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.