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Men’s basketball team falls to Global All-Stars BY AL LAZARUS The Battalion The back of the jerseys the iel was aiming ar^ exas Men s Basketball > victim was hit b^ eam wore in its exhibition game xheted off a tree, uesday night said “Defense ins. ” It was a simple enough state- t, but one the Aggies appar- rdid not take to heart — un- was too late. &M’s belated effort against lobal Sports Next-Level All- was not enough to make up ts early mistakes, as the Ag- were defeated, 75-71, in front 51789 fans at Reed Arena. “IWe waited too long to step it up,” A&M senior forward Jerald Brown said. “But when we did, you saw the difference.” Trailing the Aggies, 19-16, halfway through the first half, the All-Stars went on a 13-3 run and eventually ended the half with a 33-28 lead over A&M. But the Aggies appeared to take the statement embroidered on their uniforms to heart at half time, because it was a different A&M team on the court for much of the second half. After falling behind 13 points five minutes into the half, the Aggies found what had been missing from see Basketball on Page 10. 14th-ranked Ags take on Wildcats BY BREE HOLZ The Battalion JR BEATO/Thk Battalion A&M sophomore setter Jenna Moscovic (left) and senior outside hitter Summer Strickland dive for a ball against the University of Texas Oct. 27 at G. Rollie White Coliseum. With its 15-match home win ning streak on the line, the 14th- ranked Texas A&M Volleyball Team will battle 18th-ranked Kansas State University tonight at 7 at G. Rollie White Coliseum. The Aggies (21-5, 12-4 Big 12) are tied for third place in the Big 12 with the Kansas State Wildcats and the University of Texas Long horns. The University of Nebraska sits alone in first place with a 13-3 conference record. The Aggies and Wildcats met earlier this season in Manhattan, Kan., with Kansas State defeating A&M, 15-9, 6-15, 13-15, 2-15. The all-time series between the teams is tied, 4-4. Kansas State holds an 18-6 overall record and a 12-4 confer ence record. Its most recent win came on Saturday when it defeat ed the University of Missouri in three games. The Wildcats return four starters from last year’s team that finished 1998 in fifth place with a 12-8 conference mark and 19-12 overall. Kansas State qualified for the NCAA tournament, but was defeated by Brigham Young Uni versity, 3-0, in the second round of play. Although the Aggies are unde feated at G. Rollie this season, A&M volleyball coach Laurie Corbelli said they do not necessarily have an advantage over the Wildcats. “We went there and now they have to come play in our environ ment,” she said. “But Kansas State also went to Texas and won and went to Nebraska and won, two places where it is very difficult to win if you aren’t the home team.” Corbelli said the game plan for the match is to come out fighting. “[Kansas State] is very tena cious, and you have to be very sharp to compete against them,” she said. “How we enter the match will be the key. Basically, we have to come out strong and ready to play.” see Volleyball on Page 10. A&M women finish up exhibition season BY BETH MILLER The Battalion The Texas A&M Women’s Basketball Team will try to continue its momentum and adaptability against the Mississippi All-Stars in its second pre season exhibition game tonight at 7 at Reed Arena. The Aggies won their first exhibition game Fri day, 57-54, against the Budapest Sport Eyesulet (BSE) of Budapest, Hungary. A&M women’s basketball coach Peggie Gillom said the adjusted well to an atypical po sitioning situation. Three Aggies — senior forward Prissy Sharpe, senior guard Amy Yates and sophomore guard La- Toya Rose — are injured and unable to play. Sharpe is out with a left-ankle eversion sprain, Yates is recovering from surgery on her left knee, and Rose has a strained right hamstring. The injured players’ teammates had to pick up the slack Friday by rotating among the vacant positions on the court. Gillom said she was proud of the team’s enthusiasm and flexibility. Gillom said tonight’s game against the Mis sissippi All-Stars will challenge the Aggies with athletic, effective scorers. “We hope we can run the hall and score off fast breaks.” -PEGGIE GILLOM BASKETBALL COACH “[The Mississippi All-Stars] will be a good team,” she said. “They are all scorers. They put the ball in. We hope we can run the ball and score off fast breaks. ” Gillom said the Aggies hope to leave last year’s 7-20 season behind them. Last year’s top contributors were Sharpe and senior forward Kera Alexander. Sharpe, a member of A&M’s 1,000-Point Club and 500-Rebounding Club, ranks fourth all time in scoring and third in rebounding in A&M history. Alexander played several positions against BSE last weekend and was one of the team’s key contributors in the win, Gillom said. Junior forward Jaynetta Saunders, another weapon the Aggies were unable to use last weekend because of an injury, will return for tonight’s game. Saunders, who was missed the BSE game with a sprained right toe, was selected as Pre season Big 12 Basketball Newcomer of the Year in early November. She transferred to A&M from Belleville Area College in Illinois, where she earned All-Amer ica honors, racking up 1,534 points, 635 re bounds, 174 steals and 105 blocked shots. 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