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Page 10 • The Battalion
Thursday • February 15,19K
Anderson can’t get no satisfaction
□ Despite averaging 13
points per game, the
guard expects more.
By Tom Day
The Battalion
Tracey Anderson is far from
satisfied.
Although he has emerged as
one of the Southwest Confer
ence’s top newcomers, the junior
transfer guard on the A&M Men’s
Basketball Team expects more
out of himself.
Of course, it is difficult to play
your best if you are not at your
best, and that is the problem An
derson has had to cope with in his
first season with the Aggies.
A&M Head Coach Tony
Barone said Anderson has been
playing at only about 80 percent
due to injury.
“He has a severely strained
groin muscle that really only al
lows him to practice about half
the time,” Barone said. “I think if
he was totally healthy you’d see
some of the things he’s capable of.
“He can’t finish plays at the
end of a break, for example, be
cause he can’t get off that leg the
way he has to.”
Although it may be hard for
A&M fans to believe, Anderson
has been hindered by the injury
most of the season and will have
to finish the year hobbled. How
ever, the 6-foot-2-inch transfer
out of Blinn Junior College has
still managed to post some solid
numbers.
Anderson is second on the
team in scoring, averaging 12.9
points per contest and third in
the SWC in steals with 2.1 a
game. He scored a career-high 21
points against Baylor last week
and then followed that up with a
19-point, eight-rebound effort
against Texas Tech Saturday.
Last season at Blinn, Ander
son earned first-team All-Texas
Eastern Conference and first-
team, all-region honors for aver
aging 17.9 points, 5.7 assists and
2.5 steals.
“Barring the injury, the transi
tion (to Division I) has been
smooth for the most part,” Ander
son said. “The crowds are bigger
and the atmosphere has been dif
ferent, especially against Texas
(Jan. 16). To experience that kind
of rivalry is different.”
With so many limitations in
his playing style due to injury,
the junior said fans have yet to
see the real Tracey Anderson.
“I can’t run as fast or make as
many moves and it’s been tough
adjusting to that,” Anderson said.
“No one has seen me play to the
best of my ability. But that’s life
and you’ve just got to take things
and run with it.”
Despite Anderson’s prowess on
offense, Barone has been duly im
pressed with the guard’s defen
sive play.
“He’s an outstanding defensive
player,” Barone said. “He’s taken
guys out of games and he’s been
in the conference leaders in
steals, and that has dropped dra
matically because of the injury.
“I think he’s come in at a
tough position and been fabu
lous.”
Barone’s compliments do not
stop with Anderson’s defense,
The A&M coach has also called
him the most intelligent player
he has ever coached.
“If you give him a scouting re
port, he’ll memorize it,” Barone
said. “A lot of guys can do that,
but then he carries that over to
execution in a game. I’ve been im
pressed with his commitment to
learning about the game.”
Leaving himself very little
room for error on the court, An
derson could almost be consid
ered a perfectionist.
“He’s way too hard on himself
and that’s his biggest negative,"
Barone said. “He demands almost
too much of himself sometimes,
and that tends to make him put
some pressure on himself that he
doesn’t need.”
Anderson said one of the pri
mary factors in his decision to at
tend A&M was academics. As a
kinesiology major. Anderson’s
goal after playing professional
basketball is to eventually be
come a physical therapist.
“I’ve always had an interest in
the medical field,” Anderson said.
“I learned a little bit about it in a
program in high school and it’s
something I want to try.”
Impressed with Anderson’s
progress so far, Barone said the
Aggie swingman can be an even
more complete player next sea
son.
“He’s been more than I expect
ed,” Barone said. “If he’s not the
(top) newcomer in the league,
then he’s right there.
“I really think when we get
him healthy for next year that
he’s going to be an even better
player.”
Maybe then, Anderson will be
satisfied.
Evan Zimmerman, The Battalion
Texas Tech's Darvin Ham jockeys for position with A&M's Tracey Ander
son during Saturday's game. Anderson is scoring 12.9 points per game.
Family, desire augment Ferguson’s game
Evan Zimmerman, The Battalion
A&M's Bambi Ferguson always has an eye or a hand on the ball.
□ Ferguson has become
a key bench player.
By Stephanie Christopher
The Battalion
Lady Aggie senior guard Bambi
Ferguson accomplished a goal
when she came to Texas A&M.
“It was a dream come true to be
a Lady Aggie,” Ferguson said.
The Lady Aggies will be losing
not only a player this year, but also
a three-year letter winner and the
team motivator.
Senior guard Lisa Branch said
that Ferguson is an irreplaceable
asset to the team.
“Bambi gets the momentum go
ing,” Branch said. “She gets our
team pumped. She is always willing
to sacrifice her body for a rebound.”
Ferguson said the bond she
shares with her teammates and
coaches is a foundation for her gut
sy, hard-nosed play.
“I am an aggressive person who
hates to lose,” Ferguson said. “I
hustle and play scrappy ball in or
der to help the team out.”
Most players desire to start no
matter what level they play at.
Ferguson has started off-and-on for
all four years, but said she has
learned to be a great role player by
doing what she does best.
“I love getting the crowd into it,”
Ferguson said. “Everyone is impor
tant, and 1 love to keep the adrena
line running whether it is in the
stands or on the court.”
The change from high school to
college was drastic for Ferguson
because of the size differences in
the two levels of play.
Ferguson grew up in Jayton,
Texas. Her graduating class had
only eight people in it.
She dominated her division,
leading Jayton High School to the
regional finals during her senior
year while averaging 16.4 points,
and 8.6 rebounds a game.
Jayton’s superintendent, along
with Ferguson’s grandfather and
stepfather, attended A&M, fueling
the Aggie fires in Ferguson at an
early age.
“I have always wanted to be an
Aggie,” Ferguson said. “I grew up
around former Aggies.”
Branch said that off the court,
Ferguson is a quiet person — com
pletely opposite of her personality
on the court.
Unfortunately for Lady Aggie
opponents, Ferguson usually only
appears against them on the floor
— and that is where the trouble
begins.
“Bambi is full of fire,” Gibson
said. “She’s just one of those rah-
rah people who always gives 100
percent.”
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