2017-18 Women's Basketball Game Notes
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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 28 • SEC Game 14 • Sunday, February 18, 2018 • 4 p.m. 2017-18 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 20-7 Overall, 9-4 SEC at Date A&M Rk. Opp. Rk. Opponent Time/Result Preseason WNIT, Campus Sites Nov. 10 20/rv Houston W, 83-65 No. 17 AP / No. 18 Coaches’ No. 2 AP / No. 2 Coaches’ Nov. 12 20/rv Louisiana-Lafayette W, 83-62 TEXAS A&M MISSISSIPPI STATE AGGIES BULLDOGS Nov. 16 19/rv 10/11 Oregon L, 68-83 (20-7, 9-4 SEC) (27-0, 13-0 SEC) Nov. 22 19/25 Little Rock W, 66-49 Starkville, Miss. | Humphrey Coliseum (10,575) Nov. 26 19/25 at Texas Tech W, 90-56 ESPN2 (Courtney Lyle, Steffi Sorensen) 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 is looking for its first road win over a Top 5 team in school history, and its first win over No. Dec. 6 21/22 TCU W, 71-58 1 or No. 2 since the 2011 Women’s Final Four Dec. 9 21/22 Central Arkansas W, 72-61 • The Aggies have notched their 13th straight 20+ win season, which is the ninth-longest active streak Dec. 15 19/22 rv/rv at Southern California W, 75-74 in the nation. Duel in the Desert, Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas, Nevada • Danni Williams ranks fifth at Texas A&M in career 3-pointers made and tied for seventh in single- Dec. 20 19/20 vs. Hawai’i W, 103-59 season 3-pointers made 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 Dec. 28 22/21 SMU W, 79-57 in career rebounds, blocks and double-doubles Dec. 31 22/21 4/5 at South Carolina L, 59-61 • Chennedy Carter, the nation’s leading scorer among freshmen, has posted two of the top four single- Jan. 4 19/19 Kentucky W, 74-70 game scoring totals in Texas A&M history (School-record 46 at USC, 36 at South Carolina) Jan. 7 19/19 at Auburn W, 82-73 • Carter was the only freshman of the 30 players named to the Naismith Trophy Late Season Team on Jan. 11 17/16 6/6 Tennessee W, 79-76 OT Feb. 12 Jan. 14 17/16 rv/rv Georgia L, 84-92 OT • Carter has scored 20+ points in nine of her last 11 games, and 16 times overall this season Jan. 18 16/17 at Alabama W, 73-54 • Carter ranks in the top 10 among freshmen nationally in assists, steals, field goal percentage, free Jan. 22 15/17 LSU W, 69-59 throw percentage and free throws made Jan. 28 15/15 at Vanderbilt W, 91-67 • Anriel Howard is on pace to average a double-double for a second straight year, and holds the Texas Feb. 1 14/12 12/13 at Tennessee L, 67-82 A&M career double-double record. Feb. 4 14/12 Auburn W, 78-59 • The Aggies are ranked No. 17 in the Associated Press Top 25 and 18th in the USA Today/Coaches’ Poll. Feb. 8 14/14 Ole Miss W, 83-54 • Texas A&M is 68-13 in Reed Arena since the start of the 2013-14 season, and is 159-6 against unranked Feb. 11 14/14 rv/rv at LSU L, 78-80 teams at Reed Arena since February 2005 Feb. 15 17/18 Florida W, 85-80 • Texas A&M is 51-5 when leading after three quarters, since the rule changed for the 2015-16 season Feb. 18 17/18 2/2 at Mississippi State 4 p.m. Feb. 22 at Arkansas 7 p.m. • Texas A&M head coach & Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer Gary Blair is 351-148 in 15 seasons at Texas Feb. 25 13/13 Missouri 3 p.m. A&M. He is 759-311 in his Hall of Fame career, which ranks 8th among active coaches in wins. LAST GAME’S STARTERS SEC Tournament, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn. Mar. 1 Second Round 2:15/6/8:15 p.m. No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Pts Reb Hometown Mar. 2 Quarterfinal 2:15/6/8:15 p.m. 00 Khaalia Hillsman C 6-5 Sr. 15.2 7.7 Chicago, Ill. 3 Chennedy Carter G 5-7 Fr. 21.3 3.4 Mansfield, Texas Mar. 3 Semifinal 4/6:15 p.m. 5 Anriel Howard F 5-11 Jr. 11.8 12.1 Atlanta, Ga. Mar. 4 Final 3:30 p.m. 12 Danni Williams G 5-10 Jr. 14.7 3.1 Clovis, N.M. 21 Jasmine Lumpkin F/G 6-0 Sr. 6.6 6.0 Bolingbrook, Ill. NCAA First and Second Rounds, 16 Campus Sites Mar. 16-19 NCAA First/Second Rounds REMAINING ROSTER NCAA Regionals, Albany, Kansas City, Lexington or Spokane 1 Aahliyah Jackson G 5-10 So. 1.3 1.0 Ft. Smith, Ark. Mar. 23-26 NCAA Regionals 2 Aaliyah Wilson G 5-11 So. - - Muskogee, Okla. 4 Lulu McKinney G 5-7 Sr. 1.7 1.0 Houston, Texas NCAA Women’s Final Four, Columbus, Ohio, Nationwide Arena 11 Kayla Wells G 6-0 Fr. 2.7 1.5 Dallas, Texas Mar. 30-Apr. 1 NCAA Women’s Final Four 14 Jada Walton G 5-11 Fr. 1.4 1.3 Lithonia, Ga. 15 Jasmine Williams G 5-10 So. - - Houston, Texas 30 Emer Nichols C 6-5 Fr. 1.2 0.8 Pearland, Texas 31 N’dea Jones F 6-2 Fr. 1.4 1.3 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 (20-7, 9-4 SEC) Team Rankings (As of 2/16) NCAA SEC A&M Player/Coach Trends A&M Wins 20+ For 13th Season Assist Turnover Ratio 68 5 1.04 • Chennedy Carter - Scored 20+ points in nine of • Texas A&M has won 20+ games in every season Assists 87 6 371 her last 11 games ... Leads NCAA freshmen in scoring since 2005-06, which is the ninth-longest streak in Assists/game 119 6 14.3 average Division I Blocked Shots 125 10 88 • Khaalia Hillsman - 103 consecutive starts ... 14th Blocked Shots/game 157 11 3.4 (ACTIVE) Fewest Fouls 204 8 428 in the SEC in points per game CONSECUTIVE 20+ WIN SEASONS Fewest Turnovers 95 7 356 • Anriel Howard - 9th nationally and second in the Field-Goal Percentage 35 6 44.8 SEC in rebounds/game ... 11th nationally in double- School Started Years Field-Goal Percentage Defense 245 12 41.2 doubles 1. Tennessee 1976-77 42 2. Connecticut 1993-94 25 Free Throw Attempts 5 2 573 Leads SEC in minutes played • Danni Williams - 3. Duke 1997-98 21 Free Throws Made 1 1 439 • Gary Blair - 12th all-time and 8th among active Free-Throw Percentage 17 1 76.6 4. Green Bay 1999-00 19 coaches in career wins with a 759-311 record 5. Baylor 2000-01 18 Offensive Rebounds/game 29 1 15 • Team - 51-5 when leading after three quarters over Personal Fouls/game 129 7 16.5 6. Stanford 2001-02 *16 Rebound Margin 14 3 9.2 three seasons ... Leads NCAA with 439 free throw 7. Middle Tenn. 2003-04 *14 Rebounds 15 2 1,083 makes Maryland 2004-05 14 Rebounds/game 38 3 41.65 9. Texas A&M 2005-06 13 Scoring Defense 229 10 67.3 What to Watch For 10. James Madison 2005-06 *12 Scoring Margin 57 6 9.8 • Chennedy Carter - Needs two points to tie Peggy *- does NOT include 2017-18 Scoring Offense 31 4 77.1 Pope for sixth on A&M’s single-season points list ... Steals 174 8 185 Can move up to third with 16-or-more points Blair Notches 27th 20+ Win Season Steals/game 220 8 7.1 • Khaalia HIllsman - Needs three rebounds to tie La • Gary Blair notched his 27th 20+ win season as Three Pt FG Defense 216 10 32.3 Toya Micheaux for 5th on the career list ... Needs a head coach, and his 13th consecutive 20+ win Three-Point Field Goals Made 282 12 112 Three-Point Field Goals/game 306 12 4.3 one block to tie herself for ninth on the Texas A&M season Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage 90 6 34 single-season list ... Needs one block to tie Lynn • He ranks seventh among active coaches in 20+ Turnover Margin 170 9 0.27 Classen for fourth on A&M’s career list win seasons Turnovers Forced 277 12 13.96 • Anriel Howard - Needs a rebound to break a tie for Turnovers/game 56 5 13.7 third on A&M’s single-season rebound list (ACTIVE COACHES) Won-Lost Percentage 56 6 73.1 • Danni Williams - Her next 3-pointer moves her 20+ WIN SEASONS up to a tie for fourth on the A&M single-season School Started Years Player Rankings (As of 2/16) NCAA SEC No.