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e Battalion Sports ^ys mug: —crats conieai ie almost —ct gives while Re] — mocratsin tdC money =ire than $40 n four yean -Jem. er ind ■iialtz, i3ii looking t gainst t'ormei, Mike Espy, was acquittal ^nnd Clinton ~»f impeachi - ■ out of Start!: Sooners too hot for Aggies TERRY ROBERSON/Thh Battalion ESC # J i lior guard Clifton Cook lobs up a pass f fjflj y^ainjt the Kansas State Wildcats. STAFF AND WIRE REPORT The Texas A&M Men’s Bas ketball Team fell to hot-shooting Oklahoma University, 102-75, Saturday afternoon in front of 11,516 at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla. The Sooners hit 17 of 29 shots in the first half including eight of 13 three-point attempts on their way to building a 48-28 halftime lead. “They were bombing,” A&M coach Melvin Watkins said. “When you hit early, your con fidence really gets going.” The Aggies (11-11, 4-8) were led by senior forward Shanne Jones, who posted a double-dou ble with 14 points and 10 re bounds. Clifton Cook, Michael Schmidt and Aaron Jack were also in double figures for the Aggies, who turned the ball A&M Men's Game Leaders Points: Shanne Jones (14) Rebound: Shanne Jones (10) Assists: Clifton Cook (3) over only 13 times. The Sooners jumped on the Aggies early, hitting nine of their L if. (AP)-A: stions of Eli: *• Mayo, worn .-ill spark eihr: • chool, 10 mile /Vomen fall short to Baylor STAFF AND WIRE REPORT * les, has beer, f • lack and Hirfi: . vas forced in a season filled with close losses, the Texas A&M ^Hpan’s Basketball Team fell just in. )rt again Saturday, dropping a 78- I that the figti'-detision to Baylor University in ' Hispanic si: ico. 1 the schoolfiThe Aggies (7-15, 2-10 Big 12) >-'ere angry feileq by 13 points at halftime but or black hist" ight back to cut the lead to one nco de Mayo nt,166-65, with under six minutes t ing Black H ; :. Principal Leva with 12 seconds remaining in the ^>llowa“mul: ne, sophomore forward Prissy throughoul Arpp, who led A&M with 21 nts, buried a three-pointer to pull -i 11 cultures an ■ Ags within four, 77-73. The en- instonsaid. nglnbounds pass by Baylor (14- ms that are um 6-6 Big 12) was then stolen by </’ giejforward Kera Alexander, but - |<ed by mafi ' Be,irs grabbed the rebound off a ..is Black HisK ee-point attempt by Sharpe and lioliday in Mi re fouled to seal the game. ► battle in whi A&M coach Peggie Gillom said despite the loss, the . ipation troops A&M Women's Game Leaders Points: Prissy Sharpe (21) Rebound: Kera Alexander (6) Assists: Kerrie Patterson (6) Aggies responded well to the challenge with their strong second-half play. “Despite everything, I thought we came back and played hard the second half,” Gillom said. “I am proud of how we re sponded.” In addition to Sharpe’s perfor mance, the Aggies also received big numbers from Alexander, who scored 18 points to go along with a team- high three steals, and freshman guard LaToya Rose, who scored 13 on six- of-10 shooting. Forward Lara Webb led five Bay lor players in double digits with 20 points and added seven assists. Kacy Moffitt and Toya Ellis added 16 and 15 points respectively, and Danielle Crockrom came off the bench to chip in 12 points and eight rebounds. The Aggies will return home to Reed Arena Wednesday to face the Nebraska Corm buskers. first 11 shots. A season-high six players would eventually end up in double figures for Oklahoma, which ended up shooting 58 per cent for the game. The Aggies never got hot, hit ting 27 percent in the first half and only 38 percent of their shots on the game. Oklahoma has now won five games in a row after a brief mid season slump. Watkins said he is not sur prised the Sooners have recov ered. “I knew they would get back to the way they were,” he said. “And I am sure that is how they will finish.” The Aggies, who had won four of six heading into Saturday’s game, will try to recover in time for a Wednesday matchup against the University of Colorado. SALLIE TURNER/The Battalion Junior Kera Alexander goes up for a shot against Texas Tech. Page 7 • Monday, February 15, 1999 MIKE FUENTES/The Battalion Junior shortstop Steve Scarborough slides into home against the University of Texas Pan-American Broncos Arizona hands Ags first taste of defeat STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS The 1999 baseball season start ed off with a bang for the ninth- ranked Texas A&M Baseball Team. The Aggies put 48 runs on the board in a three-game sweep of the University of Texas Pan-American Broncos. Results were much different this weekend however, as the Aggies hit the road to take on the Univer sity of Arizona Wildcats. The Wildcats handed the Aggies their first losses of the season as they took two out of the three games the teams played. Arizona started out Friday after noon’s game quickly, jumping on Aggie starter Casey Possum for six runs in the first inning and winning the game 11-5. In the first inning, Possum (1-1), gave up a one-out grand slam to the Wildcats’ Kenny Huff. Two bat ters later, Dennis Anderson hit a two-run shot off Possum to stretch the lead to 6-1. Possum allowed 10 runs (nine earned) on nine hits in four innings of work. For the Aggies, sophomore rightfielder Daylan Holt continued his hot start as he went two for five from the plate with a homer, his fifth of the year, and three RBIs. Saturday, the Aggies were shut down by the Wildcats’ pitching as Josh Pearce threw Arizona’s first complete game in almost two years en route to defeating the Ag gies 5-2. The Aggies jumped out to a 2-0 lead after two innings but were stymied by Pearce the rest of the way, as he allowed only four hits over the last seven innings. Chance Caple (1-1) took the loss see Baseball on Page 8. It’s 2:58 p.m. on February 20 and you hear the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band playing the War iymn. But there you are, standing in line, trying to get in Reed Arena to watch the men’s basketball team “beat the hell out of tu.” ds The Ags walking past you into Reed Arena prepared for this 3 p.m. game by getting their tickets earlier this week. If you act now, you can be one of the people who walk up to any Reed Arena entrance that afternoon with ticket in hand. Just take your All Sports Pass—and your friends’ passes—to the box office at Reed Arena, G. Rollie White Coliseum or the MSC. Do it now. Reed’s Third Law says: The earlier you get your ticket, the better seat you get. In addition to tickets for the tu game, you can also get tickets for all of the remaining home games this season. You will have a great seat for the men’s Oklahoma game on Feb. 24 and the women’s games against Nebraska on Feb. 17 and Colorado on Feb. 27. See you at Reed Arena. Am/ED f/cr/oN We are hokmg for really, really suart techjwca 1 eaole who are fur to work w\tK ...krow of ary? 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