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20,1993
Wednesday, January 20,1993
The Battalion
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By MICHAEL PLUMER
The Battalion
The semester break was not that kind
to A&M athletics. The football team
lost not only the Cotton Bowl to Notre
Dame but also a few players due to im
proper payments in connection with
summer jobs.
But out of those disappointments a
light was seen flickering amidst all the
rubble. The one A&M athletic program
that was not counted on to burn bright
for a couple more seasons has become
extremely competitive in a short period
of time.
Coach Tony Barone has made the
A&M basketball team respectable once
again. The aftershocks of Kermit Davis'
misguidance of the program are still be
ing felt in the form of scholarship limi
tations.
Barone, to his credit, has done every
thing in his power to sweep out all of
Davis's dirty laundry and start with a
dean slate. That was not an easy chore
because just last year the mere mention
of the Aggie basketball team brought a
chuckle and a shake of the head.
But this season has been an entirely
different story. While the team's
record is not overly impressive at this
juncture of the season, the effort of the
team has been outstanding.
Before long that effort will lead to
the one thing that has kept fans away
from G. Rollie White —victories.
The crowds have started slowly fil
tering into the Coliseum this season,
and Barone understands that a winning
team will fill seats. That is the reason
for the schedule A&M has played so far.
A&M has probably played the
toughest non-conference schedule of
any Southwest Conference school.
Barone has stressed he wants to play
the toughest competition, even if that
means going on the road.
See Plumer/Page 10
A&M falls to Rebels in OT, 98-96
Aggies drop to
5-9 after heart
breaking loss
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAS VEGAS — Thanks mainly to
J.R. Rider, 15th-ranked UNLV rallied to
force Texas A&M into overtime.
Thanks mainly to Dexter Boney, the
Runnin' Rebels beat the Aggies in the
extra period.
Rider scored a career-high 38 points
Tuesday night as the Rebels beat the
Aggies 98-96 to extend their winning
streak at the Thomas & Mack Center to
56 games.
Rider, who also had nine rebounds,
didn't score in the overtime, but his
teammates, mainly Boney, picked up
the slack.
Boney scored eight of his 18 points
in the five-minute extra period as the
Rebels kept their home-court winning
streak, the longest in the country, alive.
During the first half and part of the
second half, it appeared the streak was
going to end as the underdog Aggies
dominated.
Texas A&M (5-9) scored the game's
first six points and led by as many as
14 points before settling for a 46-33
halftime advantage.
The Aggies extended their lead to 15
points in the first minute of the second
half before the Rebels began their
comeback.
"They did a tremendous job on us,"
UNLV coach Rollie Massimino said.
"They spread us out, opened up the
lanes and made some great, great
moves. They were going backdoor the
whole time. They did a great job of get
ting us over-extended.
'J.R. bailed us out in the late going
and Dexter really played hard in over
time for us."
UNLV (10-1) eventually took a 73-71
lead on a 3-point shot by Rider with
3:46 left in regulation, but the Aggies
scored 10 of the game's next 12 points
See Aggies/Page 10
DARREN HILL/The Battalion
Tony McGinnis slams one home in a December game against South Alabama
in College Station. McGinnis scored 14 points against the University of
Nevada- Las Vegas Tuesday night as the Aggies fell short in overtime, 98-96.
A&M women
face reeling LSU
at home tonight
FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
The Texas A&M women's basketball
team looks to straighten out their up-
and-down season tonight when they
host a reeling 5-7 Louisiana State team
at 7 p.m. at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
The past two games have been an
adventure for the Lady Ags, who enter
tonight's contest at 7-5 overall, 1-1 in
Southwest Conference play. After let
ting a conference victory slip through
their fingers on the road Jan. 16 against
the University of Houston, A&M
bounced back Jan. 18 in Huntsville, de
feating Sam Houston State 63-49.
LSU, on the other hand, has been
more consistent throughout the past
few games. The only problem is they
have consistently played poorly.
The Lady Tigers fell to the Universi
ty of Alabama 74-69 Jan. 16, their
fourth Southeastern Conference loss in
a row, and only two away from tying
their record for most SEC losses in a
season.
LSU's poor showing is surprising,
considering just two years ago they ad
vanced two rounds into the NCAA
Tournament. But even though that
kind of success seems to be ancient his
tory now, A&M head coach Lynn Hick
ey is taking nothing for granted.
"I have a tremendous amount of re
spect for LSU's program," Hickey said.
"They have a great winning tradition.
"This game will feature a battle of
two very young and inexperienced
squads. The game will be a challenge
to see which team is ready to play."
Hickey's youthful squad seems to be
handling their thrust into the spotlight
quite well. Freshmen Martha McClel
land, Donyale Canada and Lisa Branch
all start for the Lady Aggies, while fel
low freshman Kelly Cerny sees sub
stantial playing time off the bench.
Branch leads A&M in scoring, aver
aging 11.4 points per game. Center
McClelland is second on the team in re-
See Lady Ags/ Page 10
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