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^ The Battalion Sports Page 9 • Thursday, December 2, 1999 ggies beat SFA Lumberjacks, 0-65, for first win of season BY AL LAZARUS The Battalion J Four freshmen started for the N ^ Zi Texas A&M Men’s Basketball Team Wednesday night at Reed Arena. [ Twenty-three turnovers later, the |;gies had defeated the Stephen F. noiccooewowc Austin State University Lumber jacks, 70-65, for their first win of ’ RN™: the year. ■ The Aggies (1-2) shot 50 percent , oD4 A DNA ente,s "*"‘ from the field compared to SFA’s .NUcommai,,, Por 41 • 1 P ercent anc l outrobounded the jiDNAcrni.oi,hacks, 40-27. SFA stayed close, though, scoring 20 points off the Ag- I;' ’ 11 ' g' es ’ 23 giveaways. I “I have to give credit to SFA — him. they came in and played hard,” men’s basketball coach Melvin Watkins said. “As you can see, we’ve got a lot of work to do; | Be just have to figure out where to ■art.” WAVE Why the immw [•bodies system cantfird Freshman forward Larry Scott led the Aggies with 14 points, 12 of those off four first-half three-point ers. Freshman guard Bernard King and senior forward Aaron Jack chipped in 13 and 11 points, re spectively. “Bernard King has a chance to be a superstar at the national level,” SFA men’s basketball coach Derek Allister said, “and Larry Scott is like a professional shooter.” The Aggies helped themselves throughout the game with strong re bounding, but the ’Jacks stayed close because of repeated mental lapses on A&M’s part. In one 10-second span early in the second half, the Aggies threw two careless passes, both of which were picked off and taken in for dunks by SFA. “We just made so many mental errors — way, way too many mis- towards medal CD « ,r °y to Imd ,t two elagosolthe ires a positive amlrmedblwi tertain opporwwt* lonla. AIDS-retaled cance were wasting ordeieenta. illfr ai I 9* Wmm, % takes,” Watkins said. “There’s no shortcut; we just have to keep prac ticing and get better.” The Aggies were without the services of senior forward Jerald Brown, who suffered a broken or bit bone near his right eye after col liding with a teammate in practice last week. Brown has missed all three of the Aggies’ regular-season games but is expected back in the lineup soon. “Not having Jerald in there, we are playing some people out of posi tion,” Watkins said. “We had [junior forward Carlton Brown] inside, and he hasn’t gotten any work at that.” Though admittedly bitter after losing a game he said the ’Jacks should have won, Allister had noth ing but praise for A&M. “Texas A&M’s got good players,” Allister said. “They are young, but they’re going to be superb.” LEFT: A&M fresh man point guard Jamaal Gilchrist looks for a teammate downcourt in the first half of the Ag gies’ game against Stehen F. Austin State University last night at Reed Are na. The Aggies de feated the Lumber jacks, 70-65, for their first win of the season. RIGHT: A&M senior forward Aaron Jack drives to the basket after stealing the ball from SFA junior center Emanuel Jackson in the sec ond half last night at Reed Arena. CODY WAGES/I’m: Battalion CODY WAGES/Tm: Battalion Dedication) • 3 years ■sed to others S 9 Public >a»e sex ;iothos or towels orp«" Cohabitation >afe sex , it’s too we don’t sell cars. Maybe one day we will sell cars, food and everything else you need. But right now, it's great deals on textbooks every day. You can save up to 40%, and you'll get your books in 1 to 3 days. Not that you would, but don t sweat using a credit card. VarsityBooks.com is 100% guaranteed secure. Try saying that about a new SUV. SAVE UP TO 40% ON TEXTBOOKS. at opa 5. Varsity Books .com