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Page 5 • Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Women take on No. 8 Kansas State
By Brad Bennett
THE BATTALION
Texas A&M senior point guard Toccara
Williams earned the Big 12 record for most steals
433 career steals, is second in assists with
689 and has scored 1,227 points in her career. She
was named Big 12 player of the week Monday, in
small part because she led the Big 12 in points
and steals last week, while playing top teams.
Williams has carried the A&M women’s bas-
team (8-15, 1-11 Big 12) through a hard
season and will be honored during the Aggie
women’s basketball game versus No. 8 Kansas
(19-3, 10-1) Wednesday with “Toccara
Williams Appreciation Night” at 7 p.m. at Reed
Arena.
The A&M Athletic Department, 12th Man
Foundation and others have joined together to
offer Williams autograph cards, which she will
be available to sign after the game, free coupons
for Freebirds burritos, multiple cash prizes to
campus organizations and free food to 12th Man
Rewards members.
A&M head coach Gary Blair said fans can turn
the tide in basketball home games.
"Our fans were great, and our team was pretty
good,” Blair said.
The Aggies will need the support as they take on
their third straight opponent ranked in the top 10.
“(Kansas) State is looking to hammer us
because they have a chance to go into the top 5,”
Blair said. “The Big 12 championship will be
WM
Sharon Aeschbach • THE BATTALION
A&M senior guard Toccara Williams drives past Texas Tech sophomore forward Chesley Dabbs last Saturday,
decided between Kansas State and Texas.” just want to outscore you,” Blair said. “It is sorta
Blair said Kansas State is a strong offensive like the Dallas Mavericks; they play defense just
team that will switch between defenses, including to hurry up and get to offense.”
a 2-3 zone.
“Offensively, they run their stuff so-well, they See Women on page 7
Aggie men’s tennis travels to Fort Worth
By Jordan Meserole
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M men’s tennis
leam is going to need all the rest it
can get before Wednesday, when it
navels to Fort Worth to take on No.
BTexas Christian University.
The trip will mark the beginning
of a 10-day stretch of five meets.
Eluding three on the road for the
1MAggies (7-3).
“This is going to be a pretty
important week for our guys,” said
A&M head coach Tim Cass. “This,
thankfully, will be the last really
tough road trip of the season.”
The Aggies are familiar with the
road at this point in the season, with
six of their last seven matches being
on the road. A&M played four
ranked teams in that span, winning
only one of those meets against
then-ranked No. 12 California. Their
only home game was last Sunday
against Lamar, when the Aggies eas
ily defeated the Cardinals, 7-0.
The Aggies will first have to
focus on beating longtime tennis
giant TCU (3-0). Cass said the
Horned Frogs have always pre
sented a challenge regardless of
their ranking.
“We had a really tough match
against them last year,” Cass said.
“We’ve always seemed to have
real similar teams; that makes for
good matches.”
TCU’s tennis program during the
last 15 years has seen a men’s team
ranked in the top 30, including a few
top-5 rankings. TCU has been
climbing the NCAA rankings
recently, jumping first from 18 to 16
and to 13 this week.
TCU head coach Joey Rive said
he is glad to see his team’s recent
success and hopes the success con
tinues Wednesday.
See Tennis on page 7
Aggies face
No. 11 Texas
By Troy Miller
THE BATTALION
Texas A&M’s men’s basketball team has lost
10 straight games, a low to which not many
would have thought this talented group would
fall. But along with being one of only seven
NCAA Division I schools without a conference
win comes the speculation of coaching changes.
Usually with losses mounting, discontent
reigns in the locker room, but A&M hasn’t
shown anything other than frustration at not
getting a win.
“(A&M head coach Melvin Watkins’job sta
tus) is something we talk about every day we
walk into practice because we know that’s a
reality in sports today when you’re losing,” said
Watkins said. “We’ve had some situations
where you’d think we were coming apart, but
we’d sit down and talk about things in practice
and get right back into the game plan.”
When the Aggies (7-14, 0-10 Big 12) travel
to the Frank Erwin Center in Austin to take on
No. 11 Texas Wednesday at 8 p.m., two coaches
on two completely different paths will face
each other.
Texas head coach Rick Barnes was hired six
seasons ago to rebuild a Longhorn program that
wasn’t quite in the doldrums of the Big 12 con
ference, but it certainly was on its way after a
14-17 season, finishing 10th in the Big 12.
Coincidentally, 1998-99 was Barnes’ and
Watkins’ first seasons. Both were expected to
take their basketball programs to the next level.
Barnes made good on the expectations by
turning the Longhorns into an elite college bas
ketball team, reaching the NCAA Final Four in
2002-03.
Watkins, on the other hand, has never fin
ished above .500, 14-14 in 2002-03 and has
never won a conference tournament game.
“I walked into a situation where 1 had good
players here, guys who had played and won,”
Barnes said. “(Watkins) walked into a situation,
and I can only tell you as an outside person.
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