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Monday, Februan I ' SPORTS May, February 14,2000 THE BATTALION Page 7 King of the court m t aid. Amber 1 lauerman« ivei re u ithout merit," Si on of violence or poia le never got olfthisa itic >n t\ inghim to ilia ip ( >f faith from somei l‘IK :e he had w ith him' 1 Cl >ntinued sending kt nv estigr itors about,! amina ition were aba invthi ng.” Simpsos o f >egan sending iniji -en iforcei incut agenciw ;u id otb er counties. 1 wriu .• long, rambU racket s of paperw then )-FW as record-setting day in Aggies’ 74-69 win over Colorado BY AL LAZARUS The Battalion S (AP)—Mail the.: e I)allas-Furl \WH sallie turner/Thk Battalion , r iti cs ■AttinmmostMW&M freshman guard Bernard King (L) celebrates his A&M freshman record of 34 points with senior forward Jason Boeker after A&M defeated Colorado for the first time in school history, 74-69, at Reed Arena Saturday. ho su ipc wasm\ tof*" y • a rite tliousas\fcoWo\ll| jduient checks L Smith, U.S. Postal I /ice spokesman, said I tail the It in theMetrai n doubled sinceIhisB® lartment complexesThe Aggies never had defeated ith large concentratM University of Colorado as they mlarly vulnerable,hesfced Saturday’s contest with the ves are looking for jftaloes. )ur financial infonnsjof course, A&M never had a i is quoted as sayiffiBnard king, either. 7ns oi l/rc'Drt/te.lfewRiding the magnilicent fresh- 3efore you can doitBri's 34 points, which he culled e already hit yourckipni a repertoire of off-balance ■tpers, timely 3-pointers and in beginning ot theti*isingly reliable free-throw shoot- ober, postal inspeti-m the Texas A&M men’s basket- I arrests tor mail few team squeaked out a 74-69 ith said. Nineteen ciory over the Buffaloes in front,of :r federal indictnienit,6ii l ) Reed Arena fans. The victory tallies for stealingmisA&M’s first in live tries against to $250,000 in fmesColorado. prison. 1“I just wanted the ball,” King eported to Dallaspolw.'Td been struggling for I don’t woman received aifew how long, and I wanted to get :lerk at a Lewisville!® on track.” after someone ntadiBKing, who had only eight points ise with one ofher* ftalftime, scored 24 of the Aggies’ next day, the thie'|n;il 34 points, sparking A&M’s 0 purchase at a n i2,800 and $2,20 ople have my teleplw ly address,” thewoi 1 anonymity because! ves, said. “1 just dot se they could heap 1 oout that.” comeback from a 10-point deficit w ith 11:37 remaining in the contest. A&M coach Melvin Watkins said King’s big game may have been the result of a challenge he received from senior forward Jason Boeker in the Aggies’ Friday practice. “Boeker said, ‘Bernard, you got ta bring it," meaning you’ve got to bring your game on gameday,” Watkins said. “I saw Bernard nod, and I guess that’s what it took be cause he brought his game today.” King made 10-of-l 1 free throws including seven-of-eight in the last 2:15 of play — to hold off the Buffaloes (13-10,4-7 Big 12). With the Aggies (7-14, 3-7 Big 12) cling ing to a one-point lead and 19 sec onds remaining, King nailed an off- balance jumper from the lane to ice the victory for A&M. King’s 34 points set a new A&M freshman scoring record, breaking the mark of 33 set by Ver non Smith in 1977. Smith, who was murdered in Dallas in 1992 after being mistaken for someone else, was part of the 1980 A&M men’s team that was honored at halftime of Saturday’s game. A Iter King committed his fourth foul with 8:26 remaining, Watkins was forced to send the precocious rookie to the bench. But two minutes later. King was back on the lloor, and he wasted little time before draining a 3-pointer that tied the game at 53 with 5:18 remaining. The Buffaloes received 19 points from senior guard Jaquay Walls, who was kept mostly in check down the stretch by A&M freshman guard Jamaal Gilchrist. Junior forward Jamahl Mosley scored 16 points for Colorado. King and Gilchrist, who himself had an impressive showing with 15 points, eight rebounds and seven as sists, combined to score 49 of A&M’s 74 points. Afterward, Gilchrist had kind words for his fel low freshman. “Bernard’s going to be a great player,” he said. “He’s just got to keep working hard, and the sky’s the limit for him.” After both teams started offslow- ly, A&M took a nine-point lead with 9:40 remaining in the first half. The Buffaloes mounted a run, though, and trailed by only one, 33-32, at halftime. The Aggies received a boost from the return of senior forward Jerald Brown, who had missed the last three games with a broken bone in his left hand. Fitted with a soft cast to allow more flexibility, Brown scored six points and imparted his usual motivational tactics on his younger teammates. “Jerald has definitely been our spiritual leader,” Watkins said. “His stats may not look great, but we miss what he brings to the table because some of those things don’t show up on the stat sheet.” A&M returns to action Wednes day in Waco against Baylor. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. SALLIE TURNER/The A&M sophomore guard Andy Leatherman tries to dribble around Colorado Nick Mohr during the Aggies’ victory over the Buffaloes Saturday. guard ideo series ofl :0MANCE, ried, ic relationships ■8:15 p.m.; CA 3/20: c.s. A&M women’s tennis team falls to 18th-ranked Northwestern Wildcats BRADLEY ATCHISON/Tm Battalion M sophomore Martina Nedorostova returns a serve against Northwestern University Friday the Varsity Tennis Center. BY BLAINE DIONNE The Battalion Learning experiences are often painful when they happen, but as time passes, they be come useful. At least, that is what A&M women’s tennis coach Bobby Kleinecke hopes after his team dropped its first big match of the season 6-3 against 18th-ranked Northwestern University on Friday at the Varsity Tennis Center. “Playing teams this good early in the sea son is tough,” Kleinecke said. “I think that in the long run these tough matches will pay off down the stretch, especially once we get to conference.” Their stretch of tough early season oppo nents does not stop with Northwestern, either. The Aggies, now 2-1, are traveling to No. 23 Louisiana State University and No. 16 Van derbilt for their next two matches. Kleinecke said he would have liked to take a win from the Northwestern match, but he put his team’s perfonnance in perspective afterwards. “We competed hard, but I am obviously disappointed that we lost,” he said. “We gave everything that we had. The big difference was that Northwestern already has two big wins against ranked opponents this year. They have already played in two tough matches, and we had not.” Northwestern’s Mia Jackson turned in the most dominating performance of the day, disposing of A&M’s Leah Killen in two sets 6-1,6-0. Afterwards Jackson talked about her victory. “My match went really well,” Jackson said. “I was excited about the way I was playing and the way I was just able to go out there and take care of business.” Northwestern head coach Claire Pollard said her team performed as well as she had hoped. “I think we played pretty well,” Pollard “Lisa did a good job for us today,” he said. “In other matches in her career when she has gone down in sets, it has gotten in her head and both ered her. Today, she showed great composure.” The only other victory the Aggies came away with was in singles play by freshman Olivia Karlikova, who defeated Shannon Duffy of Northwestern, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4. Although she did not pick up the victory, freshman Cassie Hass played in the most in teresting match of the day against Northwest ern Marine Piriou. In a marathon 6-4,6-7,6-2 match, Hass bat tled back from setbacks in each set to no avail. Kleinecke was pleased with Hass’ effort, said. “It’s our first outing outside in a while so < just not the results. was pleased with that. We know A&M is a great team, but we were ready to play and I think it was a good match.” The Aggies did have a few bright spots in their match, however. One was senior Lisa Dingwall, who won her singles match against Northwestern’s Colleen Cheng and also took her doubles match with teammate Martina Nedorostova from NU’s number one team of Cheng and Katherine Nasser. Kleinecke said he was happy with the ma turity his senior displayed. We fell down early in every set,” Klei necke said. “She competes very hard and that’s one of the best things about her, we just dropped too many games at the beginning there.” Hass said she agreed with her coach. “I was down in all the sets,” Hass said. “5- 1 in the first set, and I think 5-1 in the second as well when I fought my way back and I thought I was going to do it again in the third, but I wasn’t able to.” The Aggies will be back at home on Friday, February 25th against Missouri.