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Ihe 2001-2002 Texas A&M men’s basketball team begins its
two-game exhibition season against Australia’s Team ezy-
bonds at 7 p.m. at Reed Arena.
The Aggies are anxious to return to the court and improve on last
season’s 10-20 record that included a 3-13 record in Big 12 play.
“I think we’re excited about starting off again,” said A&M men’s
basketball coach Melvin Watkins. “Any time you come off of a los
ing season, if you have the right type of players, they want to get out
here and prove that they are winners. So, I hope this group is no dif
ferent than that.”
This season’s team will be relatively young but
not short on experience.
A&M returns four starters and nine let-
termen from last season. Despite this,
the Aggies are among the youngest
teams in the Big 12 with only one
senior on the roster.
Of the 15 players on the
roster, nine either are
freshmen or sophomores.
Still, 12 team mem
bers have at least one
year of Division 1
college basketball
experience.
The Aggies will
again rely on the play
of junior shooting
guard Bernard King.
King, who has been a
fixture in the starting
lineup since his fresh
man season, ranked
third in the Big 12 with
an 18.0 scoring average
and was listed among the
league’s top 10 in assists
(4.8), steals (1.5) and three-
point field goals (2.1).
“He was kind of thrust into
that [leadership] roll probably a
little unfairly,” Watkins said. “But
we had no choice, and I think he’s
done a pretty good job.”
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A t 2-14, the Texas A&M women’s basketball team did not
have the kind of conference season most would hope for.
This season, the Aggies will try to improve on their 2-14
conference record, but they will have to do it with a young team
that is now without one of the most decorated players in A&M
women’s basketball.
Jaynetta Saunders, who is the first Aggie on a Women’s
Professional Basketball Association roster, is only the second
Aggie to score 1,000 points in her career. Saunders accom
plished the feat in just two years with the Aggies.
She set the career record for average points,
with an 18.6 points per game average dur
ing her two years at A&M.
“She was just instant offense,”
said A&M women’s basketball
coach Peggie Gillom. “[This
season], we have more than
one person who can score.”
Gillom is in her fourth
year at the helm of the
Aggie squad. Gillom was
an assistant with the
Houston Comets before
coming to A&M.
Senior guard
LaToya Rose and
sophomore guard
Toccara Williams
will team up in
2001-2002 to
replace the offense
that was lost with
Saunders’ graduation.
Rose averaged 9.6
points per game for the
Aggies, and was named
to the All-tournament
team at last year’s Aggie
Invitational.
Williams was a standout
freshman for the Aggies during
the 2000-2001 season. Williams
started every game last season and set
the school freshman record for assists.
See Improve on page 3B.
By Brian Ruff
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