women's basketball storiesA&M women fall to unbeaten Nebraska
Sunday, February 07, 2010
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Texas A&M did all it could to try and physically intimidate Nebraska. The fourth-ranked Cornhuskers wouldn't budge, walking away with another victory.Nebraska remained one of the nation's two unbeaten teams after prevailing 71-60 ...full story
Unbeaten Nebraska awaits Ag womenSaturday, February 06, 2010
It's too early to tell if the Texas A&M women's basketball team turned the corner last time out with a victory over Missouri, but the Aggies sure will get a chance to prove it Saturday against Big 12-leading Nebraska.The fourth-ranked Cornhuskers ...full story
Kansas City natives help A&M beat MissouriThursday, February 04, 2010
Texas A&M's Danielle Adams showed the Missouri Tigers what they're missing, and the Aggies' defense showed up late to seal a critical 65-55 Big 12 basketball victory Wednesday night at Reed Arena.Adams, who signed with the Missouri women out of h ...full story
Big 12 Basketball RoundupThursday, February 04, 2010
No. 1 Kansas 72, Colorado 66, OT: BOULDER, Colo. -- Marcus Morris scored six of his 15 points in overtime and grabbed a key rebound that helped top-ranked Kansas avoid what would have been the season's biggest upset with a 72-66 victory over Colorado ...full story
CESSNA: Blair delivers message to struggling AggiesWednesday, February 03, 2010
Texas A&M women's head basketball coach Gary Blair is a glass-half-full guy. But even his positivity has limits, and he reached those Sunday after a disheartening 67-63 loss to Oklahoma State after A&M blew a 14-point lead at Reed Arena, wher ...full story
Riley's rally sinks A&M womenMonday, February 01, 2010
The road to San Antonio just got a lot bumpier for the Texas A&M women's basketball team. The Aggies, who just a week ago had visions of making the program's first Final Four appearance in the nearby Alamo City, have work to do just to get a firs ...full story
Life getting tougher for Aggie womenSunday, January 31, 2010
The Texas A&M women's basketball team has been getting some tough love. The eighth-ranked Aggies, just two weeks ago the Big 12's highest ranked team, have slipped to fifth in the league standings.A&M is coming off a 61-53 loss at Baylor that ...full story
Aggie women's basketball team loses in WacoThursday, January 28, 2010
WACO -- It was a case of diminishing returns for the Texas A&M women's basketball team Wednesday night.Baylor was sparked by the return of Melissa Jones while A&M's offense returned to past struggles as the Lady Bears pounded out a 61-53 vict ...full story
Big 12 Basketball RoundupThursday, January 28, 2010
AUSTIN -- Texas got some unexpected scoring from guards Justin Mason and Dogus Balbay, and the No. 6 Longhorns beat Texas Tech 95-83 on Wednesday night to avoid a three-game losing streak.Mason scored 18 points and Balbay had 13, helping the Longhorn ...full story
A&M women's basketball team to face Baylor in WacoWednesday, January 27, 2010
The Texas A&M women's basketball team will face Baylor freshman sensation Brittney Griner for the first time at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Ferrell Center in a pivotal Big 12 game for both teams.The eighth-ranked Aggies (15-2, 3-1) have a two-game le ...full story
BIG 12 HOOPS: OSU upsets 10th-ranked K-StateSunday, January 24, 2010
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Short-handed and far from home, Oklahoma State did something it hadn't done since Eddie Sutton played for the Cowboys.James Anderson scored 30 points and Obi Muonelo hit two key 3-pointers in the final minutes Saturday, lifting und ...full story
Adams records triple-double in Aggies' winSunday, January 24, 2010
The thinner Danielle Adams gets, the bigger she plays.Adams recorded only the second triple-double in school history in Texas A&M's 69-54 victory over the Texas Tech Lady Raiders on Saturday afternoon at Reed Arena. The 6-foot-1 junior college tr ...full story
Colson shows she's making stridesSaturday, January 23, 2010
Texas A&M's Sydney Colson has been doing many things much better in recent games.She's shooting better than 50 percent from the floor in Big 12 play with an assist-to-turnover ratio more than 2-1. She's also avoiding the silly reaching fouls that ...full story
Big 12 Women's Basketball RoundupThursday, January 21, 2010
AUSTIN -- Erika Arriaran scored 28 points, hitting eight 3-pointers, and No. 20 Texas beat No. 12 Oklahoma State 77-63 on Wednesday night, snapping the Cowgirls' 11-game winning streak.Arriaran set a Texas record for 3-pointers in a Big 12 game. Kath ...full story
A&M women fall to OU, streak endsMonday, January 18, 2010
NORMAN, Okla. -- Preparing to face No. 8 Texas A&M and its trademark in-your-face defense, Sherri Coale had a message for her Oklahoma players."You have to be the aggressor with them," point guard Danielle Robinson said. "That's what she told us ...full story
A&M women ready for tough TV testSunday, January 17, 2010
The Oklahoma women's basketball team wants its fans to cheer like a champion, but Texas A&M plans to quiet the Noble Center by playing like one. The eighth-ranked Aggies face the 13th-ranked and defending Big 12 champion Sooners at 4:30 p.m. Sund ...full story
Aggie women get back on defense to beat CyclonesThursday, January 14, 2010
The high-flying Texas A&M women's basketball team showed the Iowa State Cyclones it can still play defense, grinding out a 68-44 victory before 5,766 on Wednesday night at Reed Arena.The eighth-ranked Aggies (14-1, 2-0) have been flexing their of ...full story
A&M's K.C. connection thriving this seasonWednesday, January 13, 2010
Kansas City is famous for barbecue and basketball.Gates, Arthur Bryant's and Jack Stack are just a few of the city's eateries that mix spicy sauces on dry-rubbed meats. Those restaurants will be packed during the Big 12 Championships in two months as ...full story
A&M women smoke TexasSunday, January 10, 2010
AUSTIN -- Texas A&M women's basketball coach Gary Blair said he was sure of only one thing heading into Saturday's showdown against the 15th-ranked Texas Longhorns. "It's going to be a close game," he said. Blair was right -- for about two minute ...full story
Texas first up on A&M women's tough start on Big 12 roadSaturday, January 09, 2010
Texas A&M women's basketball coach Gary Blair loves his team but loathes the schedule the Big 12's computer gave it. The 10th-ranked Aggies (12-1) will play their first four league road games against ranked opponents.A&M's gauntlet run starts ...full story
Aggie RoundupWednesday, January 06, 2010
BASEBALLAggies near top of nation in attendance: The Texas A&M baseball program finished ninth in average attendance last season at 4,076.The Aggies will open the season Feb. 19 at home against Seton Hall.Season tickets are on sale at www.12thman ...full story
Aggie women get it goingTuesday, January 05, 2010
The Texas A&M women's basketball team missed a slew of open shots, turned the ball over 17 times against a zone defense and gave up 20 fast-break points. That all mattered little as the 10th-ranked Aggies rolled to a 90-57 victory over the Lamar ...full story
Ag women set for final nonconference tuneupMonday, January 04, 2010
The Texas A&M women's basketball team will conclude nonconference play against Lamar at 7 p.m. Monday at Reed Arena.A&M (11-1) is trying to win a dozen nonconference games for the third straight season. The Aggies also are shooting for their ...full story
Aggie RoundupSaturday, January 02, 2010
BASKETBALLAggie women to host junior clinic: The 10th-ranked Texas A&M women's basketball team will host a Junior Aggie Club Basketball Clinic on Saturday from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Cox-McFerrin Center For Aggie Basketball. The clinic will be taught ...full story
Big run lifts Aggie women past New MexicoThursday, December 31, 2009
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- When Texas A&M got its inside game working early in the second half, it was all over for New Mexico.Danielle Adams scored all 19 of her points after the break, leading No. 10 Texas A&M to an 84-69 victory over New Mexico ...full story
A&M women travel to face New MexicoWednesday, December 30, 2009
No. 10 Texas A&M will take on New Mexico in a women's basketball tilt at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Albuquerque. The game will be televised on The Mtn. (DirecTV Ch. 616). The Lobos (8-3) have won three straight and four of their last five games, while t ...full story
A&M women too strong for Prairie View in blowoutTuesday, December 29, 2009
Prairie View A&M's coach knows how to win basketball games. Cynthia Cooper-Dyke won enough as a player to make the hall of fame, and she recognized a top-notch team in Texas A&M.The 10th-ranked Aggie women pulled away from the Lady Panthers l ...full story
A&M women's basketball team to host Prairie ViewMonday, December 28, 2009
The Texas A&M women's basketball team got its swagger back at the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic. The Aggies also found another scoring option in Tyra White.White and A&M will play their first home game since Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. Monday against ...full story
Baylor's Griner getting better every gameTuesday, December 22, 2009
The season is only a month old, and Brittney Griner is showing she's already one of the best women's basketball players in the country.The 6-foot-8 Baylor freshman isn't the same tentative rookie who made her debut at Tennessee in early November -- t ...full story
A&M women hold off GonzagaMonday, December 21, 2009
LAS VEGAS -- Texas A&M women's basketball coach Gary Blair knew his team learned something from its lone loss of the season.Tanisha Smith scored 20 points, and Tyra White added 18 to help No. 13 Texas A&M beat Gonzaga 80-76 on Sunday night i ...full story
White's career-high 18 leads A&M to winSunday, December 20, 2009
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Nine months ago, Arizona State ended Texas A&M's season and the Aggies hadn't forgotten.Tyra White scored a career-high 18 points and Tanisha Smith also had 18 to help No. 13 Texas A&M beat No. 14 Arizona State 72-62 on Satu ...full story
Aggie women hit VegasSaturday, December 19, 2009
Texas A&M women's basketball coach Gary Blair knew he was taking a chance scheduling the team he lost to in the 2009 NCAA Tournament with a bitter conference foe he couldn't beat last season watching his team's every move. But he picked the perfe ...full story
Aggie women suffer first lossSunday, December 13, 2009
FORT WORTH -- Facing one of the country's top scoring teams, TCU got the defense it needed at just the right time.The Lady Frogs used a 15-2 run over the game's final five minutes and got a critical call late to beat 10th-ranked Texas A&M 56-54 o ...full story
Big 12 women's basketball capsulesSunday, December 13, 2009
Here are capsule looks at the Big 12 teams. (Coaching records are through last season; newcomers are freshmen unless designated)Texas A&M Aggies (7-1)Coach: Gary Blair (129-66 in his seventh year at A&M, 537-229 overall in his 25th year)Last ...full story
Smith: common name, extraordinary playerSunday, December 13, 2009
Tanisha Smith blended right in last year for the A&M women's basketball team. This year, she's the main ingredient for the country's sixth-highest scoring offense.Smith is averaging 18.1 points per game, but she's averaging only 13.4 shots and 28 ...full story
Aggie women keep on winningSunday, December 13, 2009
Fans and the media have stopped talking about the players that the Texas A&M women's basketball program has lost and are focusing on the ones who are maintaining the Aggies' status among the nation's elite, and the system that's producing it.Seni ...full story
A&M women ready for a fight from TCUSaturday, December 12, 2009
The 10th-ranked Texas A&M women's basketball team has unleashed a high-powered offense to complement its usual stifling defense.The 7-0 Aggies are averaging 87.7 points per game, which is fourth in the country behind Oral Roberts, Oregon and Conn ...full story
Aggie women's point guard didn't tear ACLThursday, December 10, 2009
Eagle Staff ReportThe Texas A&M women's basketball team received good news Wednesday when doctors found junior point guard Sydney Colson had not re-injured the anterior cruiciate ligament in her right knee.A&M women's head coach Gary Blair ma ...full story
Injuries put damper on Aggies' blowout winWednesday, December 09, 2009
The harder the Texas A&M women's basketball team played Tuesday, the harder head trainer Mike "Radar" Ricke had to work.The 10th-ranked Aggies rolled to 108-49 victory over North Texas at Reed Arena, overwhelming the Mean Green with their aggress ...full story
Weary Aggie women play onTuesday, December 08, 2009
It would be understandable if the Texas A&M women's basketball team got off to a slow start against North Texas in Tuesday's game slated for 7 p.m. at Reed Arena.The 10th-ranked Aggies didn't land in Houston from the Colliers Classic in Berkeley, ...full story
A&M women beat Cal at Colliers International ClassicMonday, December 07, 2009
BERKELEY, Calif. -- Sydney Carter hit her head on the court drawing a charge. Sydney Colson took an elbow to the face that gave her a cut above her eye and blurry vision.Both returned, and No. 10 Texas A&M had to withstand every bump, bruise and ...full story
Aggie women struggle but beat S. IllinoisSunday, December 06, 2009
BERKELEY, Calif. -- Texas A&M coach Gary Blair delivered a strong message to his team after the Aggies overcame one of their worst offensive games of the season: Get better and do it fast, or else."We scored two points on fastbreaks and that's no ...full story
Aggie women's basketball team to hit roadSaturday, December 05, 2009
Berkeley, Calif., and Las Vegas never will be mistaken for Norman, Okla., or Waco, but what the Texas A&M women's basketball team accomplishes during its nonconference tournaments will go a long way to determining what kind of start the Aggies wi ...full story
Smith scores 30 to lead A&M women past SFAThursday, December 03, 2009
At times Texas A&M had trouble getting the basketball to Tanisha Smith, who was a huge problem for the Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks when the Aggies didn't turn the ball over.Smith scored 30 points to lead the 10th-ranked Aggies to a 106-56 nonconf ...full story
Buchanan a pleasant surprise for Aggie womenWednesday, December 02, 2009
Damitria Buchanan was smart enough to know that she might never become a regular starter. But someone bright enough to earn a psychology degree at Texas A&M in three years was certainly prepared when her chance did come.Buchanan might be the most ...full story
AP women's Top 25 poll and Cessna's ballotTuesday, December 01, 2009
The Top 25 teams in the The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 29, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ...full story
Aggies' road trip a successMonday, November 23, 2009
AUBURN, Ala. -- Danielle Adams scored 22 points and 15th-ranked Texas A&M shot 53 percent in a 79-59 victory over Auburn on Sunday in the Aggies' first road game of the season.Senior guard Tanisha Smith added 14 points, four assists and six of T ...full story
A&M women travel to AuburnSunday, November 22, 2009
The Texas A&M women's basketball team, riding high from two home victories, will play its first road game of the season Sunday at Auburn."It's going to be a difficult game for us," A&M sophomore guard Sydney Carter said. "We are both defensiv ...full story
Aggie women's basketball team beats RiceThursday, November 19, 2009
The excitement that rocked Reed Arena during Texas A&M's season-opening victory over sixth-ranked Duke on Sunday was missing Wednesday night, but the Aggie women's basketball team still had no problem rolling to a workmanlike 86-50 victory over t ...full story
Aggie to go back to work against RiceWednesday, November 18, 2009
The Texas A&M women's basketball team is hopeful that life after Duke will be just as rewarding, even though at times it might not be as glamorous.The 15th-ranked Aggies, coming off a 95-77 victory over the then-sixth-ranked Blue Devils, return t ...full story
