SPORTS The Battalion I 3.3.15 3 BASKETBALL CONTINUED double figures with Alex Caruso shooting a perfect 5-for-5 from the field and Kourtney Roberson putting up a double-double. Florida (14-15, 7-9 SEC) will be fight ing to keep its postseason hopes alive. The team is led by forward Dorian Finney- Smith, guard Michael Frazier II and guard Eli Carter, all of whom are juniors. Carter scored 22 in the loss to the Aggies on Feb. 14 at Reed Arena. Head coach Billy Kennedy discussed the pressure and difference A&M would feel playing at Florida’s home court. “They didn’t play bad when they were here,†Kennedy said.†I think we could play better, but we will play them pretty much the same way. They press more at home and shoot the ball better on their court. They’re doing a few things differently offensively. Some of it will be predicated on whether Frazier plays or not. I think we’ll see more pressure.†ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi has the Aggies as a nine-seed for the NCAA Tour nament. “We see the SEC tournament is coming up,†Jones said. “We know that we are in third place in conference right now. The top four gets a bye. That’s what we are real ly looking forward to right now — the SEC tournament — rather than the NCAA. We feel like we need to finish conference strong and go into the SEC tournament with some momentum, and then take it from there. †Tuesday will be Texas A&M’s last road game. Their final game of the regular season is Saturday at Reed Arena against Alabama. Tire way the Aggies play in these final two games will determine whether or not they get a double bye in the SEC Tournament and could secure their place in the NCAA Tournament. “At this time, it’s about finishing strong,†Jones said. “The teams that finish strong have the best chance of getting to postsea son play. We have been consistent all year. I don’t think we have lost two games in a row except once. We just have to keep doing what we have been doing. Hopefully, we will start playing at our best. I think we’re playing good, [but] I just don’t think we’ve played at our best yet. It’s time to start play ing at our best.†Tipoff is at 8 p.m. and the game can be seen on ESPNU. BASEBALL Cody Franklin —THE BATTALION Senior infielder Logan Nottebrok attempts to tag a sliding baserunner during the weekend sweep over Dartmouth. FOOTBALL CONTINUED to see what other talent the roster possesses. “We have guys that are out completely for spring,†Sumlin said. “For us the timing of spring ball gave us seven or eight weeks of lifting and be around our guys, get things going. We stretch out spring ball as long as we can. [It’s a] chance to get a guy with something minor back. What that does is give us ability to put other guys in there and see who can be backups, or what the rotation is.†The team has seen improvement across the board, said strength and conditioning coach Larry Jackson. However, it is the newcomers that are impressing, and early enrollee Christian Kirk is the one Jackson had his eye on throughout the day. “[Kirk] has been doing a lot of extra work,†Jackson said. “He has been doing great. You can tell that he is the workhorse that he said he was. So it is really exciting to watch him and see where he is going to go.†A main storyline for the team is the return of sophomore starting quarterback Kyle Allen, who stepped into the starting role during the Louisiana-Monroe game for Kenny Hill. He finished the year as the MVP in the Liberty Bowl win. Now in his second year, Allen enters spring as the starting quarterback looking to build off his id to 2014, and he is taking spring [seriously. ' “Kyle Allen is not built that way to just ‘go through motions’ of spring,†Sumlin Vanessa Pena — THE BATTALION Head Coach Kevin Sumlin speaks with media members after spring practice Monday. said. “He wants to get better. Him ending the season as MVP of the bowl game is good for him. The way he’s wired, he’s not going to just sit around and be there. He wants to be great. That is what made him one of the top guys coming out of high school. He has done a lot of explosive work and a lot of quickness work in offseason. Fie is taking the next step in being able to think conceptually. This process started ' ‘-with him when he got back.†Undefeated Aggies look to end homestand with Dallas Baptist By Andre Perrard K. The homestand is finally coming to an end. Twelve games into a 13- game season-opening stint at Olsen Field, A&M is 12-0 and looking to stay undefeated be fore heading to Houston for the Minute Maid Classic next weekend. The Aggies face the Dallas Baptist Patriots (6-1) at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday. This is the Patriots’ first game in a week due to the snowstorms that have affected north Texas. The team is led by Camden Duzenack, who is hitting .296 with eight RBIs and one home run. A&M comes into the game with a lineup that has been on fire lately. Nick Banks and Ronnie Gideon lead the team ih RBIs with 12 apiece. Mitchell Nau has the highest batting average on the team T f fite* *ro ■MT'VW (.459), with Banks close be hind (.439). Logan Taylor leads the Ag gies in home runs with four. Ronnie Gideon is second on the team with three home runs, and five other players in the starting lineup have hit at "We strive to just go out every day, run off our plan, and play our game. We just need to give the best effort we can give, and at the end of the day the results are going to show for themselves." 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