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ams will compete at the University of Houston on Saturday. The
competition will start at 9 a.m at the Bill Yeoman Field House and
the UH Athletics and Alumni Center. Last weekend at the Red
aider Open in Lubbock, Aggies Richard McDonald and Erica
owen each placed first in the pole vault. A&M team members
randon Evans and Jason Jacob also recorded first-place finishes
fn the triple jump and weight throw, respectively.
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The Aggies’ defense was a fac-
Jan. 13 as the Aggies held sixth-
iked Texas Tech eight points un
der their season average to keep the
score close in a 68-65 loss.
I Gillom said a new defensive set
up has helped keep A&M in con
tention despite the team’s offensive
struggles.
“Defensively, we’ve been playing
what we call a ‘jump defense,’ and
it’s been working for us,” she said.
“Our strength is defense, and
right now our weakness is putting
the ball in the hole. Oklahoma State
has a lot of people who can score,
and hopefully we can stop their
leading scorers.”
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A&M wrestlers pin second tournament
BY JORDAN DAVIS
The Battalion
With World Championship
Wrestling heading for Reed Arena
this weekend, the attentions of
many Aggie fans are turned to the
ring. But A&M hosts its own
wrestlers, on an amateur level.
The Texas Aggie Wrestling
Team, a club sport offered through
the Department of Recreational
Sports, offers an opportunity for
A&M students, staff and faculty to
showcase their wrestling skills.
The team has not gone unno
ticed by state and national organi
zations, including the National Col
legiate Wrestling Association.
Texas A&M is ranked fourth
among collegiate teams. A&M re
cently hosted the Aggie Classic Tour
nament, in which the team placed
first. The team also placed first in Oc
tober at a tournament hosted by
Georgia Southern University.
The Aggie Wrestling Team will at
tend the Texas Invitational Austin
Tournament at the University of
Texas on Jan. 31. They will then head
to a competition at Vanderbilt Uni
versity on Feb. 13 before hosting the
NCWA Regional competition Feb. 27.
The team is open to any wrestler
who is interested. Participants need
not be experienced but must be able
to handle the nature of the sport,
coach John-Paul Stephens said.
“To be successful in wrestling,
you need a combination of speed,
strength, and flexibility,” Stephens,
a senior industrial engineering ma
jor, said.
Stephens said the most impor
tant quality needed to succeed in
wrestling is determination.
“If you’ve got the heart, you can
succeed in wrestling,” he said.
Stephens said the team has seen
members advance to national com
petition within a semester of joining.
The team practices Monday
through Thursday from 5:30 to 7
p.m. in G. Rollie White 260. Those
interested in joining must sign a re
lease form before participating.
Rodman staying quiet on future
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Den
nis Rodman has played a merce
nary killer in the movies and a re
bounding force in the NBA.
Now, he is just playing coy.
Rodman’s agent, Dwight Man-
ley, said yesterday the mercurial
star will not sign with any club
before next week. Instead, he
Baylor
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eraging 18.5 turnovers per game,
17.6 in Big 12 games. The defense
also has struggled in Big 12 play, with
opponents shooting 50.5 percent
against A&M. The Aggies have been
outrebounded by an average of 7.2
rebounds per game in Big 12 play.
A&M will once again look for
solid play from Shanne Jones. The
senior forward ranks 22nd on
A&M’s all-time scoring list and
needs 61 more points to move into
the top 20.
Junior guard Clifton Cook is av
eraging 16.2 points per game in Big
12 play and is among conference
leaders in minutes, averaging 36
will appear on “The Tonight
Show” tonight, where he is ex
pected to hint at which teams he
would be interested in joining.
The 37-year-old Rodman
would be a prized commodity for
teams looking to add the final
championship piece to their ros
ters.
minutes per game.
The Aggies are looking to break
a 25-game road losing streak in
conference games on Saturday, dat
ing back to their last conference
road win of the 1994-95 season, co
incidentally against Baylor.
The Baylor men won two out of
three meetings between the teams
last year, winning 73-64 in Waco in
the first encounter. The Aggies then
won the final game at G. Rollie
White Coliseum by the count of 80-
75. Jones scored 20 points in the
game, and sophomore guard
Michael Schmidt poured in a ca
reer-high 26 points to lead the way.
One week later, Baylor ended the
Aggies’ season with a 66-63 victo
ry in Kansas City at the Big 12 Tour
nament.
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