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 18 • SEC Game 4 • Thursday, January 11, 2018 • 6 p.m. 2017-18 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 13-4 Overall, 2-1 SEC at Date A&M Rk. Opp. Rk. Opponent Time/Result Preseason WNIT, Campus Sites Nov. 10 20/rv Houston W, 83-65 No. 6 AP / No. 6 Coaches’ No. 17 AP / No. 16 Coaches’ Nov. 12 20/rv Louisiana-Lafayette W, 83-62 TENNESSEE TEXAS A&M LADY VOLS AGGIES Nov. 16 19/rv 10/11 Oregon L, 68-83 (15-0, 3-0 SEC) (13-4, 2-1 SEC) Nov. 22 19/25 Little Rock W, 66-49 College Station, Texas | Reed Arena (12,989) Nov. 26 19/25 at Texas Tech W, 90-56 SEC Network (Pam Ward, Gail Goestenkors, Steffi Sorensen) Nov. 28 18/21 Prairie View A&M W, 98-70 The Zone 1150 AM/102.7 FM (Tom Turbiville, Tap Bentz) Nov. 29 18/21 Rice W, 82-76 On The Aggies Dec. 3 18/21 11/12 West Virginia L, 56-70 • Khaalia HIllsman had a career-high 31 points on Sunday at Auburn, going 10-of-11 from the field, earning Dec. 6 21/22 TCU W, 71-58 SEC Player of the Week Honors Dec. 9 21/22 Central Arkansas W, 72-61 • Hillsman ranks in the top 15 at Texas A&M with over 1,000 career points, and ranks in the top 10 in Dec. 15 19/22 rv/rv at Southern California W, 75-74 career rebounds, blocks, and double-doubles Duel in the Desert, Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas, Nevada • Chennedy Carter, the nation’s leading scorer among freshmen, has posted two of the top four single- Dec. 20 19/20 vs. Hawai’i W, 103-59 game scoring totals in Texas A&M history (School-record 46 at USC, 36 at South Carolina) Dec. 21 19/20 10/10 vs. Oregon L, 62-84 • Carter ranks in the top five nationally among freshmen in points, assists, field goals made, free throws Dec. 28 22/21 SMU W, 79-57 made and free throw percentage Dec. 31 22/21 4/5 at South Carolina L, 59-61 • Carter’s 46 at USC are the most points in a single-game by a Division I freshman since Elena Delle Jan. 4 19/19 Kentucky W, 74-70 Donne had 54 in 2008-09 Jan. 7 19/19 at Auburn W, 82-73 • Anriel Howard is averaging the most rebounds per game of any SEC player in the past 25 seasons. Jan. 11 17/16 6/6 Tennessee 6 p.m. Lauretta Freeman of Auburn in 1992-93 is the last SEC player to average more than Howard. Jan. 14 17/16 rv/rv Georgia 2 p.m. • Howard is on pace to average a double-double for a second straight year, holds the Texas A&M career Jan. 18 at Alabama 7 p.m. double-double record Jan. 22 rv/- LSU 6 p.m. • Danni Williams leads the SEC in minutes played per game, after ranking 2nd in the league in 2016-17 Jan. 28 at Vanderbilt 2 p.m. • The Aggies are ranked No. 17 in the Associated Press Top 25, and No. 16 in the USA Today/Coaches’ Poll. Feb. 1 6/6 at Tennessee 5:30 p.m. It is the Aggies’ highest ranking since the 2015-16 season. Feb. 4 Auburn 3 p.m. • The Aggies welcomed in the nation’s No. 8 recruiting class this season, with Chennedy Carter, N’dea Feb. 8 Ole Miss 7 p.m. Jones, Emer Nichols, Jada Walton and Kayla Wells joining the squad Feb. 11 rv/- at LSU 2 p.m. • Texas A&M is 62-12 in Reed Arena since the start of the 2013-14 season, and is 154-5 against unranked Feb. 15 Florida 7 p.m. teams at Reed Arena since February 2005 Feb. 18 4/3 at Mississippi State (flex) 1/4 p.m. • Texas A&M head coach & Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer Gary Blair is 344-145 in 15 seasons at Feb. 22 at Arkansas 7 p.m. Texas A&M. He is 752-308 in his Hall of Fame career, which ranks t-7th among active coaches in wins. Feb. 25 12/13 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. 15.4 7.7 Chicago, Ill. 3 Chennedy Carter G 5-7 Fr. 20.8 3.3 Masnfield, Texas Mar. 16-19 NCAA First/Second Rounds 5 Anriel Howard F 5-11 Jr. 11.3 12.8 Atlanta, Ga. NCAA Regionals, Albany, Kansas City, Lexington or Spokane 12 Danni Williams G 5-10 Jr. 15.1 3.2 Clovis, N.M. 21 Jasmine Lumpkin F/G 6-0 Sr. 5.1 5.2 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. 2.5 1.3 Houston, Texas 11 Kayla Wells G 6-0 Fr. 2.1 1.0 Dallas, Texas 14 Jada Walton G 5-11 Fr. 1.4 1.2 Lithonia, Ga. 15 Jasmine Williams G 5-10 So. - - Houston, Texas 30 Emer Nichols C 6-5 Fr. 1.4 0.7 Pearland, Texas 31 N’dea Jones F 6-2 Fr. 1.4 1.3 Lawrenceville, Ga. 34 Caylinne Martin F 6-3 Jr. 2.1 1.1 Houston, Texas 40 Ciera Johnson C 6-4 So. - - Duncanville, Texas 2017-18 TEXAS A&M WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (13-4, 2-1 SEC) Team Rankings (As of 1/9) NCAA SEC A&M Player/Coach Trends Hillsman Named SEC Player of the Week Assist Turnover Ratio 53 3 1.09 • Chennedy Carter - Has scored in double figures • Khaalia Hillsman was named SEC Player of the Assists 62 5 248 in each of her first 16 games ... Leads NCAA Fresh- Week, after averaging 25.5 points, 9.5 rebounds Assists/game 114 7 14.6 men in scoring average ... Second in the SEC in and shooting 84.2% from the field and 86.4% from Blocked Shots 92 10 61 assists/game (3rd nationally among freshmen) the line Blocked Shots/game 137 10 3.6 Fewest Fouls 213 9 271 • Khaalia Hillsman - 92 consecutive starts ... 70.1% • She set a career-high with 31 points at Auburn, Fewest Turnovers 112 6 228 from the field over her last eight games (54-of-77) going 10-of-11 from the field Field-Goal Pct 38 5 45 with four 20+ point games in that span • She scored 20 points against Kentucky, as the Field-Goal Pct Defense 210 13 40.3 • Anriel Howard - 12 straight games of 10+ rebounds Aggies went 2-0 over the course of the week. Free Throw Attempts 8 2 368 and at least 9 in every game this season ... Fourth Free Throws Made 3 2 274 nationally and leads SEC in rebounds/game ... 11th Hillsman’s Recent Play Free-Throw Pct 47 2 74.5 nationally in double-doubles • Khaalia Hillsman has improved her play over the Personal Fouls/game 71 5 15.9 • Danni Williams - Leads SEC in minutes per game past several games, averaging 18.6 points (167/9 Rebound Margin 24 3 8.9 Rebounds 16 2 707 ... 17th in the SEC in points per game games) and shooting 68.5% (63-of-92) Rebounds/game 63 5 41.59 • Gary Blair - T-11th all-time and T-7th among active Scoring Defense 207 10 66.4 coaches in career wins with a 752-308 record HILLSMAN’S SEASON Scoring Margin 65 8 10.3 • Team - 49-3 when leading or tied after three Scoring Offense 44 4 76.6 quarters over three seasons ... 13-0 vs. unranked Split Points FG Pct Steals 170 9 118 teams ... 12-0 when scoring 70+ points Before Dec. 3 (8 games) 11.8 47.8 Steals/game 244 10 6.9 Since Dec. 6 (9 games) 18.6 68.5 Three Pt FG Defense 263 11 33.3 What to Watch For Three-Point Field Goals Made 230 10 79 • Chennedy Carter: Needs 50 points to tie the Texas Three-Point Field Goals/game 284 11 4.6 Three-Point Field-Goal Pct 56 4 35.9 A&M freshman season scoring record Howard’s Rebounding Prowess Turnover Margin 176 10 0.24 • Khaalia Hillsman: A double-double would move • Anriel Howard is looking to finish in the top 25 in Turnovers Forced 304 12 13.65 her into sole possesion of second on the Texas A&M rebounding for the second straight season Turnovers/game 36 5 13.4 career list • She also ranks in the top six for career rebounds Won-Lost Pct 45 6 76.5 • Anriel Howard: one rebounds from sixth on Texas per game among active players A&M’s career list • She holds the Texas A&M and NCAA Tournament Player Rankings (As of 1/9) NCAA SEC No. single-game record with 27 rebounds against Mis- Points/game Chennedy Carter 21 2 20.8 Carter Sixth Power Conference Freshman To Aver- souri State (2016 First Round) Khaalia Hillsman 191 17 15.4 Danni Williams 211 18 15.1 age 20 PPG Since 2005-06 Rebounds/game Anriel Howard 4 1 12.8 • Chennedy Carter, who leads all Division I freshman HOWARD REBOUND RANKS Khaalia Hillsman 181 12 7.7 in scoring by a wide margin, is trying to become the Assists/game Chennedy Carter 50 2 5.2 sixth power conference freshman to average 20+ Season RPG NCAA Rank Blocked Shots/game Khaalia Hillsman 130 8 1.41 points in a season since 2005-06.