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
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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
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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
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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)
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