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there and beat them, but I
nink we can do it. It will take
ur best game of the year.”
A&M’s lack of offensive
roduction came to a peak last
eek in Lubbock. The Aggies
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of Columbiapicmftto the Texas Tech red zone
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luting against Tech, OU head
loach Bob Stoops is not look-
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the big plays on them. They
have a lot of mobility at receiv
er and some speed guys who
can really run.”
Last weekend’s scoreless
performance was the first.for
the Aggies since Penn State
blanked A&M, 24-0, in the
Alamo Bowl in 1999.
“Shutouts hurt a lot,” said
A&M offensive coordinator
Dino Babers. “You put a lot of
time in and you expect to be
able to find ways to score. We
need to let that go because all
the opportunities we had are
still out there in front of us.”
Specifically, the Aggies still
control their fate in the Big 12
South division race.
With wins over OU and
the University of Texas,
A&M would guarantee itself
a spot in the Big 12 champi
onship game.
At the same time, the
Sooners also control their des
tiny after having knocked off
UT on Oct. 6.
When OU and A&M met
last season, the roles were sim
ilar. OU came into the game as
one of the top teams in the
nation while the Aggies were
7-2 and hovering near the bot
tom spot in the AP Top 25
rankings. The Sooners over
came a 10 point fourth quarter
deficit to keep their undefeated
streak alive while the Aggies
See Rebound on page 8.
Ags down Team Ezybonds
By Doug Puentes
THE BATTALION
If the Texas A&M men’s bas
ketball team’s performance in it’s
first exhibition game of the sea
son Thursday is a sign of things
to come, the Aggies’ season
prospects could be looking up.
Six Aggies scored in double
figures as A&M raced to an early
first half lead and coasted home
in the second half, defeating
Team Ezybonds, 96-78, at Reed
Arena in front of 2,706 fans.
A&M junior guard Bernard
King led the six Aggies in dou
ble figures with 17 points.
Sophomore Nick Anderson
chipped in 14 points and senior
guard Andy Leatherman added
12 points.
Freshman guard Daryl
Mason and sophomore guard
Michael Gardener, each playing
in their first game, and junior
forward Keith Bean rounded out
the Aggies in double digits with
10 each.
“We got a lot of guys in the
game,” said A&M men’s basket
ball coach Melvin Watkins. “We
threw out some different combi
nations during the game. Quite
honestly, we got a little sluggish
in the second half. Some of the
combinations and some of my
substitutions may have helped
that, but that’s what exhibition
games are for.”
The Aggies jumped to an 18-
point lead midway through the
first half when a lay-up by Bean
made it 28-10. A&M pushed its
lead to the largest of the game
with 5:58 left in the first half at
39-12 on a lay-up by Mason.
The Aggies maintained the
lead for the rest of the half and
made it a 55-29 game on a layup
by sophomore forward Tomas
Ress with no time remaining on
the clock.
A&M came out in the second
half and relaxed, looking
uncomfortable playing with the
big lead.
Team Ezybonds opened the
second half with a 20-6 run and
cut the lead to 12 with 14:38 to
play in the game on a 3-pointer
by Jon Croft. Croft exploded in
the second half, scoring 25 of
his game-high 27 points in the
second frame.
Team Ezybonds never got
any closer as the Aggies pushed
the lead back to 20 points at 84-
64 with 6:39 remaining on a tip-
in by Bean.
An alley-oop layup from
King to Mason closed the scor
ing as the Aggies notched the
victory.
GUY ROGERS • THE BATTALION
Freshman guard Daryl Mason soars over Ezybonds player Andrew Knowles during the Aggies 98-76
victory over the Australian team. Mason netted 10 points for the Aggies in his first collegiate action.
In addition to balanced scor
ing, A&M passed the ball
extremely well, racking up 33
assists as a team. King led the
way with nine assists and all 12
A&M players who played had at
least one assist.
“I thought we really shared
the basketball,” Watkins said.
“That’s something we want to
expand on during the season.
That’s a big plus for this team.”
The Aggies unselfish play
allowed the pressure to be taken
off King from having to be the
go-to-guy.
“Everybody who played
scored except for Jesse
[King],” King said. “That gives
us a lot of confidence. That
tells us that this year you just
can’t key on me. Because if
you key on me, somebody else
can score. That’s a big boost
for me and the team.”
The Aggies finish up their
exhibition season on
Wednesday when they hosts the
EA Sports All-Stars at Reed
Arena at 7 p.m.
bung A&M squad travels to Austin to take on Longhorns
By Mark Merrell
THE BATTALION
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Growing up fast is never easy. Just
Ik the Texas A&M women’s swim-
|ing and diving team. The young
ggies head into the fire on Friday as
ley visit the University of Texas to
Ice a Longhorn squad that finished
So. 3 last season.
“We’re not preparing any different,”
said A&M Coach Steve Bultman.
“They were third at NCAA’s last year
so it’s going to be tough ... We have our
work cut-out for us.”
The Aggies entered the 2001 season
with 15 new swimmers, 13 of whom
are freshmen. “The first meet was kind
of a learning experience,” Bultman
said. “But we’ve definitely got some
good stuff done lately and we we’re
quite a bit better when we swam TCU.”
The Aggies enter the dual meet
with Texas with a record of 1-1. After
a disappointing fourth place finish at
the Big 12 relays, the women bounced
back with an impressive 169-109 vic
tory over the Horned Frogs.
Last season the Aggies finished one
spot behind the Longhorns in the Big
12 standings and Bultman said they
have to compete against the best.
“If we’re going to do something on
the national level eventually, we have
to step up and face whatever the com
petition is,” he said.
As tough as the meet will be, the
weekend does not begin on Friday for
the Aggies. After their trip to Austin,
the women return home for their first
dual meet of the year against the
University of North Texas on Saturday.
Last season the Aggies defeated
North Texas, 103-37.
“The girls are really excited about the
meet,” Bultman said. “We’ll swim some
events that we haven’t gotten a chance to
swim so far this year so I think they’re
looking forward to that. Plus, it’s our
first and only home meet of the fall.”
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p.m. at the Student Recreation Center
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