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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
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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.
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