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G A M E # 2 0 2008 NCAA ELITE EIGHT 2007 | 2008 BIG 12 CHAMPIONS TEXAS A&M WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008|09 SEASON GAME NOTES For Immediate Release | January 30, 2009 | Women’s Basketball SID Marlene Navor | mnavor@athleti cs.tamu.edu 2008-09 SCHEDULE | RESULTS #11/7 TEXAS A&M (16-3, 4-2) vs. Overall Record | 16-3 | Big 12 Record | 4-2 | Home | 7-1 | Away | 7-2 | Neutral | 2-0 | KANSAS (12-6, 1-4) N 14 MERCER................... W, 73-45 January 31, 2009 4:00 p.m. (CT) State Farm Women’s Tip-Off Classic Reed Arena (12,989) (Baton Rouge, La.) Record: 16-3 (4-2 Big 12) Record: 12-6 (1-4 Big 12) at College Stati on, Texas N 16 vs. #23 Pitt sburgh .....W, 56-50 Ranking: #11 (AP), #7 (Coaches) Ranking: None Last Result: W, 68-54 at Last Result: L, 50-59 vs. #16/17 Texas on 1/28/09 #15/18 Kansas State on 1/24/09 Television: None N 20 @ Michigan ...............W, 59-56 Up Next: Up Next: Radio: Texas A&M Sports Network N 25 @ Arizona ................ W, 54-44 at #22/23 Iowa State on 2/4/09 vs. Colorado on 2/4/09 (KZNE 1150 AM) Head Coach: Head Coach: Series History: Kansas Leads 7-6 Gary Blair, Sixth Season Bonnie Henrickson - Fift h Season Internet: Live Video and Stati sti cs Timeout 4 HIV/AIDS Tournament Texas A&M Record: 118-61 (.659) KU Record: 69-71 (.493) available on www.AggieAthleti cs.com (Malibu, Calif.) Career Record: 526-224 (.701) Career Record: 227-133 (.631) N 28 vs. Penn State............W, 61-57 N 29 @ Pepperdine ............ W, 70-60 NO. 7 TEXAS A&M TO HOST JAYHAWKS IN D 2 @ Stephen F. Austi n ...W, 77-36 D 7 SMU ........................W, 80-48 SATURDAY DOUBLEHEADER AT REED ARENA D 13 TEXAS STATE ............ W, 94-45 D 21 #24/25 TCU.............. W, 64-50 GAME PREVIEW D 30 #25/25 NEW MEXICO ..W, 83-51 Coming off two-straight road victories against nati onally-ranked Big 12 Conference J 3 GEORGE WASHINGTON ....W, 78-59 South opponents, the No. 7-ranked Texas A&M women’s basketball team (16-3, 4-2) J 5 @ Florida State .......... L, 53-60 J 10 @ Missouri* ..............W, 62-56 looks to conti nue its momentum in league play as the Aggies host Kansas (12-6, 1-4) J 13 TEXAS TECH* ........... W, 67-56 as part of a men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader on Saturday, Jan. 31 at Reed J 18 @ #3/3 Oklahoma* ....L, 59-71 Arena. The A&M men will take on Oklahoma State at 1 p.m. (CT), prior to the night- J 21 #5/4 BAYLOR*............L, 61-64 cap between the A&M women and the Jayhawks at 4 p.m. (CT). The Aggies will see J 24 @ #24/25 Oklahoma State* ...W, 60-50 a change in scenery as they face consecuti ve Big 12 North foes in KU, Iowa State and J 28 @ #16/17 Texas*.......W, 68-54 Nebraska. All three will present just as much of a challenge as their Southern coun- J 31 KANSAS* (DH) ............. 4 p.m. terparts with strength from top-to-bott om in this year’s league race. A&M earned F 4 @ Iowa State* ...............7 p.m. two key road wins at No. 24 Oklahoma State (60-50) on Jan. 24 and No. 16 Texas (68- F 8 NEBRASKA* .................2 p.m. F 11 @ Texas Tech* ...............7 p.m. 54) on Jan. 28 to claim back-to-back top 25 victories for the second ti me this season. F 14 COLORADO* ................2 p.m. The Aggie defense, which held rival UT to a season-low 31.5 percent from the fl oor F 21 TEXAS* [FSN] .............11 a.m. in their last outi ng in Austi n, will look to come out with the same aggressive atti tude F 23 OKLAHOMA* [ESPN2] ....6:30 p.m. against a KU team which currently ranks fourth and 11th nati onally in three-point M 1 @ Kansas State* [FSN] ... Noon fi eld goal percentage (39.5) and fi eld goal percentage (45.7) respecti vely. M 5 OKLAHOMA STATE* [FSN] .. 7 p.m. M 7 at Baylor* .................7:30 p.m. SCOUTING KANSAS Kansas will be the second A&M opponent in the last three games to have a bye week Big 12 Championship from competi ti on. The Jayhawks fell to in-state rival and No. 15 Kansas State (50-59) March 12-15, 2009 (Cox Conventi on Center, in their last outi ng on Jan. 24 at Allen Fieldhouse. They are looking to snap a three- Oklahoma City, Okla.) game losing skid since picking up their fi rst Big 12 win of the season against border rival Missouri (75-58) on Jan. 14. KU was predicted to fi nish ninth in the preseason HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS coaches poll ahead of Texas Tech, Colorado and Missouri. Last year, the Jayhawks All Times Are Listed In Central Time (CT) went over .500 with a 17-16 overall record and lost to Michigan State (58-54) in the ( ) Denotes Doubleheader third round of the Postseason WNIT. They are led in scoring by junior combinati on [ ] Denotes TV Game guard/forward Danielle McCray who is averaging 19.1 points per game which ranks * Denotes Big 12 Conference Game 22nd nati onally and second only to Oklahoma State’s Andrea Riley (23.0 ppg) in the Big 12. 1 2008 | 09 TEXAS A&M WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES SERIES HISTORY PPROBABLEROBABLE SSTARTERSTARTERS Kansas leads 7-6 in the all-ti me series with Texas A&M. The Aggies have won the last fi ve-straight meeti ngs between the two schools dati ng #51 SYDNEY COLSON back to a 69-63 road victory in Lawrence on Feb. 21, 2004. A&M has G | 5-8 | So. | Houston, Texas (Westside) won six of the last seven games in the series and are ti ed 6-6 versus the Jayhawks in Big 12 regular-season play. The Aggies are 2-4 when QUICK NOTES - Has dished out a team-leading 68 assists playing KU on their home turf including a 64-53 (+11) victory on Feb. 3, this season for an average of 3.6 per game. In just her 2007 and a 62-60 (+2) win on Jan. 15, 2005 in College Stati on. sixth month aft er recovering from ACL surgery on July 9. PTS ASTS MIN LAST GAME KANSAS REWIND Three players scored in double fi gures as No. 20 Texas A&M held off 5.6 3.6 21.3 9 PTS, 5 AST Kansas to claim its second Big 12 Conference win of the season, 58-51, on Jan. 26, 2008 at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan. Danielle Gant #3 TAKIA STARKS recorded her ninth career double-double with 14 points and 12 re- G | 5-8 | Sr. | Houston, Texas (Westf ield) bounds, while Takia Starks had a team-high 17 points and six rebounds in the winning cause. The Aggies combated their shooti ng woes from QUICK NOTES - Named a preseason fi rst team All-Amer- the fl oor (32.8 percent) by turning up their defensive pressure in the ican selecti on by The Sporti ng News. Is two 3-pointers second half aft er trailing KU, 30-29, at halft ime. Both teams traded shy of breaking school record for career threes (164). leads seven ti mes including three in the fi nal 12 minutes of regulati on. Key baskets by Patrice Reado and Morenike Atunrase stretched A&M’s PTS REB MIN LAST GAME lead to four with 10:54 remaining on the clock. Thirty seconds later, a three-pointer by Starks pushed it out to 48-41 and the Aggies never 15.9 4.3 33.6 26 PTS, 8 REB looked back. Atunrase went 6-of-6 from the charity stripe and scored 12 of A&M’s 29 second-half points as the Aggies raised their lead to as #22 TANISHA SMITH many as 11 with 4:57 left to go. For the game, A&M turned in a season- F/G | 6-0 | Jr. | Kansas City, Mo. (Arkansas-Fort Smith) low nine turnovers. The Aggie defense also forced their fi rst Big 12 op- ponent to 20-or-more turnovers as Kansas had 21 errors on the court. QUICK NOTES - Tabbed preseason Big 12 Newcomer of The Jayhawks were paced by an 11-point eff ort from Danielle McCray the Year and third on team in scoring (9.0 ppg). Made and 10 points each from Sade Morris and LaChelda Jacobs. her eighth career start at No. 16/17 Texas on 1/28/09. PTS REB MIN LAST GAME GAME PROMOTIONS Father-daughter groups from around the area have been invited to 9.0 3.3 20.7 12 PTS, 6 REB enjoy the women’s game as part of the program’s fi rst-ever Father- Daughter Day at Reed Arena. Coach Blair’s Kids Court will conti nue #55 DANIELLE GANT to be held in the new women’s basketball practi ce gym located in the G/F | 5-11 | Sr. | Oklahoma City, Okla. (Putnam City West) Cox-McFerrin Center For Aggie Basketball one hour prior to ti poff with the Jayhawks. QUICK NOTES - One of the most versati le Aggies who can play all fi ve positi ons.