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By True Brown
THE BATTALION
Bust when it looks like there might be a break in
he clouds for the Texas A&M men’s basketball
ear , the road comes calling. This time the road
eatls straight to Austin, where the red-hot
Jniversity of Texas Longhorns await.
iBl'Iie road has been brutal for A&M this season,
ind the Aggies have managed only a 2-9 record
iway from Reed Arena.
HThc skies seem a bit brighter after A&M (7-11,
1-3 Big 12) posted a 63-60 win over Baylor
Jaturday. its first conference win of the season.
■The first thing I’ve noticed is that the guys had
t smile when they came to practice,” said A&M
tea ! coach Melvin Watkins. “It didn’t seem like it
vs such a chore. The guys have been working
tani and the only part that was missing was that
ve hadn’t gotten a win. [Saturday] was surely a
vav of saying that if you keep working hard, good
hings will happen.”
■UT head coach Rock Barnes has his team firing
>n ill cylinders, as the Longhorns (13-4, 4-0) have
von 12 of their last 13 games, including a road
vin over then-No. 5 Oklahoma State on Jan. 5.
Bflie Longhorns have been without forward
rhiis Owens, their leading scorer, since a Dec. 29
jan in Utah where he tore the anterior cruciate
igament in his right knee, ending his season.
With Owens’ absence, the Horns have relied
on the likes of guards Brandon Mouton, Royal
Ivey and T.J. Ford.
Ford, a freshman, leads the nation in assists
with an 8.4 average and surpassed last year’s
team leader in assists for the entire season during
his eighth game.
“[Ford | has a great understanding of the game,”
Bames said. “He really sees what is going on, and
if he doesn't see something, he has a great under
standing of what needs to be happening.”
Watkins said he will depend on more than one
player to guard Ford.
“(Junior guard) Bradley Jackson will get T.J.
Ford and (senior guard) Andy Leatherman and
whoever else we can find to guard him,” Watkins
said. “He’s having a sensational freshman year.
He is a special player.”
Watkins also announced that freshman guard
Daryl Mason has been cleared to return to practice
with the team. Mason, along with sophomore
guard Michael Gardener, was suspended prior to
A&M’s game against Oklahoma on Jan. 5.
The pair have missed all four of the Aggies’
conference games.
Watkins did not say when Mason would be
alloyyed to resume playing in games. He also
See Longhorns on page 7
STUART VILLANUEVA • THE BATTALION
Sophomore forward Nick Anderson and the Texas A&M men’s basket
ball team will take on the University of Texas at 8 p.m. tonight in Austin.
Tough stretch continues for A&M
JOHN LIVAS • THE BATTALION
Tex t s A&M sophomore Janae Derrick puts
upp shot against Iowa State Jan. 12.
By Kevin Espenlaub
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M women’s basketball
team (10-7, 2-3) will reach the halfway
point of a brutal seven game stretch
against ranked opponents Wednesday
when it tries to get back on track after a
88-70 defeat Saturday at the hands of the
No. 19 University of Colorado Buffaloes.
Standing in its way is a tough
Baylor team (13-3, 2-3) that will enter
Wednesday’s game on the heels of a
dominating win over the University of
Missouri Tigers, 80-59, Saturday. The
Bears enter the contest at the Ferrell
Center in Waco ranked No. 14.
The Aggies started the rough stretch
at Reed Arena with a win over then-
ranked No. 5 Iowa State and a narrow
defeat by the No. 9 Kansas State
Wildcats. Saturday’s game was another
close contest at halftime when the
Aggies hit the locker room trailing by
one, but Colorado was able to pull away
in the second half with the help a 7-of-8
three-point shooting performance. A&M
finished the game with 1 1 buckets from
the long-range line.
After shooting 50 percent from the
field for the first half, the team followed
up with a 32 percent performance in the
final 20 minutes of the game.
“I think we played well in the first
half, but we just ran out of gas in the sec
ond,” said A&M head coach Peggie
Gillom. “Offensively we just weren't
able to get anything going.”
One bright spot for the team was their
leading scorer, senior guard LaToya
Rose, who shot for 19 points, including
five from the three-point line. Rose was
the leading scorer for the team during the
upset over Iowa State when she notched
a school-record eight three-pointers.
See Ranked on page 7
SPORTS IN BRIEF
Three sign letter
of intent for A&M
The Texas A&M women's
swimming and diving team
announced the signing of
three athletes to a National
Letter of Intent Tuesday.
Paty Villarreal, from
Jacksonville, Fla., was a
Mexican Olympian in 2000
and swims the distance
freestyle event.
Katy Lieb, from Brookfield,
Wis., was the 2001 Wisconsin
High School State Champion
in the 200 freestyle.
Kara Morelli, from
Scottsdale, Ariz., was the
2001 Arizona State High
School champion and auto
matic All-American in the
100 backstroke and 200
individual medley.
Coakley added to
Pro Bowl roster
IRVING, Texas (AP) - Dallas
Cowboys linebacker Dexter
Coakley was added to the
NFC Pro Bowl roster Tuesday,
replacing Derrick Brooks of
Tampa Bay, who is injured.
Coakley, a Pro Bowler in
1999, becomes the first
Dallas linebacker to earn
multiple trips to the Pro Bowl
since Bob Breunig went for
the third time in 1982.
Prior to this season,
Coakley signed a $25 million,
six-year contract, the most
the team has ever given a
linebacker. That deal, which
included a $5.5 million sign
ing bonus, ended an exodus
of 13 free-agent linebackers
the Cowboys had lost since
free agency began in 1989.
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