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BY AARON COHAN
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ig a bill to a 11 travel to orange-and-white land Tuesday to
i in the e :e the Sam Houston State University Bearcats
mess Huntsville.
en. Teel B The Aggies are coming off a 3-0 sweep of the
asked thai hversity of Texas-Arlington Mavericks this
•nd'ed to -ekend.
ce to sell.;; baseball coach Mark Johnson said the
1]()( | lia im has to focus on Tuesday’s game and not
’ 1(e . e start of Big 12 play this coming weekend,
j' . M V “Tm interested in our guys playing all 56
mes,” he said. “I’m not interested in the ones
^ ' at look to play hard in only conference games.”
lU ( . Johnson said midweek games can challenge
tl im ' team’s concentration.
’■ “Onre we get into the thick of the conference
ll! '" 1 mes, these Tuesday and Wednesday games
e the ones you have to win to show you’re not
hat woul ahead,” Johnson said,
i n 30 perce: pi a y ers also said less-recognized teams like
t in additioi im Houston are the teams that seem to get the
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best of A&M.
“Sam Houston has been a thorn in our side
the last couple of years,” senior co-captain and
first baseman John Scheschuk said.
The Bearcats are improved from last season,
boasting an 8-2 record.
However, the Aggies have shown talent this
season as well. Junior second baseman Sean
Heaney leads the team with a .477 batting av
erage, followed by Scheschuk at .457. But so far,
the majority of the Ags’ offensive power has
come from sophomore rightfielder Daylon Holt,
who leads the team in seven offensive cate
gories, including home runs (7J, runs (17) and
RBIs (25). The Aggies as a team are averaging
over 11 runs per game.
Left hander Shane King will face the Bearcats
this weekend. King has pitched only four in
nings this season but already has struck out sev
en while giving up only two hits.
Following their game versus the Bearcats, the
Aggies will host a three-game series this week
end against nationally ranked Oklahoma State
University.
A&M’s Joe
White makes
presence felt
in first season
BY TRAVIS HARSCH
The Battalion
O f all the traditions at Texas A&M
University basketball games,
the most popular one may be
not the Aggie Dance Team or Reveille
but the one that pays off fans for high-
scoring offense by the Aggies.
For the past several years, McDon
ald’s has sponsored a promotion at
A&M games — if the Aggies break
eighty points in a game, fans can re
deem their ticket stubs for free cheese
burgers.
So on opening night at Reed Arena
earlier this season, with the Aggies
leading the University of North Texas,
78-59, in the final half-minute of play
and the fans on their feet, freshman
center Joe White stepped to the line to
shoot two free throws. As a freshman.
White was not expected to know the
drill, but before taking the ball from
the officials, he turned to the crowd
and put his hands together to form a
cheeseburger sign.
It was his first game time in an
A&M uniform, but White said he
picked up and remembered the signal
from a game in 1997.
“I came to a game my senior year
against Bethune-Cookman. A&M blew
them out, but I didn’t understand why
everyone was doing that hand signal,”
White said. “I thought it might be for
a yell, so I asked the lady sitting next
to me, and she explained that the fans
got cheeseburgers if the team got 80
points.”
Though White missed the free
throws, the Aggies did manage to
crack eighty points and avoid sending
the fans home hungry. But with that
opening-night gesture and his play in
the next few home games, White es
tablished himself as a fan favorite, of-
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ten acknowledging the crowd and
winning fans over with his hustle af
ter rebounds and loose balls.
White said he tries to keep the
crowd involved in the game, some
thing he learned from a former Spur at
the Alamodome.
“I remember watching NBA games
in San Antonio, and when certain
players, like Dennis Rodman, were in
the game, they’d try to get the fans ex
cited,” White said. “I’ve always felt
that if you can bring the fans into the
game, it makes the atmosphere better
because they’re happy to be there and
want to cheer for you.”
After coming off the bench early in
the year. White has established him
self as a mainstay in the Aggies’ start
ing lineup in Big 12 play, averaging 5.9
points and 3.4 rebounds in 18.3 min
utes per game.
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of person who could dominate right
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