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By Troy Miller
THE BATTALION
Post play is a necessity in
Big 12 basketball. For the
Texas A&M women's basket-
bail team (9-11 overall, 2-7 Big
I2)strong post play determines
if it wins or loses.
in their upset victory over
ihen-No. 24 Oklahoma, the
Aggies got production in the
post from junior Lynn Classen
who scored 23 points and con-
iributed five rebounds and four
itlocks in the game. The Aggies
ire looking for those types of
numbers from Classen when
ihey travel to Lubbock to take
on the No. 8 Texas Tech Lady
Raiders (19-2, 8-1) Wednesday.
“Lynn has been steady for
ns in the post despite her being
hurt,” said A&M Head Coach
Peggie Gillom.
Tech dominates in the post
is it averages 43.5 rebounds
per game, the best in the Big
12. Senior forward Plenette
Pierson leads the Raiders with
18.7 points and 7.2 rebounds
per game in the post.
Pierson’s dominant play ele
vates the need for a strong
rebounding presence from
players such as Classen.
“One of the things (Classen)
hadn't been doing is boxing out
very well,” Gillom said. “She
did a great job against
Oklahoma and Colorado and
we're definitely going to need
her against Texas Tech. They
are a great rebounding team
and a great team all around.”
Tech Head Coach Marsha
Sharp will be looking for win
No. 499 in her career when she
brings her Lady Raiders into
College Station. Tech has won
four straight games since its 69-
58 loss to Texas in Austin.
Before the loss the Raiders had a
17-game win streak.
With a weak A&M post
game — the Aggies are last in
the Big 12 in rebounding
defense as they give up 43.5
boards per game — Tech will
look to feed the ball to Pierson
early and often.
“I think I see a mentality
right now in (Pierson) that I
thought was going to be diffi
cult for us to achieve,” Sharp
said. “She's better right now
than she's been at any time in
her career at Tech.”
A&M has gotten more
aggressive in its past two
games. After upsetting then-
No. 24 Oklahoma 69-61, the
Aggies came back from a 17-
point halftime deficit to get as
close as four before losing to
Colorado 55-49.
“It takes a lot of energy to
pull out a win like that,” said
A&M junior guard Toccara
Williams after the loss to
Colorado. “I just think we dug
ourselves in that hole too far.”
The Aggies are looking to
take that newfound fire to
Lubbock and try to pull off an
upset one more time..
The Aggies have not beaten
Tech since a 72-68 victory on
March 9, 1996 in the Big 12
Tournament. A&M has not won
a game in Lubbock since Feb.
4, 1980. The Raiders hold a 45-
9 edge in the series.
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Big 12
Continued from page 5
8. TEXAS TECH
The honeymoon might be over for Head Coach
Bobby Knight who could end up finishing the sea
son with four straight losses. The final four games
for the Red Raiders (13-6, 3-5) are against
Oklahoma State, Texas, Kansas and on the road
against Baylor.
9. KANSAS STATE
The Wildcats (11-10, 2-6) finish up the middle of
lie pack this year in the Big 12 and are the final
leant with any chance of reaching the National
Invitational Tournament (NIT), albeit a small
ttace. With a little luck the Wildcats could finish
15-14, though it is highly unlikely.
Iowa State (12-7, 2-6), Baylor (10-9, 1-7) and
A'ebraska (9-12, 1-7) are all going to be watching
leremainder of the basketball season on ESPN fol
lowing their first round exit from the Big 12
imament in Dallas, Texas.
The final month of play should be exciting, espe-
iy for the top four teams that battle it out for the
i| league championship in the nation. The team
ilwins the Big 12 will likely be a favorite to join
/Final Four in New Orleans in late March.
the fourth and fifth innings, by the bottom of the
sixth, things were beginning to look bleak for the
Aggies as the Islanders’ maintained a stranglehold
on a 5-4 lead.
Still, the Aggies’ pitching staff was able to hold
the Islanders to the one-run lead, setting up a dra
matic ninth inning. A&M junior Matt Alexander led
off the inning with a single, followed by a surprising
sacrifice bunt by Patton, who had earlier homered.
“(Patton) gets up earlier and hits a homer and
then lays down a bunt in the bottom of the ninth,”
Alexander said. “You can’t be much more of a team
player than that.”
Following Patton’s at bat, junior center fielder
Justin Ruggiano clinched the Aggie victory with a
two-run shot over the left field wall. The clutch hit
gave A&M its first win of the season.
While the loss was tough for the Islanders, Head
Coach Hector Salinas remained proud of his team.
“We came in with the idea of competing well,”
he said. “We battled a lot today, and I’m proud of
our guys.”
The Aggies will get a well-deserved break from
playing until they host UCLA on Feb. 21.
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