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• Babers' 1999 Arizona offense set a new Pac-10 standard
for offensive yards with an average of 471.9 yards per game
that included a league-leading 6.5 yards per play for the
RUBEN DELUNA/The Battalion
Staff and Wire Reports
Less than two weeks after Aggie football’s
offensive brain trust dissipated for an NFL fu
ture, coach R.C. Slocum announced Dino
Babers as Texas A&M’s offensive coordina-'
tor and quarterbacks coach.
“Dino Babers has a lot of experience, and
I like the fact he has coached ainning backs,
wide receivers and quarterbacks,” Slocum
said. “He has a great deal of offensive exper
tise and I think he will continue to develop our
offense.”
Babers spent six years at Arizona, three as
their offensive coordinator, before coming to
A&M. He also coached running backs, wide
receivers and quarterbacks.
“T m excited to be at Texas A&M and I look
forward to working with R.C. Slocum and the
Aggie coaches,” Babers said. “I’m anxious to
meet the players, and I look forward to getting
started.”
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I'm excited to be at
Texas A&M and I look
forward to working with
R.C. Slocum and the
Aggie coaches. ”
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— Dino Babers
A&M offensive coordinator
The 1999 Arizona offense set a new Pac-
10 standard for offensive yards with an aver
age of 471.9 yards per game, which included
a league-leading 6.5 yards per play for the
Wildcats. The ’Cats averaged 253 yards
through the air and 218 on the ground.
In Babers’ first season as the offensive co
ordinator (1998), the Wildcats boasted a
1,000-yard rusher, two 1,000-yard passers and
•two wide receivers who caught a combined
121 balls.
Babers has been coaching since 1987. He
graduated in 1994 from the University of
Hawaii where he played running back, outside
linebacker and strong safety.
Upon graduation he was signed by the
British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Foot
ball League, but was injured in his first season.
He returned to Hawaii as a graduate assistant
and launched his coaching career.
Babers fills the second A&M coaching va
cancy this spring, joining running backs coach
Ken Rucker.
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ast week, the Texas A&M
women’s basketball team suf-
ffered another pair of losses at
Home. The Aggies’ slump now sits
at seven games.
I On Feb. 13, the Aggies were
handed an 83-63 loss by the Okla
homa State Cowgirls.
I Senior forward Jaynetta Saun
ders led the Aggies against OSU
with 30 points and 14 rebounds,
tallying the seventh double-double
of her career.
I On Saturday, the Colorado Buf
faloes came into Reed Arena and
dropped the struggling Aggies, 67-
54. Senior guard Brandy Jones
gave A&M the only bright spot of
the night when she hit a 3-pointer
to give her 1,002 points for her ca
reer, becoming the 15th Aggie to
reach the 1,000-point plateau.
The Aggies (12-12,2-11 in
Big 12 play) will travel to
Kansas State today to take on the
Wildcats and will close out the
week with a trip to Iowa State on
Saturday.
The Wildcats, like the Aggies,
have struggled of late and are also
trying to end a losing streak.
The Cyclones of Iowa State are
trying to stay in the race for the
Big 12 championship, but after
losing to Colorado on Wednesday,
may need some help.
See Streak on Page 10.
Ags head to Manhattan to take on Wildcats
By Brian Ruff
The Battalion
The Texas A&M women’s bas
ketball team today looks to stop a sev
en-game losing streak that has lasted
more than a month.
The Aggies (12-12,2-11 in Big 12
play) will travel to Manhattan, Kan.,
to take on the Kansas State Wildcats,
who find themselves in the cellar of
the Big 12 conference with a 1-12
record.
The Aggies last saw the win col
umn Jan. 20, when A&M knocked
off the No. 25 Baylor Bears at Reed
Arena.
The Aggies hope to rebound from
a 67-54 loss to the No. 19 Colorado
Buffaloes on Saturday at Reed Arena.
Senior guard Brandy Jones record
ed 11 points, giving her 1,002 for her
career and making her the 15th Aggie
to reach the 1,000-point mark.
“That says a a lot for Brandy,” said
A&M women’s basketball coach
Peggie Gillom. “I think it will lift her
up. She has been down a little bit, but
I think the only thing that will lift her
up will be a win.”
Kansas State (11-13,1-12) comes
into the game after being dropped by
the Nebraska Cornhuskers, 77-69, in
Manhattan on Saturday.
The Wildcats were led by senior
guard Kim Woodlee, who hit four 3-
pointers against the Huskers to give
her 276 treys for her career.
The mark set a new Big 12 career
record for 3-pointers, surpassing the
previous record of 274.
The Aggies last faced off with the
Wildcats on Jan. 15, 2000 when K-
State handed A&M a five-point loss
at Reed Arena.
A&M sophomore post Lynn
Classen tied a school record for
blocks in a game with five against the
Wildcats.
Senior forward Jaynetta Saunders
leads the Aggies this season with 22.3
points per game.
Saunders also has seven double
doubles on the season and has tallied
six 30-point-plus outings against Big
12 opponents this season.
Saunders ranks second in the Big
12 in scoring and is sixth in the nation.
Tip off is set for 7:05 p.m.
FILE PHOTO/The Battalion
A&M freshman guard Toccara Williams goes up for a shot against Texas
Tech University. The Aggies will play at Kansas State today at 7 p.m.
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