TEXAS A&M WOMEN S BASKETBALL GAME 17 | VS GEORGIA SUNDAY, JAN. 31, 2021 TIPOFF: 4 PM | SITE: REED ARENA, BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 2011 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS /// TWITTER: @AGGIEWBB /// INSTAGRAM: @AGGIEWBB /// FACEBOOK: AGGIEWOMENSHOOPS /// #GIGEM Athletics Communications: Brandon Collins | [email protected] | Cell: (832-465-3791) 2020-21 SCHEDULE & RESULTS GEORGIA TEXAS A&M 15-1 Overall, 6-1 SEC DATE A&M RK. OPP. RK. OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT LADY BULLDOGS AGGIES Nov. 25 13 - Lamar SECN+ W, 77-61 Nov. 28 13 19 at Depaul SECN+ W, 93-91 TEAM RECORD: 13-3 TEAM RECORD: 15-1 Dec. 2 12 - Lamar SECN+ W, 80-63 CONFERENCE RECORD: 5-3 (SEC) CONFERENCE RECORD: 6-1 (SEC) Big 12 / SEC Challenge, Reed Arena, College Station, Texas Dec. 6 12 25 at Texas ESPN W, 66-61 RANKING: No. 22 AP/No. 21 Coaches RANKING: No. 8 AP/ No. 7 Coaches HEAD COACH: Joni Taylor HEAD COACH: Gary Blair Dec. 10 10 - at Little Rock ESPN+ W, 79-56 Dec. 13 10 - Abilene Christian SECN W, 77-59 Dec. 15 10 - Sam Houston State SECN+ W, 99-69 Dec. 20 10 - Rice SECN+ W, 57-53 ABOUT THE MATCHUP Dec. 28 9 - Northwestern State SECN+ W, 112-26 • A&M leads the all-time series against the Lady Bulldogs with an 8-3 record. Dec. 31 9 RV Tennessee ESPNU Postponed • The Aggies are 4-1 in Aggieland versus Georgia. Jan. 3 9 - at Florida SECN W, 92-67 Jan. 7 8 10 Kentucky SECN W, 77-60 • A&M head coach Gary Blair holds a 9-16 record against the Lady Bulldogs throughout his Jan. 10 8 13 at Arkansas SECN W, 74-73 career, and has a 4-2 record versus Georgia’s head coach Joni Taylor. Jan. 14 7 - at LSU SECN+ L, 61-65 QUICK HITS Jan. 17 7 14 Mississippi State ESPN2 W, 69-41 Jan. 24 8 - at Missouri SECN W, 70-66 • A&M matches its best start through the first 15 games of the year in program history Jan. 28 8 - at Auburn SECN W, 84-69 with the 2010-11 campaign at 15-1. Jan. 31 8 22 Georgia SECN 4 p.m. Feb. 4 - - LSU SECN 8 p.m. • The Aggies are second in the country with 15 wins and five ranked wins. • Texas A&M’s Ciera Johnson, N’dea Jones and Kayla Wells have started 80-consecutive games. Feb. 11 - - at Vanderbilt SECN+ 7 p.m. Feb. 14 - - Arkansas ESPN2 2 p.m. • Destiny Pitts (Ann Meyers Drysdale Award), Kayla Wells (Cheryl Miller Award) and N’dea Jones Feb. 18 - - Missouri SECN+ 7 p.m. (Katrina McClain Award) were all named to Hoops Hall of Fame Starting Five watch lists. Feb. 21 - - at Ole Miss SECN 3 p.m. Feb. 25 - - at Alabama SECN+ 6 p.m. • Jones was named to the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Watchlist. Feb. 28 - - South Carolina ESPN2 1 p.m. • Jones was named the SEC Co-Player of the Week after the first week of college basketball. • Jones poured in a career-high 25 points in the season opener versus Lamar. SEC Tournament, Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, S.C. Mar. 3-7 SEC Tournament • Jones has recorded a double-double in 11 games this season, which is tied for the most in the country. NCAA Tournament • Jones was named to the Wooden Award Mid season Top 25 Watch List. Mar. 19-22 NCAA First and Second Rounds Mar. 26-29 NCAA Regionals • Aaliyah Wilson is avergaing 13.7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.9 steals this season. Apr. 2-4 NCAA Women’s Final Four • Wilson was named the SEC Co-Player of the Week after wins against No. 10 Kentucky and No. 13 Arkansas. • Wells received All-SEC Second Team preseason honors for the second time in her career. • Jordan Nixon posted a career-high 19 points against Kentucky, scoring the teams first 11 points of the game. • Pitts leads the Aggies with 34 made threes on a .448 shooting percentage. • The Aggies went undefeated in non-conference play for the first time in program history after defeating Northwestern State, 112-26. • A&M will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of its 2011 National Championship on Jan. 31 against Georgia at Reed Arena. HOW TO FOLLOW WATCH: SECN PROJECTED STARTERS (Eric Frede/PxP, Christy Thomascutty/Analyst) NO. NAME POS. HT. CL. PTS STAT HOMETOWN RADIO: Local: The Zone 1150 AM/93.7 FM 2 Aaliyah Wilson G 5-11 Sr. 13.7 5.4 rpg Muskogee, Okla. (Tom Turbiville/PxP, Tap Bentz/Analyst) 5 Jordan Nixon G 5-8 So. 8.6 3.4 apg New York, N.Y. 11 Kayla Wells G 6-0 Sr. 10.1 2.1 rpg Dallas, Texas 31 N’dea Jones F 6-2 Sr. 13.6 10.7 rpg Lawrenceville, Ga. 40 Ciera Johnson C 6-4 Sr. 11.6 8.1 rpg Duncanville, Texas 2020-21 TEXAS A&M WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 2020-21 QUICK FACTS THE BIGGER THEY ARE SHAKE NIXON GENERAL • The Aggies have faced off against two of the • Sophomore guard Jordan Nixon is eligible country’s best players in Texas’ Charli Collier after sitting out last season due to transfer School Texas A&M University and Kentucky’s Rhyne Howard. rules. Location Bryan-College Station, Texas 77842 • In the fourth quarter of their respective • She was a five-star recruit, McDonald’s Enrollment 71,109 (Fall 2020) games, the All-American and the perennial All-American and was named Miss New York Founded 1872 (opened 1876) No. 1 pick in the 2021 WNBA Draft combined Basketball in 2018. Nickname Aggies for three points, going 1-of-3 from the field. • Nixon banked in a buzzer-beater at Arkansas Colors Maroon (Pantone 505) and White to defeat the Razorbacks 74-73. Conference Southeastern Conference N’DEA VS GEORGIA National Affiliation NCAA Division I • The Lawrenceville, Georgia, native is WELLS FROM DEEP President (Interim) John Junkins averaging 12.6 points and 17.0 rebounds per • Kayla Wells is a superb shooter from deep. game in her three matchups against her Athletics Director Ross Bjork She currently sits first all-time at A&M in field home state school. Facility Representative Paul J. Batista goal percentage behind the arc (.375) • She has two double-doubles and has Ticket Office www.12thmanfoundation.com • She is 11th all-time in threes made and was surpassed the 20-rebound mark twice (888-99-AGGIE) named to the Preseason All-SEC Second against the Lady Bulldogs. Team by the SEC coaches. COACHING/SUPPORT STAFF CHASING THE BOARDS ROAD DOMINANCE Head Coach Gary Blair (Texas Tech ‘72) • Senior forward N’dea Jones is second on A&M’s • The Aggies have three road victories against Overall Record: 828-331 (36 years) all-time rebound list. AP top-25 teams (Arkansas, DePaul, Texas). Record at Texas A&M: 420-168 (18 years) RK. PLAYER YEARS REBOUNDS Assoc. Head Coach Kelly Bond-White (Illinois ‘98) PITTS THE SHARPSHOOTER 1. Anriel Howard 2015-18 1,002 Assistant Coach Bob Starkey • Destiny Pitts leads the team with 34 made Assistant Coach Amy Wright (Arkansas ‘02) 2. N’dea Jones 2017-pres. 939 threes, and has scored 77.9% of her points Dir. of Operations Erich Birch (Texas A&M ‘02) CRASHING THE GLASS this season from behind the arc. Administrative Assistant Claudia Walker • She amassed over 1,200 points and drilled • N’dea Jones posted the second and fifth-most 216 threes. Pitts was the 2017-18 Big Ten WBB Office Phone (979) 862-3218 rebounds in a single season at A&M. Freshman of the Year and earned numerous FACILITY RK. PLAYER YEARS REBOUNDS other Big Ten honors. 1. Anriel Howard 2017-18 439 Home Court Reed Arena (12,989) LONGEVITY AT THE TOP 2. N’dea Jones 2018-19 384 All-Time Record in Reed 268-85 (22 Years) • The Texas A&M coaching staff is entering its Reed Arena Press Row Phone (979) 862-6944 3. Peggy Pope 1978-79 360 ninth season as a unit. This includes head 4. Anriel Howard 2016-17 354 coach Gary Blair, associate head coach LAST SEASON 5. N’dea Jones 2019-20 351 Kelly Bond-White and assistant coaches Bob Overall Record: 22-8 Starkey and Amy Wright. Home: 14-2 DOUBLING UP • This is the longest tenured coaching staff in Away: 6-4 • N’dea Jones became A&M’s all-time leader in the entire SEC. Neutral: 3-2 double-doubles, recording her 34th at Arkansas AGGIE GRADS SEC Record: 10-6 (Home: 6-2, Away: 4-4) and now sitting at 37 total for her career. • Seniors Ciera Johnson, N’dea Jones, Aaliyah SEC Regular Season Finish: T-3rd • Ciera Johnson is third in A&M history with 21 career double-doubles. Wilson, Kayla Wells and Anna Dreimane all SEC Tournament: Quarterfinals earned their bachelor’s degrees and are Final Ranking: #18 AP / #21 Coaches WILSON IS SHOWING OUT currently pursuing their master’s. HISTORY • Aaliyah Wilson is breaking out this season. She NEWCOMERS JOIN THE AGGIES leads the team in steals (29) and blocks (12). First Year of Women’s Basketball 1973-74 • A&M welcomed eight newcomers to the • Wilson leads the team with a 14.4 scoring Overall All-Time Record 846-598 (47 years) squad this season. average, and is shooting .460 from the field. NCAA Tournament Appearances/last 16/2019 • Kay Kay Green, Maliyah Johnson, Sahara Jones • She earned SEC Co-Player of the Week honors Overall NCAA Tournament Record 27-15 and Kenyal Perry are the A&M freshmen.