind of schedule where
you can count on some
consistency in your home
games."
Barone would like to see the
fans show up tonight for the
Aggies' final home game of the
season.
"I think these kids have
played with a tremendous
amound of enthusiasm," he said.
"I think we've made mistakes
and haven't played well at times,
but ! don't think we've ever
given up on the court. A nice
crowd would be a great
advantage for us in terms of us
In less than two weeks, this
long season will finally come to
an end . . . for most people.
"When this season is over,
we have to hit the recruiting
trail," the coach said. "We nave
to get out and promote A&M
basketball as much as we can."
For Barone, a little vacation
time can't come soon enough.
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