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2015-16 Woe’s Bsketbll Ge Notes 2011 National Champions • 13-time NCAA Tournament Participant • 2013 SEC Tournament Champions Women’s Basketball SID David Waxman | [email protected] | Cell: (832) 326-2863 Game 32 • NCAA Second Round • Monday, March 21, 2016 • 5:30 p.m. 2015-16 Schedule & Results No. 17 Associated Press / No. 10 Coaches’ Location 22-9 Overall, 11-5 SEC College Station, Texas [5] Florida State Seminoles Date A&M Rk. Opp. Rk. Opponent Time/Result Arena Nov. 13 13/16 Texas State W, 87-50 (24-7, 13-3 ACC) Reed Arena (12,989) Head Coach: Sue Semrau Television Nov. 15 13/16 Southern W, 88-47 Nov. 18 12/12 14/9 at Duke W, 72-66 OT No. 18 Associated Press / No. 18 Coaches’ (Paul Sunderland, Nov. 21 12/12 TCU W, 82-78 [4] Texas A&M Aggies Chiney Ogwumike) South Point Thanksgiving Shootout, South Point Arena, Las Vegas, Nev. (22-9, 11-5 SEC) Radio Nov. 27 10/9 16/15 vs. Cal W, 75-58 Head Coach: Gary Blair Texas A&M Sports Network (Tom Turbiville, Tap Bentz) Nov. 28 10/9 11/14 vs. Ohio State L, 80-95 On The Aggies Tom Weston Classic, Cannon Event Center, Laie, Hawai’i • A&M freshman Anriel Howard set an NCAA Tournament record with 27 rebounds against Missouri State Dec. 4 12/11 vs. Hawai’i W, 82-41 • Two-time All-American Courtney Walker is six points away from A&M’s career scoring record Dec. 5 12/11 vs. BYU L, 64-72 • A&M is looking for its sixth Sweet 16 appearance in nine seasons. During that span, the Aggies rank ninth in Dec. 7 12/11 SMU W, 67-55 Sweet 16 appearances Dec. 12 15/16 18/17 DePaul L, 66-80 • Texas A&M has qualifi ed for its 11th straight NCAA Tournament, the eighth-longest NCAA Tournament streak in Big 12/SEC Challenge, Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, Okla. the nation. The Aggies have been a Top 4 seed in nine of those 11 tournaments. Dec. 20 18/18 17/17 vs. Oklahoma W, 74-68 • Additionally, A&M is hosting First-and-Second Round games for the fourth time in fi ve years. Counting a 1994 Dec. 22 16/18 Little Rock W, 69-39 First Round game at G. Rollie White Coliseum, A&M is 7-1 all-time in the NCAA Tournament at home Dec. 29 16/13 Prairie View A&M W, 88-30 • This is Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair’s 22nd NCAA Tournament appearance, which is sixth among active Jan. 3 16/13 rv/rv Georgia * W, 73-62 coaches. His 34 NCAA Tournament wins are tied for seventh among active coaches. Jan. 7 13/10 at Arkansas * ^ L, 61-67 • The Aggies are now 9-1 in their last 10 First Round games with Saturday’s win Jan. 10 13/10 at LSU * W, 53-35 • A&M had a second-place fi nish in the SEC for the second time in the past three seasons. A&M has fi nished Top 2 Jan. 14 15/11 Ole Miss * W, 81-58 in its conference in four of the last six years. Jan. 17 15/11 2/2 at South Carolina * L, 58-59 • Five Aggies received SEC postseason honors, most of any team. Courtney Walker was named All-SEC First Team Jan. 21 13/12 23/rv Missouri * W, 81-77 OT for the third straight season, Courtney Williams was named Second Team All-SEC for the third straight year, Jan. 28 10/10 at Alabama * W, 59-56 Jordan Jones was All-Defensive for the third straight year and Second Team All-SEC, Chelsea Jennings was 6th Jan. 31 10/10 2/2 South Carolina * L, 63-70 Woman of the Year, and Anriel Howard was named SEC All-Freshman Feb. 4 12/11 22/22 at Florida * L, 81-83 • Two-time All-American Courtney Walker led the SEC with 19.7 points in league games, and has scored 20+ Feb. 7 12/11 23/25 Tennessee * W, 76-71 OT points in nine of 16 league games. She also scored 25 of A&M’s 40 overtime points this season Feb. 11 15/13 11/11 Mississippi State * W, 64-58 • All-American Jordan Jones is leading the SEC in total assists for the third straight season. She missed the 2015 Feb. 15 12/13 at Ole Miss * W, 62-48 NCAA Tournament with injury, however, she led the entire 2014 NCAA Tournament with 35 assists. Feb. 18 12/12 LSU * W, 68-54 • A&M is 18th in the Associated Press Poll and 18th in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll. A&M has been ranked in the Feb. 21 12/12 at Vanderbilt * W, 75-63 Top 25 of the AP poll for 48 straight weeks, which is the eighth-longest streak in the nation Feb. 25 11/11 -/rv at Auburn * ^ W, 57-49 • The Aggies are 8-8 against the NCAA Tournament fi eld during the 2015-16 season Feb. 28 11/11 15/14 Kentucky * L, 58-71 Last Game’s Starting Lineup SEC Tournament, Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Fla. No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Pts Reb Hometown Mar. 4 15/15 vs. Tennessee L, 60-70 00 Khaalia Hillsman C 6-5 So. 7.4 5.4 Chicago, Ill. 5 Anriel Howard F 5-11 Fr. 4.5 6.3 Atlanta, Ga. NCAA First/Second Rounds, Reed Arena, College Station, Texas 13 Chelsea Jennings G 5-9 Sr. 9.4 3.6 Fort Worth, Texas Mar. 19 18/18 Missouri State W, 74-65 24 Jordan Jones G 5-6 Sr. 7.7 2.9 DeSoto, Texas Mar. 21 18/18 17/10 Florida State 5:30 p.m. 33 Courtney Walker G 5-8 Sr. 18.5 5.4 Edmond, Okla. NCAA Dallas Regional, American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas Remaining Roster Mar. 26 18/18 Baylor/Auburn % 3/5:30 p.m. 1 Courtney Williams F/G 6-1 Sr. 12.2 4.8 Houston, Texas 3 Taylor Cooper F 5-9 RJr. 1.4 1.0 Shawnee, Okla. Mar. 28 18/18 Regional Final % 8 p.m. 10 Shlonte Allen G 5-8 RJr. 2.2 0.6 Arcadia, La. NCAA Women’s Final Four, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind. 11 Curtyce Knox G 5-7 RJr. 1.6 1.0 Humble, Texas Apr. 3 18/18 National Semifi nal % 5/7:30 p.m. 12 Danni Williams G 5-10 Fr. 3.2 1.3 Clovis, N.M. Apr. 5 18/18 National Championship % 7:30 p.m. 21 Jasmine Lumpkin F/G 6-0 So. 2.5 1.9 Bolingbrook, Ill. 23 Rachel Mitchell C 6-7 RSr. 3.5 3.3 Houston, Texas ^- Whip-around coverage will be provided on SEC Network on Jan.7 and Feb. 25 30 Carly Truesdale * G 5-9 Jr. - - San Antonio, Texas %- if qualifi ed for round 34 Darienne Serna G 5-8 So. 0.0 0.5 Austin, Texas Rankings are AP/Coaches’ * - Truesdale is ineligible due to NCAA Transfer Rules 2015-16 TEXAS A&M WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (22-9, 11-5 SEC) 2016 NCAA Division I Women's BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP National National National First Round Second Round Regionals Regionals Second Round First Round Semifinals Championship Semifinals UConn (32 - 0) 1 1 South Carolina (31 - 1) UConn (101-49) South Carolina (77-41) Robert Morris (20 - 12) 16 9 p.m. ESPN2 7 p.m. ESPN 16 Jacksonville (22 - 10) Seton Hall (23 - 8) 8 21-Mar 20-Mar 8 George Washington (26 - 6) Storrs Columbia Duquesne (27 - 5) 9 Duquesne (97-76) Kansas St. (56-51) 9 Kansas St. (18 - 12) Mississippi St. (26 - 7) 5 26-Mar 25-Mar 5 Florida (22 - 8) Mississippi St. (60-50) Albany (NY) (61-59) Chattanooga (24 - 7) 12 2:30 p.m. ESPN2 Noon ESPN2 12 Albany (NY) (27 - 4) Michigan St. (24 - 8) 4 20-Mar 20-Mar 4 Syracuse (25 - 7) Starkville Syracuse Belmont (24 - 8) 13 Michigan St. (74-60) Bridgeport Sioux Falls Syracuse (73-56) 13 Army West Point (29 - 2) 28-Mar 27-Mar South Fla. (23 - 9) 6 6 West Virginia (24 - 9) South Fla. (48-45) West Virginia (74-65) Colorado St. (31 - 1) 11 9 p.m. ESPN2 12 p.m. ESPN2 11 Princeton (23 - 5) UCLA (24 - 8) 3 21-Mar 20-Mar 3 Ohio St. (24 - 7) Columbus Los Angeles Hawaii (21 - 10) 14 UCLA (66-50) Ohio St. (88-69) 14 Buffalo (20 - 13) BYU (26 - 6) 7 26-Mar Indianapolis 25-Mar 7 Tennessee (19 - 13) Missouri (78-69) April 5 Tennessee (59-53) Missouri (21 - 9) 10 9 p.m. ESPN2 9 p.m. ESPN 10 Green Bay (28 - 4) Texas (28 - 4) 2 21-Mar 20-Mar 2 Arizona St. (25 - 6) Austin Indianapolis Indianapolis Tempe Alabama St. (19 - 11) 15 Texas (86-42) April 3 April 3 Arizona St. (74-52) 15 New Mexico St. (26 - 4) Baylor (33 - 1) 1 8 p.m. ESPN 6 p.m. ESPN 1 Notre Dame (31 - 1) Baylor (89-59) NATIONAL CHAMPION Notre Dame (95-61) Idaho (24 - 9) 16 7 p.m. ESPN 6:30 p.m. ESPN2 16 N.C. A&T (19 - 11) St. John's (NY) (23 - 9) 8 20-Mar 21-Mar 8 Georgia (21 - 9) Waco Auburn (19 - 12) 9 Auburn (68-57) Indiana (62-58) 9 Indiana (20 - 11) Dame Notre 26-Mar 25-Mar Florida St.