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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.
Colorado
(12-13,3-9 in Big 12)
Points leader:
Kenny Price (13.1)
Rebound leader:
Jamahl Mosley (5.6)
Assists leader:
Jaquay Walls (4.0)
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Nebraska
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Nicole Kubik (18.8)
Rebound leader:
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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.”
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A&M junior forward Kera Alexander goes up for the tough shot against
the University of Oklahoma on Feb. 6.
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