Tuesday • February 11,
A&M continues close loss trend
A fter their recent foray
north to Oklahoma and
Colorado, the Texas A&M
Men’s Basketball Team returns
to the friendly confines of G.
Rollie White Coliseum this
week to play Texas Tech Univer
sity and Oklahoma State.
The Aggies’ stay at home will
be short-lived, however, when
they again take to the road to vis
it Oklahoma State University in
the second game of a home-and-
home series. Take a gander at
this glut of topics and assorted
ramblings of a self-professed
hoops guru.
D^jaVu All Over Again...
Those who followed the Ag
gies for the last two years may
have noticed a certain trend —
close losses in the final seconds
of the game, especially away
from home.
One may recall last year’s
team lost seven of its last 11
games in the final 30 seconds.
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Eight of those games were de
cided by five points or less and
another was lost in overtime.
The team finished 0-7 in
league road games.
This year’s edition is 0-5
away from the Holler House
against Big 12 competition and
is again just a few fortuitous
bounces of the ball away from
at least a .500 record.
The Aggies lost close games to
Baylor (three points), Nebraska
(two points), Texas (overtime),
and Oklahoma (overtime).
Against Colorado, the Aggies
were down by just three late in
the second half before a ques
tionable call turned the momen
tum of the game.
“We’ve been so close in all
these games,” senior center
Dario Quesada said. “Even
when the final score is 13
points or whatever, we were
still pretty close at the end. It’s
just a matter of putting it to
gether in the last minute and
then we’ll be okay.”
One big reason for the
crunch-time futility is A&M’s
move from the either really good
or really bad teams of the South
west Conference to the consis
tent talent and experience of the
Big 12 basketball programs.
“Last year, we were playing
lower-level Southwest Confer
ence teams,” Quesada said. “I
mean, how many ranked
teams have we played this ,
year? Iowa State, Clemson,
Texas, Kansas, Colorado. Now
we’re playing Big 12 teams and
we’re still close.”
Fans would think after so
many close losses, the Aggies
would have it down by now, but
they remain a few well-executed
plays away from winning the
games that more experienced
teams are able to win.
Player of the Week
I’ve got to agree with
Whataburger this week, be
cause the stats speak for them
selves. Senior guard Tracey An
derson was on fire against
Oklahoma and Colorado, aver
aging 20 points per game,
shooting 50 percent from
three-point land, and 100 per
cent from the charity stripe.
Anderson shooting excep
tionally well from painted
lines is nothing new, as any
one who has seen him knock
down 15 of 20 treys in practice
can attest.
Combine that shooting
prowess with a developing pull
up 15-20 foot jumper and a heart
the size of Allen Iverson’s ego,
and you’ve got the makings of a
pro prospect. As usual, consis
tency is the key.
Softball
Continued from Page 7
own pieces of the puzzle andr
any team for granted.”
The Lady Sooners have eight se
niors including pitcher and Big 12
Co-Player of the Year Jill Most, while
Nebraska has been to the NCAA tour
nament for the last two years.
Evans said the Lady Aggies have
key players who will help them com
pete against national powerhouse
teams like OU and Nebraska.
“We are planning on using Mya as
our clean-up hitter because she returns
with the highest batting average and
she can get RBIs by hitting long balls,”
Evans said. “We also have senior Gina
Perez, who is a consistent hitter, an ag
gressive player in the outfield and a
silent leader by virtue of her ability. With
everything we have, we should be com
petitive every game we play.”
Perez said the Lady Aggies are
concentrating overall on one game
at a time.
“Nothing is different this year, we
still have high expectations for our
selves,” Perez said. “Talent is talent, all
we need is to get the right chemistry go
ing to win the right games at the right
time. We each need to take care of our
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