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BY TRAVIS HARSCH
The Battalion
Task Force, Rot
schedule-fournt For any coach who takes a new job, there is a tran-
it group three ion period. Getting settled into a position, imple-
nce of a nan entjng an offense and a defense of choice and meet-
result in a CL: g new faces can cause anxiety for just about any
t could pose ach, no matter the number of moves he or she has
,500, jail timer. J de in the past.
nation of both. f° r A&M women’s basketball coach Peggie
Horn, there were a lot more butterflies because
Horn had never had a head coaching position before
mihg to College Station at the start of this season,
“ikvas nervous at the start,” Gillom said. “You’ve
enjan assistant all your life, and all of a sudden, you
veyour own program.”
1 a bachelorr: Although Gillom had never occupied the seat on the
>gy for stude: d of the bench, she was by no means inexperienced,
'eologyasa In her collegiate career from 1977 to 1980 at the
other discif iiv4rsity of Mississippi, Gillom set scoring and re-
nce-basedca 'unping records which no Rebel, male or female has
ely to impro 1 surpassed. She joined the staff in Oxford in 1981
i our society 'd remained there until 1997, when she left to take
ience inter 1 assistant’s job with the Houston Comets of the
id decision', omen’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).
With the Comets, Gillom won WNBA Champi-
iships in 1997 and 1998 before leaving to take the
?ad coaching position at A&M. Gillom said she has
rtten stronger as a person since taking the job.
“II wasn’t as hard as 1 thought it was going to be,
.it it has made me grow,” Gillom said. “1 needed that
^n an indivv Telience, here you are, calling the shots, instead of
V, >meone else; it’s been a challenge, but I like it here.”
„ ‘ i. i' . Gillom’s first season as a head coach had an inter-
benw tested ■ ;ting °P enin 8 Wlth the A SS ies 8 ettm g off to a S' 5 start
, ( , i non-conference play and now taking a deceptive 6-
) record (1-5, Big 12) into Manhattan this weekend
1 . i play Kansas State (11-6, 4-3) at 7 p.m. tonight. Six
ai ,, f those 10 losses have been by five points or less, in-
1IU ^ ludinglast weekend’s 70-69 loss to Oklahoma State,
" ll ( /hen A&M rallied after trailing by 17.
it reports dew “xi lere were some games, especially in the presea-
,n ta)0ut ' n ‘ 3n,that we didn’t take care of our business,” Gillom
lities and rise
tion is very
KATHY STEMPIEN/TTih BaTTAUON
Junior forward Kera Alexander and the A&M Women’s
Basketball Team will face Kansas State Wednesday in
Manhattan, Kan.
Kansas State
Points leader:
Nicky Ramaee
(15.1)
Rebound leader:
Nicky Ramaee
(6.7)
Assists leader:
Essence Perry
(5.4)
said.
“We could easily be 5-1 in this conference, we’ve
just got to get over the hump.”
Gillom said the series of close losses, especially in
see K-State on Page 10.
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Aggies ready for revenge
Rematch with Texas Tech offers chance to avenge loss
BY SANTOSH VENKATARAMAN
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Men’s Basket
ball Team returns to Reed Arena
tonight for a Big 12 Conference
game against the Texas Tech Red
Raiders. The Aggies (8-8,1-5 in Big
12) will have an opportunity to tie
Tech in the Big 12 standings with a
2-4 conference mark. The Aggies
also are looking for their first Big 12
victory in Reed Arena.
A&M is coming off a last-second
57-56 win at Baylor on Saturday. In
a play shown on highlight shows
across the nation, freshman center
Joe White’s full-court inbounds pass
was tipped by junior guard Jerald
Brown to senior shooting guard
Chris Clayton.
Clayton, standing at the left
wing, stroked the game-winning
three-pointer at the buzzer.
The win snapped the Aggies’ 25-
game road conference losing streak
and gave Coach Melvin Watkins
his first Big 12 victory. The victory
also marked Watkins’ 50th win as
a collegiate head coach.
Texas Tech (10-9 overall), who
has lost four of its last five games,
is led by 5-foot-11 guard Rayford
Young. Young is averaging 14.6
points per game and is one of the
top free-throw shooters in the na
tion, connecting at a rate of 85.2
percent.
Tech also will get some help in
forward Cliff Owens, who is ex
pected back for tonight’s contest af
ter missing the Red Raiders’ last
game, a 70-62 loss at Iowa State on
Saturday, with a sprained ankle.
Tech is the second-highest scor
ing team in the Big 12 and leads the
conference in three-point accuracy
at 40 percent.
A&M and Tech last met two
weeks ago in Lubbock in a 82-68
Tech victory. A&M led by 11 mid
way through the first half, but
Young scored 10 straight points to
fuel a Red Raider comeback.
Tech led by five at the half and
GUY ROGERS/THE Battalion
Junior guard Jerald Brown and the Texas A&M Men’s Basketball Team
will look for their first home conference win when they take on the
Texas Tech Red Raiders Wednesday at Reed Arena
stretched the lead to as many as 18
in the second half to secure the
victory. Young finished with a
game-high 22 points, and fresh
man forward Andy Ellis added 14
points and nine rebounds for
Tech.
Junior guard Clifton Cook
scored 17 points for the Aggies, and
senior forward Shanne Jones tal
lied 15 points in the loss.
A&M, which trails the all-time
series against Tech 52-45, has lost
nine straight games to the Red
Raiders.
The last Aggie victory over Tech
was the 1994-95 Southwest Con
ference opener for both teams, in
which A&M came up with a 90-80
victory at G. Rollie White Colise
um. The Red Raiders have beaten
A&M in four out of their last five
visits to College Station.
Points leader:
Rayford Young (14.6)
Rebound leader:
Cliff Owens (7.8)
Assists leader:
Stan Bonewitz (4.4)
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