Sports
Friday, February 11,1994 The BATTALION Page 7
Texas Aggie hoopsters claim 1000th victory
with win over Oral Roberts' Golden Eagles
Texas A&M senior guard David Edwards (10) drives past Oral Roberts'
Earl McClellan (11) during the Aggies' 79-66 victory over the Golden
Eagles Wednesday. Edwards had 21 points, nine assists and five steals.
Lady Aggie Softball begins
season versus No. 1 Arizona
Mavs need
to return to
yesteryear
I 've been
in sort of
a remi-
n i s c i n g
mood lately.
I haven't
been remi-
n i s c i n g
about my
first kiss. I
haven't had
one yet. I
haven't
been remi-
n i s c i n g
about fond
childhood
memories. I
don't have any of those, ei
ther. I've been reminiscing
about my first love . . . the
Dallas Mavericks.
Hey, don't laugh, the Mav
ericks were once pretty good.
Honest, they were. They won
50 games in a season at least a
couple of times. Wow, 50
games in one season.
Have the Mavericks won
50 games total this decade? I
don't even know.
All I know is that those jok
ers broke my heart pretty bad
and it still hurts. I often sit in
class and daydream about the
year the Mavericks took the
Lakers to game seven of the
Western Conference finals.
They lost, but I was sure
they'd be back the very next
season to possibly win it all. I
was wrong. The Mavs went
sour and they've never been
the same since.
Damn that was a long time
ago. I was in the eighth grade
battling my way through pu
berty.
See Mavericks / Page 9
By Nick Georgandis
The Battalion
The Texas A&M men's basket
ball team claimed its 1000th vic
tory in school history Wednes
day night , defeating the Oral
Roberts Golden Eagles 79-66, in
front of a crowd of 2,378 at G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
Head men's basketball coach
Tony Barone said although the
team will take any victory, he
was not pleased with the team's
overall performance.
"I don't want to minimize a
victory. I'm not disappointed in
the win," Barone said.
"I am disappointed in our fo
cus tonight."
The Aggies, now 14-5 on the
season, were led by senior guard
David Edwards' 21 points. Ed
wards also contributed nine as
sists and five steals to the win.
Other A&M players scoring in
double digits on the night were
junior guard Tony McGinnis
with 12, senior guard Chuck
Henderson with 16 and sopho
more forward Lance Broderson
with 10.
Broderson also pulled down a
team-high seven rebounds, and
pleased his coach with his per
formance.
"I thought Lance really gave
us a great look tonight," Barone
aid.
"He really stepped up to the
table when the other guys on the
back line didn't play tonight."
Henderson, who scored
A&M's last five points in the Ag
gies' 89-88 win over Texas Tech
last Saturday, came out firing in
the first half against Oral
Roberts, nailing four out of five
three point attempts while scor
ing 14 first half points. Hender
son's hot shooting helped the
Aggies to a 35-23 halftime lead.
The Golden Eagles were led
by senior Chris McKinney, who
led all scorers with 22 points.
After trailing most of the second
half by double digits, Oral
Roberts made a late run to close
the lead to 73-66 with 1:32 left in
the game.
From that point on, A&M
avoided the Golden Eagles'
press, made six out of eight free
throws to pull away for the vic
tory
The Aggies next travel to
Austin on Saturday for a big re
match with the University of
See Aggies / Page 9
By Stewart Doreen
The Battalion
The 14th ranked Texas A&M
softball team is seeking another
successful year and a return to
postseason action with their
young squad and one of the
toughest schedules in recent
memory.
Head Coach Bob Brock is going
into his 13th season at A&M with
a record of 564-187. Brock com
bines five players from last year's
20th ranked ballclub with three
players who transfered from other
programs and eight freshmen.
The list of returnees is headed
by All-American shortstop Jen
nifer Mcfalls. The senior from
Grand Praire, Tx., holds many ca
reer and season batting records
and is on pace to break many
more. Another player from last
Special to The Battalion
The month of February may
be the shortest month of the
year, but to the sportsman it can
seem like the longest.
Deer and waterfowl seasons
are through for the year and
spring time bass fishing is still a
few months ahead.
Fortunately, with a little
knowledge of where to fish,
spring time fishing for large-
mouth bass in February is possi-
year's squad is pitcher Kim Gon
zalez. Gonzalez, a senior from
Roseville, Calif., is coming off a
season where she led the nation in
wins with a 33-11 record and was
selected to the 1993 all-Midwest
Region second team. Third
base/catcher Barbi Tuck, the third
starter from last year's club, will
be a co-captain along with Mc-
Falls.
To make up for the 12 varsity
athletes lost from last year's club.
Brock has brought in 11 newcom
ers and expects many of them to
step in right away. Mary Mapp, a
freshman from Ft. Worth, will
bring the experience from the
1993 Olympic Festival to take over
the second base responsibilities.
Junior college transfer Beth
Gerken, a junior from Rescue,
See Softball / Page 9
ble. The question is: Where can
you find good bass fishing in
February? The answer is: pow
er plant lakes.
Power-generating plants use
water from lakes to cool the
plant the same way a radiator is
used to cool an engine.
The water discharged from
the plant into the lake can get as
warm as 90 degrees in the win
ter months and higher than 100
degrees in the summer months.
Currents carry this warm
See Fishing/ Page 9
Drew Diener
Sportswriter
A&M Outdoors
Power plant lakes give fishermen
opportunity for winter angling
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