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By Michael Taglienti
Staff writer
The Texas A&M Women’s Basketball Team lost to
the No. 7 Texas Tech Red Raiders 90-65 Sunday after
noon at G. Rollie White Coliseum. The Aggies (6-16,
2-10) kept the game close for the first 30 minutes, but
eventually Tech’s superior depth wore the team down.
Texas Tech led by as many as 13 in the first half, but
a three-pointer at the buzzer by junior point guard
Kim Tarkington cut the lead to six before the two
teams went into halftime with Tech leading 44-37.
The Aggies continued to stay within striking dis
tance until late in the second half. A layup by sopho
more forward Kera Alexander with 7:24 left in the
game made the score 67-58 in favor of Tech. Tech re
sponded with a 20-1 run during the next five minutes
to put the game out of reach.
Texas Tech Coach Marsha Sharp said she was wor
ried about having to play in College Station.
“We’re really pleased to be able to get away from here
with a win. We had a lot of respect for A&M and knew
we would have to come down here and really play, and
obviously that was the case today,” Sharp said.
Tech was led in the second half by a strong perfor
mance from All-American senior forward Alicia
Thompson. Because of foul trouble, Thompson was
only able to play four minutes in the first half and was
held to six points. In the second half, Thompson came
back with a vengeance, scoring 20 points, including
seven during the 20-1 Tech run that put the game away.
Sharp said Thompson’s hot hand and Tech’s depth
were the keys to the victory.
“In the second half, we had a really great go-to
player in Alicia. She really did a good job of coming in
and really making good decisions and putting the
game away for us,” Sharp said. “I
thought something that was equal
ly important for us today was the
fact that when she (Thompson) as
not in the game, and when (junior
center Angie) Braziel also had those
fouls, that we had some players that
really stepped up and made some
good plays.”
Thompson led all scorers with 26
points. Five Tech players scored in
double figures including Thomp
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with 14, junior center Angie Braziel with 11 and ju
nior point guard Julie Lake with 10.
Texas A&M Coach Candi Harvey said she was im
pressed with Texas Tech’s team.
“That is the best Texas Tech team that we have
played since I have been here,” Harvey said. “That is
certainly no slight on the other Tech teams that we
have played, but as far as being a complete team on
“We have four more
games left and we’re
not going to quit.
—Kera Alexander
Sophomore Forward
both ends of the floor, they are simply outstanding.”
Despite the loss, Harvey said she saw reasons to be
encouraged by A&M’s performance.
“I thought our effort was good, much better than
it was the other night at Oklahoma State. We were a
good team at times tonight, but we weren’t consis
tent enough to play what I think has a great oppor-
tunity to be a Final Four team,”
Harvey said.
Alexander said that despite the
disappointing season, no one on
her team is quitting.
“Our season is not over,”
Alexander said. “We have four
more games left and we’re not go
ing to quit. We’re going to do every
thing we can to win those games.
And there’s the Big 12 tournament,
anybody can win it. Last year
Kansas State went in there, and no
■■■■■■■■■■■■■ one expected them to win it, so we
have to believe in ourselves.”
Alexander led the Aggies in scoring with 20 points.
Four Aggies scored in double figures including
Alexander, sophomore forward Prissy Sharpe with 13,
sophomore center Jennifer Burrows with 11 and
freshman point guard Brandy Jones with 10.
The Aggies’ next game will be Wednesday at 7 p.m.
at G. Rollie, when they take on the University of Texas.
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Ihe Texas A&M Track and Field Team has been fly
ing high these past two weekends with trips to
Reno, Nev., and Colorado Springs, Colo.
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In order to qualify for the NCAA Championships at
PaW ie end of the season, preset times or distances must be
W let or exceeded. In track events, these times must be
?corded with an automatic timing device present in
ach facility in order to be official. This timing device is
the measurement tool used for qualification purposes
as well as school and meet records. Hand-held times
are therefore invalid and assumed to have human error.
With aspirations of traveling to Reno, Nev., and
obtaining many qualifications and records, the Texas
A&M Track and Field Team received rather disap
pointing news upon its arrival to the meet — there
was a malfunction in the automatic timing device
and all races had to be timed using handheld stop
watches, throwing out the possibility of sending
more athletes to the National Championships and
officially breaking any records.
Senior Lany Wade’s time of 7.10 seconds in the 55-
meter hurdles, which brought him a first-place finish,
would have automatically qualified him for Nationals
and set a Texas A&M record, had it not been for the
malfunction. Junior Desmond Powell, who finished
just behind Wade in the 55-meter hurdles, would have
also qualified with a time of 7.30.
Would You Say A Plethora Of Qualifications...
Before the meets in Reno and Colorado Springs, Texas
A&M Track and Field Coach Ted Nelson mentioned there
should be fast times and good results due to the high ele
vation. However, no one could have imagined the suc
cess the Aggies enjoyed the past two weekends. Texas
A&M qualified 12 more athletes for the NCAA Champi
onships, including four automatic qualifications.
Senior Adrien Sawyer continued her impressive in
door season by automatically qualifying in both the
long jump and the 55-meter hurdles. In Reno, Sawyer
jumped 20 feet, 10.75 inches on her way to the auto
matic qualification. She followed that up this past
weekend in Colorado Springs by automatically quali
fying in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.59. She
also qualified provisionally in the triple jump in Reno
with her first-place jump of 42 feet, 6 inches, as did ju
nior Detrich Clariett with her jump of42-0.50. Sopho
more Chimika Carter’s time of 7.70 in the 55-meter
hurdles last weekend was also good enough to auto
matically qualify her for Nationals.
After the disappointment of the faulty timing device
in Reno, senior larryWade responded by running the 55-
meter hurdles in an automatic-qualifying time of 7.08.
This time not only obtained Wade a first-place finish, but
also is the fastest time run in the nation this season. Ju
nior Desmond Powell also responded well, provisionally
qualifying in the 55-meter bundles with his time of 7.37.
Juniors Mike Price and Toya Jones provisionally quali
fied in tire 55-meter dash with times of 6.25 seconds and
6.27, respectively, at the Colorado Springs Sprint Classic
last weekend. Price also added a provisional qualification
in the 200-meter dash with his time of 21.07 seconds, the
seventh-fastest time in the nation this season.
Sophomore Richard McDonald originally obtained
his provisional qualification in the pole vault in Reno
with a jump of 17 feet, 1.5 inches, but increased that
mark to 17-6.50 in Colorado Springs. Junior Mike
Lowrance rounded out the crew of Aggie qualifiers,
provisionally qualifying in the shot put with a distance
of 59 feet, 11.75 inches.
—Michael Ferguson is a senior
business analysis major
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