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G A M E # 9 / # 10 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 17, 2009 | Women’s Basketball SID Marlene Navor | mnavor@athleti cs.tamu.edu 2009-10 SCHEDULE | RESULTS #13/11 TEXAS A&M (7-1) vs. Overall Record | 7-1 | Big 12 Record | 0-0 | Home | 4-0 | Away | 2-1 | Neutral | 1-0 | #14/13 ARIZONA STATE (7-1) N 15 #6/6 DUKE ...............W, 95-77 December 19, 2009 N 18 RICE .........................W, 86-50 8:30 p.m. (CT) N 22 @ Auburn..................W, 79-59 South Point Arena (4,000) D 2 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN .......W, 106-56 Record: 7-1 (0-0 Big 12) Record: 7-1 (0-0 Pac-10) at Las Vegas, Nev. Ranking: #13 (AP), 11 (Coaches) Ranking: #14 (AP), 13 (Coaches) Colliers Internati onal Classic Last Result: L, 54-56 Last Result: W, 67-43 at TCU on 12/12/09 vs. North Dakota on 12/9/09 Television: None (Berkeley, Calif.) Up Next: vs. Gonzaga at Las Vegas Up Next: Radio: Texas A&M Sports Network D 5 vs. Southern Illinois ...W, 72-58 (KZNE 1150 AM) Hoops Classic on 12/20/09 vs. #6/5 Baylor on 12/20/09 D 6 @ #19/20 California ...W, 68-61 Head Coach: Head Coach: Series History: Texas A&M Leads 3-1 Gary Blair, Seventh Season Charli Turner Thorne, 14th Season Internet: Live Stati sti cs and Live Audio Texas A&M Record: 136-67 (.670) ASU Record: 258-155 (.625) available on www.AggieAthleti cs.com D 8 NORTH TEXAS ........W, 108-49 Career Record: 544-230 (.703) Career Record: 298-195 (.604) D 12 @ TCU [The Mtn.] ...... L, 54-56 Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic NO. 11 AGGIES TO COMPETE IN (Las Vegas, Nev.) D 19 vs. #14/13 Arizona State ..... 8:30 p.m. LAS VEGAS HOLIDAY HOOPS CLASSIC D 20 vs. Gonzaga ............10:45 p.m. D 28 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M .....8 p.m. TOURNAMENT PREVIEW D 30 @ New Mexico [The Mtn.] ...8 p.m. The 11th-ranked Texas A&M women’s basketball team (7-1) J 4 LAMAR ........................7 p.m. will compete in the four-team Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic J 9 @ Texas* [FSNSW] ........5 p.m. tournament to be held on Dec. 19-20 at the South Point Ca- J 13 IOWA STATE* ...............7 p.m. sino and Spa. The Aggies last traveled to Las Vegas four years J 17 @ Oklahoma* [FSN] ........4:30 p.m. ago playing Detroit and UNLV in the Duel in the Desert Classic J 23 TEXAS TECH* (DH) ....... 3 p.m. during the 2005-06 campaign. A&M will face No. 13 Arizona State (7-1) in a much- J 27 @ Baylor* ..................... 7 p.m. anti cipated rematch of last year’s NCAA Sweet 16 meeti ng in the Trenton Regional on J 31 OKLAHOMA STATE* [FSN] ....Noon Saturday, Dec. 19 at 8:30 p.m. (CT) and West Coast Conference powerhouse Gonzaga F 3 MISSOURI* ..................6 p.m. (9-2) on Sunday, Dec. 20 at 10:45 p.m. (CT). The Aggies and Sun Devils are one of F 6 @ Nebraska* [FSN] ........ Noon three top 15-ranked schools in the four-team tournament fi eld next to fi ft h-ranked F 10 @ Texas Tech* ...............7 p.m. Baylor (9-1). A&M has won three out of its four games on the road or a neutral site F 13 KANSAS STATE* ........... 7 p.m. and will look to rebound from a tough 56-54 loss at TCU on Dec. 12. ASU will be the F 17 @ Oklahoma State* ......7 p.m. third ranked opponent and second Pac-10 Conference foe the Aggies will face in non- F 20 TEXAS* [FSN] ................Noon conference play this season. F 22 BAYLOR* [ESPN2] ........ 8 p.m. F 27 @ Colorado* .................3 p.m. SCOUTING THE SUN DEVILS M 2 OKLAHOMA* ...............7 p.m. M 6 @ Kansas* .....................7 p.m. Arizona State returns two starters from its NCAA Elite Eight 26-9 squad including cur- rent leading scorer Danielle Orsillo (13.1 ppg) and Kayli Murphy (9.0 ppg). The Sun Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Devils have won their last fi ve-straight contests with victories over Hawai’i, East Ten- March 11-14, 2010 nessee State, Idaho State, Pepperdine and North Dakota. ASU has six players on its (Municipal Auditorium, roster over 6-foot-2 inches tall headlined by 6-foot-5 forward Becca Tobin (7.6 rpg). Kansas City, Mo.) The height advantage has translated into the Sun Devils outrebounding opponents by an average of 12.0 boards per game which ranks seventh nati onally. The ASU defense HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS has held opponents to an average of 55.0 points or less this year. All Times Are Listed In Central Time (CT) ( ) Denotes Doubleheader AGAINST THE PAC-10 [ ] Denotes TV Game Historically, Texas A&M is 11-14 lifeti me versus schools hailing from the Pac-10 in- * Denotes Big 12 Conference Game cluding Arizona (2-2), Arizona State (3-1), Cal (1-1), Oregon (1-1), Oregon State (1-1), Stanford (0-1), UCLA (1-2), USC (0-2), Washington (1-1) and Washington State (1-2). 2009 | 10 TEXAS A&M WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES PPROBABLEROBABLE SSTARTERSTARTERS SERIES HISTORY Texas A&M leads 3-1 in the all-ti me series with Arizona State. Both teams last met in the 2009 NCAA Sweet 16 in additi on to an 82-69 #51 SYDNEY COLSON home-opening victory for the Aggies during the 1994-95 campaign. G | 5-8 | Jr. | Houston, Texas (Westside) A&M went on to win the 1995 NWIT championship ti tle that same year under former head coach Candi Harvey. The Aggies also defeated the QUICK NOTES - Team co-captain. Returned to the lineup Sun Devils on two other occasions in 1978 (74-71) on a neutral site and at TCU on 12/12/09 aft er suff ering a knee injury in the in 1993 (73-68) in Tempe, Ariz. They have never faced Gonzaga in the second half of play against North Texas on 12/8/09. 36-year history of the program. PTS ASTS MIN LAST GAME SWEET 16 FLASHBACK 8.3 5.5 22.5 8 PTS, 5 ASTS Second-seeded Texas A&M fell to sixth-seeded Arizona State, 84-69, in its second-straight and third overall NCAA Sweet 16 appearance on #20 TYRA WHITE March 29, 2009 at Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, N.J. Three players G | 6-0 | RS-So. | Kansas City, Mo. (Hickman Mills) scored in double fi gures for the Aggies including a team-high 19 points by Tanisha Smith who went 9-of-14 from the fl oor and had 11 points QUICK NOTES - Former McDonald’s All-American and in the fi rst half alone. A&M couldn’t get over the hump as they trailed has made seven starts this season. Scored a team-high Arizona State for most of the contest. Smith’s game-opening bucket at 16 points on 7-of-10 shooti ng at TCU on 12/12/09. 19:45 and her fi rst-half layup at 10:05 where the only two leads the Ag- gies had in the ballgame. Aft er capitalizing on 62 combined turnovers PTS REB MIN LAST GAME against 15th-seeded Evansville and 10th-seeded Minnesota in the fi rst and second rounds, A&M was not able to do the same against ASU. 8.4 2.4 21.1 16 PTS, 27 MIN Playing a sound off ensive game shooti ng 48.3 percent from the fl oor with multi ple scorers, the Aggies couldn’t stop Arizona State’s Briann #22 TANISHA SMITH January from hitti ng 22 points on 8-of-10 shooti ng and 6-of-6 makes G/F | 6-0 | Sr. | Kansas City, Mo. (Lincoln Prep) from the charity stripe. In fact, the Sun Devils didn’t miss at all with an opponent season-high 62.0 shooti ng percentage from the fl oor (31- QUICK NOTES - Team’s top returning player and leading scorer averaging 16.9 points per game. Has reached of-50). Both teams traded baskets in the opening minutes of play and double fi gures in 7-of-8 games played this season. followed it up with perfecti on from the free throw line as A&M went a school-record 10-for-10 and ASU went 18-of-21. Smith hit a jumper PTS REB MIN LAST GAME with ti me about to expire to cut the Sun Devils’ lead to 42-37 at half- ti me. The Aggies got within one early in the second half and within 16.9 4.0 28.3 8 PTS, 7 REB three when Takia Starks hit two free throws with 7:12 remaining in regulati on to close the gap, 68-65. ASU did not take control unti l the #21 ADAORA ELONU fi nal three minutes when it used a 7-2 run to push the lead out to 10 F | 6-1 | So. | Houston, Texas (Alief Elsik) points. QUICK NOTES - Team co-captain. Ranks third on the team in scoring averaging 10.6 points per game. Made a TTEXASEXAS AA&M&M NNUMERICALUMERICAL RROSTEROSTER career-high four blocked shots at TCU on 12/12/09. No. Player Ht. Pos.