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ie Battalion Sports Page 9 • Wednesday, February 17, 1999 teach sday there woulii k or carrot to nprove teacher 'My suggestion word and I'oi Riley told then our thinkingcepsi ^ut membere ;sed some can iep. Bill Gooli tls the House ■Rforce Comm i has merit. Bui ■her training pi idards that mat aols in NewEnj ;ood for schools aic Rocky Mountain high Aggies test conditioning against Buffaloes in mile high city MIKE FUENTES/The Battalion senior forward Shanne Jones celebrates after converting on the against Kansas State University Feb. 10 BY SANTOSH VENKATARAMAN The Battalion There is one force of nature that many athletes have succumbed to over the years — high altitude. The Texas A& M Men’s Basketball Team (11-11,4- 8 Big 12) will find out about its conditioning tonight when the Aggies visit Boulder, Colo., to face the Uni versity of Colorado Buffaloes (12-13, 3-9 Big 12). Playing at a mile-high altitude is a unique situation for A&M coach Melvin Watkins, who has never been involved in a game in Colorado. “That’s something we don’t want to get in our heads,” Watkins said “You don’t want to use that as an excuse.” Of more concern to Watkins are his opponents. While Colorado has struggled this season with a team of mostly underclassmen, the Buffaloes do feature sev eral talented players. Guard Kenny Price, one of only two senior starters for CU, is one of the Big 12’s top shooting threats. Price is the Buffs’ leading scorer with 13.1 points per game and his 2.6 three-pointers per game leads the conference. Colorado point guard Jaquay Walls, a junior-college transfer from Brooklyn, NY, has emerged as a candi date for Big 12 Newcomer of the Year with his 11.3 points-per-game average. Tonight’s game will feature the head-to-head matchup of Walls and A&M junior guard Clifton Cook, two of the top transfer point guards in the nation. “Price and Walls look like standout players,” Watkins said. “They are two players we’ve got to be able to defend. They are awfully quick and athletic.” Anchoring the Colorado frontcourt is sophomore forward Jamahl Mosley, who leads the team in re bounding with 5.6 rebounds per game. The Buffaloes will also count on forward Carlton Carter, a candidate for All Big 12 Freshman honors, to give them some im portant minutes under the basket. Carter is back in the line up after nursing a deep thigh bruise earlier in the see Aggies on Page 14. 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Nebraska (16-9,5-7 in Big 12) fePoints leader: Nicole Kubik (18.8) Rebound leader: rooke Schwartz (6.4) | Assists leader: Nicole Kubik (6.4) Ags set to take on Huskers BY TRAVIS HARSCH The Battalion The Texas A&M Women’s Basket ball Team will return home to take on Nebraska in a 7 p.m. game at Reed Arena. A&M coach Peggie Gillom said her team is ready to take on the Huskers. “I think they’re looking forward to playing Nebraska,” Gillom said. “It does wear on you as far as losing goes. We played hard against Baylor, hard enough to win, and that’s a pos itive thing.” A&M will be looking to rebound from the 78-73 loss to the Bears last Saturday in Waco. Prissy Sharpe again led the way for the Aggies with 21 points, while Kera Alexander con tributed 18 points and freshman La- Toya Rose added 13 points. Gillom said her young players, in cluding Rose, have started to emerge. “I think our help in the future is eventually going to come from La- Toya Rose,” Gillom said. “Not only LaToya Rose, but also Celeria Wash ington, she came in and played well for us against Baylor. Our young kids are starting to give us some quality time.” Nebraska (16-9, 5-7) lost Saturday on the road to Kansas, 63-58, despite a career-high 24 points from junior Brooke Schwartz, who was five of seven on three point attempts. Schwartz leads Nebraska in re bounding, with 6.4 boards a game, and ranks second in scoring for the Huskers, who have lost two straight conference games, with 13.7 points per game, behind only Nicole Kubik, who averages 18.8 points a contest. Gillom said her squad matches up well physically against the Huskers but said Nebraska may present a strategic problem for the Aggies. “Our problem is that Nebraska prides itself on defense,” Gillom said. ““I think we match up well with them. They’re not all that talented, but what they do, they do well, and that concerns me because we’re not used to playing against pressure de fense. ” Point guard Kim Tarkington, who missed the second half of the Baylor game after suffering an arm injury, is expected to play. “I think she’ll be ready to go,” Gillom said. “They thought it was broken at first, but it’s really more of a thumb injury. She can’t really use her thumb, but she’ll be ready to play.” Mi ■M A N •* ^ ERIC NEWNAM/Tiik Battalion A&M junior forward Kera Alexander goes up for the tough shot against the University of Oklahoma on Feb. 6. Any workstation tin do graphics. 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