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Deri’s team tries to focus on trip to Austin
Jeff Schmidt
Staff writer
The Texas A&M Men’s Basketball
Bam (6-16,0-12) will travel to Austin
) take on the Texas Longhorns (11-
1,5-7) at 7 p.m. The game will be
i ilevised by Fox Sports Southwest.
The Aggies are still searching for
Meir first conference win of the sea-
I m after a 73-60 road loss at Mis-
| iitri, while the Longhorns are com-
,goff of a 82-80 upset ofTexasTech
i Lubbock. Texas escaped G. Rollie
] faite Coliseum with an 81-80 vic-
iry earlier this season and holds the
| 1-time series advantage at 114-77,
icluding nine straight wins.
The Aggies still have only eight
payers on the team. Although
lianne Jones only had 14 points
| gainst Missouri, he still leads the
■am in scoring at 18 points a
tine. The Aggies received an un-
nor:| qaected boost off of the bench
om freshman swingman Michael
:hmidt. Schmidt scored 24 points
e J gainst the Tigers and was reward
ed by being placed in the starting
lineup against Texas.
The Longhorns are led by the
dynamic freshman duo of Chris
Mihm and Luke Axtell. Mihm had
an 18-point, 17-rebound perfor
mance against Texas Tech and Ax
tell is averaging
14.4 points and
is shooting 44.4
percent from
three-point
range. Kris Clack
provides tough
defense and also
scores 17 points
per game.
The Aggies
will use the first
game as an in
dicator of what to do against
Texas tonight.
“You have to look back at the
game we played here and you have
got to learn from it,” Assistant
Coach Ed Molitor said. “They are a
very good team and they are really
playing ball right now.
Houston
“Mihm is playing awfully well
right now. You can’t let Axtell get on
a roll. He shoots the ball well, espe
cially at home. Clack is just relent
less. He just keeps playing.”
Despite the close first game,
there is concern about how the team
will react following the reassign
ment of Head Coach Tony Barone.
Molitor put to rest the fears of the
team’s possible self-destruction.
“Bottom line is you’re competi
tors, you’re in this for a reason. You
want to battle, you want to win re
gardless of the situation. I can guar
antee you that our guys are going to
play hard,” Molitor said. “It’s a fun
game. It’s a difficult situation now,
but you get what you can out of
these last four season games.”
Sophomore guard Steve Houston
said the team will have its mind on
the game and not on the distractions.
“I think we’re going to play well. I
think we’ll come together. (Barone’s
reassignment) was really tough for
the guys on the team because we
still have to worry about winning.”
Women look for big victory on home court
By Michael Taglienti
Staff writer
The Texas A&M Women’s Bas
ketball Team will take on the
Texas Longhorns tonight at 7
p.m. at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
A&M lost to Texas on Feb. 11, 79-
66. In that game, Texas dominat
ed under the glass, out-rebound
ing the Aggies 45-27. Texas had a
18 to 6 edge in offensive re
bounds which led to multiple op
portunities for easy baskets.
Coach Candi Harvey said that
Texas’ rebounding edge cost the
Aggies the game.
“It just killed us and it wasn’t just
post players that were rebounding,
it was guards also,” Harvey said.
In the last game, senior post An
gela Jackson led the Longhorns
with 30 points, many of which
came on put-backs of missed shots.
Harvey said the Aggies will double
team Jackson, making A&M’s abili
ty to block out the player left alone
after the double-team one of the
keys to the game .
“I think you have to double her
from somewhere, and when you
double her, someone else has to ro-
about our guard quick-
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tate and block that person out, and
that is what we didn’t do a good job
of in the last game,” Harvey said.
Harvey said controlling Jack-
son will be one of the game's de
ciding factors.
“If we can hold Jackson to
around 20 points, and do a good
job of blocking everyone else out,
we have a good shot at winning the
game,” Harvey said.
Texas (10-12, 5-7) is coming off
a 73-57 victory over Kansas State
on Saturday. In that game Jackson
led the Longhorns with 19 points
and 5 blocks.
The Aggies (6-16,2-10) are com
ing off a 90-65 loss to seventh-
ranked Texas Tech. A&M had trou
ble stopping Tech’s inside game
and matching up with its height.
A&M again should have trouble
against Jackson’s 6-foot-4-inch
frame, but the two forwards start
ing around Jackson will be shorter
than their Aggie counterparts.
Harvey said although she is
worried about Texas’ inside
game, A&M gives Texas reason to
worry also.
"I think they are probably worried
about our guard quickness, which
we really didn’t show in Austin the
last game,” Harvey said. “They are
worried about that and we are wor
ried about their inside game.”
A&M is 0-3 against Texas since
Big 12 play began last year.
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•IpORTS
RIEFS
from staff and wire reports
ipe earns Big 12
itching honors
Senior Ryan Rupe was named
g 12 Pitcher of the Week for the
Icond straight week for his per-
prmance in the weekend Arlington
Corning News/UT-Arlington Invita-
Inal. Rupe threw a complete
fame shutout in the opening game
ofthe tournament, striking out six
tters.He threw just 96 pitches
th no walks in a 7-0 A&M tri
umph. The Aggies won all three of
their tournament games to claim
the championship. Rupe was
named Pitcher of the Week last
week for his five no-hit innings
against UT-Pan American in the
season opener.
Aggie archers on
target at state
Aggies performed well in the
Texas State Archery Associa
tion Indoor State Champi
onships this weekend. Senior
John Blaschke won the male
compound bow event and se
nior Stater Holmes took the
male recurve title. A&M women
also did well. Junior Jennifer
Comedy won the female com
pound bow championship, beat
ing out freshman teammate Ca
role Grafe, who took second.
Grimes newest
coaching addition
The additions to the A&M football
staff continued yesterday, with the an
nouncement that Virginia Tech Assis
tant Coach J.B. Grimes will be taking
over duties as offensive line coach.
“Texas A&M has been one of the
top programs in the country for sev
eral years and I’m excited about the
opportunity to join the coaching
staff," Grimes said.
The Hokies have gone 44-16 in
Grimes’ time at Virginia Tech, making
bowl appearances in each of the last
five seasons, including the Orange
and Sugar Bowls. Grimes coached at
Delta State, Missouri, Northeast
Louisiana and Arkansas before mov
ing to Virginia Tech in 1993.
The hiring will fill the void when Of
fensive Coordinator and Offensive
Line Coach Steve Marshall left to take
the same position with North Caroli
na. Steve Kragthorpe, who is the wide
receivers coach, will also handle the
job of offensive coordinator for A&M.
A&M, Florida St.
to play in August
All of the talk about Texas
A&M playing a weak non-confer
ence schedule last year won’t be
heard this fall.
The Aggies will open up the
1998 season in the Meadow-
lands against perennial national
power Florida State on Aug. 31 in
the 16th annual Kickoff Classic.
The game will be televised na
tionally by ABC.
“We’re honored the Kickoff Clas
sic selected Texas A&M for its
1998 game,” Athletic Director Wal
ly Groff said.
A&M will bring back 14 starters
and 51 lettermen from last sea
son’s 9-4 Big 12 South Champi
onship squad which was ranked
20th in the final Associated
Press poll.
Florida State will bring back 12
starters from a team that was a
national cham
pionship con
tender for most
of last season
before losing to
Florida. The
Seminoles
were ranked
third in the last
AP poll.
In addi
tion to the
Seminoles, the Aggies will
play Louisiana Tech,
Southern Mississippi, and
North Texas before
ing Big 12 play.
Groff
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Women take
on Rice today
By Al JJvzarus
Staff writer
The 38th-ranked Texas A&M
Wo men’s Tennis Team will play the
Rice University Owls today at 1:30
p.m. in Houston.
The Aggies (5-0) are coming off
two important victories, a 6-3 defeat
of Houston last Wednesday, and a 5-
4 win over Louisiana State on Satur
day. Those two matches and today’s
match against Rice have implica
tions come NCAA tournament time,
because they are against teams from
region.
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Please see Tennis on Page 9.
Spring Business Career Fair *98!!
February 16 th - 19 th
Below are the companies attending the Career Fair and the days their booths will be set up:
(booths will be in Wehner Bldg., West Campus)
I El
th
Tuesday the 17
Aerotek, Inc.
Alltel
Andersen Consulting
Annuity Board of the Southern Baptist Convention
ARCO Information Technology
Baker & Botts, LLP
Bear Creek Corporation
Becker CPA Review
C.H. Robinson Co.
Career Center
Cintas Corporation
Consolidated Stores Corporation
The Container Store
Continental Airlines
Coopers & Lybrand LLP
Dealer Solutions
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Duke Energy Corporation
Enron Corporation
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Ernst & Young
Foot Action USA
Halliburton/B&R
Hastings Entertainment
HEB
Hewitt Associates
IKON Office Solutions
IMG Financial Group
Kids “R” Us/Babies “R” Us
Koch Industries, Inc.
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Kroger Corporation
Mervyn’s California
Neiman Marcus
Northwestern Mutual Life
Office Depot
OLDE Discount Corporation
Price Waterhouse LLP
Price Waterhouse Management Consulting
Rexton Interactive
Royce Homes
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Sewell Motor Company
Sherwin-Williams
Smith & Associates
Stage Stores, Inc.
State Farm Insurance
Toys ‘R’ Us
Wal-Mart
Walgreens
th
Wednesday the 18
Aerotek. Inc.
Alltel
Annuity Board of the Southern Baptist Convention
The Associates
Baker & Botts LLP
BDO Seidman LLP
Beazer Homes, Texas
Bridgestone/Firestone
C.H. Robinson Co.
Career Center
CarMax, The Auto Superstore
Cintas Corporation
Consolidate Graphics
Consolidated Stores Corporation
Eddie Bauer, Inc.
EDS
Edward Jones
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Foley’s
General Mills, Inc.
Grant Thornton LLP
Great-West Employee Benefits
Halliburton/B&R
Hastings Entertainment
Houston Chronicle
IKON Office Solutions
InfoTech Solutions Group
International Paper
JC Penney Co.
JDA Software Group
John Deere Company
Kids “R” Us/Babies “R” Us
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Kroger Co.
Kurt Salmon Associates
Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse
Mervyn’s California
National Instruments
NationsBank
Northwestern Mutual Life
OLDE Discount Corporation
Platinum Technology
Sears Tire Group
Smith and Associates
Toys ‘R’ Us
TTI, Inc.
Var-Tec Telecom, Inc.
Wal-Mart
Walgreens
White Petrov McHone
ith
Thursday the 19
Aerotek, Inc.
AIM Management Group, Inc.
Albertson’s
Arthur Andersen LLP
Ashland Chemical Company
BANC ONE Corporate Audit
Blockbuster Entertainment
Career Center
Central Intelligence Agency
Chevron
Circuit City Stores, Inc.
Compaq Computer Corporation
CompuServe Network Services
Conoco, Inc.
Conviser Duffy CPA Review
Dell Computer Company
Delta Dallas Staffing
DHL Worldwide Express
EDS
EQUIS
Expo Group
Federal Reserve Bank
Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.
Fidelity Investments
Frito-Lay
Grant Thornton LLP
The Home Depot
IKON Office Solutions
JDA Software Group
JPI
Keane, Inc.
MassMutual - The Wilson Agency
Melrose Apartments/Integroup Property Management
National Instruments
Norwest Financial
Payless Shoe Source
Pier 1 Imports
Prudential Preferred Financial Services
Ryan & Company PC
Smith & Associates
Southwestern Bell
The Summit Group, Inc.
Tactica Technology Group
Target
TeleCheck International
United States Gypsum Co.
USAA
Veeder-Root
Walgreens
Wells-Fargo Bank
-k Dress in business attire when speaking with companies at their booths k Prepare and bring resumes. Resume Help? Contact the Career Center: 845-5139.
Any other questions?? Try the BSC Website: http://wehner.tamu.edu/BSC