G A M E #7 2009 NCAA SWEET 16 | 2008 NCAA ELITE EIGHT THREE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS TEXAS A&M WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2010 | 11 SEASON GAME NOTES For Immediate Release | December 5, 2010 | Women’s Basketball SID Deanna Werner | [email protected] 2010-11 SCHEDULE | RESULTS #7/7 TEXAS A&M (6-0) at Overall Record | 6-0 | Big 12 Record | 0-0 | #5/5 DUKE (8-0) Home | 3-0 | Away | 1-0 | Neutral | 2-0 | N 16 ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK ......W, 87-41 December 6, 2010 N 20 @ Rice ..................................W, 80-40 6:00 p.m. (CT) N 22 LIBERTY ................................W, 81-49 Cameron Indoor Stadium Cancun Thanksgiving Classic Record: 6-0 (0-0 Big 12) Record: 8-0 (0-0 ACC) at Durham, N.C. (Cancun, Mexico) Ranking: #7 (AP), #7 (Coaches) Ranking: #5 (AP), #5 (Coaches) N 26 vs. Arizona ...........................W, 87-78 Last Result: Last Result: W, 74-58 vs. California W, 59-51 at Wisconsin N 27 vs. Michigan .........................W, 67-49 Up Next: Up Next: Television: ESPN2 vs. Purdue on 12/9/10 vs. Albany on 12/9/10 Radio: Texas A&M Sports Network D 4 CAL [FSN] .............................W, 74-58 Head Coach: Head Coach: (KZNE 1150 AM) Jimmy V Women’s Basketball Classic Gary Blair, Eighth Season Joanne P. McCallie, Fourth Season Series History: Texas A&M leads, 3-0 (Durham, N.C.) Texas A&M Record: 161-74 (.685) Duke Record: 89-22 (.802) Career Record: 569-237 (.706) Career Record: 405-170 (.704) Internet: Live Statistics and Live Audio D 6 @ Duke [ESPN2] ......................6 p.m. available on www.AggieAthletics.com Big 12/Big Ten Challenge D 9 PURDUE ...................................7 p.m. NO. 7 AGGIES BATTLE NO. 5 DUKE AT D 12 TCU ..........................................2 p.m. Maggie Dixon Classic CAMERON INDOOR MONDAY ON ESPN2 (New York, N.Y.) D 19 Rutgers [ESPNU] .................... 11 a.m. Surf ‘N Slam College Hoop Classic GAME PREVIEW (San Diego, Calif.) Fresh off of a 74-58 win over California on Saturday, the No. 7 Texas A&M women’s basket- D 28 vs. Drexel .................................9 p.m. ball team (6-0) will travel to defending Atlantic Coast Conference champion and fifth-ranked D 30 vs. San Diego State or UTSA .........TBA Duke (8-0) in the ninth annual Jimmy V Women’s Basketball Classic on Monday, Dec. 6. The much-anticipated non-conference showdown between the Aggies and the Blue Devils will be J 4 LOUISIANA-MONROE ...............7 p.m. televised live nationally on ESPN2 from Cameron Indoor Stadium at 6 p.m. (CT). Pam Ward and J 8 COLORADO* ............................7 p.m. Carolyn Peck will call the action. A&M makes its debut in the Jimmy V Classic, while Duke is J 12 @ Oklahoma State* .................7 p.m. making its fourth all-time appearance in the event. Both teams will be facing their first ranked J 15 @ Missouri* [FSN] ................. 11 a.m. opponent this season. The Aggies are 1-0 on the road this season with an 80-40 win at Rice, J 19 TEXAS* ................................6:30 p.m. while the Blue Devils are 3-0 at home. J 22 @ Iowa State* [FSN] .............. 11 a.m. J 26 @ Oklahoma* ..........................7 p.m. SCOUTING DUKE J 30 BAYLOR* [FSN] .......................... Noon The fifth-ranked Duke Blue Devils are coming off of a four-game road swing and last won, F 5 @ Texas Tech* ..........................2 p.m. 59-51 at Wisconsin on Thursday, Dec. 2. One of the nation’s premier women’s basketball pro- F 9 OKLAHOMA* ...........................7 p.m. grams, Duke as made 12 NCAA Sweet 16 appearances, eight Elite Eight appearances and four F 12 KANSAS* ..................................7 p.m. Final Four appearances since 1992. Under the direction of fourth-year head coach Joanne P. F 14 @ Baylor* [ESPN2]...................8 p.m. McCallie, the Blue Devils won the 2010 ACC Championship and are led by senior guard Jasmine F 19 OKLAHOMA STATE* .................6 p.m. Thomas with 15.0 points and 4.0 assists per game. Karima Christmas is Duke’s second-leading F 22 TEXAS TECH* ...........................7 p.m. scorer who averages 10.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. Six-foot-five senior center, Krys- F 27 @ Texas* [FSN] ........................2 p.m. tal Thomas leads the team with 8.8 rebounds per game. M 2 @ Kansas State* ......................7 p.m. M 5 NEBRASKA*..............................7 p.m. SERIES HISTORY After a stunning 95-77 victory at Reed Arena in the team’s regular-season opener last season Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship on Nov. 16, 2009, Texas A&M is an undefeated 3-0 in the all-time series versus the Blue Devils. March 8-12, 2010 The second-seeded Aggies also earned a 77-63 win in the NCAA Sweet 16 on March 30, 2008 (Municipal Auditorium, at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City en route to the program’s first-ever Elite Eight appearance, Kansas City, Mo.) and the Aggies picked up an 83-73 win versus the then No. 16-ranked Blue Devils under former head coach Gail Goestenkors in the second round of the Preseason Women’s National Invitation HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS Tournament on Nov. 17, 1995. A&M, eight months removed from winning its 1995 NWIT Cham- All Times Are Listed In Central Time (CT) pionship title, hosted Duke at G. Rollie White Coliseum in College Station. Sunday’s matchup will [ ] Denotes TV Game mark the Aggies first-ever trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium. * Denotes Big 12 Conference Game 2010 | 11 TEXAS A&M WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES DUKE (3-0) PROBABLE STARTERS Nov. 17, 1995 H W 83-73 Mar. 30, 2008 N W 77-63 #51 SYDNEY COLSON Nov. 15, 2009 H W 95-77 G | 5-8 | Sr. | Houston, Texas (Westside HS) SERIES REWIND – Nov. 15, 2009 QUICK NOTES - Team captain. Is the team’s offensive Danielle Adams scored 24 points in her Texas A&M debut and the Aggies spark plug. Shooting a team-best 44.4 percent from be- stunned No. 6 Duke 95-77 on Sunday. The Aggies (1-0) took the lead near the yond the arc. midway point of the first half and didn’t trail again. Despite poor shooting, the Blue Devils (1-1) cut the lead to three points with about 14 minutes remain- PTS ASTS MIN LAST GAME ing, but the Aggies scored 10 straight points to make it 65-52 and Duke didn’t threaten again. Adams scored seven points in that span, including a nifty off- 8.0 4.3 18.8 8 PTS, 10 ASTS balance layup which she turned into a three-point play. Sydney Colson made a free throw to cap that run and then sprinted to the star at midcourt for #4 SYDNEY CARTER an airborne chest bump with Tanisha Smith as a timeout was called. The win G | 5-6 | Jr. | DeSoto, Texas (DeSoto HS) improved Texas A&M’s all-time record against the Blue Devils to 3-0. This was the first meeting between the schools since a 77-63 win by the Aggies in the QUICK NOTES - Team captain. Boasts the 10th-best as- round of 16 in the 2008 NCAA tournament. Texas A&M got 19 points from sist-to-turnover ratio (3.4) in the country and the second- Smith, 17 from Colson and Sydney Carter added 14. Damitria Buchanan had best in the Big 12. seven rebounds and tied an A&M record with seven blocks. Jasmine Thomas had a career-high 26 points for the Blue Devils and Allison Vernerey scored 11. PTS ASTS MIN LAST GAME Adams had five rebounds and a block and made three 3-pointers. This game was a much tougher test for the Blue Devils after they beat tiny Houston Bap- 6.7 4.5 27.0 8 PTS, 2 ASTS tist 104-35 in their opener Friday night. Against the Aggies they were foiled by poor shooting as they made 26 of 78 shots while Texas A&M was 33 of 58. #20 TYRA WHITE Texas A&M had nine 3-pointers while Duke made four of 20. The Aggies were G | 6-0 | Jr. | Kansas City, Mo. (Hickman Mills HS) up by 13 points when Duke finally got going and went on a 11-1 run to get within 55-52 on a jumper by Thomas with about 14 minutes left. But Adams QUICK NOTES - Former McDonald’s All-American and and the Aggies thwarted the rally to cruise to the win. Texas A&M was up by team’s second-leading scorer who has reached double 15 points before scoring six straight points thanks to a missed layup and two figures in four games and led the team in scoring once. turnovers by Duke to make it 82-61 with about 6 minutes remaining. The Ag- gies led by 10 points at halftime and five quick points by Colson sandwiched PTS REB MIN LAST GAME around a layup by Duke’s Joy Cheek stretched the lead to 50-37 early in the second half. Texas A&M took a 13-12 lead with about 12 minutes in the first 14.2 4.5 29.0 9 PTS, 3 REB half when Carter hit both free throws after Karima Christmas was called for an intentional foul after pushing her down from behind on a fast break. That was the start of an 8-0 run that pushed Texas A&M’s lead to 19-12 about 10 min- #21 ADAORA ELONU utes before halftime.