2016-17 Women’s Basketball Game Notes 2011 National Champions • 13-time NCAA Tournament Participant • 2013 SEC Tournament Champions Women’s Basketball SID David Waxman | [email protected] | Cell: (832) 326-2863 Game 26 • SEC Game 13 • Thursday, February 16, 2017 • 7 p.m. 2016-17 Schedule & Results 19-6 Overall, 9-3 SEC AT Date A&M Rk. Opp. Rk. Opponent Time/Result Nov. 13 rv/23 Central Arkansas W, 74-49 Nov. 17 rv/24 Texas Tech W, 98-90 OT No. 23 AP / No. 24 Coaches’ Nov. 20 rv/24 Stephen F. Austin W, 63-48 Texas A&M Aggies LSU Lady Tigers Nov. 23 rv/25 at Little Rock W, 55-37 (19-6, 9-3 SEC) (17-7, 7-5 SEC) Nov. 26 rv/25 Abilene Christian W, 71-45 Baton Rouge, La. | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (13,215) Nov. 30 25/19 Southern Cal L, 62-66 SEC Network Plus Dec. 5 rv/19 at SMU L, 53-54 The Zone 1150 AM/102.7 FM (Tom Turbiville, Steve Miller) Dec. 8 rv/rv at TCU W, 75-67 On The Aggies Dec. 10 rv/rv A&M-Corpus Christi W, 84-55 • Texas A&M is riding four-game winning streak after winning in the final seconds at No. 24 Tennessee Campbell Center, Houston, Texas Dec. 17 rv/rv vs. Southern W, 81-58 • Texas A&M has re-entered the AP Top 25 this week at No. 23 Florida Sunshine Classic, Warden Arena, Winter Park, Fla. • The Aggies are looking for their 20th win of the season, which would mark 12 straight 20+ win seasons Dec. 20 rv/rv vs. Dayton L, 57-74 for Texas A&M. It is the second-longest such streak in the SEC, behind only Tennessee Dec. 21 rv/rv 19/16 vs. Syracuse W, 105-84 • The Aggies are 3-1 against ranked teams this season, with all of those matchups coming away-from-home Dec. 28 rv/rv Prairie View A&M W, 90-62 • The Aggies are 12-1 at home in this season, including wins in their last eight home games, the second- Jan. 2 rv/rv Vanderbilt * W, 77-72 longest home winning streak in the SEC. Texas A&M and Mississippi State are the only SEC teams who have not lost a conference home game this season. Jan. 5 rv/rv at Georgia * L, 59-69 Jan. 8 rv/rv 24/rv at Kentucky * W, 77-68 • Curtyce Knox leads the nation with 9.5 assists per game, the most assists per game of any player since Gonzaga’s Courtney Vandersloot (10.3) in 2010-11. Knox has the most assists per game in SEC history. Jan. 12 rv/rv Arkansas * W, 90-65 Jan. 15 rv/rv at Florida * W, 67-59 • Khaalia Hillsman is on pace to set Texas A&M’s single-season field goal percentage record. She has scored OT double figures in all 25 games this season and ranks sixth in the SEC in points per game. Jan. 19 25/rv at Missouri * L, 76-78 Jan. 22 25/rv rv/- LSU * W, 54-52 • Anriel Howard ranks second SEC in rebounds per game (10.9). Howard, along with Alaina Coates (South Jan. 29 rv/rv 4/5 at Mississippi State * L, 61-71 Carolina) and Evelyn Akhator (Kentucky) are the only three SEC players averaging a double-double Feb. 2 rv/rv Florida * W, 84-76 • Danni Williams is third in the SEC with 17.8 points per game, and has posted two 30+ point games Feb. 5 rv/rv Auburn * W, 66-61 • Williams has increased her scoring from 3.1 points to 17.8 points, giving her the largest scoring improve- Feb. 9 rv/rv Alabama * W, 69-48 ment in Texas A&M history and the largest among major conference players. Feb. 12 rv/rv 24/25 at Tennessee * W, 61-59 • The Aggies have used only six players in four of their conference wins this season. Prior to this season, the Feb. 16 23/24 at LSU * 7 p.m. Aggies had never used six-or-fewer players since at least 2000-01. Feb. 19 23/24 3/3 Mississippi State * 4 p.m. • Curtyce Knox was named a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award, given to the nation’s top point guard. Feb. 23 6/5 South Carolina * 8 p.m. • Texas A&M head coach & Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer Gary Blair is 14th all-time and eighth among Feb. 26 at Ole Miss * 4 p.m. active coaches in career wins with a 736-198 career record. He can tie the late Kay Yow of NC State for 13th SEC Tournament, Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, S.C. with one more win. Mar. 2 Second Round TBD Projected Starters (Based on Last Game) Mar. 3 Quarterfinals % TBD No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Pts Reb Hometown Mar. 4 Semifinals % 4/6:30 p.m. 00 Khaalia Hillsman C 6-5 Jr. 16.7 8.8 Chicago, Ill. Mar. 5 Final % 2 p.m. 3 Taylor Cooper F 5-9 RSr. 6.1 2.9 Shawnee, Okla. NCAA First and Second Rounds, 16 Campus Sites 5 Anriel Howard F 5-11 So. 10.5 11.0 Atlanta, Ga. Mar. 18-21 NCAA First/Second Rounds 11 Curtyce Knox G 5-7 RSr. 10.7 2.7 Humble, Texas 12 Danni Williams G 5-10 So. 17.8 3.0 Clovis, N.M. NCAA Regionals, Bridgeport, Lexington, Okla. City, Stockton Mar. 24-27 NCAA Regionals Remaining Roster NCAA Women’s Final Four, American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas 1 Aahliyah Jackson G 5-10 Fr. 1.0 1.2 Ft. Smith, Ark. Mar. 31-Apr. 2 NCAA Women’s Final Four 15 Jasmine Williams G 5-10 Fr. 1.6 0.8 Houston, Texas Rankings are AP/Coaches’ 20 Alyssa Michalke G 5-7 Sr. 0.7 0.1 Schulenburg, Texas % - if qualified for round 21 Jasmine Lumpkin F/G 6-0 Jr. 7.3 4.0 Bolingbrook, Ill. 24 Walnatia Wright C 6-2 Jr. 1.6 1.7 Augusta, Ga. 25 Rakell Spencer G 5-11 Fr. 0.5 0.7 New Orleans, La. 34 Caylinne Martin F 6-3 Jr. - - Houston, Texas Team Captains: Taylor Cooper, Curtyce Knox, Alyssa Michalke 2016-17 Texas A&M Women’s Basketball (19-6, 9-3 SEC) Team Rankings (As of Feb. 15) NCAA SEC A&M Player/Coach Trends Knox Second On Single-Season Assist List Assist Turnover Ratio 30 1 1.21 • Taylor Cooper - Has started three straight games, • Curtyce Knox is second on Texas A&M’s single-sea- Assists 27 1 419 averaging 9.0 points and 3.3 assists in those games ... son assist list, and is 23 away from the school record Assists Per Game 27 1 16.8 Aggies are 6-0 when she starts this season • Knox is also ninth on the SEC Single-Season assist Blocked Shots 159 9 82 • Khaalia Hillsman - Has 10+ points in all 25 games list. She needs 56 assists to set the SEC record Blocked Shots Per Game 166 9 3.3 Fewest Fouls 123 5 409 this season ... Ranks seventh in the SEC with 16.7 Fewest Turnovers 56 4 346 ppg and sixth with 8.8 rebounds per game ... Ranks Texas A&M Single-Season Assists Field-Goal Percentage 29 4 44.8 25th nationally with 12 double doubles Field-Goal Percentage Defense 230 11 40.6 • Anriel Howard - Ranks 13th nationally and second Player Season Ast Free Throw Attempts 36 6 503 in the SEC with 11.0 rebounds per game ... Ranks 1. Jordan Jones 2013-14 261 2. Curtyce Knox 2016-17 238 Free Throws Made 13 2 383 25th nationally with 12 double doubles Free-Throw Percentage 26 2 76.1 3. Lisa Branch 1995-96 231 • Curtyce Knox - Leads the nation in assists/game 4. Sydney Colson 2010-11 221 Personal Fouls Per Game 92 5 16.4 (9.5) and ranks 11th in assist/turnover ratio (2.98) ... Rebound Margin 15 2 + 8.4 5. Lisa Branch 1993-94 214 Rebounds 77 6 994 Averaging 14.3 points per game in SEC play ... Leads the SEC in assist/turnover ratio and ranks third in Rebounds Per Game 92 5 39.76 SEC Single-Season Assists Scoring Defense 134 11 62.7 steals per game ... Her current total of 9.5 assists per Scoring Margin 54 3 + 9.7 game would be the most for any Division I player since Player School Season Ast Scoring Offense 54 5 72.4 Gonzaga’s Courtney Vandersloot in 2010-11 (10.2) 1. Martha Monk Auburn 1980-81 294 Steals 204 11 182 • Danni Williams - Third in the SEC with 17.8 points 2. Temeka Johnson LSU 2003-04 289 Steals Per Game 209 10 7.3 per game ... Has 15 straight games of 10+ points ... 3. Temeka Johnson LSU 2004-05 278 Three Pt FG Defense 214 10 32.2 Leads the SEC with 37.28 minutes per game ... Her 4. Whitney Boddie Auburn 2008-09 262 Three-Point Field Goals Made 294 11 102 84.2 free throw percentage ranks second in the SEC Cathy Bender Vanderbilt 1981-82 262 Three-Point Field Goals Per Game 305 11 4.1 6. Jordan Jones Texas A&M 2013-14 261 Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage 23 2 36.7 and fifth for a single-season at Texas A&M 7. Brandi McCain Florida 1998-99 246 Turnover Margin 172 9 + 0.08 • Gary Blair - 14th all-time and 8th among active 8.