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“I thought it was a game of spurts,” A&M
Head Coach Tony Barone said. “We got the
lead a couple of times and our shot selec
tion was not what I would like it to be. I
thought we rebounded really well in spurts.
For major college basketball, I think defen
sively we’re playing pretty well.”
The Aggies came out of the locker room
in the second half with the same intensity
they displayed in the first r
half, exploding on a 20-9
run that helped them take
their biggest lead of the
game at 54-40 with 10:05
left. A&T then responded
with a run of its own to close
within 54-49 before a short
baseline jumper by Quesada
stopped the bleeding.
It was a dogfight from
then on, with neither side
willing to surrender any
easy baskets. However, the
Aggies eventually had
“For the first game,
I was thrilled,
absolutely thrilled.
Overall, I was
totally pleased.”
Tony Barone
A&M head coach
have said you were crazy, but circum
stances dictated it.
“The guys who went in not only played
well, they contributed. What you would
like from your bench, more than anything,
is to make sure your bench doesn’t lose
the lead. Our bench tonight got us the
lead, so that’s a big plus for us. I was
thrilled with that.”
Many of the fouls could be attributed to
the Aggies’ tough defensive pressure, which
Quesada said was much improved from the
exhibition games.
“I think we’ve gotten much
better since the first game,”
Quesada said. “It’s just a matter
of playing hard, diving on the
floor, getting loose balls — just
playing hard.”
An excellent first-game
crowd of 2,919 fans respond
ed to the Aggies’ inspired
play with vocal support
throughout the game.
“Great crowd — not ‘pret
ty good,’ great,” Barone said.
“And what happens is the
kids play to the crowd. You
enough firepower to hang on to win, de
spite A&T’s last-minute heroics.
The officials also continued their whis
tle-happy ways in the second half, calling
two more quick fouls on Davis in the first
25 seconds of the second half. With several
starters in foul trouble, Barone went with
a smaller lineup to counter A&T’s swarm
ing defense.
"We don’t go into a game preconceived
what we’re going to do,” Barone said. “If
you said to me I was going to play Brian
(Barone), Tracy (Anderson), and Steven
(Houston) for as long as we did, I would
get these people right on top of you in
here, it’s an intimidating deal. And our
kids love to hear the cheers.”
Several alley-oop dunks contributed to
the fan-friendly atmosphere, as the Aggies
have taken to maximizing their athleticism
for what has become a standard play.
“We work on that (play) every day in prac
tice,” junior forward Shanne Jones said. “It’s
mainly just routine. Coach Barone allows us
more freedom this year. So we feel free to just
throw it up there, because we’ve got the players
who can go up and get it.”
The entire Aggie team got after it Saturday
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Forward Shanne Jones drives the baseline
in the second half.
night, leaving Barone and the coaching staff
euphoric about the potential of the team.
“For the first game, I was thrilled, ab
solutely thrilled,” Barone said. “Our enthusi
asm was outstanding, the kids were picking
each other up; I thought the freshman all
played with wonderful confidence. None of
them have any fear. Overall, I was totally
pleased. I had no negatives about this game.”
Giants avenge loss
defeat Cowboys, 2
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.
(AP) — It was Barry Switzer’s
worst nightmare.
Not only did the Dallas Cow
boys have that feared letdown
against the New York Gi
ants, it was his biggest
players who let him
down — Deion
Sanders, Michael
Irvin, Troy Aikman
and Emmitt Smith.
Sanders, Irvin and
Aikman all made cru
cial mistakes that either
led to New York points or
took them away from Dallas. New
York’s defense forced five turnovers
and limited Smith to 18 yards rush
ing and a seat on the bench late in a
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Lady Aggies
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Rony Angkriwan, The Battalion
Forward Jennifer Burrows tries to avoid
the defensive pressure of SWT Friday.
Trailing 14-9, the Lady Bobcats capped off
an eight-point scoring run when Wilkerson
picked up a loose ball and banked it in off
the glass on the fast break.
A&M Head Coach Candi Harvey said she
was not pleased with the sluggish start.
“In the first half, we struggled,” Harvey
said. “We didn’t get our breaks started at all.
We were having to earn everything. We were
not in any kind of flow or rhythm.”
Trailing 30-24 at the break, the Lady Ag
gies continued to pressure the Lady Bobcats
while igniting their sleeping offense. A&M
was 14-of-24 from the floor (.583) and l-of-4
from downtown in the second half.
Harvey said the Lady Aggies stepped up
their play in the second half.
“I’m proud of our effort on both ends of
the floor,” Harvey said. “We made a simple
adjustment. We continued to play great de
fense, but we picked the tempo up."
A&M was led in scoring by Rollerson (16),
Tucker (15) and Alexander (13). Alexander,
playing in her first collegiate game, posted a
double-double with 13 points and 12 re
bounds off the bench.
Alexander said she just tried to give it her all.
“If I give my team everything I’ve got, then
that’s what I expect from them,” Alexander
said. “If I leave it all on the floor then that’s
all I can do.”
Harvey said even though A&M played
sluggish basketball, she is happy any time
the team can win.
“It was ugly, but we found a way to win,”
Harvey said. “For this young basketball team,
I think that’s huge.”
°WACO (AP) — Baylor coach
Chuck Reedy was fired Sunday,
one day after a blowout loss that
left the Bears with their worst
record since 1978 and a last-place
finish in their
inaugural sea-
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son in the Big
12 South.
Reedy was in
the fourth year
of a five-year
deal he re
ceived after
Grant Teaff re
tired following
the 1992 sea
son. He re
ceived a contract extension last
year, although details of that deal
have been sketchy.
The Bears were thought to be
on their way up this year after go
ing 7-4 last season, but mounting
injuries and an over-reliance on
youth sent the team plummeting
to a 4-7 record. They were 1-7 in
conference play.
Following Saturday’s 37-17 loss
to Oklahoma State, first-year ath
letic director Tom Stanton said
he’d make a decision within a
week about Reedy’s future.
He acted even moreqt
in making the Reedy the fc
12 football coach to lose hi
A news conference wass::
uled for Monday in Wacot:
cuss the move.
“Baylor is determined
competitive with leading col
football programs nationaM
suing the best available:
coach,” Stanton said in a stale:
Reedy’s first head coat:
tenure ends with a 23-22k
The team lost in his onlyboi
pearance, the 1994 Alamo hi
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pointed that we will nothai
opportunity to fulfill the goal
we set four years ago,” Reedy:,
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University for giving me the :
and privilege of serving as it 1
football coach.
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represented the university
class and integrity andtht
football program is in better
now than it was four years age
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