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BY JASON LINCOLN
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In a season that has gone from the
lighest high — defeating No. 12 Okla
homa State University — to the lowest
— being defeated twice by Baylor
University — the Texas A&M men’s
basketball team has a chance for a posi-
ive conclusion.
Thursday night the 1 Oth-seeded Ag
gies (8-19,4-12 Big 12) take on the 7th-
seeded University of Colorado Buf
faloes (17-12, 7-9 Big 12) in the first
round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Tourna
ment.
The Aggies will be aiming for their
irst-ever Big 12 Tournament win at 6:45
.m. in Kansas City.
Despite struggling through confer
ence action, the Aggies are positive
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The previous win against Colorado,
combined with the upbeat performance
in the last game of the regular season,
makes the Aggies a dangerous threat in
the first round.
“We expect a tough game,” A&M
men’s basketball coach Melvin Watkins
said. “We got a good look at Colorado
earlier this year. They got us down by 10
in the second half and we had to fight
back to win, so we know what they are
capable of doing.”
A&M will continue to look to fresh
man guard Bernard King to set the Ag
gies’ pace in Kansas City.
King, the Big 12 Freshman of the
Year, is coming off a 30-point, 10-re
bound game versus Nebraska and had 34
points in the Feb. 12 win over Colorado.
“Fle’s found a way to get it done,”
A&M senior forward Aaron Jack said.
“He’s stepped up big.”
The Aggies have improved on other
areas of the court since the last meeting
See Big 12 cm Page 8.
BY AL LAZARUS
The Battalion
It almost seemed inevitable the 13th-
ranked Texas A&M men’s tennis team
would experience a letdown after de
feating No. 4 University of Florida on
Sunday.
The Aggies did not have that luxury
Wednesday night at the Varsity Tennis
Center.
Facing a worthy opponent in 33rd-
ranked University of South Alabama,
A&M dropped the doubles point hut
stormed back in singles to grab a 5-2
victory over the Jaguars.
“South Alabama is a good team, but
we knew that coming in,” A&M men’s
tennis coach Tim Cass said. “I'm very
pleased with our effort tonight, espe
cially after beating Florida on Sunday.”
After a shaky start in doubles found
them trailing, 1-0, the Aggies promptly
responded by winning five of six first
sets in singles play.
Four of those matches would turn
into straight-set victories, while one
went to three sets before an Aggie vic
tory.
Eighth-ranked A&M junior Shuon
Madden rolled over the Jaguars’ Julien
Raynal at No. 1 singles, 6-1,6-0.
In the No. 5 slot, A&M freshman
Ryan Newport also won easily, 6-1,6-3,
over Kosta Zinchanka.
The Aggies stretched their lead min
utes later when junior Cody Hubbell put
the finishing touches on a 6-4, 6-4 win
over the Jaguars’ Vince Baudat, who is
ranked No. 72.
Leading 3-1, the Aggies had to work
hard for the decisive fourth point.
Flaying at No. 4, junior Dumitru
Caradima would provide it with a hard-
fought, 7-5, 7-6 (10), victory over South
Alabama’s Zak Lahmar.
Before Caradima’s victory, the
match was up in the air with South Al
abama needing just two more points
thanks to a victory at No. 6 singles.
But Caradima fought off two set
points to seal the A&M victory.
“We’re thankful to get out of this
match alive,” Hubbell said. “Coming off
a really big win, we told ourselves not to
let up.”
Sophomore Keith From gave the Ag
gies their fifth point with a 6-1, 6-7 (3),
6-4, victory over the Jaguars’ Christian
Thall.
The 12th-ranked duo of Caradima
and Madden was victorious at No. I
doubles, 8-3, over South Alabama’s
Lahmar and Paul Mclnemey.
SALUE TURNER/The Battalion
A&M sophomore Keith From hits a forehand in his match against the
University of South Alabama’s Christian Thall.
Women’s tennis team falls to No. 2 Lady Bulldogs
PATRIC SCHNEIDER/Tm: Battalion
A&M freshman Olivia Karlikova lunges for a ball
during Wednesday’s match against Georgia.
BY BLAINE DIONNE
The Battalion
The No. 2 University of Geor
gia Bulldogs handed the No. 38
Texas A&M women’s tennis team
a 9-0 defeat at the Varsity Tennis
Center Wednesday.
The Aggies won one set — not
a match — a set, against an ab
solutely dominating performance
by the Bulldogs.
Junior Eva Marcial said the team
was not at its best during the match.
“Not good,” she said. “We
competed well, but what do you
expect when you play a really
good team like that.”
The lone set the Aggies took
came in the first set of Cassie
Haas’ match against Georgia’s
Marissa Catlin, when Haas was
able to pull out a 7-5 win.
After that, however, it was re
ally just a matter of the Dawgs fin
ishing their matches.
A&M women’s tennis coach
Bobby Kleinecke gave the Bull
dogs credit where credit is due.
“That’s the best team we’ll
play against this year,” Kleinecke
said. “We came out and we fought
hard tonight and we competed
hard at every position and that’s
what we came out here to do.”
The road doesn’t get any easi
er for the Aggies this weekend,
when they will try to build on their
2-0 Big 12 record by taking a two
day jaunt through Oklahoma by
way of Norman and Stillwater.
Kleinecke was reservedly op
timistic about his team’s chances
over the weekend.
“Oklahoma always comes out
of the wood work and plays us
well,” Kleinecke said. “So we’ll
have to be ready for that match.
Oklahoma State is a lot better than
they were last year, so nothing is’'
going to be easy.”
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