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Lady Ags want 'revenge 7
on Baylor
Kevin Ivy/lHL BATTALION
Texas A&M center Martha McClelland (middle) hustles for the loose ball during the A&M-Baylor
game in G. Rollie White on Feb. 2. The Lady Aggies open the Southwest Conference Tournament
against the Lady Bears.
By Nick Georgandis
Thl Battalion
Although somewhat damp
ened by a season-ending blow
out at the hands of Texas Tech,
the Texas A&M women's basket
ball team completed a break
through season on Sunday, fin
ishing in second place in the
Southwest Conference with a 20-6
overall record (11-3 in the SWQ.
The Lady Aggies now hope to
take their program to new
heights, starting today, when
they open SWC Tournament play
against Baylor at 2 p.m. at Moody
Coliseum in Dallas.
A&M swept the season series
with the Lady Bears, defeating
them 92-78 at G. Rollie White Col
iseum in early February, then
edging them last week in Waco,
90-87.
Head coach Lynn Hickey said
that having played Baylor so re
cently should help the Lady Ag
gies succeed against them again.
"A good thing about it is that
our game plan against them
should be pretty fresh in every
one's minds," Hickey said.
Baylor is led by sophomore
guard Mary Lowry, who is lead
ing the conference in scoring av
erage, and erupted for a SWC
record 54 points earlier this sea
son against Texas.
The recent series between the
two teams promises to make to
day's match-up a hard-fought
game. Sophomore guard Lisa
Branch said revenge will proba
bly be on both teams' minds to
day.
"On their part, the fact will be
that we beat them twice this year.
for us, it will be that they put us
out of the tournament last year,"
Branch said.
Baylor is probably not the only
team in the SWC that has revenge
on its mind when the Lady Ag
gies are mentioned.
The Lady Aggies 11-3 confer
ence record was the best ever for
A&M since conference play began
in the 1982 season.
The Lady Aggies opened up
the season with five consecutive
victories, before falling to Okla
homa. Later in the year, A&M
ran off eight straight wins, includ
ing huge home wins over the Uni
versity of Texas and defending
national champion Tech.
During the regular season
A&M has at times been dominat
ing, winning games by 20 or more
points eight times.
Branch said that the regular
season has been a real testament
to the team's desire to succeed af
ter last year's early departure
from the tournament.
"What we've done this year
has been great for the program,"
Branch said.
"It started with the loss to Bay
lor last year in the tournament,
and since that game we've all
been determined to become a bet
ter team."
L.
Houston takes Atlanta, 7-4
The Associated Press
Edwards,
Wilbert make
all-SWC team
The Associated Press
DALLAS — Guard B.J.
Tyler, the heart of the run-
nin' Texas Longhorns quick
tempo offense, was named
The Associated Press South
west Conference Player of
the Year in balloting by the
league's coaches.
The Port Arthur senior,
who transferred from De-
Paul, led coach Tom Penders'
club to the regular SWC title
as he averaged 23 points, six
assists and three steals per
game.
Tyler also led the SWC in
successful three-point shots,
averaging four of them per
game.
Tyler was the leading vote
getter on the mythical All-
SWC team picked by the
coaches.
He was joined on the first
team by Austin senior Albert
Burditt, who averaged 15
points and eight rebounds
per game to give the Long
horns and strong inside pres
ence to go with Mr. Outside,
Tyler.
Joining the pair of Long
horns on the first team were
Jason Sasser, who averaged
20 points and nine rebounds
for the Texas Tech Red
Raiders as a sophomore out
of Dallas; junior Kurt
Thomas of Texas Christian,
who averaged 21 points and
10 rebounds; and a tie for the
fifth spot between Texas
A&M teammates junior Joe
Wilbert, who averaged 15
points and six rebounds, and
senior guard David Ed
wards, who averaged 12
points, five rebounds and
seven assists per game.
Texas A&M's Tony
Barone, whose A.ggies faded
at the end of the regular sea
son with,three straight losses
but tied Texas Tech for sec
ond place, beat out Penders
and Tech's James Dickey for
SWC Coach of the Year hon
ors.
Detroit drops
The Associated Press
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -
Shawn Hare blooped a two-run
single and scored in a four-run sev
enth inning Tuesday, leading the
Detroit Tigers over the Texas
Rangers 6-5.
Doug Davis hit a three-run
homer in the seventh for Texas, the
Rangers, 6-5
Rangers' ninth homer in five
games.
With the scope tied 2-2, Danny
Bautista singled off Matt Whiteside,
stole second and continued to third
on an error. Milt Cuyler walked
and stole second before Hare's sin
gle down the left-field line.
Jeff Kunkel's homer made it 5-2.
Skeeter Barnes doubled and scored
on a single by Rico Brogna.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -
Rookie shortstop Orlando Miller
had a pair of hits and drove in two
runs Tuesday, pacing a 10-hit
Houston attack in a 7-4 exhibition
victory over the Atlanta Braves.
The Astros took a 5-4 lead with
a three-run sixth off rookie Terrell
Wade (0-1) on RBI hits by Scott
Servais and Miller and a run-scor
ing grounder by Andy
Stankiewicz.
Houston added two more runs
in the eighth on Miller's run-scor
ing single and Todd Winston's
RBI grounder. Earlier, the Astros
got RBI hits from Steve Finley and
Luis Gonzalez.
Big Eight
television
deal not done
The Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. — Signed con
tracts aren't yet in hand, which is
hindering television negotiations
for the proposed merger of the
Big Eight Conference with four
members of the Southwest Con
ference, officials said.
But officials from schools in
volved say the expanded confer
ence has solid commitments to
continue their organizational
plans.
The governing boards of
Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech
and Baylor Universities ap
proved their offers of member
ship to the Big Eight in late Feb
ruary.
James Corbridge, chancellor at
Colorado, said he was pleased
with the arrangement with the
Texas universities. Corbridge
was chairman of a Big Eight
planning committee and headed
the four-chancellor subcommit
tee that worked on the expan
sion.
He said some participants
want a detailed contract and sol
id revenue projections to be
available before they will make
an absolute commitment.
The problem is a television
network will not negotiate with a
conference unless the network
knows exactly what the confer
ence has to offer, Corbridge said.
The addition of the Texas univer
sities to the conference gives the
expanded league 16 percent of
the nation's television sets, com
pared with 8 percent in the six
states of the Big Eight, he said.
Texas school officials say there
is no immediate need to worry
that something might fall
through.
"As a lawyer. I'd have to say
nothing is solid as a rock," said
Ross Margraves of Houston,
chairman of the Texas A&M
Board of Regents. "I would have
to say that, yes, it is a done deal
as far as Texas A&M is con
cerned."
Bernard Rapoport of Waco,
chairman of the University of
Texas Board of Regents, agreed.
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