Sports
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The Battalion
Monday, March 8,1993
Remote control
takes a beating
during NCAA's
DAVID
WINDER
Sports Writer
H e's been
training
since
last year for
that one shot at
being the best.
Day after day
he has pushed
himself to the
limit just to be
prepared for
whatever obsta
cles might come
his way. There
is no money or
trophies to win,
only personal
satisfaction.
Time does not stand still for this
gentle giant, for he knows one day
he will have to retire from the com
petition he loves so much, but not
this year. March Madness has ar
rived once again, and with a remote
control in hand my father will try to
watch every college basketball game
televised.
It used to be easy back in the ear
ly 80's, because the networks would
only show one game a week. But
g radually, they've added double-
eaders and ESPN and now you can
see a basketball game any time you
want by just turning on your TV.
Starting this week, over 200 teams
will compete in 25 conference tour
naments to determine who gets the
automatic bids to the NCAA Tour
nament. Almost 190 games will be
played in a span of seven days, and
my Dad will try to see them all. It
really doesn't even matter whose
playing.
Dad: "David, let me see that re
mote control. There's got to be
something better than this on."
Me: "Wait just a minute. Dad.
ABC News found a living dinosaur
in the African jungle and they're
about to make world premiere
broadcast."
Dad: (Wrestling remote from my
hands) "I'll switch it back if there's
not a game on, okay. Just let me see
what's on ESPN."
Announcer: "Welcome, every
body, to tonight's game as the Mid
dle Southern Idaho Baptist State
A&M Weiner Dogs battle the Uni-
See Winder/Page 6
A&M takes two from Black Bears
Aggies improve
to 17-2 in 1993
By WILLIAM HARRISON
The Battalion
Texas A&M sent the University of
Maine back to the cold Sunday after sti
fling a Maine rally to come out on top 6-
5, winning the weekend series two games
out of three.
Maine's three-run, game-tying rally at
the top of the ninth inning was all for
naught after A&M pinch-hitter Brian Bit-
tiker knocked in the winning run over
Maine left fielder Bill Champi's head to
close the game out.
The Black Bears played their first
games of the season at Kyle Field, previ
ously practicing indoors at home in
Orono away from the bitter cold and
three feet of snow.
Maine coach John Winkin, whose team
went to the College World Series five
times in the eighties, welcomed the op
portunity to face the talented third-
ranked Aggies, who ended the series
with an overall record of 17-2.
"It was a great experience for us, be
cause we were playing one of the better
teams in the country, and facing excellent
pitching all the way," Winkin said.
"It was good for us. I thought we
played pretty well."
A&M coach Mark Johnson said that
Maine was a tough team that executed
plays very well, and was encouraged that
A&M held their poise against a program
See Maine/Page 6
BILLY MORAN/The Battclm
A&M’s John Curl grabs a pickoff throw from pitched Trey
Moore as Maine second baseman Todd Livingston dives back to
first base in Sunday's series finale at Olsen Field. The Aggies
took two of the three games, improving their record to 1 7-2.
A&M shocks Rice out of first, finishes at 10-16
Johnson scores 21 as Aggies snap Owls' win streak at Autry Court, prepare for SWC Tourney
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — Damon Johnson scored
15 of his 21 points in the second half Sat
urday night as Texas A&M upset Rice 82-
76, denying the Owls a snare of the
Southwest Conference title.
The loss, which snapped Rice's 11-
game home winning streak, handed
Southern Methodist its first outright
league title since 1987-88 and the first un
der head coach John Shumate.
The Aggies victory also makes them
the sixth seed in next weekend's SWC
Tournament in Dallas while relegating
Rice to the No. 2 seed.
The Owls (17-8 overall and 11-
3 in SWC play) will face Texas
(10-16, 4-10) in the first round.
Texas A&M (10-16, 5-9) will play
Houston (19-7, 9-5) in the first
round.
Texas A&M, which led 17-3 in
the opening minutes of the game,
used tough defense and hot
shooting for a 34-16 halftime
lead. It was the Owls' lowest
first-half total all season.
Rice shot only 15 percent from
the field in the first half while the
Johnson
Aggies hit 57 percent.
Rice battled back at the sec
ond half, chipping away at the
Aggies' lead until Marvin
Moore's basket with five minutes
to go brought the Owls within
58-51.
But Texas A&M fought back,
taking a 70-56 lead with 2:20 left
before a late charge pulled the
|| Owls within 73-66 with 1:31 re-
j maining. The closest Rice got
ZJ was the final margin with 11 sec
onds to go.
David Edwards scored 16
points and Chuck Henderson added 13
points and 7 rebounds for Texas A&M.
Moore led the Owls with 18 points,
while Adam Peakes contributed 17 and
Scott Tynes 14 points and 10 rebounds.
The first round of the SWC Tourna
ment begins Friday at Reunion Arena in
Dallas, with the championship game
scheduled for Sunday.
In their two previous games, Houston
defeated the Aggies 81-69 in College Sta
tion and 78-51 in Hofheinz Pavilion.
Johnson led A&M with 23 points in the
first meeting, with forward Lance Broder-
son scoring 21 in the second.
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