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The Battalion
efore sophomore Kerrie Pat
terson, a point guard on the
Texas A&M Women’s Basket-
' ball Team, discovered her love for
loops, she spent her summers not
the basketball court but in the
immingpool.
“The first thing I really liked
as swimming,” Patterson said.
"That was my sport when I was
■sally young. I played basketball
Ind I was okay at it, but I would
Iwim every summer at the Uni-
lersity of Houston.”
I Even though Patterson spent
#,*10 majority of her youth under-
Mater, she discovered her love of
ajasketball through her peers.
“I started playing when I was in
te third grade,” Patterson said. “I
as always a tomboy. Growing up,
always played with boys. That
as the sport to play, so that’s
hat we did.”
Patterson has since progressed
Jo a higher level than that of her
louth. She has gone from the black
lops of Houston, to the hardwood
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Much of Patterson’s first year at
V&M was spent viewing the game
rom the bench. As a freshman,
■'atterson had the difficult task of
laying behind senior point guard,
jsa Branch, who holds numerous
school records, including total
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points (1,939), assists (795), and
steals (309). Off the bench, Patter
son averaged just seven minutes
and two points per game.
Patterson said the experience
of playing behind Branch helped
her game.
“I learned a lot from just watch
ing Lisa,” Patterson said. “I learned
what to do and what not to do. I
tried to pick up things about the
game while watching her.
“She was a leader. You had no
choice but to follow her because
she was always doing something
good. She just made every one
around her better.”
Because Patterson played be
hind an All-American her first year,
Head Coach Candi Harvey con-
tributes Patterson’s slow start to
mited time on the court.
“I probably did Kerrie a disser
vice last year by not playing her
more,” Harvey said. “But It was
hard to take Branch off the floor.
Experience-wise, Kerrie’s a fresh
man point guard and it’s taken her
awhile to adjust.”
Receiving the starting nod the
last five games, Patterson has
struggled, averaging five points,
4.8 assists, 2.6 rebounds and four
turnovers per game.
Looking past the numbers, Pat
terson said she must get the job
done and not make any excuses
for her performance.
Amy Dunlap, The Battalion
Sophomore point guard Kerrie Patterson became the director of the
Lady Aggie offense after All-American Lisa Branch graduated.
“I have to make the best of the
situation,” Patterson said. “As far as
experience is concerned, I’m like a
freshman because I received little
playing time last year. Mentally,
I’m expected to be a sophomore or
an upperclassman.
“It’s a no win situation. I have to
do it or I’ll be sitting down.”
Though she admitted Harvey
can press her hard in practice, Pat
terson said she knows it will only
aid her play.
“She (Harvey) pushes me just
as much as she pushes (Christy)
Lake and Natalie (Tucker),” Patter
son said. “She’s always on the point
guard because they’re supposed to
direct things on the floor.
“She won’t let me back down. It’s
good because it will carry over into
life. I won’t let a situation beat me.”
Contrary to Patterson’s win or
lose attitude, senior guard Lana
Tucker said Patterson helps light
en the mood of the team in the
locker room and on the court.
“She’s the goofiest person on
the team,” Tucker said. “She’s con
stantly making jokes and dancing
around the locker room. She puts
the fun back into the game. Every
one can be so serious on the court
and then Kerrie pops a joke to
make everyone laugh.
“I think that’s so important at
this level. It becomes so much like
a job, but you still want to keep the
fun in the game.”
Unlike her predecessor, Patter
son has no aspirations for the new
ly founded professional women’s
basketball leagues. The five-foot-
eight-inch Patterson said she will
close this chapter of her life once
her collegiate days are finished.
“I think if the WNBA (Women’s
National Basketball Association) or
the ABL (American Basketball
League) would have been created
earlier on, it would have been an as
piration of mine,” Patterson said. “It
would have been something that I
would have thought about more.
“It never was part of my agen
da. I think the leagues are great for
women’s basketball, but it’s not
something that I want to do.”
Although she still has two years
left of eligibility, Patterson said she
will be ready for a change when it
is all said and done.
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ophomore Michael Price leads the men's
ack team during practice at the A&M track.
Staff and Wire Reports
OKLAHOMA CITY—The Texas A&M Men’s and Wo men’s Track
and Field Teams definitely did not come back empty-handed from
the 23rd annual Sooner Indoor Relays this weekend.
The Aggies brought back four first-place finishes and a pair of
school records. Senior Teri Fojtik won the high jump and sopho
more Mike Lowrance won the shot put with a career-best throw
56-71/4. Senior Russell Nuti picked up a gold, with a throw of 51 -
11 3/4 in the weight throw and sophomore Mike Price rounded
out the bunch with a leap for gold in the long jump.
“Overall, we had a solid meet, and I thought we made some
improvement from last week,” A&M Head Coach Ted Nelson
said. “But we still have a long way to go before we’re ready for
the conference indoor meet.
Nuti and sophomore Kelli Schrader both set A&M records
in the weight throw. Nuti outdistanced Rob Graf’s previous
record of 39-1 3/4 set in 1988, and Schrader edged out Lydia
Herrera’s former mark of 40-5 set in 1996..
“Russell Nuti continues to show improvement in his tech
nique and should be a factor in the weight throw at the con
ference indoor meet,” Nelson said.
“Mike Price was impressive in the long jump and looks
ready to jump even further than he did. Teri Fojtik had her best
meet in some time and really looked solid.
“Mike Lowrance won his first meet and it was against a very
solid field of shot putters.”
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undergraduate women
students at Texas A&M...
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Choose the party time most convenient
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We are excited to become a new organization
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Stop by the Delta Gamma information/registration table in the Memorial
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