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G A M E # 1 4 2008 NCAA ELITE EIGHT 2007 | 2008 BIG 12 CHAMPIONS TEXAS A&M WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008|09 SEASON GAME NOTES For Immediate Release | January 9, 2009 | Women’s Basketball SID Marlene Navor | mnavor@athleti cs.tamu.edu 2008-09 SCHEDULE | RESULTS #3/6 TEXAS A&M (12-1) vs. Overall Record | 12-1 | Big 12 Record | 0-0 | Home | 6-0 | Away | 4-1 | Neutral | 2-0 | MISSOURI (9-4) N 14 MERCER................... W, 73-45 January 10, 2009 5:00 p.m. (CT) State Farm Women’s Tip-Off Classic Mizzou Arena (15,061) (Baton Rouge, La.) Record: 12-1 (0-0 Big 12) Record: 9-4 (0-0 Big 12) at Columbia, Mo. N 16 vs. #23 Pitt [ESPN2] ...W, 56-50 Ranking: #3 (AP), #6 (Coaches) Ranking: None Last Result: L, 53-60 at Last Result: W, 63-42 vs. Florida State on 1/5/09 Chicago State on 12/6/09 Television: Mizzou Sports Network N 20 @ Michigan [BTN] .....W, 59-56 Up Next: Up Next: Radio: Texas A&M Sports Network N 25 @ Arizona ................ W, 54-44 vs. Texas Tech on 1/13/09 at Kansas on 1/14/09 (KZNE 1150 AM) Head Coach: Head Coach: Series History: Series Tied 7-7 Gary Blair, Sixth Season Cindy Stein, 11th Season Internet: Live Audio and Stati sti cs Timeout 4 HIV/AIDS Tournament Texas A&M Record: 114-59 (.660) MU Record: 169-146 (.537) (Malibu, Calif.) Career Record: 522-222 (.702) Career Record: 234-169 (.581) available on www.AggieAthleti cs.com N 28 vs. Penn State............W, 61-57 N 29 @ Pepperdine ............ W, 70-60 NO. 3 AGGIES TRAVEL TO MISSOURI D 2 @ Stephen F. Austi n ...W, 77-36 D 7 SMU ........................W, 80-48 FOR BIG 12 CONFERENCE OPENER D 13 TEXAS STATE ............ W, 94-45 D 21 #24/25 TCU.............. W, 64-50 D 30 #25/25 NEW MEXICO ..W, 83-51 GAME PREVIEW J 3 GEORGE WASHINGTON ....W, 78-59 The No. 3/6-ranked Texas A&M women’s basketball team (12-1, 0-0) travels to Mis- J 5 @ Florida State .......... L, 53-60 souri (9-4, 0-0) for its Big 12 Conference opener on Saturday, Jan. 10 at Mizzou Are- J 10 @ Missouri* ..................5 p.m. na in Columbia, Mo. Tipoff between the Aggies and Tigers is scheduled for 5 p.m. J 13 TEXAS TECH* ............... 7 p.m. (CT). A&M is looking to shake off a 60-53 loss at unranked Florida State on Jan. 5 J 18 @ Oklahoma* [FSN] ......3 p.m. which halted its school-record tying win streak at 12 games. Up unti l then, the Aggies J 21 BAYLOR* ......................7 p.m. were one of a select few of undefeated teams in the country and true road warriors, J 24 @ Oklahoma State* ......6 p.m. spending half of their non-conference porti on of the schedule away from the friendly J 28 @ Texas* .......................7 p.m. confi nes of Reed Arena which resulted in a successful 6-1 tally including two neutral J 31 KANSAS* (DH) ............. 4 p.m. matchups. Historically, Columbia has not been an easy place for the Aggies to play. F 4 @ Iowa State* ...............7 p.m. They are 1-5 all-ti me on the Tigers’ home court with their fi rst and only win at Mizzou F 8 NEBRASKA* .................2 p.m. F 11 @ Texas Tech* ...............7 p.m. occurring just two years ago in 2007. F 14 COLORADO* ................2 p.m. F 21 TEXAS* [FSN] .............11 a.m. EYEING THE TIGERS F 23 OKLAHOMA* [ESPN2] ....6:30 p.m. Missouri has rebounded from a 1-4 start to the season with its current eight-game M 1 @ Kansas State* [FSN] ... Noon winning stretch which fi rst began with a 69-63 win at Northwestern on Nov. 30 to its M 5 OKLAHOMA STATE* [FSN] .. 7 p.m. recent 63-42 victory over Chicago State on Jan. 6. Aft er fi nishing 10-21 a year ago, the M 7 at Baylor* .................7:30 p.m. Tigers were picked to fi nish last in the preseason Big 12 coaches poll. However, don’t count MU out as all 12 schools went through non-conference play with four losses Big 12 Championship or less showing the depth of the league from top-to-bott om. Last year’s Cinderella March 12-15, 2009 team at the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City, 12th-seeded Mizzou upset fi ft h-seeded (Cox Conventi on Center, and No. 11-ranked Oklahoma in a fi rst round overti me thriller (70-64) to move on to Oklahoma City, Okla.) the quarterfi nals versus the fourth-seeded Aggies. They became the fi rst No. 12 seed HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS (men’s and women’s) to advance in league tournament history. The Tigers return all All Times Are Listed In Central Time (CT) fi ve starters including leading scorers Jessra Johnson (14.0) and Alyssa Hollins (14.0), a ( ) Denotes Doubleheader senior out of Mesquite, Texas. [ ] Denotes TV Game * Denotes Big 12 Conference Game 1 2008 | 09 TEXAS A&M WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES PPROBABLEROBABLE SSTARTERSTARTERS ON THE AIR The Aggies will appear on television for the fourth ti me this season as the Mizzou Sports Network extends coverage throughout the state of #51 SYDNEY COLSON Missouri on Fox Sports Midwest and in the Kansas City area on Metro G | 5-8 | So. | Houston, Texas (Westside) Sports. Play-by-play announcer Beau Baehman and color analyst Anne O’Neil, who played for Iowa State head coach Bill Fennelly from 2003- QUICK NOTES - Had nine points, fi ve rebounds and three 05, will call the acti on live from Mizzou Arena. Fans outside of the state assists at Florida State on 1/5/09. In just her sixth month aft er recovering from ACL surgery on July 9. who subscribe to satellite cable and all of the FSN channels can access A&M’s Big 12 opener on FSN Midwest via Dish Network (Channel 418) PTS ASTS MIN LAST GAME and DirecTV (Channel 671). 5.2 4.1 21.2 9 PTS, 5 REB AGGIES IN BIG 12 OPENERS Texas A&M is 3-9 all-ti me in Big 12 Conference openers since the #3 TAKIA STARKS league’s incepti on in 1996-97. A&M has played on the road to open G | 5-8 | Sr. | Houston, Texas (Westf ield) up a season seven out of the last 12 seasons of Big 12 women’s bas- ketball with a 2-5 record. Saturday’s contest will mark the eighth ti me QUICK NOTES - Named a preseason fi rst team All-Amer- ican selecti on by The Sporti ng News. Is four points shy of in 13 overall seasons to commence league play on the road. The Ag- moving into second all-ti me in career scoring (1,612). gies last win in a league opener was a 74-52 victory over Oklahoma State in College Stati on in 2005-06. Mizzou will be the fi ft h all-ti me Big PTS REB MIN LAST GAME 12 North opponent A&M will face in the conference opener (1-3) and third-straight aft er back-to-back openers with defending regular-sea- 14.5 4.1 31.5 6 PTS, 3 STL son champion Kansas State in 2006-07 and 2007-08. #55 DANIELLE GANT SERIES HISTORY G/F | 5-11 | Sr. | Oklahoma City, Okla. (Putnam City West) Texas A&M and Missouri are both ti ed 7-7 in the all-ti me series. The Aggies are currently riding a four-game winning streak in the series QUICK NOTES - Versati le Aggie who can play all fi ve po- dati ng back to a 72-52 home victory on Jan. 21, 2006 in College Sta- siti ons. Team’s leading rebounder averaging 7.2 rpg. Is currently on a three-game double-digit scoring streak. ti on. Their fi rst and only win in Columbia was by way of a 69-63 close call versus the Tigers on Feb. 7, 2007. Aft er leading by 21 points at PTS REB MIN LAST GAME halft ime (42-21), Mizzou outscored A&M 42-27 in the second half of play for a near top 25 upset. A&M went an undefeated 2-0 against the 13.6 7.2 29.3 10 PTS, 7 REB Tigers in 2007-08 with a 63-43 regular-season win on Jan. 29, 2008 in College Stati on and a 65-39 rout in the Big 12 Quarterfi nals on March #21 ADAORA ELONU 12, 2008 in Kansas City. F | 6-1 | Fr. | Houston, Texas (Alief Elsik) QUICK NOTES - Three-ti me Big 12 Freshman of the Week selecti on this season. Has started in 10 games. Is the younger sister of A&M men’s player Chinemelu Elonu. TTEXASEXAS AA&M&M NNUMERICALUMERICAL RROSTEROSTER No. Player Ht. Pos. Year-Exp. Hometown (Previous School) PTS REB MIN LAST GAME 1 Kiley Finstad G 5-9 Sr.-1L Cranfi lls Gap, Texas (Meridian HS) 2 Damitria Buchanan F 6-2 Jr.-2L Houston, Texas (Jones HS) 7.1 5.1 20.1 4 PTS, 3 REB 3 Takia Starks G 5-8 Sr.-3L Houston, Texas (Westf ield HS) 4 Sydney Carter G 5-6 Fr.-HS DeSoto, Texas (DeSoto HS) #12 LA TOYA MICHEAUX 12 La Toya Micheaux C 6-3 Sr.-3L Missouri City, Texas (Hightower HS) C | 6-3 | Sr.