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Page 5 • Friday, February 7, 2003
King poised to break record in Texas game
tygies hope to avenge disappointing loss to Baylor
By Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M men’s basketball team
is hoping to regain the momentum it had
following its 64-59 win over Texas Tech a
week ago. It won’t be easy for the Aggies,
who host the No. 3 University of Texas
Longhorns Saturday night at Reed Arena.
What will be easy for senior guard
Bernard King is becoming the Big 12’s all-
time leading scorer. King needs just six
points in Saturday night's matchup to break
Iowa State’s Marcus Fizer’s Big 12 scoring
record of 1,830 points.
A&M Head Coach Melvin Watkins
said it will be exciting for King to break
the record at Reed Arena in front of his
home fans and family, but that the win is
most important.
“Anytime those kinds of milestones
happen in front of a home crowd, it adds a
little to it,” Watkins said. “Hopefully our
fans will help us celebrate that, the biggest
thing is that we get a win and it makes it all
even better.”
The Aggies (11-7, 3-4 Big 12) are com
ing off a tough loss on the road, in which
they surrendered an early lead to Baylor.
“We lost our aggressiveness and that’s
something you should never do,” Watkins
said. “They went to the (1-3-1) zone and it
worked as far as getting us off balance, we
looked at the tape and have worked on cor
recting that.”
History is not on the Aggies’ side as they
prepare to host Texas (14-4, 5-2 Big 12)
this weekend. The Aggies have never beat
en a team ranked higher than No. 5 in
school history.
However, Colorado showed that it
can be done with a 13-0 run over Texas
in the final two minutes of play Tuesday
night to give the Buff’s the win, 93-80.
Watkins said he believes Texas is a good
team but tries not to focus on where it is in
the polls.
“I don’t know that I put much stock
in how we rank teams today,” Watkins
said. “It’s something fun for the fans,
but our talk will be more about it being
a conference game.”
The Longhorns are led by sophomore
guard T.J. Ford who is one of the top point
guards in the nation. In their first meeting
this season in Austin, Ford posted a career-
high 25 points in a 28-point victory against
the Aggies.
“T.J. Ford is capable of having a big
night, we just have to do a better job of
keeping him in front of us and making him
work for everything he gets,” Watkins said.
The Aggies, who live and die by their
ability to shoot the ball, especially behind
the three-point arc, shot a season-low 30
percent from the field against the
Longhorns. However, since their dismal
shooting performance in Austin, the
Aggies have averaged 43 percent in the
past four games.
Watkins said that he hopes to have
another full house against the Longhorns
because it certainly gave his team a boost in
their win over Texas Tech last weekend.
“We feel like the sixth man helped us in
the win over Texas Tech,” Watkins said.
“We got down in the second half and the
crowd got involved in the game and gave us
an extra boost.”
The A&M Athletic Department is ask
ing students to pull tickets on Friday due to
an expected large turnout for Saturday’s
game. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m.
ALISSA HOLLIMON • THE BATTALION
A&M guard Bernard King sets up before a free throw. King needs just six points
to become the all-time career scoring leader in the Big 12 conference.
Women’s basketball team pursues consecutive wins
By Troy Miller
THE BATTALION
Texas A&M junior guard Toccara
Williams has been a solid leader for the
Aggie women’s basketball team ever
since senior Kim Moore retired for per
sonal reasons. Williams has been a one-
person defensive showcase for the
Aggies (9-10 overall, 2-6 Big 12).
Williams ranks No. 1 nationally this
season, averaging five steals per game.
Most recently, Williams broke All-
American Lisa Branch’s all-time A&M
record in career steals when she got her
310th takeaway against Oklahoma in the
Aggies 69-61 upset win. Williams now
stands at 314.
“I try to put the record as far away
from me as possible,” Williams said.
“(Defense) is my main focus. There’s
not too many guards that go out and play
defense like that. They’re all about
offense, and I’m all about defense.”
Williams not only leads the nation in
steals, but she also leads the Aggies in
scoring with 12.8 points per game.
“We want (Williams) to be all about
offense too,” said Aggie Head Coach
Peggie Gillom.
The Aggies carry momentum into
their home game against the Colorado
Buffaloes (16-4 overall, 6-3 Big 12).
After their shocking win over Oklahoma,
the Aggies know anything can happen,
and Williams should be a big part of it.
Colorado averages 16.2 turnovers a
game, and Williams and the Aggies have
made a habit of increasing turnovers
from their opponents. Oklahoma came
into College Station averaging 19.6
turnovers per game. The Sooners left
Reed Arena turning the ball over 23
times to A&M.
“Traditionally, they are a quick and
athletic team,” said Colorado senior for
ward Sabrina Scott. “It’s a game on the
road and on television, and we haven’t
done so well in those, so we really need
to get the monkey off our backs.”
Colorado is coming into the contest
with the Aggies after beating up on the
Kansas Jayhawks 73-42.
Junior center Tera Bjorklund, who is
averaging 16.8 points and 6.5 rebounds
per game, leads Colorado.
A&M has an all-time 1-8 record
against Colorado and has not beaten the
Buffaloes since their first encounter on
Jan. 6, 1992, but the Aggies hope to
change that.
“(Beating Oklahoma) is a great confi
dence booster for us,” Williams said.
“We’ve been trying to come
together, and I can tell you we are
coming together.”
Colorado’s only conference losses
have all come during Saturday afternoon
games against teams that make oppo
nents turn the ball over frequently.
“I think Texas A&M away has always
been a challenge for us,” said Buffalo
Head Coach Ceal Barry. “It’s a long trip,
it’s an early game, and we haven’t had
much success with one o’clock games on
the road. I think it’s kind of a warning
sign for us.”
The Aggies will take on the Buffaloes
at 1 p.m. Saturday at Reed Arena.
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