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Texas A&M AGGIES (12-12, 3-9) at Texas Tech RED RAIDERS (8-16, 1-11) 2011 Tuesday, Feburary 14, 2012 • 6:02 PM CT • TV: ESPN2 HD 2012 United Spirit Arena (15,000) • Lubbock, Texas GAME 25 Media Relations Contact: Matt Simon • [email protected] • O: (979) 862-5451 • C: (979) 255-0469 Record ................................... 12-12, 3-9 Big 12 Head Coach ....Billy Kennedy (SE Louisiana '86) Media Coverage Ranking .........................................................NR Record ............................223-191 (14th year) TELEVISION .........................................ESPN2 HD Streak ..................................................... Lost 4 at Texas A&M.....................12-12 (first year) Dave Armstrong .............................Play-by-Play Last 5 / Last 10 ................................ 1-4 / 3-7 vs. Texas Tech ..........................................1-0 Paul Biancardi ................................ Commentary on the Road ................................................. 1-8 RADIO....................Texas A&M Sports Network Last Game ........lost to Iowa State (A), 69-46 (Sat.) Dave South .....................................Play-by-Play Al Pulliam ........................................ Commentary Local ...........................................WTAW-AM 1620 Record .....................................8-16, 1-11 Big 12 Head Coach ...Billy Gillispie (Texas State '83) Satellite Radio ................. Sirius 94 (Tech feed) Ranking .........................................................NR Record .........................148-101 (eighth year) LIVE AUDIO/STATS .............aggieathletics.com Streak ...................................................... Won 1 at Texas Tech .......................8-16 (first year) Last 5 / Last 10 ................................. 1-4 / 1-9 vs. Texas A&M ..........................................0-1 at Home ....................................................... 7-5 Last Game ..............def. Oklahoma (H), 65-47 (Sat.) 2011-12 Schedule A&M PROBABLE STARTERS (based on previous game) N 9 ^ LIBERTY (FSSW) W 81-59 N 13 SOUTHERN (FSSW) W 83-58 Naji HIBBERT G • 6-5 • 192 • Jr-2L • 20 gp/6 gs (NAH-gee HIBB-ert) N 17 † vs Mississippi State (ESPN2) L 60-69 Quick Notes: avg 31.5 min over last 4 gms (2nd highest on team), 2 Baltimore, Maryland N 18 † vs St John's (ESPN2) W 58-57 8.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.8 ast ... scored season-hi 14 at K-State (2/4) ... (DeMatha Catholic HS) shooting 42% from floor and 48% from 3-point range in Big 12 N 26 A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI (12MTV) W 56-43 points rebounds assists minutes play (31% FG, 14% 3pt non-conference) ... appeared in 33 games N 30 ALCORN STATE (FSSW) W 56-44 4.4 2.1 1.4 20.0 as a sophomore, starting 1. D 3 SFA (12MTV) W 55-42 David LOUBEAU F • 6-8 • 234 • Sr-3L • 24 gp/23 gs D 7 SAM HOUSTON STATE (FSSW) W 64-37 (luh-BO) D 10 ULM W 67-54 10 Miami, Florida Quick Notes: shooting 52% in last 5 gms ... 12.9 ppg, 4.5 rpg over last 8 (Westlake Prep) games ... 5-of-6 from floor in win over OSU (1/28) ... one of 16 in school D 17 ! vs (#13) Florida (Sun Sports) L 64-84 history with 1,000 career pts/500 career rebs ... second on team in FT% D 22 RICE (FSSW) L 58-65 points rebounds assists minutes (75.3) ... passed on NBA Draft in May to return for senior season ... All- 11.1 4.5 0.6 26.9 Big 12 pick in 2011. D 29 ARKANSAS TECH (12MTV) W 76-58 J 2 * at (#4) Baylor (ESPNU) L 52-61 G • 6-4 • 181 • Fr-HS • 24 gp/10 gs Jordan GREEN J 7 * IOWA STATE (Big 12) L 50-74 Flower Mound, Texas Quick Notes: started and played strong 31 min vs OSU (1/28), scoring AGGIE BASKETBALL AGGIE 13 J 11 * at Texas (ESPN2) L 51-61 (Flower Mound HS) 8 pts and limiting OSU G Page to 2-13 FG ... started 7 games in place of J 14 * TEXAS TECH (Big 12) W 67-54 injured Khris Middleton ... rated among top SGs in the Class of 2011 by points rebounds assists minutes ESPN.com and scout.com ... first player in his school's history to sign Div I J 16 * at (#5) Missouri (ESPN) L 51-70 3.3 1.9 1.3 16.5 basketball scholarship straight out of HS. J 21 * OKLAHOMA (OT) (Big 12) W 81-75 Daniel ALEXANDER F • 6-9 • 212 • Fr-RS • 20 gp/4 gs J 23 * at (#5) Kansas (ESPN) L 54-64 J 28 * OKLAHOMA STATE (Big 12) W 76-61 Austin, Texas Quick Notes: started last 4 games, averaging 30.8 min ... 6.8 ppg, 3.7 20 (Dripping Springs HS) F 1 * (#6) BAYLOR (ESPN2) L 60-63 rpg over last 6 games (third best on team in both) ... shooting 48% from 3-point range over last 6 games ... has hit one trey in 7 of last 9 F 4 * at Kansas State (Big 12) L 53-64 points rebounds assists minutes games ... career highs in consecutive games vs OSU (1/28, 11 pts) and F 6 * TEXAS (ESPN) L 68-70 3.1 2.7 0.6 13.0 Baylor (2/1, 12 pts). F 11 * at Iowa State (Big 12) L 46-69 Elston TURNER G • 6-5 • 211 • Jr-RS • 24 gp/23 gs F 14 * at Texas Tech (ESPN2) 6:00 PM 31 Sacramento, California Quick Notes: top 10 of Big 12 rankings in 5 offensive categories ... 35.8 F 18 * MISSOURI (ESPN) 1:00 PM (Elkins HS [Mo. City, TX]) min/gm over last 5 ... 17.7 pts, 4.1 reb, 3.8 ast over last 7 games ... 16.2 F 22 * KANSAS (ESPN2) 8:00 PM ppg in Big 12 play, sixth in league ... 10+ pts in 11 of last 13 and 19 of 24 ... F 25 * at Oklahoma State (ESPN2) 1:00 PM points rebounds assists minutes avg 17.2 pts, 4 rebs, 2.8 ast vs ranked teams ... first Aggie to score 20+ in 14.5 3.5 2.3 32.7 3 straight Big 12 games since Acie Law in '07 ... scored 24 at #5 KU (1/23). F 28 * KANSAS STATE (ESPN2) 6:00 PM M 3 * at Oklahoma (Big 12) 3:00 PM M 7-10 Big 12 Championship, Kansas City, Mo. M 13-14 NCAA First Four, Dayton, Ohio M 15-18 NCAA Second/Third Rounds Texas Tech Probable Starters (based on previous game) M 22-25 NCAA Regionals No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG APG GP / Min M 31-A 2 NCAA Final Four, New Orleans, La. 4 Ty Nurse 6-1 185 Jr. 8.7 1.7 1.7 23 / 30.3 100 YEARS OF 100 YEARS * Big 12 Game. 5 Javarez Willis 5-11 170 So. 8.0 2.4 1.8 24 / 28.1 ^ 2K Sports Classic, College Station. 13 Luke Adams 5-9 170 Fr. 4.3 0.9 1.1 16 / 15.7 † 2K Sports Classic, New York, N.Y. ! MetroPCS Orange Bowl Classic, Sunrise, Fla. 15 Robert Lewandowski 6-10 245 Sr. 7.4 3.8 0.9b 24 / 25.3 FSSW - FOX Sports Southwest. 32 Jordan Tolbert 6-7 210 Fr. 11.8 6.1 0.8b 24 / 23.6 12MTV - 12th Man TV. Big 12 - Big 12 Network. All Times Central. www.aggieathletics.com • facebook.com/AggieAthletics • twitter.com/AggieMensHoops Billy Kennedy TEXAS A&M BENCH Billy Kennedy is in his first Keith DAVIS Quick Notes: Team-hi 7 boards at #4 Baylor (1/2) ... earned first points rebounds career start vs Rice (12/22) ... grabbed career-hi 9 boards vs ULM season as the head coach of DeSoto, Texas 1.4 3.8 the Aggie basketball program. 4 (DeSoto HS) (12/10) ... blocked career-high 5 shots against Sam Houston (12/7), blocks minutes His teams have won 6 most in a game by an Aggie since 2009 ... set career rebound highs 0.7 17.6 conference titles and made 4 C • 6-10 • 231 • So-1L • 24 gp/11 gs in each of first 2 games (6 vs Liberty, 11/9 and 8 vs Southern, trips to the postseason, and he 11/13) ... appeared in 24 games as freshman. has posted 7 straight winning Quick Notes: DNP last 5 games (foot) ... has scored 10+ points seasons as a head coach. Dash HARRIS in 5 of last 9 games ... avg 35 minutes in Big 12 play ... tied points rebounds 5 Los Angeles, California career hi with 14 pts vs OU (1/21) ... 7.6 pts, 3.9 reb, 4 ast over 5.8 3.0 (Montverde [Fla.] Academy) last 8 games ... 7th Big 12 in assists (4.0/gm), 3rd in ast/TO assists minutes The Kennedy File G • 6-1 • 171 • Sr-3L • 19 gp/19 gs ratio (2.3) ... avg 2.3 steals in Big 12 games ... one of 8 in school 4.3 29.8 history with 300 career assists, 100 steals. BorN .................................................February 2, 1964 HoMEToWN ................................. Metairie, Louisiana Blake McDONALD Quick Notes: Appeared in 5 games ... earned spot on points rebounds WIFE ....................................the former Mary Ethridge team in October 2010 after impressing in walk-on tryouts Spring, Texas — — CHildrEN .................... Will, Lexie, Brooks, Anna Cate 12 (Klein HS) ... played in 10 games as a freshman, including 3 in Big 12 play ... scored first career points against Alcorn State assists minutes HigH SCHool ............... Holy Cross High School, 1982 G • 5-11 • 171 • So-1L • 5 gp/0 gs (11/12/10). — 1.5 COLLEGE ................ Southeastern Louisiana University (B.A. in Social Studies Education, 1986) Quick Notes: Returned vs ISU (18 min, 5 pts) after missing previous Khris MIDDLETON 5 games (knee) ... first career double-double came vs Texas (1/11, points rebounds 22 North Charleston, S.C. 19 pts, 10 rebs) ... 10 boards a career high ... scored 24 pts in return 11.8 5.1 Head Coaching Record (Porter-Gaud HS) to court (ULM, 12/10) ..