By ROBERT CESSNAA&M's three players from Kansas City -- Danielle Adams, Tyra White and Tanisha Smith -- combined for 43 points. Adams was the tournament's Most Outstanding Player and White made the all-tournament team joining Oklahoma's Amanda Thompson, Oklahoma State's Andrea Riley and Oklahoma's Danielle Robinson.
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A&M's Sydney Colson and Damitria Buchanan fell hard to the floor during the game, but both returned. ... Colson had an unusual line -- seven points, seven assists and five turnovers.
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Scalpers didn't have a good day with no North teams in the finals and only Nebraska reaching the semifinals. Scalpers were selling good tickets for $10 and that was 40 minutes before tipoff.
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This is A&M's third tournament championship. The Aggies won the final Southwest Conference Tournament in 1996. A&M won its first Big 12 title in Kansas City two years ago.
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A&M is 11-5 against ranked opponents this season, the most victories by any Big 12 team.
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This is the fourth straight season the Aggies have won at least 25 games. ... A&M head coach Gary Blair is 154-73 with the Aggies, which ties him with Lynn Hickey (1984-94) as the school's all-time winningest coach. ... A&M sophomore post Kelsey Assarian played 28 minutes at the Big 12 Tournament. She had averaged less than 6 minutes in the previous 11 games. She has four points, two rebounds and a blocked a shot in 12 minutes against OU. ... A&M's Smith failed to score in double digits for the second straight game after having strung together nine straight double-digit games. Smith scored eight points, led the team with seven rebounds and added two assists, a steal and block in 33 minutes.
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A&M was 8 of 14 on 3-pointers, which was its most against a Big 12 opponent. A&M was 9 of 15 in a 95-77 victory over Duke to open the season.
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