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ednesday • February 11, 1998
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By Jeff Schmidt
Staff writer
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0,1 le Texas A&M Men’s Basketball Team (6-14, 0-10)
iforv the Nebraska Cornhuskers (13-10,4-6) tonight at
Rollie White Coliseum. The game catches both
K e ' ; s in streaks—Nebraska has lost four in a row and
has lost 1 1 in a row, following a 102-75 loss to
I'Uonv ;Tech last Saturday.
st season the Cornhuskers managed to defeat the
1 a f ter :s 74-72 despite a torrid shooting performance by
med i Brown, who hit eight three-pointers. The Aggies
'said 0 t return to College Station until three days after
K'anstc ame due to hazardous weather conditions. Ne-
nutriti : a leads the all-time series 4-1, but the Aggies have
the only game in College Station.
: Saif ie injury bug has bitten A&M again. Chris Clayton
on t for the rest of the year with a broken foot. Clay-
dier ms averaging 6.8 points per game and was leading
-rsial ;am in three-point shooting,
re. ;hris started to give us good minutes. It was unfor-
iesen; te for us and for him, I think he’ll come back 100
R-.V mt (next year). It’s an injury you deal with,” Coach
Sena Barone said.
tidzec iis leaves the Aggies with only eight scholarship
TO' H s.|)espite that, Shanne Jones has continued to
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carry the Aggies on his back offensively. He is aver
aging nearly 27 points per game in his last four
games. Steve Houston leads the Big 12 Conference in
steals, and Brian Barone’s hustle has him tied for sec
ond place in steals.
Nebraska is led by junior point guard Tyronn Lue,
who averages nearly 21 points per game, second in the
Big 12, and is third in assists. Junior center Venson
Hamilton is the Big 12’s leading rebounder, and sopho
more guard Cookie Belcher is a solid scorer.
“Anytime you have a great guard like Lue you have a
chance to beat anybody. He’s kept them in a lot of
games,” Barone said. “I like their team a lot. They’ll give
anybody a quality game.”
Brian Barone agrees with his father’s assessment.
“I think he’s (Lue) the best point guard in the
league,” Barone said. “I thought he was the toughest
one to guard, even over Chauncey Billups and Jacque
Vaughn (both NBA first-round draft picks). He’s real
ly a tough player.”
Although postseason tournaments are an elusive
goal for the Aggies, Nebraska has made seven
straight trips to postseason tournaments—three to
the NIT and four to the NCAA Tournament. The
Huskers’ NCAA chances took a hit after losing to
Kansas State last Saturday.
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yardkera Alexander looks to the basket against UT.
By Michael Taglienti
Staff writer
The Texas A&M Women’s Basketball Team (6-14, 2-
8) plays the Oklahoma State Cowgirls (12-8, 5-5)
tonight in Stillwater, Okla. The Aggies are coming off a
79-66 loss to the University of Texas. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
OSU is coming off a 76-54 thrashing
of rival Oklahoma. The win over Ok
lahoma ended an OSU four-game los
ing streak in which its average margin
of defeat was 13 points.
The Cowgirls beat the Aggies 83-63
when the two teams met earlier in the
season at G. Rollie White Coliseum. In
that game the Cowgirls were led by se
nior forward Renee Roberts, who had
22 points, 14 rebounds and six assists.
The Cowgirls feature a balanced of
fensive attack led by their frontcourt
combo of Roberts and senior forward Cheri Edwards.
Roberts leads the Cowgirls in scoring with 14.4 points per
game, trailed by Edwards with 14.1 points per game and
sophomore guard Jennifer Crow’s 10.1 points per game.
Texas A&M Coach Candi Harvey said she thinks the
key to beating the Cowgirls is simple.
“We need to play team defense and team offense,
“I know we are a
better basketball
team than we were a
month ago.
Candi Harvey
Women's Basketball Coach
period,” Harvey said.
Harvey said the Cowgirls will see an improved Aggie
team when they take the court tonight.
“I know we are a better basketball team than we were
a month ago,” Harvey said.
While Harvey thinks the team has improved, she
mmmmmmmmmmmm said there is room for improvement
on the defensive side of the ball.
“Our entire team defense needs to
improve. It’s not just one area, it’s all
areas,” Harvey said. “Defense is about
communicating. We need to talk
more. A defense is about knowing
someone has got your back. We need
to have the confidence that if I (the
player) get beat, someone is going to
rotate over and help me. That’s a trust
factor, and that is what we need. We’ve
gotten much better, and we’ve got
most of it straight. We just need to
make teams work harder to score.”
In the game against Texas, sophomore forward Pris
sy Sharpe was held to 11 points. That was her lowest
scoring output since the No. 1 Tennessee Volunteers
held Sharpe to nine points on Jan. 9. Sophomore post
Jennifer Burrows led the Aggies in scoring in the Texas
game with 15 points.
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Swimming and diving
teams gearing up for
Big 12 Championships
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“T-minus 15 days and counting.”
These are the thoughts going through the minds of
the swimmers and coaching staff of the Aggie Men’s
Swimming and Diving Teams. Similar thoughts are go
ing through the minds of the members of the women’s
teams as their conference meet looms merely.nine
days away. The team has only that time available to
train and finalize some still-unsolidified relay teams.
Working Through the Red Tapered
Right now the minds of Men’s Coach Mel Nash and
Women’s Coach Don Wagner are focused on the ef
fects of tapering on their swimmers.
Typically used on swimmers, tapering is the prac
tice of gradually cutting back on the swimmer’s work
outs as a big meet, such as the Big 12 Champi
onships, approaches. The easier workout is supposed
to give swimmers increased
amounts of energy, letting them
achieve their best times.
The immediate effects of ta
pering actually result in slower
times by swimmers. Last week,
Nash said some of his swimmers
have been complaining of feel
ing ill, which is typical in the ini
tial stages of tapering.
n There is a hit-or-miss factor in
tapering, however. Some swim
mers do not respond well to the decreased workouts,
and the desired effects sometimes are not achieved
in time for the meet.
If the swimmer recovers from the initial ill effects,
then they ar e cursed with a tremendous amount of en
ergy they want to expel. The problem is they need to
conserve this energy for the conference meet. Senior
swimmers on the team, such as Kyle Marden and Sta
cie Karnes, are familiar with the effects of tapering. But
younger swimmers, such as freshman sprinter Kelly
Bolton, may not be accustomed to the burst of energy.
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