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Wednesday, March 3,1993
The Battalion
Page 5
Diamonds are
the SWC's best
friend in 1993
I f there is a
valid argu
ment to be
made for the
preservation of
the Southwest
Conference, it is
in the current
USA Today
Top 25 baseball
rankings.
The SWC
had five teams
in the Top 25
entering Tues
day's games.
That leaves
only two con
ference teams, Texas Tech and Texas
Christian, on the outside looking in.
In the newest poll, 15-2 Texas
leapfrogged Louisiana State for the
top spot in the nation, with 15-1
Texas A&M moving to third. A
much-improved 17-2 Houston squad
went to 15th, with 14-2 Rice hanging
in at 19th and 16-3 Baylor sneaking
in at the 25th position.
For anyone keeping count, SWC
teams had a combined 100-14 record
against non-conference opponents
after last weekend. If that doesn't
change before late May, the College
World Series might have to be
moved from Omaha to Austin. Sor
ry, College Station.
In some cases around the SWC,
the hot start is not terribly surpris
ing. Texas does not have a road
game until April 6, giving new
meaning to the term home field ad
vantage. The Aggies have the most
talented pitching staff in the confer
ence, and the past two weeks have
proven that their hitters are not far
behind. Rice has one of the most un
derrated coaches in the South in
Wayne Graham, and also has the
See Norwood/Page 6
DON
NORWOOD
Sports Editor
Tech to provide seniors' swan song
Road ends for
Brown, Decuir
By MICHAEL PLUMER
The Battalion
Another final chapter will be written
in Texas A&M women's basketball histo
ry tonight as the Lady Aggies (15-9, 7-5)
play host to the seventh-ranked Texas
Tech Red Raiders (21-3,11-1).
Senior forward Yolanda Brown and
guard Karol Decuir will play their final
home game at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
For Brown, she said that she has con
fused emotions about the final tipoff.
"It is hard to say how things will go
because I am not feeling any different
about this game," Brown said. "Of
course, that might change right before the
game starts but only time will tell."
One place where she has had recent
sensations is on the court. The past two
games against Baylor and Southern
Methodist, Brown has exploded onto the
statistics sheet.
She poured in 24 points versus SMU
while hauling down 18 rebounds in a 90-
77 loss. Brown vented her frustrations
from the Mustang loss against Baylor,
scoring 26 points and grabbing 10 re
bounds.
Brown said that the reason for her out
burst has been due to a disease she has
contracted in the past weeks - senioritis.
"I have concentrated a little more re
cently because my career is winding
down," Brown said. "I don't worry
about the details. Instead, I have realized
that my playing time is coming to an end,
so I need to take advantage of every op
portunity I have."
A&M coach Lynn Hickey said that
watching Brown's recent play has been
very satisfactory for her.
"The last couple of games Yolanda has
really fulfilled her potential," Hickey
said. "In the Baylor and SMU games, she
showed that she had the capability of
performing at that level all the time. It
See Brown/Page 6
DARRIN HILL/The Battalion
A&M senior Yolanda Brown eyes the basket during Saturday's game against Baylor.
Brown and fellow senior Karol Decuir make their last appearance at home tonight.
Split against
Bobcats ends
A&M's streak
By DAVID WINDER
The Battalion
Brian Parker's strong pitching kept the
Aggies in the position to win, but for the
first time this season the A&M offense
could not come through at the crucial
moment in the first game of the double-
header against Southwest Texas Tuesday
night at Olsen field. Bobcats pitcher
Chris Potts worked himself out of numer
ous jams to secure the 1-0 victory and
hand A&M their first loss of the season.
"We knew we were not going to go
undefeated for the entire year," A&M
coach Mark Johnson said. "But now we
can use that loss as a motivating factor,
because I know no one likes the taste of
losing."
Parker allowed seven hits while giving
up one earned run, but it was all for
naught as his teammates could only man
age five hits against the Bobcat hurler.
"He (Potts) pitched real good against
us when we played them over their,"
Johnson said. "His split-finger was
working really well tonight, and we just
had a hard time getting our offense go
ing."
Chris Clemons silenced the Southwest
bats in the second game, and the offense
came around capitalizing on 10 walks for
a 5-2 victory.
"In both games our pitchers were real
ly hot - they kept us in the ball game,"
Johnson said. "In the second game we
were just able to take advantage of the
things that fell our way."
In the first inning shortstop Robert
Harris scored the Aggies' first run of the
night as he was advanced around the
bases by Bobcat pitcher Dalton
Dempsey's three straight walks.
Clemons killed the only rally of the night
for the Bobcats in the fourth inning after
giving up one run by striking out short
stop Chris Poole with a runner on third.
The Aggies came right back to the take
the lead as Chad Alexander walked to
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