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Page 7 • Thursday, March 6, 2003
Aggies win big in home finale versus Baylor
Slocum leads A&M scorers in showdown at Reed
By Troy Miller
THE BATTALION
ALISSA HOLLIMON • THE BATTALION
A&M center Andy Slocum dunks the ball in the second half against the Baylor
Bears. The Aggies beat Baylor, 79-60, in their home finale at Reed Arena.
Fans came to Reed Arena to see senior
guard Bernard King shine on senior night,
but Aggie fans were instead treated to a
show by A&M junior forward Andy
Slocum in Texas A&M’s 79-60 win over
the Baylor Bears.
Slocum, who sat out A&M’s (14-12
overall, 6-9 Big 12) 77-69 loss to Baylor
(13-13, 4-11) in Waco, proved to be the
missing centerpiece to post up against
Baylor sophomore forward Lawrence
Roberts. Slocum was able to win the battle
in the paint and lure Roberts to commit
three first-half fouls that forced Baylor
Head Coach Dave Bliss to sit Roberts for
the remainder of the half.
“To not have (Roberts) in there, it really
makes us have to change our offense,” said
Baylor junior Matt Sayman who led the
Bears with 13 points.
After forcing Roberts out of the game
with 3:57 to go in the first half, the Aggies
went on a 14-6 run to take a half-time lead
of 36-26. Slocum scored six of his 15 first-
half points in the final four minutes with
Roberts on the bench.
Slocum scored 18 points and brought
down seven rebounds in just 16 minutes to
lead the Aggies to victory.
“It felt good to come out and play good
for a change,” Slocum said. “I felt a lot bet
ter out there tonight.”
The win assured the Aggies of their first
winning season since the 1993-94 season
when they went 19-11 and reached the
post-season National Invitation Tournament
and their first winning season under Head
Coach Melvin Watkins. The victory also
put the Aggies into a seventh-place tie with
Texas Tech in the Big 12 Conference stand
ings, assuring them of no worse than an
eighth-place finish which would equal their
highest finish ever.
“It’s pretty obvious that we’ve got better
players,” Watkins said. “We’ve had players
that have been in this program improve,
and I hope those are signs of us doing
things right.”
Baylor began the game hitting four of its
first six three-point attempts earning the
Bears an 11-4 lead. The Bears, who rank
sixth nationally in three-point shooting per
centage, hit just three of their next 25 three-
point attempts.
“This game was really similar to our
game (in Waco),” Bliss said. “They missed
a lot of open shots up there.”
The Aggies pulled away in the second
half as King dished out 10 assists, match
ing his career high.
“I think he played a great game and he
only got three points,” Watkins said. “How
often can I say that about Bernard King?”
The Aggies face Oklahoma State in
Stillwater, Okla. Saturday to finish out the
regular season and then head to Dallas to
play in the Big 12 Tournament.
Swimming, diving teams travel to Austin
By Jeff Allen
THE BATTALION
Time is running short in the
2002-2003 season for the Texas
A&M men’s swim team. The
schedule that began in October will
come to its culmination in three
weeks at the NCAA
Championships held at the Jamail
Swim Center on the University of
Texas at Austin campus.
Starting today on the same
grounds in which the NCAA
Championships will take place, the
Aggies will be afforded one last
chance to get their feet wet in
preparation for the season-ending
meet at the American Short Course
Championships.
The Aggies, who this week
received a season high national
ranking of No. 14, are coming off
the strongest performance for the
squad ever at a Big 12 meet. The
showing at the Big 12
Championships, when the team
placed second behind three-time
defending national champion
Texas, put the Aggies in a position
to send a strong contingent of
swimmers to the NCAA meet.
Junior Matt Rose was the only
Aggie to grab a guaranteed slot at
the upcoming event, swimming a
43.45 in the 100-yard freestyle and
setting a new A&M record while
propelling himself to Swimmer of
the Meet honors.
Despite Rose being the only
Aggie so far to qualify automatical
ly for the NCAA Championships,
the team looks to have at least
seven swimmers hit the pool at the
end of this month. This number is
equal to what the Aggies put in the
pool last year when the club fin
ished in 22nd place at the meet.
“Right now we’re looking at
seven swimmers,” said Head Coach
Mel Nash. “(Taking into account)
past history, that’s what should get
invited. We have the one automatic,
but some of the others are forgone
conclusions.”
This weekend’s meet gives the
Aggie men one final opportunity to
solidify their chances for getting
the invite to the NCAA meet. The
more Aggies who receive individ
ual invites, the better chance the
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