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BY JASON LINCOLN
AND TRAVIS HARSCH
The Battalion
Once again, they were this close.
With four games and ten days left be
fore the Big 12 Tournament, the Texas
A&M Women’s Basketball Team came
out strong in their penultimate home
game of the season, looking to improve
their seeding for the tournament and se
cure their first home conference win.
But a ten-point, first-half deficit
proved too much to overcome as the
Aggies (7-16, 2-11 Big 12) fell 62-54 to
Nebraska (17-9, 6-7 Big 12) on Wednes
day after slicing the Nebraska lead to
four with under a minute to go.
“It was just one of those things, it
wasn’t Nebraska, it was just us,” A&M
coach Peggie Gillom said. “We come
back after getting down, you just get
worn down, it plays with your mind.”
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gies Achilles’ heel, as A&M gave up the
ball 25 times for 24 Nebraska points.
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The Aggies won the battle of the
boards, outrebounding Nebraska 38-35.
But the Huskers were able to grab 11 of
fensive rebounds, leading to a 10-5 sec
ond chance point edge.
The Huskers’ defensive pressure
limited the Aggies scoring and hindered
their passing game.
That aggressiveness also got them
into early foul trouble, putting A&M on
the free-throw line 12 times in the first
half, with the Aggies able to convert on
only six of those opportunities.
A&M forward Kera Alexander said
the Aggies troubles were not with the
pressure, but rather with the way the
Aggies handled it.
“It wasn’t their pressure, it was be
cause we didn’t take care of the ball,”
Alexander said. “It’s frustrating because
you feel like you’re beating yourself.”
Alexander said A&M did not take ad
vantage of the opportunities Nebraska’s
defensive pressure offered.
“We know we could beat their press,
and when we hesitated, we didn’t cap-
A&M Men's
Game Leaders
Points leader:
Kera Alexander (22)
Rebound leader:
Prissy Sharpe (12)
Assists leader:
Kim Tarkington (4)
italize,” Alexander said. “When some
one presses you, you’ve got to make
them pay, and we didn’t do that.”
At halftime the Huskers had a com
fortable lead at 29-19 as A&M suffered
shooting woes in the final eight minutes,
scoring only eight points over that span.
The Aggies came out in the second
half and stepped up all aspects of their
game. The passing was consistent and
accurate, the rebounding strong and the
outside shooting found the net.
Kera Alexander led A&M with 22 and
Prissy Sharpe followed with 13 points.
Sharpe also grabbed 12 rebounds for the
30th double-double of her career.
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STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
When traveling to Boulder to take
on the University of Colorado Buf
faloes, teams know they have to con
tend with the high altitude.
Last night it was not the altitude that
did in the Texas A&M Basketball team,
it was their dreadful shooting. The Ag
gies were as cold as a Rocky Mountain
stream in a 71-61 loss to the Buffaloes.
The Aggies shot 5-for-27 from the
field in the first half, an 18-percent
clip, as the Buffaloes raced out to a 32-
16 lead at halftime.
The Aggies mounted a small come
back in the second half, outscoring
Colorado 45-39, but it was not enough
in the end.
For the game, the Aggies shot 31
percent from the floor and 32 percent
from behind the three-point line.
Chris Clayton led the Aggies with 16
points in the game on 5-for-10 shooting
from behind the arc. Junior forward
Jerald Brown chipped in with a double
double for the Aggies with 11 points and
12 rebounds.
Freshman Joe White was also in
double figures despite l-for-10 shoot
ing from the field. Ten of White’s 12
points came from the charity stripe.
Leading the Buffaloes were Kenny
Price with 21 points and Jamahl
Mosley with 12.
The Aggies return home on Satur
day to take on the University of Texas
Longhorns at 3 p.m. at Reed Arena.
MIKE FUENTES/The Battalion
Junior guard Clifton Cook recorded seven assists in the Aggies’
71-61 loss to the University of Colorado.
Women head
to Austin for
Big 12 finale
STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
The 24th-ranked Texas A&M
Women’s Swimming and Diving
Team is set to begin competition at
the Big 12 Championships in
Austin today. The three-day con
ference meet will be contested at
the Jamail Texas Swimming Center
in Austin.
Two-time defending 1,650-yard
freestyle Big 12 champion Tracy
Evans, along with 1998 NCAA
qualifier Monica Stoman, fresh
man Clara Ho and senior Tammy
Lee will lead fourth-year head
coach Don Wagner’s swimmers
into battle against the other five
competing schools.
Along with A&M, defending
University of Nebraska, Universi
ty of Texas, Iowa State University,
University of Kansas and Univer
sity of Missouri all sponsor swim
ming and diving programs in the
Big 12.
In the diving venue, head coach
Kevin Wright will instruct national
team diver Danielle Guameri and
freshman Meghan Zack.
Recently placing ninth at the
Canon XIFINA Diving World Cup in
Wellington, New Zealand, Guameri
placed second at last year’s meet in
the platform event before advancing
to NCAAs and earning all-American
honorable mention for her 14th-
place performance.
After the championship in
Austin, the Aggie swimmers who
qualify for the national champi
onships will travel to Athens, Ga.,
for the NCAA Division I Women’s
Swimming and Diving Champi
onship on March 18-20.
The diving squad, however,
will travel to compete in the Zone-
D Diving Championships on
March 12-13 in Fayetteville, Ark.,
to determine who qualifies for
NCAAs.
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Circuit City Stores
Continental Airlines
DA Consulting Group
Duke Energy
Eddie Bauer, Inc
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Exxon Chemical
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Glazer’s Distributors
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Guaranty Federal Bank, F.S.B.
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Harold’s Stores, Inc
Hastings Entertainment
Home Depot
Houston Chronicle
IBM Global Services
IMG Financial Group
Keane, Inc.
KPMG LLP
Kroger Company
Mervyn’s California
National Instrument
Northwestern Mutual Life
Office Depot
OLDE Discount Corporation
Otis Elevator Company
Pier 1 Imports
Randalls/Tom Thumb
Robert Half International
Ryan & Company, P.C.
SBC Communications, Inc.
Sewell Motor Company
Shell Services International
Sherwin-Williams Company
Smith & Associates
Toys ‘R Us
Trinity Industries
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United States Gypsum Co.
Var-Tec Telecom, Inc.
Walgreens
Wallace’s Bookstores, Inc.
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AIM Management Group, Inc.
Alcatel USA
Allstate
Alside Inc.
American National Insurance
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Army & Air Force Exchange
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The Associates
AT&T
Bank One Corporation
BDO Seidman, LLP
Blockbuster Entertainment
Bridgestone/ Firestone Inc.
Career Center - Texas A&M
Continental Airlines
Dell Computer Corporation
DHL Worldwide
Dynegy Inc.
Eddie Bauer, Inc
Edward Jones Investments
Enron Corp
Expo Group
Exxon Chemical
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Federal Reserve Bank
General Electric Capital
Guaranty Federal Bank, F.S.B.
Hewitt Associates
JPI
LECG, Inc.
Luby’s
Maytag Appliances
McLane Company
Northwestern Mutual Life
Norwest Financial
Randalls/Tom Thumb
Smith & Associates
Target
Telecheck Services, Inc.
Texas Utilities
USAA
VHA Inc.
Zale Corporation