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As a team, Kansas pulled down 19 offen sive boards. “This team is very capable of pounding the offensive boards,” said Kansas Head Coach Marian Washington. “Nineteen offen sive boards, I'm very encour aged. That area was awesome.” Kemp scored 1 1 of her 19 points from the free-throw line as she shot 11-12 from the char ity stripe. Kansas shot 18-20 from the free-throw line in the game while A&M only shot 5-7. “I think another big stat in this game is 5 for 7 and 18 for 20,” said A&M Head Coach Peggie Gillom. “We fouled and put them at the line and we didn’t get to the basket.” The Aggies opened the game by making their first two shot attempts to give the Aggies their first lead at Reed Arena in the new year. They had not led in a home game since their 67-46 victory against Texas Southern University on Dec. 29, 2002. After battling closely with the Jayhawks, the Aggies used a 51.5 percent first half shooting performance to lead 38-28 at halftime. The Aggies led by as much as II in the half. Freshman guard Natasha Summerville fueled the Aggies as she scored all eight of her points in the first half. After coming out of the locker room, the Aggies went cold, making no baskets in the opening 7:53 of the second half. The Jayhawks used that time to go on a 17-0 run to take the lead 45-38. ”We came out in the second half as well as we ever have so far this season.” Washington said. “A lot of good energy and great focus paid off for us.” JP BEATO III • THE BATTALION Kansas freshman forward Crystal Kemp defends A&M’s Lynn Classen. Aggie junior Lynn Classen ended the run when she scored at the 12:03 mark. Classen scored six of A&M's 19 second- half points to lead the Aggie effort with 13 points. Twenty minutes after the final buzzer sounded and the game was over, the Jayhawks were still celebrating their vic tory in the halls underneath the Reed Arena stands. “We have some people cry ing,” Kemp said. “We have some people so excited that they’re still not calmed down yet.” Men’s tennis sweeps tripleheader By Jeff Allen THE BATTALION ;e short distance t ng furnished include !5/mo +1/3util. 224-«: eded ASAP. nice3/2k II 979-696-2644, needed immec; $300/mo. +utilities, 988-2141. leeded to share use with 3-male collet io. +utilities. 979-77F 459-9666. eded, $330/mo. +W aded, great 2061111/11? furnished, fenced 8955. nted, house, 1-blo(* graduate student prr:f lrm/2bth house, •hly painted, w/d, all 3. 680-1811. F-roommate, privale lovely 3bd condo $250/mo. (979)764/ ERVICES afensive Driving, 't!! Ticket dismissal t. M-T(6pm-9pni) Fri.&Sat.- Fri(6pn/ Dpm), SatfSam^S® America. Walk-ins h. 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In front of an announced crowd of more than 500 faithful, the No. 13 Aggies man aged to fend off the cold and occasional drizzle, putting away their first three wins of the season in a tripleheader against A&M- Corpus Christi, Texas Pan-American, and Trinity University. “We’ve got to develop a certain tough ness,” said A&M Head Coach Tim Cass. “Obviously the weather and conditions were extremely difficult. I thought we did a pret ty good job to fight through that.” Out of the gates, things looked about as gloomy as the weather. The Aggie men were sluggish against Corpus Christi in the doubles matches, falling behind early. Fortunately, Jiiat trend did not continue. The A&M men came back to squeak out all three doubles matches, earning a point to give them the early lead. “We had a slow start in doubles,” Cass said. “That was sort of our speed bump for the day, but once we got over it, we played a pretty solid day of tennis.” The wins, however, did not silence the ris ing concerns about the Aggies’ doubles play, an aspect of the Aggie squad which remains suspect heading into the meat of its schedule. During the fall portion of the schedule, the Aggies were led by the sophomore duo JEHPW’ i||f j n jr Dr needed imm h. Will, 219-9455. mec: i? Call me now! Instructor. hotmail.com JP BEATO III • THE BATTALION Sophomore Lester Cook stretches to return a shot during a match this weekend at the A&M Varsity Tennis Center. The Aggies started the season 3-0 after sweeping the tripleheader Saturday. 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They put the Islanders away with a final score of 7-0. The story did not dif fer too much after that in the contests against Texas Pan-American and Trinity University. After skipping the doubles matches due to the weather, the Aggies made quick work of the men from Texas Pan-American, shut ting out the Broncos 6-0, again dropping only a single set. The Aggies also had the opportunity to work in some fresh young faces that they will be looking to contribute as the season matures. Freshmen Cameron Fenner, Matt Loukes and John Nallon accounted for half of the Aggies’ points against the Broncs, each winning their individual matches. Nallon and Loukes also added wins in their singles math- es against Trinity and Corpus Christi. “It’s different playing a team match (for the freshmen),” Cass said. “This gives them a better feel of what to expect the rest of the season.” The Aggies finished the afternoon in stride against Trinity University, following the modus operands they had set throughout the day by sweeping the Tigers in six matches, while dropping a lone set. Next, the Aggie men face the No. 12 University of Texas Longhorns. 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