The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1969 Page: 7 of 12
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Overtime loss another one-pointer
By DAVID NORMAN
The Battle of Autry Court will surely take its
place in the annals of Southwest Conference
basketball history as a decisive moment in the
1969 campaign. This now-historic date saw a
confident corps from Texas A&TVT troop into
Houston for an anticipated skirmish with the
Rice Owls, and later limp from the court with
the narrowest of victory margins in a battle that
had assumed the proportions of an epic struggle.
Their hosts had concocted an effective ambush
through the dual diversionary tactics of a dis-
appointing season record and a deceptive defeat
earlier at the hands of the league-leading Aggies.
It is of note that the Owls threatened to blow
their carefully assembled cover earlier in that
same week, with an actual victory over 19th-
ranked Baylor and a moral conquest of 17th-
ranked Dayton. Evidently advance Aggie re-
connaissance failed to recognize these omens of
impending danger.
So the Farmers dribbled unaware into a base-
line crossfire of deadly shooting by marksmen
Greg Williams and Tom Myer. With Gary Reist
directing attack against an Aggie zone, the Owls
either worked their way through to the basket
with a pattern achievement effectively masked
throughout most of the season, or stopped short
and fired over Aggie defenses with their cus-
tomary accuracy.
Despite the fact that Myer was relatively
cold, hitting only 60 percent of his field shots
compared to a usual 99 and 44 one-hundredths
percent pure, he pushed the Owls to an early
lead. Williams ami Reist maintained scoring
pressure and team field goal percentage as Rice
dominated the forays of the first 156 minutes of
„play.
On defense, Steve Wendel again functioned as
the pillar of strength that Coach Knodel rallied
his forces around. The zone defense he and his
compatriots erected repeatedly parried the Aggie
offensive thrust. Wendel himself should receive
a Medal of Honor for his bravery and devotion
to duty in handling the Aggie behemoth duo of
Ronnie Peret and Steve Niles among the whistling-
elbows and crashing bodies underneath the bas-
ket.
The A&M basketball team did have some
fight left, however. With four minutes left in
the game and Aggie tails between Aggie legs,
with the hoarse laugh strangely muted in the
visitors gallery and a 70-61 Rice lead on the
scoreboard, Coach Shelby Metcalf released his
secret weapon—the full-court press. It might
have been germ warfare as far as Rice was con-
cerned. Owl responses froze and Owl coordina-
tion faltered. At the end of the one-minute
blitzkrieg the Aggies had broken the back of the
Owl uprising, and owned a 72-70 lead.
The rest is past history, Ricc fought back to
gainer another lead, only to be tied at the buzz-
er by a fantastic corner shot from the least
expected source, post-man Peret. In overtime
the Owls once again blasted out a lead, but Aggie
momentum wiped it away and blind Aggie luck
prevented Rice's last minute desperation attempt
from falling in.
So back to College Station they maiched—to j I
the tune of that Yogi Bear song which houses
the words of the Aggie War Hymn, and beneath
the banner of Truth, Justice, and the Aggie Way.
They had entrenched their position as prime
contenders for the SWC crown; they had success-
fully defended the Farmer Way of Life. And
in Houston we Rice fans recited our creed: "Wait
'til next year."
Relief
"Sending girls like me to
Vietnam is like teasing a
caged lion with a piece of
raw meat . . . I'm not criti-
cizing our boys' thoughts or
feelings one bit, I'm just tell-
ing you I know what is go-
ing through their minds . . .
Deep down inside, I think it
would be best if stars like
me stayed home and the
government sent off troupes
of prostitutes instead. After
all, when you get right down
to it, those boys want relief,
not more frustration."
—Raquel Welch,
quoted in the Far Eastern
Economic Review, Hong
Kong.
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Ruggers capture consolation prize
in comeback effort over weekend
The Rice rugby team won the
Consolation Trophy in the Sec-
ond Annual Mardi Gras Tour-
nament in Hammond, La. Sun-
day.
The ruggers, suffering- some-
what from the vicissitudes of
various local beverages, and
minus those team members who
couldn't make it to the tourna-
ment, were defeated 12-0 by
Pensacola Naval Air Station.
That afternoon, however, the
Rice team came back strong,
beating Redstone Air Force
Base of Huntsville, Ala., 8-3.
The next day Riee claimed third j
place and the Consolation Tro- j
phy by trouncing Hammond,]
La., 28-0. The University of I
Missouri at Rollo defeated Pen-
sacola in the championship
game, 12-9.
The entire 'team played its
best games of the season, dis-
playing- a new unity and con-
sistency on offense and defense.
In the scrum, Mark Bearden
must be singled out for special
notice, while among the backs
Chem graduate student Harry
Wilson was an offensive stand-
out both on and off the field.
The team, organized at the
beginning of the semester, is
sponsored by Dr. Ira Gruber,
coached by Alan Roberts, and
captained by Stewart Morris.
The rugby team meets Austin
for two games Saturday, the
first starting at 1 pm, "the sec-
o n d following immediately.
March 2, Rice will host the
Blues from Louisiana State
University at New Orleans. The
contests will be on the scenic
Rice rugby field jast south of
Hanszen College.
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Bahler, Dennis. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1969, newspaper, February 20, 1969; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245049/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.