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24,2001 Wednesday, January 24, 2001 Sports Pagf7 THE BATTALION vhen he time,’” titive he ’s Beach ie of the ight. veillance ng them, i to enter, n brokers >y-selling the pasi lot the Iri' ich of the he task of e distanct individi ond,” sai; tive direC' son Adop rk. “Whe; ace in yar > get aw i when yot f * Ags head to Oklahoma i to face surging Cowboys A&M senior forward Carlton Brown attempts to back down Texas forward Chris Owens in the Aggies' 76-58 BERNARDO GARZA/The Battalion loss to the Longhorns last Wednesday at Reed Arena. The Aggies travel to face Oklahoma State today at 7 p.m. By Doug Puentes The Battalion After losing five of his top six scorers from last season, Okla homa State men’s basketball coach Eddie Sutton came into the season with guarded optimism about his team’s chances. However, Sutton has his team peaking at the right time as it goes for its fifth-straight victory against the Texas A&M Aggies on Wednes day in Stillwater, Okla., at 7 p.m. “We knew during the presea son that Eddie [Sutton] would have his program up and going,” said A&M men’s basketball coach Melvin Watkins. “He didn’t have much drop-off in talent. He may have had doubt because he has some transfers. Sometimes it takes those kids a little while to gel.” The gel that has bonded the Cowboys (12-3, 3-1 in Big 12) up to this point in the season is junior guard Maurice Baker. In his first year out of junior col lege, Baker is leading the Cowboys in points per game, averaging 19.5, and rebounding, averaging 7.1. He has stepped it up in confer ence play, averaging 22.8 points and 8.5 rebounds. Baker is garnering accolades for his performance, as he won the Big 12 Rookie of the Week award for the second-straight week and the third time this season. He scored a career-high 29 points in a 76-65 defeat of Baylor last Wednesday and followed that up with 26 points in a 74-58 victo ry over St. Gregory’s on Saturday. “He’s an excellent basketball player with a lot of quickness,” Watkins said. “He has the ability to score. I think he does for them what Clifton Cook did for us. And that’s a mouthful.” If the Cowboys are peaking, the Aggies (6-11, 0-5 in Big 12) are Muck in the valley, mired in a five- game slump. After losing to Kansas by 3p points on Saturday, A&M received more bad news on Monday when, senior forward Aaron Jack ary nounced he was leaving the tear$ due to health problems. Jack suffered the fifth concu<v sion of his career on Jan. 13 against Colorado. Despite the Aggies’ recerir woes, Sutton and the Cowboys ar£ not taking the Aggies lightly. f Oklahoma State saw firsthand how A&M can perform if every]* thing is clicking as the Aggies up2 set the then-12th-ranked Cowboys* 64-59, last year in Reed Arena. ]* “I think they’re dangerous, 1 !! Sutton said. “They’ve been hurt by injuries, but they have tw£> players [Bernard King and Carl< ton Brown] that can hit you for 30. A team like that, they’re going to beat a lot of people, buf they’re certainly good enough Ur where, on a given night, they c^n beat you.” * TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — There was a measure of cu- ly compd riosity surrounding the words )f adopts of Jim Fassel and Brian Bil- lick at media day for the Su- icy amonij per Bowl. After,all, these are izlett sai.Bcoaches who actually say things worth hearing. Things like guarantees It.” loptionffi i has posifi a nee 199: :ial need: - a panic, emoti* - Coaches take center stage at Super Bowl media day iptionCetr and warnings. What would they come up with Tuesday in front of the aiggest media horde they're ver going to see? Fassel pret- y much said it all in Novem ber and didn't have, much to add. Billick, who took center stage Monday by telling re- jorters to lay off Ray Lewis, iefended his strong words vith, well, more strong words. "I think it was very clear |ut what we were trying to do,” Billick said. “There was no angle on my part. I very rarely rant and rave. “It would have been naive on our part to come in and act like this was not go ing to come up. I wanted to make sure that everyone un derstood what our perspec tive was going to be, which was simply: We’ve been through this before, we are making our statement very, very clear, and I wanted to give the players an avenue to simply say, ‘Our perspective has been stated pretty clearly by coach Billick.’ ” That’s exactly the tack taken by Lewis, who was surrounded by at least 200 reporters in front of his podi um at Raymond James Sta- dium when the Ravens’ ses sion opened. Three sets of bleachers were filled with <( When all is said and done, all that matters is what's good for the New York Giants.” — |im Fassel New York Giants people toting cameras, mi crophones and notepads. What they got wasn’t nearly as juicy as Billick’s caveat the previous day. “I think he said what was in his heart,” Lewis said, referring to his coach. “My focus is on why I came here, to try to win a Super Bowl. I'm not here to justi fy anything that has gone on, because that is a story in my book that is closed, re gardless of whatever ques tions come up.” Many questions came up, most about football. Only oc casionally did Lewis talk about the murder case in which he was absolved of charges, pleading guilty to obstruction of justice in ex change for testimony against his co-defendants. “The media’s been fo cused on me all year,” he said. “It hasn’t distracted me yet, so it won’t right now.” Fassel wasn’t nearly as popular at the Giants’ session as Lewis and Billick were later in the day. Of course, Fassel spoke his piece more than two months ago. “When all is said and done, all that matters is what’s good for the New York Giants,” Fassel said when he was not staring into television cameras and answering questions about music, food and vacation destinations. “No matter how it’s done, that’s all that matters.” Fassel’s guarantee — “This team is going to the playoffs” — came after two home losses dropped the Gi ants to 7-4. Mens tennis hosts ‘Meet the Aggies’ The Texas A&M men’s and women’s tennis teams will be hosting “Meet the Aggies’’ night tonight at 6 p.m. at the Varsity Tennis Center. Members of both teams will be introduced and a preview of the new Phil and Dee Springer Stadium Club will be given There will also be an adult tennis clin ic that will feature coaches and players of both teams. Admis sion to the event is free. Wood-Volpe joins volleyball staff \ Genny Wood-Volpe, a former Texas A&M volleyball standout, Sports in Brief will be joining the team again, " this time as an assistant coach. Wood-Volpe will replace former ] assistant coach Nicole Lan- u tagne, who left last August. Wood-Volpe played for the Ag gies from 1990-93, leading the ( team in digs for three consecu- v tive seasons. She is also the A&M career record holder for most matches played (140) and most games played (488). Prior to signing on at A&M Wood-Volpe served terms as assistant coach at Rice Univer sity and Southern Methodist University. “She is very sharp, dedicated; and team-oriented. I know she iS the perfect person for our pro gram,” said A&M coach Laurie Corbelli. tioii eys ind for ree on- our th. 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