The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 28, 1971 Page: 3 of 6
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Aggies capitalize on sloppy playing, beat Owls 74-73
point half-time lead on a 25-
foot juniper by Myer, a left-
handed, 3 foot juniper by Sny-
der, and a steal and Jay-up by
Myer. Unfortunately, the script
was to be replayed the second
half, only with a different end-
ing.
Again the Aggies contrblled
the tip, but they could not stop
the Owls who gradually pulled
their lead up to 14 points which
they held four times, the last
on a 25 foot jumper by Myer
with 14:02 to play. But from
that point on disaster and then
frustration struck. In the next
seven minutes, A&M outscored
Rice 18 to 5 with Niles scoring
six points before Schmidt drew
an offensive foul under the bas-
ket, fouling Niles out at 10:47
to play.
Both Rice and A&M began
full court, man-to-man presses,
but neither was truly effective.
But then A&M's did not have
to be for even though the Owls
were beating the press, they
were throwing the ball away on
sloppy passing after they had
managed to get the ball into
scoring territory. With 7:47 to
play, the Aggies picked off an
errant pass from Rice's Schmidt
from the outside, and eight sec-
onds later Cooksey hit a 23 foot
jumper to make it 67-64. Thirty
seconds later, it was Cooksey
again on a 20 foot corner shot
t bring A&M within ne point
at 67-66.
With 2:18 Duplantis drew
Melady's fourth personal while
in the act of shooting and sank
one of the two free throws to
tie it 71 all. Rice came back
with its pattern offense, but
missed the shot and Emshoff
was called for his fifth foul on
the ensuing rebound. Again
Duplantis went to the line
where he hit the first of a 1-1
to give A&M a 72-71 lead with
2:04 to play. Myer was called
for a intentional foul with 0:43
seconds to play, and Cooksey
sank both shots for a 3 point
Aggie lead.
Rice managed its first basket
in over three minutes on a Tim-
merman tip-in making it 74-73,
A&M by one with 0:35 seconds
to go. Rice then went into its
full-court press, trapping Cook-
sey in the back court. In des-
peration he tried to clear a pass
out, but threw it out of bounds
—Rice's ball down by one with
0:23 seconds to play.
Table Four
STATEMENT OF CURRENT FUND ALLOCATED INCOME AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 36, 1969 AND 1970
1969
EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL INCOME:
Income from investments—net
Student fees—
Tuition, registration, and other
Less — University student aid
Other—
Unrestricted rants-in-aid
Donations from Rice Associates
Overhead on research contracts and grants
Transfer from restricted grants and other funds
to provide for instructional expense
Auxiliary enterprises
Other
By BILL STARNES
Tuesday a week ago, the Rice
Owls extended their conference
record to 2-0 by defeating SMU.
Since they were not to play
again until a week later, they
took a two day rest before be-
ginning preparations for their
next foe, Texas A & M. The ex-
tra time gave the Rice support-
ers a chance to tack up a repeat
of last year's sign — "SWC
CHAMPIONS 1970" — which
somehow seemed to make it pre-
destined that the Owls would
win the conference this year as
they did last year, to many a
critic's surprise.
This year it seemed all the
more natural with a much im-
proved team inside and much
greater depth. They were now
riding a 14 game home-court
winning streak which went back
to their fifth game last year,
against North Carolina. They
had not lost a single home con-
ference game all last year and
could not afford to this year if
they wanted to repeat as cham-
pions. Yet, somehow, being Ag-
gies, as they are, A&M dis-
regarded all these factors and
defeated the Owls in Autry
Court before 5,003 disbelieving
fans.
A&M came int othe game 0-2
in conference play having been
beaten by Baylor (103-83) and
by TCU (64-59). But they
brought a big, strong team forc-
ing the Owls to contend with
two giants inside — Steve Niles
ad Jeff Overhouse. To combat
this inside strength, Knodel
came back with G'lOU" Mark
Wehrle on Niles and 6'9" Steve
Emshoff (who played his best
game yet against SMU's Kor-
ver) against Overhouse. Knodel
rounded out his starting five
with Reist and Myer at guard
and Melady at forward, his first
start since he injured his Achil-
les tendon. 1
The game began with A&M
controlling the tip and moving
out to a four point lead, their
largest of the night, on a Niles
lay-up with 17:14 left in the
first half. They led for 3 min-
utes 45 seconds before Rice
pulled ahead to as much as
eight points on six different
occasions. However, Duplantis
tied the score 38-38 with 1:18
left in the first half on Me-
lady's third foul. Then, with
the crowd getting noisy, Rice
immediately puled out to a six
After a time out, the Owls
once again played pattern, and
with 0:09 seconds Reist went
up with a driving 12 foot jump-
shot, which ringed in and out.
The rebound came to Melady
who appeared to have a clean
lay-up, but the ball slipped by
him and out of bounds off an
Aggie.
The inbounds pass came to
Myer on the left, outside. He
drove across the top of circle
and put up a 23 footer with
three seconds showing. The
shot caught the rim and
bounced out. Melady pulled in
the rebound and sent back up
but he was stuffed by Du-
plantis and the buzzer sounded.
The crowd was silent looking
on in utter frustration and to-
tal disbelief. A&M 74, Rice 73,
time 0:00.
Why? It's hard to say. Turn-
overs definitely hurt Rice in
the crucial closing minutes. Yet,
overall Rice had 17 turnovers
and A&M 18, indicating that
Rice was unable to take ad-
vantage of A&M's mistakes,
while A&M capitalized on the
Owl errors. Especially when
they counted. Offensively, Rice
looked like the two guard team
of last, year with only Myer and
Reist in double figures. Myer
hit 19 points on 9 of 17 from
the field, while Reist hit 22
points on 10 of 13. Emshoff
continued to play well with 4
of 6 from the field for 9 points.
However, Emshoff alone
could not provide the balance.
Melady and Wehrle could mus-
ter only 3 points each, both
having rather poor nights for
their ability. Schmidt came on
to play an excellent defensive
game showing a lot of hustle,
but little offensive help. Tim-
nierman shot well, adding 6
points, but again it didn't bal-
ance the Owls.
Overall Rice hit 52.2 Cc from
the field which should win al-
most any game. But the Aggies
were also on target shooting
50.9Cc. The telling story was at
the free throw line. Rice out-
fielded A&M, 32 to 27, but Rice
sank only 9 of 17 free throws,
while the Aggies hit 20 of 30
from the line.
In the Aggie dressing room,
an ecstatic Shelby Metcalf felt
that this victory might mark a
turning point in his team's sea-
son. "We came back from 11
points down against the best
1970
$ 5,339,853 $ 5,225,710
Total income
Add — Allocation to current fund income
from current general funds
Total allocated income
EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL EXPENDITURES:
General and administrative
"'Retirement contributions
Instructional departments
Library
""""Plant operations and maintenance
Total
EXCESS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURES
s
4,144,979
$
5,082,154
1659,111
2,330,423
$
2*485,868
$
2,751,731
$
301,624
$
253,142
107,323
111.143
1,248,518
1,253,489
572.322
559,593
(209,428)
(86,058)
29,987
20,770
$
2,050,346
$
2,112,079
$
9,876,067
$ 10,089,520
«s>
627,662
1,387,470
$
10,503,729
$
11,476,990
$
2,119,689
$
2,308,553
834,274
930,093
5,678,087
6,250,546
891,520
925,993
980,159
1,061,805
$
10,503,729
$
11,476,990
$
—
$
—
pair of guards in the league.
Our players have worked hard,
but up until now the breaks
have gone against us. We
needed something like this to
lift our confidence." Metcalf
didn't rest easy until he saw
the "Big Ag in the sky," Rick
Duplantis, block Ted Melady's
folow-up of Tom Myer's missed
shot with one second left. When
asked if the loss of Steve Niles
on fouls with over 10 minutes
left hurt his team, Metcalf said,
"I thought it would, since Steve
had played a fine game. But
Duplantis came in there and
did a helluva job."
The Rice dressing room re-
flected a different air — one
of total disappointment but not
loss of hope. Most of the play-
ers felt the Owls had a better
team than the Ags, and should
have easily won the game.
"When we had a 14-point lead
and they called time out, I told
them we could go out and break
this thing open," said a de-
jected Don Knodel. "But we go
out there and get complacent —
throw the ball away and take
bad shots. We had no offense in
those last 12 minutes. We just
don't know how to handle leads.
"Commenting on future SWC
games," Knodel continued,
"we'll find out just what kind
of people we have playing for
nc?
US.
With the Owls' loss, they now
stand 2-1 in conference play,
tied with Tech and Baylor. TCU
is the only undefeated team at
3-0. Saturday the Owls ven-
ture up to Waco to meet the
Baylor Bears in a crucial game.
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Mauldin, John. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 28, 1971, newspaper, January 28, 1971; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245098/m1/3/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.