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The Texas A&M Men’s Basketball Team
came out strong in their conference road
game Saturday.
The Aggies waited until the second half
to fall apart.
After jumping out to a 38-30 halftime
lead against the University of Nebraska,
the Aggies (12-14, 5-11 Big 12) scored
only 30 second-half points to the Corn-
huskers’ 57, to lose, 87-68, in front of
11,294 fans at the Bob Devaney Sports
Center in Lincoln, Neb.
“I don’t know what came over us in the
second half,” A&M junior guard Clifton
Cook, who scored 16 of his 21 points before
the intermission, said. ‘‘We just didn’t play
with emotion.”
No emotion — mixed with a heavy dose
of Nebraska’s Venson Hamilton — proved
to be a fatal formula for the Aggies in the
second half, as the Buskers’ big man scored
nine of his team’s first 12 points after the
break, including a 3-point play that put Ne
braska up, 42-41.
Hamilton, who finished with a game-
high 23 points, said there was no lack of
emotion on the Cornhuskers’ part in the
second half.
“We were real quiet [at halftime] before
[Nebraska guard] Cookie Belcher spoke up
and said we were going to win for Andy
[Markowski] and the rest of the seniors,”
Hamilton said.
Hamilton’s strong play down low, com
bined with three-pointers by Cary Cochran
and Chad Johnson, fueled a 13-4 Nebraska
run that gave the Cornhuskers a 60-49 lead
with 8:53 remaining.
A Cook three-pointer pulled the Aggies to
within eight, 64-56, with five minutes re
maining, but Nebraska pulled away, leading
by as many as 22 points down the stretch.
see Colorado on Page 6.
A&M Men's
Game Leaders
Points leader:
Clifton Cook (19)
Rebound leader:
Clifton Cook (9)
Assists leader:
Michael Schmidt (4)
Colorado threes bury A&M women in OT
A&M Women's
Game Leaders
Points leader:
Kera Alexander (14)
Rebound leader:
Celeria Washington (6)
Assists leader:
Kim Tarkington (6)
BY TRAVIS HARSCH
The Battalion
The Colorado Buffaloes almost died by their
sword, but when in came to overtime, they
lived by it.
After shooting just three of 17 three-pointers
in regulation play against the Texas A&M
Women’s Basketball Team on Saturday at Reed
Arena, the Buffaloes (14-12, 7-9) made good on
both of their attempts behind the arc in overtime
and rode the momentum from those shots to a
71-69 win over the Aggies.
The Aggies lost despite having four players
score in double digits, including guard Kerrie
Patterson, who hit two clutch shots toward the
end of regulation play and added four more
points in overtime to end the game with 12.
“We just needed a win, and it was just who
ever could take the ball to the hole, and who
ever could get off a shot if it was a high-per-
centage shot,” Patterson said. “We wanted to
win so badly, and we felt like this could have
been our chance.”
Prissy Sharpe had a chance to win the game
for the Aggies, but her three-point attempt
with six seconds remaining in overtime
bounced out, and Kim Tarkington was unable
to get a shot off before the buzzer.
The game almost ended in regulation play,
as Kera Alexander was roughed up in the paint
on a missed layup with eight seconds to go.
No foul was called, and Colorado controlled
the rebound.
A&M was unable to secure the win despite
leading 30-25 at the half. The halftime lead was
the first the Aggies had held since a 73-59 win
at Kansas State on Jan. 27. But A&M Coach Peg
gie Gillom said Colorado altered its game plan
at the half, and her team had difficulties coping.
“It was just one of those nights tonight
where it should have been won in regulation,”
Gillom said. “We didn’t adjust on their de
fense. I’m proud of our girls. We came back
and made it a game, but the shots didn’t fall
for us.”
Colorado was unable to take advantage of
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Junior forward Kera Alexander shoots over
the defense during the Aggies’ 71-69 loss
to the University of Colorado Saturday.
its superior size, as the Aggies won the battle
of the boards, 55-36.
In addition to Patterson, Kim Tarkington
had 12 points, Kera Alexander had 15 and all
conference selection Prissy Sharpe had 15.
Freshman Celeria Washington, making her
third start of the year, grabbed 13 rebounds.
The game was the final of the season at
Reed Arena for the Aggies, and the final home
game for seniors Brenda Beard, Tarkington
and Patterson. The Aggies will play Nebraska
in Kansas City on Ttiesday in the opening
round of the Big 12 Tournament.
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