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commerc fexas Tech Red Raiders Jan. 13 at Reed Arena. Sharpe, who is aver-
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a 1-4 record against Big 12 opponents and a 6-9 overall record.
BY AARON COHAN
The Battalion
Improving is an often difficult test
every team must go through at some
time or another. The Texas A&M
Women’s Basketball Team has faced
the challenge of climbing that hill
this season in facing their confer
ence competition.
Over the break, A&M squeezed off
a 2-5 record, bringing its record to 6-
9 overall and T4 in Big 12 play.
But numbers do not tell every
thing.
The Aggies posted wins against
Oklahoma State and Prairie View
A&M and dropped close decisions to
Rice University, the University of
Kansas, the University of Missouri,
Texas Tech University and Iowa
State University.
Those kind of losses were what
A&M women’s basketball coach Peg
gie Gillom said are stepping stones of
improvement for the Aggies.
“A loss can be really tough for
most teams,” she said. “But we
take the positives and the negatives
from each one to work on getting
better.”
Of the last eight losses for the Ag
gies, five were by five points or less.
Last year the Aggies lost 19 games
by an average of 14 points.
The Aggies have struggled with
shooting percentage in a majority of
their defeats.
The Aggies have shot an average
of 35 percent from the field in their
nine losses, but they have shot 46
percent from the hardwood in their
six wins.
“We seem to fall out of rhythm
when we don’t hit our shots,”
Gillom said. “The team picks it up
though, and regroups usually.”
The Aggies have been led again
this season by junior forward Prissy
Sharpe. Sharpe has been the one
constant in the line-up this season.
Averaging 20.2 points per game,
Sharpe is currently second in the Big
12, and 23rd nationally.
Yet it is her rebounding that has
helped the team stick close in most
contests.
When a player like Sharpe is
grabbing more than 10 boards a
game to lead the Big 12, she is
making a statement about work
ethics.
“Prissy has come through time in
and time out,” Gillom said. “She
crashes the boards harder than any
one I have ever seen.”
Junior guard Amy Yates, who is
only 25 three-pointers away from
breaking Lisa Branch’s school record,
has been pumping in key shots all sea
son as well.
Junior forward Kera Alexander
has continued to clean up under the
basket, while senior guard and floor-
leader Kim Tarkington has been keep
ing the Aggies in sync on both ends
of the floor.
Other players, like Brandy Jones,
who has come off the bench for de
fensive pressure, and Kerrie Patterson,
who has hit key shots to keep the
team in the game, have helped add a
sense of stability to the basketball
squad.
Gillom said she believes the team
knows what it takes to win, they just
have to believe in themselves.
“We’re fighting and scratching in
every contest,” Gillom said. “And if
we start getting some wins, then
something good is going to happen to
this program.”
Mike Fuentes/The Battalion
TOP: Senior
guard Kim Tark
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and added 37
total steals on
the season for
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Alexander has
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points and 5.5
rebounds per
contest for the
Aggies this sea
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shot 77 percent
from the free-
throw line and
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the field this
year.
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