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The Texas A&M men’s bas-
| ketball team will have little time
I to savor its historic victory over
I the University of Texas
I Wednesday, as the Aggies return
I home to host the No. 2 Kansas
[jayhawks Saturday at 3 p.m. in
| Reed Arena.
The Aggies (8-11, 2-3 Big
12) are coming off an 80-74 vic-
| tory over the No. 24 Longhorns,
[ which was the first for A&M in
I Austin since 1987.
The victory snapped a 16-
[game losing streak to Texas dat-
I ing back to 1994 and was
|A&M’s first victory on the road
| against a ranked opponent since
1982, also against Texas.
Junior guard Bernard King
I scored a season-high 30 points
I to lead the Aggies, who had a
[hot shooting night, hitting 59.5
[percent of their shots including
[58.3 percent from behind the
13-point line.
Sophomore forward Nick
[Anderson chipped in 13 points
[and eight rebounds for the
[Aggies, who out rebounded the
Longhorns 37-27.
“Our fans are probably danc
ing in the street,” A&M men’s
basketball coach Melvin
Watkins said. “We have [No. 2]
Kansas coming up, so it shows
you can’t relax in the Big 12.’’
With the Jayhawks (16-2, 5-0)
coming into town, the Aggies
will face a Kansas team that also
got a monkey off its back with a
victory on Wednesday night.
Kansas defeated Iowa State,
88-81, at Hilton Coliseum in
Ames, Iowa, to break a five-
game losing streak against the
Cyclones.
It was also the first victory
for the Jayhawks at Hilton
Coliseum since Feb. 4, 1998.
Drew Gooden, the reigning
Big 12 Player of the Week, led
the Jayhawks with 23 points and
12 rebounds against the
Cyclones.
It was the 17th double-dou
ble of the season for Gooden,
who leads the Big 12 in points
per game (20.6) and rebound
ing (11.8).
In last year’s meeting, the
Jayhawks defeated the Aggies
100-70 at Allen Fieldhouse.
A&M women hope to bounce
back against No. 4 Oklahoma
STUART VILLANUEVA • THE BATTALION
A&M junior guard Bradley Jackson dribbles the ball through a pair of Baylor
defenders. The Aggies take on No. 2 Kansas on Saturday at Reed Arena
By Kevin Espenlaub
THE BATTALION
There could not be a better
time for the Texas A&M
women’s basketball team to
return to Reed Arena than this
weekend.
After losing two straight on
the road by an average of 26
points, the Aggies welcome a
three-game stretch at home
beginning Saturday at 7 p.m. as
they face the No. 4 University of
Oklahoma Sooners.
The game will be the second
half of a men’s-women’s basket
ball double header.
The Aggies (10-8, 2-4 Big 12)
are coming off a rough showing
in Waco Wednesday. The No. 14
Baylor Bears dominated the
game and stretched their lead to
as much as 40 points.
The final score was the
largest margin of defeat this sea
son for A&M, 95-61.
Senior guard LaToya Rose’s
13 points led the Aggies in their
third-consecutive Big 12 loss.
“I knew Baylor was good,
but not that many points better
than us,” said A&M head coach
Peggie Gillom. “It was a long
night. I told them to forget about
that one, and let’s go forward.”
However, going forward will
not be easy for the Aggies as
Oklahoma (15-2, 5-1) will be
riding into College Station after
defeating the No. 12 University
of Texas Longhorns Saturday,
89-69.
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was goody hut not
that many points
better than us. It was
a long night
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— Peggie Gillom
Women’s basketball coach
During the matchup, six
Oklahoma players scored dou
ble digits and forced 24
turnovers against a Longhorn
team that is on a six-game win
ning streak and undefeated in
conference play.
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THE BATTALION
Make no mistake, the Texas
A&M men’s tennis team loves
playing at home.
Even though the No. 13
Aggies had early success at
both Rice and Miami, it seems
they feel most comfortable at
/home. Last year’s team fin
ished with an amazing 15-1
record at home, one reason
[Saturday’s triple header with
■Texas Pan-American, Texas
lA&M-Corpus Christi and
■Trinity is so important.
“That’s very unusual for us
I to play a triple header,” Cass
■ said. “It’s quite a challenge.
■ One of our goals is to get all
eight or nine guys in and get
them some experience. It will
be a great test for these kids. It
really should help us.”
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test for these kids.
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— Tim Cass
men’s tennis head coach
“Three matches in one day:
that’s going to be a lot of ten
nis,” said sophomore Khaled El
Dorry. “It should be very good
for our team to get ready phys
ically. It really helps to get a lot
of matches under our belt.”
The Aggies are coming off
a successful trip to the
Met/Rice Indoors Tournament
last weekend.
At the tournament for the
Aggies, senior Jarin Skube
reached the consolation finals in
Flight A and El Dorry reached
the consolation finals in Flight B.
“The tournament at Rice
went well,” Cass said . “Some
guys have played 10 matches
in the past eight or nine days.
With that in mind, it’s been a
great start, and all in all. it was
a great weekend.”
The Aggie freshmen dou
bles team of Ante Matijevic
and Derrick Bauer reached the
finals of Flight B.
In addition, Bauer made the
quarterfinals in singles. Cass
has been impressd with the
play and maturity of his fresh
men so far.
“I think as a group, the new
guys have done a good job,”
Cass said. “They’ve come in
and done very well, not only in
the tournaments, but also in
their preparation for matches.”
The triple header on
Saturday starts with Texas Pan-
American at 10 a.m., followed
by Texas A & M-Corpus
Christi at 1:30 p.m. The Aggies
finish the day by playing
Trinity at 5 p.m.
SPORTS IN BRIEF
Gonzalez completes
physical for Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -
Juan Gonzalez moved a step
closer to finalizing his $24 mil
lion, two-year contract with
the Texas
Rangers,
completing a
physical
Thursday
before flying
home to
Puerto Rico.
Team doc
tors will
review the
results from a series of differ
ent tests over two days.
Rangers spokesman John
GONZALEZ
Blake said the results were
not available Thursday.
Gonzalez and the Rangers
agreed to terms Jan. 8, but the
deal is contingent on the two-
time AL MVP passing the
physical.
Gonzalez has had some back
problems in the past.
Gonzalez spent the first 11
seasons of his career in Texas,
earning the AL MVP award in
1996 and 1998, before being
traded to Detroit in a nine-play
er deal after the 1999 season.
After struggling his one sea
son with the Tigers, Gonzalez
rebounded to hit .325 with 35
homers and 140 RBIs last year
in Cleveland and then became
a free agent.
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