2017-18 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 2011 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 14-TIME NCAA TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANT • 2013 SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS Women’s Basketball SID David Waxman | [email protected] | Cell: (832) 326-2863 Game 23 • SEC Game 9 • Thursday, February 1, 2018 • 5:30 p.m. CT / 6:30 p.m. ET 2017-18 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 17-5 Overall, 6-2 SEC at Date A&M Rk. Opp. Rk. Opponent Time/Result Preseason WNIT, Campus Sites Nov. 10 20/rv Houston W, 83-65 No. 14 AP / No. 12 Coaches’ No. 12 AP / No. 13 Coaches’ Nov. 12 20/rv Louisiana-Lafayette W, 83-62 TEXAS A&M TENNESSEE AGGIES LADY VOLS Nov. 16 19/rv 10/11 Oregon L, 68-83 (17-5, 6-2 SEC) (17-4, 5-3 SEC) Nov. 22 19/25 Little Rock W, 66-49 Knoxville, Tenn. | Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678) Nov. 26 19/25 at Texas Tech W, 90-56 SEC Network (Pam Ward, Gail Goestenkors) Nov. 28 18/21 Prairie View A&M W, 98-70 Texas A&M Sports Network (Tom Turbiville, Steve Miller) Nov. 29 18/21 Rice W, 82-76 On The Aggies Dec. 3 18/21 11/12 West Virginia L, 56-70 • Texas A&M has won six of their last seven games, and has not lost a game in regulation in 2018 Dec. 6 21/22 TCU W, 71-58 • The Aggies are looking for their fourth straight SEC win against Tennessee, and looking to win their Dec. 9 21/22 Central Arkansas W, 72-61 fourth straight game overall Dec. 15 19/22 rv/rv at Southern California W, 75-74 • Texas A&M is 15-1 when scoring 70+ points this season, and 16-1 against unranked teams Duel in the Desert, Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas, Nevada Dec. 20 19/20 vs. Hawai’i W, 103-59 • A&M leads the nation in free throws made, and has three of the top 20 free throw shooters in the SEC Dec. 21 19/20 10/10 vs. Oregon L, 62-84 • Khaalia Hillsman ranks in the top 15 at Texas A&M with over 1,000 career points, and ranks in the top 10 in career rebounds, blocks and double-doubles Dec. 28 22/21 SMU W, 79-57 • Chennedy Carter, the nation’s leading scorer among freshmen, has posted two of the top four single- Dec. 31 22/21 4/5 at South Carolina L, 59-61 game scoring totals in Texas A&M history (School-record 46 at USC, 36 at South Carolina) Jan. 4 19/19 Kentucky W, 74-70 • Carter is averaging 30.3 points in her six true road games, scoring 20+ points each time Jan. 7 19/19 at Auburn W, 82-73 Jan. 11 17/16 6/6 Tennessee W, 79-76 OT • Carter leads Division I freshmen in points, field goals made and free throws made, and ranks in the top OT 10 among freshmen in assists, field goal percentage, free throw percentage and assist-to-turnover ratio Jan. 14 17/16 rv/rv Georgia L, 84-92 Jan. 18 16/17 at Alabama W, 73-54 • Anriel Howard is on pace to average a double-double for a second straight year, and holds the Texas Jan. 22 15/17 LSU W, 69-59 A&M career double-double record Jan. 28 15/15 at Vanderbilt W, 91-67 • Danni Williams leads the SEC in minutes played per game, after ranking 2nd in the league in 2016-17 Feb. 1 14/12 12/13 at Tennessee 5:30 p.m. • Williams needs 13 points to become the 30th Texas A&M player with 1,000 career points Feb. 4 14/12 Auburn 3 p.m. • The Aggies are ranked No. 14 in the Associated Press Top 25, and No. 12 in the USA Today/Coaches’ Poll. Feb. 8 Ole Miss 7 p.m. It is the Aggies’ highest ranking in both polls since the 2015-16 season. Feb. 11 rv/- at LSU 2 p.m. • Texas A&M is 65-13 in Reed Arena since the start of the 2013-14 season, and is 156-6 against unranked Feb. 15 Florida 7 p.m. teams at Reed Arena since February 2005 Feb. 18 2/2 at Mississippi State (flex) 4 p.m. • Texas A&M head coach & Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer Gary Blair is 348-146 in 15 seasons at Feb. 22 at Arkansas 7 p.m. Texas A&M. He is 756-309 in his Hall of Fame career, which ranks 8th among active coaches in wins. Feb. 25 15/11 Missouri 3 p.m. LAST GAME’S STARTERS SEC Tournament, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn. Feb. 28-Mar. 4 SEC Tournament No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Pts Reb Hometown NCAA First and Second Rounds, 16 Campus Sites 00 Khaalia Hillsman C 6-5 Sr. 15.8 8.0 Chicago, Ill. 3 Chennedy Carter G 5-7 Fr. 21.1 3.4 Mansfield, Texas Mar. 16-19 NCAA First/Second Rounds 5 Anriel Howard F 5-11 Jr. 11.6 12.4 Atlanta, Ga. NCAA Regionals, Albany, Kansas City, Lexington or Spokane 12 Danni Williams G 5-10 Jr. 14.8 3.3 Clovis, N.M. 21 Jasmine Lumpkin F/G 6-0 Sr. 5.7 6.2 Bolingbrook, Ill. Mar. 23-26 NCAA Regionals NCAA Women’s Final Four, Columbus, Ohio, Nationwide Arena REMAINING ROSTER Mar. 30-Apr. 1 NCAA Women’s Final Four 1 Aahliyah Jackson G 5-10 So. 1.3 1.0 Ft. Smith, Ark. 2 Aaliyah Wilson G 5-11 So. - - Muskogee, Okla. 4 Lulu McKinney G 5-7 Sr. 2.0 1.1 Houston, Texas 11 Kayla Wells G 6-0 Fr. 2.7 1.2 Dallas, Texas 14 Jada Walton G 5-11 Fr. 1.3 1.3 Lithonia, Ga. 15 Jasmine Williams G 5-10 So. - - Houston, Texas 30 Emer Nichols C 6-5 Fr. 1.3 0.8 Pearland, Texas 31 N’dea Jones F 6-2 Fr. 1.2 1.1 Lawrenceville, Ga. 34 Caylinne Martin F 6-3 Jr. 1.8 1.0 Houston, Texas 40 Ciera Johnson C 6-4 So. - - Duncanville, Texas 2017-18 TEXAS A&M WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (17-5, 6-2 SEC) Team Rankings (As of 1/30) NCAA SEC A&M Player/Coach Trends Carter Set Freshman Scoring Record Assist Turnover Ratio 71 6 1.04 • Chennedy Carter - Has scored in double figures • Chennedy Carter set the Texas A&M freshman Assists 108 8 305 in each of her first 22 games ... Leads NCAA season scoring record on January 14 Assists/game 140 8 13.9 Freshmen in scoring average ... Third in the SEC in • She is guaranteed to be the eighth Texas A&M Blocked Shots 103 9 80 assists/game (4th nationally among freshmen) freshman to average 10+ points per game. Blocked Shots/game 123 9 3.6 Fewest Fouls 190 7 360 • Khaalia Hillsman - 97 consecutive starts ... 12th Fewest Turnovers 79 6 294 in the SEC in points per game A&M FRESHMAN POINTS Field-Goal Percentage 50 6 43.9 • Anriel Howard - Sixth nationally and second in Field-Goal Percentage Defense 214 13 40.6 the SEC in rebounds/game ... 12th nationally in Player Season Pts Free Throw Attempts 2 2 505 double-doubles 1. Chennedy Carter 2017-18 464 Free Throws Made 1 1 386 • Jasmine Lumpkin - Averaging 9.2 rebounds since 2. Takia Starks 2005-06 382 Free-Throw Percentage 22 1 76.4 Jan. 7 (55 rebounds/6 games) Offensive Rebounds/game 24 1 16 • Kayla Wells - Shooting 63.6% and averaging 5.5 Personal Fouls/game 115 7 16.4 A&M FRESHMAN SCORING AVERAGE Rebound Margin 13 2 9 points per game in her last four games Rebounds 14 3 931 • Danni Williams - Leads SEC in minutes per game ... 15th in the SEC in points per game Player Season Pts Rebounds/game 32 3 42.32 1. Chennedy Carter 2017-18 21.1 Scoring Defense 219 10 67.1 • Gary Blair - 12th all-time and 8th among active 2. Cindy Gough 1975-76 13.4 Scoring Margin 62 6 10.1 coaches in career wins with a 756-309 record 3. Lisa Branch 1992-93 13.2 Scoring Offense 33 4 77.2 • Team - 53-4 when leading or tied after three quar- 4. Takia Starks 2005-06 11.9 Steals 189 9 153 ters over three seasons ... 16-1 vs. unranked teams 5. Donna Roper 1988-89 10.5 Steals/game 234 9 7 ... 15-1 when scoring 70+ points ... Leads NCAA with 6. Courtney Walker 2012-13 10.4 Three Pt FG Defense 217 11 32.5 364 free throw makes 7. Morenike Atunrase 2004-05 10.4 Three-Point Field Goals Made 291 12 93 8. Lisa Langston 1982-83 10.0 Three-Point Field Goals/game 308 12 4.2 Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage 113 7 33.3 What to Watch For Turnover Margin 150 9 0.77 • Khaalia Hillsman: two rebounds from seventh on Turnovers Forced 279 12 14.14 A&M’s career list Line Items Turnovers/game 41 5 13.4 • Danni Williams - Needs 13 points to become the • Texas A&M leads the nation in made free throws, Won-Lost Percentage 36 6 77.3 30th Texas A&M player with 1,000 for her career and leads the SEC with a 76.4 percentage from the line, which only trails last season’s 76.8% in A&M Player Rankings (As of 1/30) NCAA SEC No.