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Friday, March 5,1993 The Battalion Page 7 Aggies eye double-digit victory total, but streaking Owls near-perfect at home FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS The Texas A&M men's basket ball closes out the regular season trying to topple number one Sat urday, facing Rice in Houston at Autry Court. A&M will take on Rice after a trip to Lubbock, where the Aggies lost to Texas Tech 72-53. Defensively, the Aggies held the Red Raiders to 40 percent shooting, and shut down the Southwest Conference's leading scorer, Tech center Will Flemons, holding him to seven points with no scoring from the field in four attempts. However, the Aggies shot poorly themselves, hitting only 38 percent and losing the battle of the boards, grabbing 28 rebounds to Tech's 36. Tech buried A&M from the foul stripe, going 32-41 in free-throw shooting compared to A&M's 12-16 night. For the season, A&M is 1-15 when shooting under 50 percent and 2-10 when the team is out-re- bounded. Brett Murry again led the Ag gies in a losing effort Against Tech, scoring 14 points with five rebounds. Mur ry led the Ag gies with 16 points in A&M's 69-54 home loss against the Red Raiders. With a 4-9 conference record, A&M sank to a tie for sixth with the University of Texas in the SWC. Texas burned TCU 102-84 Wednesday to move into sixth. Texas also closes out their sea son against a number one team, the Red Raiders' conference co leader Southern Methodist on Sat urday. Rice will be in command of the March 12-14 SWC tournament with the number one seed over SMU after thrashing the Mus tangs 90-67 in a showdown on the Owls' home court Saturday. Wednesday night, the Owls took a home game against third place Houston to overtime, out pacing the Cougars in the period for the victory, 89-78. The game marked Rice's first season sweep ever of Houston after posting a 65-61 road victory across town. Rice defeated A&M in January on a last second shot 66-65 at home, led by Owls center Brent Scott's 17 points and 14 rebounds. David Edwards and Damon Johnson led the Aggies with 17 points, with Johnson grabbing a team-high nine rebounds. Scott averages 18 points and 9.5 rebounds a game, and team mate Marvin Moore averages 18.2 points to combine with Scott to pace the Owls. A&M will try to avoid being the Owls' twelfth straight victim on Autry Court. Murry A&M to host nine schools in tourney FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS The Texas A&M softball team will welcome nine teams to the Aggie Invitational I tournament this weekend at Central Park in College Station. The 5-0 Lady Aggies have started the year 5-0 after winning the Texas-San Antonio Lady Roadrunner Tournament last weekend. They blew out South west Texas 13-0, followed by equally-impressive shutouts over UTSA and Stephen F. Austin. Taking part in the first of the Invitationals are Centenary, Creighton, Illinois State, Kansas, Nebraska, Northeast Louisiana, Sam Houston State, Southwest ern Louisiana and UTSA. Action begins at 2 p.m. today, with the Lady Aggies facing USL on Field One. Thomas Continued from Page 5 Johnson said Thomas's slump last year was an aberration. "Brian really surprised me last season because he struggled so much," Johnson said. "He had a real rough summer before his sophomore year where he got into a bad groove, but he has a good temperament, so rebound ing was not too hard for him." Johnson also said that Thomas's teammates had no doubts about his playing abilities. "The team overwhelmingly voted him captain again," John son said. "He was a hands-down selection, which says a lot for him. He is a great guy to follow because of the excitement he brings to the game. "I said before the season began he would be our bell cow. He has done nothing to disappoint so far." Along with his teammates, one area wher^ Thomas has literally picked up the pace is on the basepaths, where A&M has swiped 42 bases. To combat the complacency that could set in concerning that stealing edge the team has worked hard to gain, Thomas is doing something about it. "I have been staying after prac tice with some of the other guys to practice stealing bases," Thomas said. "I think it has paid off as we have got off to such a quick start. It is great." Johnson said Thomas and the rest of thieving mates should be pre pared for Maine this weekend. "They have a strong team that always has very good fundamen tals," Johnson said. "I know their coach, John Winkin, will have a couple of pickoff plays up his sleeve, but that won't stop us from running. We will have to be aware on the basepaths." The Black Bears, who are open ing their 1993 campaign at Olsen Field, will send Ron Hewes to the mound for the first game Satur day, while Jason Rajotte will pitch the nightcap. On Sunday, Jason Dryswak will get the nod. A&M will counter with Jeff Granger and Trey Moore on Sat urday, with Kelly Wunsch pitch ing in the finale. Lady Aggies end '93 campaign in Austin, look for revenge against Lady Longhorns By DAVID WINDER The Battalion The Lady Aggies will try to gain one of the top four spots in the Southwest Conference tour nament against the 17th-ranked University of Texas Lady Long horns Sunday in Austin. A win against Texas would guarantee A&M a fourth-place finish in the conference. "If we are going to beat Texas we are going to gave to play forty minutes," A&M coach Lynn Hickey. "We have to stay mental ly focused and have two good halves against them." Earlier this year in College Sta tion, Texas defeated the Lady Ag gies 79-63. A&M shot a season- low 35 percent, but Lisa Branch was still able to score 22 points. "In the first game against Texas we were able to get their star, Cinietra Henderson, out of her game," Hickey said. "But they have other players that can hurt you, and thars what they did. "They don't have the best three-point shooters that we've seen this year, but they still can shoot the ball from outside. We are going to have to play tough against their pressure defense." The last conference game also serves as a tune-up before the conference tournament. "If we win our first game of the tournament, we are going to have to face either Texas or (Texas) Tech," Hickey said. "You can never play catchup with those caliber of teams, so every- time we play them we try to im prove." In Wednesday's game against Tech, the Lady Aggies ran into a buzzsaw by the name of Sheryl Swoopes. Swoopes barely missed a triple-double by scoring 28 points, grabbing nine rebounds and handing out nine assists. Teammate Noel Johnson scored 18, followed by Cynthia Clinger with 16. Karol Decuir and Martha Mc Clelland tied for high scoring honors for the Lady Aggies with 12 apiece. McClelland led A&M with nine rebounds, followed by forward Yolanda Brown with eight. The Southwest Conference tournament will start Wednes day, March 10, concluding with the champioship Saturday, March 13. Decuir AGGIE BASEBALL & SOFTBALL UPCOMING HOME GAMES Aggie Baseball home games at Olsen Field March 9 7 p.m. Illinois St. March 10 5 p.m. (2) Illinois St. March 23 7 p.m. S. Hous. St. March 30 5 p.m. M.H. Baylor Aggie Softball home games at Bee Creek March 5-7 Aggie Invit. 1 Cent. Park March 11 5 p.m. (2) Tulsa March 12-14 Aggie Invit. 2 Cent. Park April 1 5 p.m. (2) S.W. Texas Aggie Students use your ALL SPORTS PASS at all home games Floppy Toe’s The Try It Before You Buy It Software Store Your membership gives you the ability to try our software out and RETURN IT if you don't like it! Now why did'nt I think of that? 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