For Immediate Release | Friday, November 11, 2011 | Women’s Basketball SID Deanna Werner | [email protected]TEXAS A&M WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2011 | 12 SEASON GAME NOTES 2011 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 2009 NCAA SWEET 16 | 2008 NCAA ELITE EIGHT | 3 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS Overall Record | 0-0 | Big 12 Record | 0-0 | Home | 0-0 | Away | 0-0 | Neutral | 0-0 | N 6 Oklahoma City (exh.) ........... W, 84-63 N 12 LAMAR ..................................... 7 p.m. N 15 LOUISVILLE [ESPNU]................. 3 p.m. N 17 @ UALR .................................... 7 p.m. SUPER SIX SERIES N 20 MISSISSIPPI STATE ............... 1:30 p.m. JUNKANOO JAM N 25 vs. Temple ........................... 3:15 p.m. N 26 vs. Iowa/St. John’s .......... 1/3:15 p.m. BIG 12/BIG TEN CHALLENGE D 4 @ Purdue [BTN] ..................... 11 a.m. JIMMY V WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CLASSIC D 6 @ Conneccut [ESPN2] ........... 6 p.m. D 11 @ TCU ...................................... 2 p.m. D 18 USC [FSN] ................................. 2 p.m. D 30 MCNEESE STATE ....................... 7 p.m. J 4 @ Kansas State* ...................... 7 p.m. J 8 OKLAHOMA* [FSN] .................. 2 p.m. J 11 TEXAS* ..................................... 6 p.m. J 14 @ Iowa State* ......................... 7 p.m. J 18 MISSOURI* .............................. 7 p.m. J 21 @ Kansas* ............................... 7 p.m. J 24 @ Oklahoma State* ................. 7 p.m. J 29 IOWA STATE* [FSN] .................. 1 p.m. F 1 @ Texas Tech*.......................... 7 p.m. F 4 KANSAS* .................................. 7 p.m. F 8 KANSAS STATE* ........................ 7 p.m. F 11 @ Baylor* [FSN] ....................... 5 p.m. F 14 @ Missouri* ............................ 7 p.m. F 18 OKLAHOMA STATE* ................. 7 p.m. F 21 @ Oklahoma* .......................... 7 p.m. F 25 TEXAS TECH* [FSN] .................. 7 p.m. F 27 BAYLOR* [ESPN2] ..................... 6 p.m. M 4 @ Texas* [FSN] ...................... 12 p.m. Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship March 7-10, 2012 (Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo.) HOME GAMES IN CAPS All Times Are Listed In Central Time (CT) [ ] Denotes TV Game * Denotes Big 12 Conference Game PROMOTIONS • AAI Coat Drive - Aggie Athletes Involved (AAI) connues with its tradional Coat Drive that benefits the local Twin City Mission in Bryan this weekend. AAI will have locaons set up at Reed Arena at the north, east, and main entrances. Any person bringing a new or used coat, blanket or sweater will receive a game cket for free admission to one of the games. The locaons will be manned on Saturday, Nov. 12 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. and then on Sunday, Nov. 13 from 2 p.m. unl 3:15 p.m. • Free admission with volleyball cket – Receive free admission to the Lamar game with your volleyball cket from Saturday’s game. TICKET INFORMATION • Tickets are priced at $15 (courtside), $13 (sideline), $9 (baseline) and $7 (general admission) and can be purchased online at: ckets.12thmanfoundaon.com, in person at the 12th Man Foundaon Ticket Office and Reed Arena Box Office or by calling 1-888-99-AGGIE. UP NEXT – NO. 9 LOUISVILLE ON NOV. 15 • Texas A&M takes on No. 9 Louisville on Tuesday, Nov.15 in a naonally televised 3 p.m. game as part of ESPN’s College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon. The Aggies will receive their naonal cham- pionship rings and drop the naonal championship banner 20 minutes prior to poff. Be sure to be there to be part of the fesvies. AGGIES IN HOME OPENERS • The Aggies are 18-3 all-me in home openers and have won their last eight consecuve open- ing day contests at Reed Arena, including an 87-41 victory over UALR last year. • A&M is 5-0 when commencing the season at home in the Gary Blair Era, which includes a 2010 win against UALR, a 95-77 win against No. 6 Duke in 2009-10, a 73-45 victory over Mercer in 2008-09, a 72-48 win over Pepperdine in 2006-07 and a 77-36 rout of Saint Peter’s in 2005-06. SCOUTING LAMAR • Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas, has an enrollment of 14,388 and was founded in 1923. • Lamar will play its second game of the 2011-12 season Saturday at Reed Arena aſter opening the year with an 82-62 victory at home against Our Lady of the Lake Friday. 2011-12 SCHEDULE | RESULTS #6/6 TEXAS A&M (0-0) vs. LAMAR (1-0) November 12, 2011 7:00 p.m. (CT) Reed Arena (12,989) at College Staon, Texas Television: None Radio: Texas A&M Sports Network (KZNE 1150 AM) Series History: Texas A&M leads, 14-9 Internet: Free Live Stascs and Live Audio at AggieAthlecs.com Record: 0-0 (0-0 Big 12) Ranking: #6 (AP), #6 (Coaches) Last Result: W, 84-63 vs. Oklahoma City (exh.) on 11/6/11 Up Next: vs. Louisville on 11/15/11 Head Coach: Gary Blair, Ninth Season Texas A&M Record: 188-79 (.704) Career Record: 596-242 (.711) Record: 1-0 (0-0 Southland) Ranking: NR (AP), NR (Coaches) Last Result: W, 82-62 vs. Our Lady of the Lake on 11/11/11 Up Next: vs. Ole Miss on 11/15/11 Head Coach: Larry Tidwell, Fiſth season Lamar Record: 90-40 (.692) Career Record: 90-40 (.692) NO. 6 AGGIES HOST LAMAR IN SEASON OPENER SATURDAY G A M E #1
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For Immediate Release | Friday, November 11, 2011 | Women’s Basketball SID Deanna Werner | [email protected]
TEXAS A&M WOMEN’S BASKETBALL2011 | 12 SEASON GAME NOTES
2011 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 2009 NCAA SWEET 16 | 2008 NCAA ELITE EIGHT | 3 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
Overall Record | 0-0 | Big 12 Record | 0-0 |Home | 0-0 | Away | 0-0 | Neutral | 0-0 |
N 6 Oklahoma City (exh.) ...........W, 84-63N 12 LAMAR .....................................7 p.m.N 15 LOUISVILLE [ESPNU].................3 p.m.N 17 @ UALR ....................................7 p.m.
SUPER SIX SERIES N 20 MISSISSIPPI STATE ...............1:30 p.m.
JUNKANOO JAMN 25 vs. Temple ...........................3:15 p.m.N 26 vs. Iowa/St. John’s .......... 1/3:15 p.m.
BIG 12/BIG TEN CHALLENGE D 4 @ Purdue [BTN] ..................... 11 a.m.
JIMMY V WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CLASSIC D 6 @Connecticut[ESPN2] ...........6 p.m.
HOME GAMES IN CAPS All Times Are Listed In Central Time (CT)[ ] Denotes TV Game* Denotes Big 12 Conference Game
PROMOTIONS•AAICoatDrive-AggieAthletesInvolved(AAI)continueswithitstraditionalCoatDrivethatbenefitsthelocalTwinCityMissioninBryanthisweekend.AAIwillhavelocationssetupatReedArena at the north, east, and main entrances. Any person bringing a new or used coat, blanket orsweaterwillreceiveagameticketforfreeadmissiontooneofthegames.Thelocationswillbe manned on Saturday, Nov. 12 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. and then onSunday,Nov.13from2p.m.until3:15p.m.•Freeadmissionwithvolleyballticket–ReceivefreeadmissiontotheLamargamewithyourvolleyballticketfromSaturday’sgame.
UP NEXT – NO. 9 LOUISVILLE ON NOV. 15•TexasA&MtakesonNo.9LouisvilleonTuesday,Nov.15inanationallytelevised3p.m.gameaspartofESPN’sCollegeHoopsTip-OffMarathon.TheAggieswillreceivetheirnationalcham-pionshipringsanddropthenationalchampionshipbanner20minutespriortotipoff.Besuretobetheretobepartofthefestivities.
AGGIES IN HOME OPENERS•TheAggiesare18-3all-timeinhomeopenersandhavewontheirlasteightconsecutiveopen-ing day contests at Reed Arena, including an 87-41 victory over UALR last year. •A&Mis5-0whencommencingtheseasonathomeintheGaryBlairEra,whichincludesa2010win against UALR, a 95-77 win against No. 6 Duke in 2009-10, a 73-45 victory over Mercer in 2008-09, a 72-48 win over Pepperdine in 2006-07 and a 77-36 rout of Saint Peter’s in 2005-06.
SCOUTING LAMAR•LamarUniversityislocatedinBeaumont,Texas,hasanenrollmentof14,388andwasfoundedin 1923.•Lamarwillplayitssecondgameofthe2011-12seasonSaturdayatReedArenaafteropeningthe year with an 82-62 victory at home against Our Lady of the Lake Friday.
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Record: 0-0 (0-0 Big 12)Ranking: #6 (AP), #6 (Coaches)Last Result: W, 84-63 vs. Oklahoma City (exh.) on 11/6/11Up Next:vs. Louisville on 11/15/11Head Coach:Gary Blair, Ninth SeasonTexas A&M Record: 188-79 (.704)Career Record: 596-242 (.711)
Record: 1-0 (0-0 Southland)Ranking: NR (AP), NR (Coaches)Last Result: W, 82-62 vs. Our Lady of the Lake on 11/11/11Up Next:vs. Ole Miss on 11/15/11Head Coach:LarryTidwell,FifthseasonLamar Record: 90-40 (.692) Career Record: 90-40 (.692)
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No. Player Pos. Ht. Year-Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 3 Kelsey Bone C 6-4 Jr.-SQ* Houston, Texas (Dulles HS/South Carolina) 4 Sydney Carter G 5-6 Sr.-3L DeSoto, Texas (DeSoto HS) 5 KristiBellock F/G 6-1 Jr.-2L St.Rose,La.(JohnCurtisChristianSchool)10 Alexia Standish G 5-8 Fr.-HS Colleyville, Texas (Colleyville Heritage HS)12 Cierra Windham F/G 6-0 Jr.-2L Corona, Calif. (Norco HS)14 Kristen Grant G 5-9 So.-1L Arlington, Texas (Lamar HS)15 ToriScott G 5-10 Fr.-HS Marrero,La.(JohnEhretHS)20 Tyra White G 6-0 Sr.-3L Kansas City, Mo. (Hickman Mills HS)21 Adaora Elonu F 6-1 Sr.-3L Houston, Texas (Alief Elsik HS)23 Rachel Mitchell C 6-7 Fr.-HS Houston, Texas (Atascocita HS)25 Skylar Collins G 5-9 Sr.-3L Cedar Hill, Texas (Cedar Hill HS) 32 Adrienne Pratcher G 5-7 Jr.-2L Memphis, Tenn. (East HS)34 Karla Gilbert C 6-5 So.-1L CollegeStation,Texas(A&MConsolidatedHS)40 Kelsey Assarian F 6-1 Sr.-3L Naples, Fla. (Barron Collier HS)
Head Coach: Gary Blair (Texas Tech ‘72 and ‘74) - Ninth SeasonAssociateHeadCoach:VicSchaefer(TexasA&M’84)-NinthSeasonAssociate Head Coach: Kelly Bond (Illinois ’98) - Ninth SeasonAssistantCoach:JohnnieHarris(ArkansasBaptist’96)-FifthSeasonDirectorofBasketballOperations:ErichBirch(TexasA&M’02)–10thSeasonVideo Coordinator: Charlee Miller (SMU ’05) - Seventh Season*Isaredshirtsophomoreinathleticeligibility
QUICK NOTES - Three-year team captain and A&M’sthird-leading scorer last season who owns the best career free throw percentage in program history at 82 percent.
QUICK NOTES - Former McDonald’s All-American and team’s second-leading scorer last season who has started in 58straightgamesdatingbacktoJan.4,2010againtLamar.
PROBABLE STARTERS •TheLadyCardinalsreturn10letterwinnersandthreestartersfromlastyear’s25-8squad thatfinishedsecond in theSouthlandConferenceEastDivision…LamarhasbeentotheNCAATournamenttwice,mostrecentlyin2010…Itslastpostseasonwas2011whentheteamlost inthefirstroundofWNITTourna-ment against Arkansas.•LarryTidwell(AustinCollege,’76)beginshisfifthseasonatthehelmoftheLady Cardinals and holds a 90-40 record at Lamar and for his career.•KalisLoydandMoniqueWhittakeraretheLadyCardinals’topreturningscor-ers averaging a combined 28.7 points and 11.7 rebounds per game last year.
SERIES HISTORY•TexasA&Mleads14-9intheall-timeseriesversusLamar,includinggoing9-1at home against the Lady Cardinals, with the only loss occurring back in 1979.•TheAggieshavewonthelastsixgamesoftheseriesdatingbackto1982.Intheir lastmeetingon Jan. 4, 2010, inCollege Station,A&Mdefeated Lamar,90-57.
DEFENDERS OF THE HOME COURT•TexasA&Mhasprotecteditshomecourtwelloverthelastsixseasonswiththe help of the 12th Man. In fact, the Aggies have compiled an unprecedented 82-8 (.911) overall success rate at Reed Arena in those six years, including a 13-1 mark last season and a perfect 16-0 home stand in 2006-07. The eight tal-lies in the home loss column have only occurred during Big 12 Conference play againstnationally-rankedleaguefoes.•TheAggieshavewon43straightnon-conferencehomegames,datingbacktoa 40-46 loss to Houston on 12/30/03.
AGGIES’ LAST FIVE YEARS AT REED ARENA2010-11 13-12009-10 12-22008-09 13-12007-08 14-22006-07 16-02005-06 14-2
AGGIE ATTENDANCE• Texas A&M finished its 2010-11 regular season averaging a program-best6,104 fans at each home game, which ranked fourth-best in the Big 12 and 12th-bestinthecountryinattendance.A&Mhasbeeninthetop25innationalat¬tendance for the past four seasons.
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2010-11 Category TAMU LAMAROverall Record 33-5 25-8 Conference Record 13-3 13-3Points Per Game 77.6 73.8Scoring Margin +20.4 +8.4Rebounds Per Game 39.2 39.7Rebounding Margin +6.0 -2.2Field Goal Percentage 45.1 41.0Field Goal% Defense 38.4 37.7Three-Point FG% 33.9 32.4Free Throw Percentage 73.5 72.2Turnovers Per Game 14.0 17.5Assists Per Game 16.3 13.8Blocks Per Game 4.2 3.2Steals Per Game 10.7 10.7
STATISTICAL COMPARISON
BLAIR INSIDE THE NUMBERS•1NCAANationalChampionship(2011)•2 NCAA Final Four Appearances (1998, 2011) •3 NCAA Elite Eight Appearances (1998, 2008, 2011)•1 WNIT Championship (1999) •17 NCAA Tournament Appearances •8 NCAA Sweet 16 Appearances •20 20-Win Seasons •27 NCAA Postseason Victories •25 Winning Seasons In 26 Years•596 Career Victories
COACHING HONORS•2011TexasSportsHallofFameInductee•2011NewYorkAthleticClubWingedFootAward•2011TexasAssociationofBasketballCoachesCoach of the Year •2009 Southland Conference Hall of Honor Inductee •2008StephenF.AustinAthleticsHallofFameInductee •2008TexasAssociationofBasketballCoachesCoach of the Year •2007Big12ConferenceCoachoftheYear•2007NaismithCoachoftheYearFinalist•2007TexasAssociationofBasketballCoachesCoach of the Year •2006Women’sBasketballNewsServiceNationalCoach of the Year •2006TexasAssociationofBasketballCoachesCoach of the Year •2003NaismithCoachoftheYearFinalist•2002TexasHighSchoolBasketballHallofFamer•1996U.S.JonesCupTeamAssistantCoach•1995BasketballTimesNationalCoachoftheYear•1995Women’sBasketballNewsServiceNationalCoach of the Year •Five-TimeDistrictVIConverseCoachoftheYear
COACHING RESUMEHead Coach, Dallas South Oak Cliff High School (1973-80)Record: 239-18 (.923)Assistant Coach, Louisiana Tech (1980-85)Record: 159-10 (.941)Head Coach, Stephen F. Austin (1985-93)Record: 210-43 (.830)Head Coach, Arkansas (1993-03)Record: 198-120 (.623)Head Coach, Texas A&M (2003-Present)Record: 188-79 (.704)Combined Career Record: 994-270 (.786)
Home Opener Attendance6,866–No.6Duke11/15/096,443–Pepperdine11/10/065,243–UALR11/16/103,534–Mercer11/14/082,386–SaintPeter’s11/21/052,243–PrairieViewA&M11/15/072,180–UTSA11/30/041,802–UALR12/3/03
2011 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS•InApril,TexasA&MwonitsfirstNCAANationalChampionshipinprogramhistoryinitsfirst-evertriptotheNCAAWomen’sFinalFourandeighthall-timeNCAATourna-ment appearance.•TexasA&Mendedtheseasonwitha33-5record,themostvictoriesinprogramhis-tory.Itwasthefirst30-winseasonin37all-timeseasonofAggieBasketball.•TexasA&Mmadeaschool-recordsixthstraightappearanceintheNCAATournament.Priortothestreak,theAggieshadneverplayedinconsecutiveNCAATournamentsandhad not been a part of March Madness since 1996. •A&Mreceivedaprogram-bestNo.1nationalranking inthefinalESPN/USATodayCoaches Top 25 Poll, improving on its previous school-best of No. 3 in the Coaches Poll in 2008.
WHAT’S BACK•TheAggiesreturnthreestartersand10letterwinnersfromlastyear’snationalcham-pionship squad, including Preseason All-Big 12 honorable mention Sydney Carter(DeSoto, Texas), senior Adaora Elonu (Houston, Texas), and Preseason All-Big 12 Tyra White (Kansas City, Mo.).
AGGIES PICKED SECOND IN BIG 12•A&MwasselectedtofinishsecondintheBig12ConferencePreseasonPoll.TheAg-giesreceivedonefirst-placevoteand73points,listedonlybehindpreseasonfavoriteBaylor (81).•A&Mwaspickedsecondforthesecondconsecutiveyear,whichisitshighestspotin the preseason poll since the team was chosen as the favorite prior to the 2007-08 season. •Forthesixthconsecutiveyear,theAggieswereselectedamongthetopfiveteamsintheleague.A&Mwasthepreseasonfavoritetowintheregular-seasontitlein2007-08(Big 12 postseason champion and NCAA Elite Eight), picked second in 2006-07 (Big 12 regular-seasonco-champion),fifthin2008-09(NCAASweet16),fourthin2009-10(Big12postseasonchampion)andsecondin2010-11(NCAANationalChampions)
2011-12 Big 12 Preseason Poll1. Baylor (9) 812. Texas A&M (1) 733. Texas 604. Oklahoma 585. Iowa State 436. Texas Tech 377. Kansas 358. Oklahoma State 309. Kansas State 2310. Missouri 10
WHAT’S NEW•For the thirdstraightyear,TexasA&Mwelcomesoneof itshighest-ever rated re-cruitingclasswiththeadditionofthreefreshmenin6-foot-7centerRachelMitchelloutofAtascocitaHighSchoolinHouston,5-foot-10guardToriScottfromJohnEhretHigh School in Marrero, La., and 5-foot-8 guard and Big 12 Preseason Co-Freshman of the Year Alexia Standish out of Colleyville Heritage High School in Colleyville, Texas. This class was ranked as high as No. 3 in the country by The Collegiate Girls Basketball Report.
BONE ON BOARD•FormerMcDonald’sHighSchoolAll-Americanand2011Big12PreseasonNewcomerof the Year Kelsey Bone (Houston, Texas), a 6-foot-4 center out of Dulles High School, transfered from the University of South Carolina and had to sit out the 2010-11 season duetoNCAAtransferrules.Sheiseligibletoplayforthenationally-rankedAggiesthisseasonandisaredshirtsophomoreinathleticeligibility.•TheNo.2overallprospectintheClassof2009byseveralscoutingservices,Boneis
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2011-12 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 POLL(as of Oct. 29)
thefourthMcDonald’sAll-Americanandhighest-ratedplayertoeversignwithA&M.Dur-ingherfreshmanseasonfortheGamecocks,BonebecamethefirstSouthCarolinaplayerto be tabbed Southeastern Conference Newcomer of the Year by The Associated Press. She also earned Second-Team All-SEC and SEC All-Freshman Team honors by the league’s head coaches.Inaddition,shewasrecognizedasSecond-TeamAll-SECbytheAPandFirst-TeamFreshman All-America by Full Court Press.
PRESEASON ACCOLADES ROLL IN FOR WHITE•Leadinguptothe2011-12season,Whitehasearnedseveralpreseasonaccolades.ShewasnamedtothePreseasonAll-Big12TeaminadditiontobeingnamedtotheWadeTro-phy Watch List and the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 30 List. •WhiteiscomingoffajuniorcampaigninwhichshewasTexasA&M’ssecond-leadingscor-er with 13.8 points per game and the team’s third-leading rebounder with 5.1 rebounds per game.ShewasaStateFarmAll-AmericaHonorableMentionalongwithbeingselectedtotheWomen’sFinalFourAll-TournamentTeamafterleadingtheAggiestotheirfirstnationalchampionship in April. White was also an All-Big 12 First Team member and earned a spot on the Big 12 All-Tournament Team.
CARTER TAKES CHARGE•TexasA&M is known for its signaturedefenseandSydneyCarter is its spokeswoman,regularlygiven thedaunting taskofguarding theopponent’sbestperimeterplayer.Herplay has earned her a spot on the Big 12 All-Defensive team last year and she took home the team’s Miss Defense Award the past two seasons. Add to that, the fact that she has led theteaminchargestakeneveryyearshe’sbeenatA&M.
FROM THE SIDELINES•TexasA&Mhead coachGaryBlair beginshis 27thoverall seasonas aDivision I headcoach. He currently ranks in the top 15 in career victories (596) and in the top 25 by win-ningpercentage(.711)amongactiveDivision Icoaches intheNCAAwomen’sbasketballrecord books. •Blairistheall-timewinningestcoachinprogramhistorywith188winsanda.704win-ning percentage (188-79). He surpassed former head coach Lynn Hickey, who compiled 154 career victories from 1984-1994, with an 84-53 win over Portland State in the NCAA First RoundonMarch20,2010inSeattle,Wash.•Blair isoneofonly threeall-timeNCAADivision Iwomen’sbasketballcoachesto leadtwodifferentteamstotheNCAAWomen’sFinalFour(TexasA&MandArkansas)nexttoC. Vivian Stringer (Rutgers, Iowa and Cheyney) and Marianne Stanley (Stanford and Old Dominion). •Blair is oneof only four activeDivision I coaches (six all-time) to lead threedifferentprograms to the NCAA Tournament next to Stringer of Rutgers, Joanne P. McCallie of Duke andJimFosterofOhioState.BlairpreviouslycoachedatStephenF.Austin(1985-93)andArkansas (1993-03). •BlairandStringeraretheonlytwocoachestoguidethreedifferentteamstotheNCAASweet 16.•WithVeteran’sDaytakingplacelastweek,it’simportanttonotethatBlairisaveteranofthe U.S. Marine Corps.
HIGHEST PRESEASON RANKING•TheAggiesearnedtheirhighest-everpreseasonrankingrankedNo.6 inboththeUSAToday/ESPN Preseason Coaches’ Poll and the Associated Press Top 25 Poll.
EXHIBITION RECAPTEXAS A&M 84, OKLAHOMA CITY 63•TexasA&MusedthestartinglineupofAdriennePratcher,SydneyCarter,TyraWhite,Ada-ora Elonu and Kelsey Bone•Elonuscoredateam-high16pointsgoing6-of-8fromthefloorand4-for-4fromthechar-ity stripe while adding three blocks•Boneadded11andgrabbedagame-highninerebounds•Whitealsoscored11andswipedagame-highfoursteals•A&Mforced20OCUturnoversandlimitingtheStarstojust32percentshooting•TheAggiesshot56percentontheafternoonwith12blocks,23assistsand40pointsinthe paint•TheAggiebenchcombinedfor36oftheteam’s84pointsandoutscoredOCU’sbench36-12
NATIONAL POLLS
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TEXAS A&M WEEKLY SCHEDULE
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•A&Mconverted20OCUturnoversinto21points•TheAggiesshot61percentfromthefloorandcommittedjustthreeturn-overs in the second half
COMING IN 2012-13Nextseason,BlairandhiscoachingstaffwillwelcomeA&M’shighest-everratedrecruitingclassthatwasrankedashighasNo.2inthecountrybyESPNHoopGurlz,TheCollegiateGirlsBasketballReport,PremierBasket-ball Report and All-Star Girls Report. The Aggie signees were: 5-foot-10 wing Chelsea Jennings from Fort Worth, Texas, 5-foot-6 point guard Jor-dan Jones from DeSoto, Texas, 5-foot-7 combo guard Curtyce Knox from Humble, Texas, six-footwing Peyton Little fromAbilene, Texas, 5-foot-8wing Courtney Walker from Edmond, Okla., and 6-foot-1 forward/guard Courtney Williams from Houston.
AGGIES ON THE RADIOAllTexasA&Mwomen’sbasketballgamescanbeheardviaaradiobroad-cast on the Texas A&M Sports Network. Play-by-play announcer MikeWrightwill call the action live fromReedArena alongside color analystBret Dark on KZNE 1150 AM. A live audio feed will also be available on RadioAggieland.com.
KEY ATTENDANCE SUMMARY!-CancunThanksgivingClassic(Cancun,Mexico) GAMES TOTALS AVG/GAME$-Surf‘NSlamCollegeHoopsClassic(SanDiego,Calif.) HOME 14 85457 6104* Big 12 Conference Game AWAY 11 60303 5482 ̂ Big 12 Championship Game NEUTRAL 13 92432 71110 % NCAA Championship Game TOTAL 37 238192 6268
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2010-11 Texas A&M Women's BasketballTexas A&M Combined Team Statistics (as of Apr 05, 2011)
TEAM STATISTICS TAMU OPPSCORING 2949 2175 Points per game 77.6 57.2 Scoring margin +20.4 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 1097-2435 749-1950 Field goal pct . 4 5 1 . 3 8 43 POINT FG-ATT 186-549 159-518 3-point FG pct . 3 3 9 . 3 0 7 3-pt FG made per game 4.9 4.2FREE THROWS-ATT 569-774 518-742 Free throw pct . 7 3 5 . 6 9 8 F-Throws made per game 15.0 13.6REBOUNDS 1491 1263 Rebounds per game 39.2 33.2 Rebounding margin +6.0 -ASSISTS 619 382 Assists per game 16.3 10.1TURNOVERS 532 837 Turnovers per game 14.0 22.0 Turnover margin +8.0 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.2 0.5STEALS 405 225 Steals per game 10.7 5.9BLOCKS 161 159 Blocks per game 4.2 4.2ATTENDANCE 85457 152735 Home games-Avg/Game 14-6104 11-5482 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 13-7110
Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalsTexas A&M 1442 1507 2949Opponents 996 1179 2175
Date Opponent Score Att.11/16/10 UALR W 87-41 524311/20/10 at Rice W 80-40 63111/20/10 LIBERTY W 81-49 380811/26/10 vs Arizona W 87-78 34311/27/10 vs Michigan W 67-49 58312/4/10 CALIFORNIA W 74-58 5106
^ 12/6/10 at #5/5 Duke L 58-61 611412/9/10 PURDUE W 100-55 348312/12/10 TCU W 91-66 420412/19/10 vs Rutgers W 79-50 1523212/28/10 vs Drexel W 74-45 68312/30/10 at San Diego State W 96-52 7241/4/11 ULM W 105-57 3554
* 1/8/11 COLORADO W 85-57 6415* 1/12/11 at Oklahoma State W 82-57 1996* 1/15/11 at Missouri W 85-40 1792* 1/19/11 TEXAS W 80-65 7115* 1/22/11 at Iowa State W 60-51 11234* 1/26/11 at Oklahoma W 80-78 6789* 1/30/11 BAYLOR L 60-63 13162* 2/5/11 at Texas Tech W 79-65 9709* 2/9/11 OKLAHOMA W 92-71 5316* 2/12/11 KANSAS W 81-58 7043* 2/14/11 at Baylor L 58-67 10299* 2/19/11 OKLAHOMA STATE W 76-67 6470* 2/22/11 TEXAS TECH W 84-60 5557* 2/27/11 at Texas W 68-65 7350* 3/2/11 at Kansas State L 67-71 3665* 3/5/11 NEBRASKA W 84-49 8981
3/9/11 vs Texas W 77-50 40423/11/11 vs Oklahoma W 81-68 48523/12/11 vs Baylor L 58-61 42503/20/11 vs McNeese State W 87-47 53773/22/11 vs Rutgers W 70-48 21463/27/11 vs Georgia W 79-38 95223/29/11 vs Baylor W 58-46 115084/3/11 vs Stanford W 63-62 164214/5/11 vs Notre Dame W 76-70 17473
* - Conference game
FINAL 2010|11 SEASON STATISTICS
Overall Record | 33-5 | Big 12 Record | 13-3 |Home | 13-1 | Away | 8-3 | Neutral | 11-1 |
Guard Guard Guard Forward Center UALR Carter Baker White Elonu Adams at Rice Carter Baker White Elonu Adams LIBERTY Carter Baker White Elonu Adams vs.Arizona Carter Baker White Elonu Adams vs. Michigan Carter Baker White Elonu Adams CALIFORNIA Colson Carter White Elonu Adams at #5 Duke Colson Carter White Elonu Adams PURDUE Colson Carter White Elonu Adams TCU Colson Baker White Elonu Adams vs. Rutgers Colson Carter White Elonu Adams vs. Drexel Colson Carter White Elonu Adams at SDSU Colson Carter White Elonu Adams ULM Colson Carter White Elonu Adams COLORADO Colson Carter White Elonu Adams at OSU Colson Carter White Elonu Adams at Missouri Colson Carter White Elonu Adams TEXAS Colson Carter White Elonu Adams at Iowa State Colson Carter White Elonu Adams at Oklahoma Colson Carter White Elonu Adams BAYLOR Colson Carter White Elonu Adams at Texas Tech Colson Carter White Gilbert Adams OKLAHOMA Colson Carter White Elonu Adams KANSAS Colson Carter White Elonu Adams at Baylor Colson Carter White Elonu Adams OSU Colson Carter White Gilbert Adams TEXAS TECH Colson Carter White Gilbert Adams at Texas Colson Carter White Elonu Adams at K-State Colson Carter White Elonu Adams NEBRASKA Colson Baker White Gilbert Adams vs. Texas Colson Carter White Elonu Adams vs. Oklahoma Colson Carter White Elonu Adams vs. Baylor Colson Carter White Elonu Adams vs. McNeese St. Colson Carter White Elonu Adams vs. Rutgers Colson Carter White Elonu Adams vs. Georgia Colson Carter White Elonu Adams vs. Baylor Colson Carter White Elonu Adams vs. Stanford Colson Carter White Elonu Adams
