G A M E #5 / #6 2009 NCAA SWEET 16 | 2008 NCAA ELITE EIGHT 2008 BIG 12 CHAMPIONS | 2007 BIG 12 CHAMPIONS TEXAS A&M WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2009 | 10 SEASON GAME NOTES For Immediate Release | December 4, 2009 | Women’s Basketball SID Marlene Navor | mnavor@athleti cs.tamu.edu 2009-10 SCHEDULE | RESULTS #10/7 TEXAS A&M (4-0) vs. Overall Record | 4-0 | Big 12 Record | 0-0 | SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (0-4) Home | 3-0 | Away | 1-0 | Neutral | 0-0 | N 15 #6/6 DUKE ...............W, 95-77 December 5, 2009 N 18 RICE .........................W, 86-50 4:30 p.m. (CT) N 22 @ Auburn..................W, 79-59 Haas Pavilion (11,877) D 2 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN .......W, 106-56 Record: 4-0 (0-0 Big 12) Record: 0-4 (0-0 MVC) at Berkeley, Calif. Ranking: #10 (AP), #7 (Coaches) Ranking: None Colliers Internati onal Classic Last Result: W, 106-56 vs. Last Result: L, 77-82 vs. Stephen F. Austi n on 12/2/09 Western Michigan on 11/26/09 Television: None (Berkeley, Calif.) Up Next: vs. #20/19 Cal or Up Next: vs. #20/19 Cal or Radio: Texas A&M Sports Network D 5 vs. Southern Illinois .........4:30 p.m. (KZNE 1150 AM) Colorado State on 12/6/09 Colorado State on 12/6/09 D 6 vs. California/ Head Coach: Head Coach: Series History: SIU Leads 1-0 Gary Blair, Seventh Season Missy Tiber, First Season Internet: Live Stati sti cs and Live Audio Colorado State .......2/4:30 p.m. Texas A&M Record: 133-66 (.668) SIU Record: 0-4 (.000) available on www.AggieAthleti cs.com Career Record: 541-229 (.703) Career Record: 167-74 (.693) D 8 NORTH TEXAS ..............7 p.m. D 12 @ TCU [The Mtn.] .........6 p.m. NO. 7 AGGIES TO FACE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS IN Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) COLLIER INTERNATIONAL CLASSIC OPENING ROUND D 19 vs. Arizona State ......8:30 p.m. D 20 vs. Gonzaga ............10:45 p.m. TOURNAMENT PREVIEW The seventh-ranked Texas A&M women’s basketball team (4-0) hits the road for the D 28 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M .....7 p.m. D 30 @ New Mexico [The Mtn.] ...8 p.m. second ti me this season traveling to the Colliers Internati onal Classic on Dec. 5-6 in J 4 LAMAR ........................7 p.m. Berkeley, Calif. The Aggies will face Southern Illinois (0-4) in the opening round of the J 9 @ Texas* [FSNSW] ........5 p.m. tournament on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 4:30 p.m. (CT). They will move on to play either J 13 IOWA STATE* ...............7 p.m. host No. 19 California (3-2) or Colorado State (5-2) in the consolati on or championship J 17 @ Oklahoma* [FSN] ........4:30 p.m. game on Sunday, Dec. 6 at 2 or 4:30 p.m. (CT). All games to be played at Haas Pavilion J 23 TEXAS TECH* (DH) ....... 3 p.m. on the Berkeley campus. A&M is coming off a 106-56 rout of Stephen F. Austi n on J 27 @ Baylor* ..................... 7 p.m. Dec. 2 which marked the third-most points scored in a game in school history. The J 31 OKLAHOMA STATE* [FSN] ....Noon Aggies, who are usually known for their signature pressure defense, have nine players F 3 MISSOURI* ..................6 p.m. who are contributi ng to a 53.5 percent shooti ng percentage from the fl oor and to an F 6 @ Nebraska* [FSN] ........ Noon equally impressive 53.8 percent accuracy from beyond the three-point arc. They cur- F 10 @ Texas Tech* ...............7 p.m. F 13 KANSAS STATE* ........... 7 p.m. rently rank among the top fi ve teams in the country in scoring off ense (91.5) and are F 17 @ Oklahoma State* ......7 p.m. limiti ng opponents defensively to a 33.2 fi eld-goal percentage and 26.2 three-point F 20 TEXAS* [FSN] ................Noon fi eld goal percentage. A&M will enjoy four days in the Bay Area with sightseeing op- F 22 BAYLOR* [ESPN2] ........ 8 p.m. portuniti es to the Golden Gate Bridge and Pier 39. This will be one of the toughest F 27 @ Colorado* .................3 p.m. stretches of the season for the Aggies as they embark on a four-game in seven-days M 2 OKLAHOMA* ...............7 p.m. schedule with a home date with North Texas awaiti ng them upon their return to Col- M 6 @ Kansas* .....................7 p.m. lege Stati on on Dec. 8. Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship SCOUTING THE SALUKIS March 11-14, 2010 Southern Illinois is sti ll searching for its fi rst win of the season under the directi on (Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo.) of fi rst-year head coach Missy Tiber who looks to rebuild the program which returns only fi ve lett erwinners and one starter from last year’s 9-19 squad. Texas A&M will HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS be the second top 25 opponent the Salukis will face in their fi rst fi ve games of the All Times Are Listed In Central Time (CT) season aft er dropping a 90-64 decision at home to No. 18 Vanderbilt on Nov. 18. Like ( ) Denotes Doubleheader the Aggies, SIU has relied on balanced scoring throughout its lineup with four players [ ] Denotes TV Game averaging double fi gures including a team-leading 14.0 points by freshman guard Teri * Denotes Big 12 Conference Game Oliver, who is one of nine newcomers on the roster. 2009 | 10 TEXAS A&M WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES PPROBABLEROBABLE SSTARTERSTARTERS INSIDE THE SERIES Texas A&M has not faced all three teams in the Colliers Internati onal Classic tournament fi eld since the late 70’s and early 80’s. Southern #51 SYDNEY COLSON Illinois and California lead 1-0 in the all-ti me series with the Aggies, G | 5-8 | Jr. | Houston, Texas (Westside) while A&M holds a 1-0 advantage versus Colorado State. SIU last de- feated A&M, 70-64, at the Southwest Missouri State Tournament held QUICK NOTES - Team co-captain. Ranks 18th nati onally in assists per game (6.3 avg) and boasts an impressive on Nov. 24, 1978 in Springfi eld, Mo. Meanwhile, the Aggies lost 84-55 2.08 assist-to-turnover rati o. on the road at Cal on Jan. 4, 1982 under former head coach Cherri Rapp in Berkeley, Calif. A&M went 0-3 in that parti cular three-game PTS ASTS MIN LAST GAME Bay Area swing falling also to Stanford and San Francisco. The Aggies’ fi rst and only meeti ng with Colorado State was a 65-54 road victory on 8.0 6.3 19.5 2 PTS, 6 ASTS Dec. 15, 1978 in Fort Collins, Colo. #20 TYRA WHITE SCOUTING THE BEARS G | 6-0 | RS-So. | Kansas City, Mo. (Hickman Mills) California has played a very challenging non-conference schedule with its two losses of the season coming against a pair of top 10 foes in No. QUICK NOTES - Former McDonald’s High School All- 8 Baylor (69-49) on Nov. 22 and No. 3 Ohio State (83-71) on Nov. 29. American. Recorded a career-high 17 points in 25 The Golden Bears are paced by All-American and Nati onal Player of minutes of acti on against Stephen F. Austi n on 12/2/09. the Year candidate Alexis Gray-Lawson who is averaging 13.6 points PTS REB MIN LAST GAME and 6.6 rebounds per game. There are fi ve players over 6-foot-2 in height on the Cal roster which factors into their current 42.4 average 9.0 3.3 22.0 17 PTS, 4 REB on the boards this season which is the best by any of the teams in this weekend’s tournament fi eld. The Bears were picked to fi nish second #22 TANISHA SMITH behind Stanford in the preseason Pac-10 Coaches Poll. G/F | 6-0 | Sr. | Kansas City, Mo. (Lincoln Prep) SCOUTING THE RAMS QUICK NOTES - Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Men- Colorado State is currently on a three-game winning streak with vic- ti on selecti on and top returning player. Knocked down a tories over Texas State (66-54) on Nov. 27, Delaware (67-44) on Nov. career-high 30 points vs. Stephen F. Austi n on 12/2/09. 28 and Idaho (65-55) on Dec. 1. The Rams were picked to fi nish eighth in the preseason Mountain West Conference poll and fi nished 10-21 PTS REB MIN LAST GAME during the 2008-09 season. They have three players who are averaging 19.3 4.3 29.5 30 PTS, 6 REB double fi gures in the scoring column including 19.0 points per game by leading scorer Kim Mestdagh. CSU is also averaging 42.0 rebounds per #21 ADAORA ELONU game behind the board work of Meghan Heimstra who boasts double- F | 6-1 | So. | Houston, Texas (Alief Elsik) double numbers with 10.3 ppg and 10.3 rpg. QUICK NOTES - Team co-captain and ranks fourth on the team in scoring averaging 9.8 points per game. Brought TTEXASEXAS AA&M&M NNUMERICALUMERICAL RROSTEROSTER down a career-high 10 rebounds vs. SFA on 12/2/09. No. Player Ht. Pos. Year-Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 1 Catherine Snow G 5-7 Jr.-SQ Temple, Texas (Troy HS) PTS REB MIN LAST GAME 2 Damitria Buchanan F 6-2 Sr.-3L Houston, Texas (Jones HS) 4 Sydney Carter G 5-6 So.-1L DeSoto, Texas (DeSoto HS) 9.8 4.5 20.8 8 PTS, 10 REB 5 Kristi Bellock F/G 6-1 Fr.-HS St.