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Strong second half propels Bears over A&M, 77-69
The Battalion
Page 7 • Wednesday, February 5, 2003
By Brad Bennett
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WACO — All of the momentum going
ito Saturday’s rivalry game against Texas
as crushed in the second half of the Aggie
ersus Baylor game in Waco Tuesday, as the
lears scored 50 second-half points to defeat
e Aggies, 77-69.
The lead changed hands five times in the
scond half, the first after the game’s high-
corer, Baylor’s sophomore John Lucas,
tole a pass by freshman guard Antoine
right to senior Bernard King and finished
ffwith a breakaway layup.
King, the Aggies' leading scorer, is now
ix points short of the all-time Big 12 scor-
ig record after being the top Aggie scorer
ith 17 total points including two three-
inters split over the game.
Reed Rowdy and freshman business
major lan Rudebush was one of nearly 100
i&M students who made the trip to Waco
jr the game.
“We came because the team is doing so
well,’’ Rudebush said. “I’d rather have him
break (the record) at home against Texas.”
Baylor Head Coach Dave Bliss said that
during the second half he told his team to
take fewer outside shots and try to feed the
ball to sophomore forward Lawrence
Roberts, who was the second-half point
leader with 18.
Roberts dominated Aggie senior Keith
Bean, aggravating his left knee injury, en
route to becoming the second highest scorer
of the game with 23 points, including two
dunks on back-to-back Baylor possessions.
“(Roberts) is always here saying, ‘Look
for me in the post,’ and when the big man
talks you listen,” Lucas said.
A&M Head Coach Melvin Watkins said
Bean aggravating his knee and having to sit
out much of the second half, leaving smaller
forwards Tomas Ress and Antoine Wright to
cipver Roberts, was a disadvantage but the
Aggies lost because they simply got outscored.
All but two Aggies scored in the game.
Watkins also said that many of the substi
tutions and combinations of players he put in
were unproven and didn't work against
Baylor’s zone defense that held star fresh
man Antoine Wright to only 11 points.
“Being a freshman (Wright) came real
aggressive and didn’t move the ball away
from the basket and didn’t have the patience
to look to see what else was available,”
Watkins said.
Bliss called Baylor’s zone defense a junk
defense because if drawn on a board it would
n’t make any sense, and that the biggest
defensive challenge was stopping King.
“Bernard is so good at playing every
where,” Bliss said.
Roberts said the win was especially
meaningful because of how much Baylor
has been struggling in the past few weeks.
Lucas said having his entire family pres
ent made the game special and helped
inspire him and he was even able to hear his
father’s voice above the crowd yelling at
him to keep his elbows in during shots.
The Aggies will play Texas Saturday at
Reed Arena at 7 p.m.
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defense Tuesday in Waco. The Aggies fell to the Bears, 77-69.
Softball team sweeps doubleheader
By Jeff Allen
THE BATTALION
The No. 24 Texas A&M softball team took its
first two baby steps into the season Tuesday at the
Aggie Softball Complex. The Aggies used pitch
ing and timely hitting to open the season by
sweeping Stephen F. Austin State University in
an opening day doubleheader, taking the first
game 1-0 and stealing the second game in extra
innings, 4-3.
The two wins didn’t come easy for the Aggies
(2-0). It took a no-hitter in the first game from
junior Jessica Slataper to carry the Aggies
through their slow start at the plate.
“We set the tone for the game,” Slataper said.
“We’re not going to be able to score a lot of runs
every game, but (the team) did the job and put a
run on the board and I did my job.”
With Slataper giving up nothing to the
Ladyjacks (2-2), the Aggies were facing a chal
lenge of their own. SFA pitcher junior Crissy
Autry was mirroring Slataper’s performance.
Through the first three innings, Autry had sent six
of the nine Aggie batters back to the bench with
strikeouts.
Autry’s first mistake of the evening came one
out into the fourth inning to sophomore Adrian
Gregory. Autry left a pitch high in the zone, and
Gregory turned it around with a loft shot that sailed
just to the right of the scoreboard in left field.
“I got a good count in my favor and I just hit
it,” Gregory said.
The solo home run turned out to be the only
hit in the game. Slataper was able to protect the
lead for the final three innings, preventing any
Ladyjack attempts at a comeback.
The second game of the double-dip settled in
to look much like the first. Aggie starter junior
Lindsay Wilhelmson and SFA starter senior Devin
Cobb hooked up to send down both sides for the
first three and a half innings.
The change came as the sun dipped below the
third base grand stands, and the temperature
started to fall.
The combination of warming Aggie bats and
cooling Ladyjack gloves added up to a three-run
outburst for the Aggies, led by a one-out double
by first-game heroine Gregory.
Gregory was followed by two hits, one error
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