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om their positions at Ai' trend of steady improvement in the conference’s tal
ent pool, no pun intended.
Besides the usual suspects of UT and the Uni
versity ofNebraska, who between them are the pro
prietors of every Big 12 championship since the su
perconference's inception in 1996, v arious schools
have popped up as serious contenders this weekend.
"This year the quality of the Big 12 has risen a
lot,” Sterkel said. “Kansas, A&M and Nebraska have
all gotten better.”
Texas A&M women's swimming coach Steve
Bultman, in his first year at A&M and in Big 12 com
petition, said he had to agree w ith his colleague from
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“This is my first year here and I’ve looked at the
results in the past and clearly Texas and Nebraska
have dominated the first three years,” Bultman said.
“But 1 feel like we're swimming a lot better, Kansas
is definitely improved — even Missouri is a lot bet
ter, so hopefully this could be one of the closer cham
pionships ever.”
The reasons the Aggies could make this a close
championship starting Thursday are the same reasons
they have stayed close in the standings all season.
Bultman, acting as if it were simply a foregone
conclusion who would perfonn in the meet, rattled
off his choices for A&M’s top performances.
“It's probably going to be the same ones that have
been doing a great job for us all year,” Bultman said.
“Monica Williams, Monica Stroman, Tracy Evans,
Clara 1 lo in the flies, Amy Osmun in the backstroke,
Kelly Bolton in the sprints, just to name a few.”
Sterkel named virtually the same list about the tal
ent awaiting the rest of the conference at A&M, but
was also quick to point out that each school has their
specialty.
“On paper, each school has an event that they can
win,” Sterkel said.
The schools competing are Iowa State Universi
ty, the University of Kansas, the University of Mis
souri, the University ofNebraska, UT and A&M.
The meet will be running all day Thursday,
Friday and Saturday at the Student Rec Center
Natatorium.
Ags hit .500 mark with win
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A&M junior forward Jaynetta Saunders attempts to go up for a shot against the
University of Missouri last night at Reed Arena.
BY REECE FLOOD
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The Texas A&M women’s basketball team
won its second home conference game in a row
and brought its season record to the .500 mark
after defeating the University of Missouri 66-
55 Wednesday in Reed Arena.
The Aggies are now 11-11, 3-9 in the Big
12 Conference, while the Tigers fell to 16-7,6-
6 in the Big 12.
It was not an easy victory for the Aggies,
though. With 4:28 left on the clock and the
game tied 49-49, it seemed the victory was up
for grabs.
But sophomore guard LaToya Rose
sparked the Aggie offense with a timely three-
pointer. That was followed shortly by a field
goal from junior guard Brandy Jones which
prompted Missouri coach Cindy Stein to call a
timeout.
From this point on, the Aggie offense con
tinued to hit its shots from the field and the free
throw line, helping A&M finish its 17-6 run to
end the game.
Stein said her Tigers were unable to get
points against the Aggies in the closing min
utes due to A&M's aggressive defense.
“I think that we absolutely had an offensive
meltdown,” Stein said. “I give credit to Texas
A&M. They really attacked our guards and
made them put the ball down. We weren’t get
ting any good shots off. They outplayed us.”
The Aggie defense was impressive
Wednesday, getting 19 turnovers from Mis
souri — nine of which came from blocked
shots and seven from steals.
“I thought their team, they took it at us,”
Stein said. “They didn’t back down from us.
They had us on our heels.”
A&M coach Peggie Gillom was excited
about the win and gave credit to a solid per
formance on both sides of the ball.
"This is a great win for Texas A&M
women’s basketball tonight,” Gillom said.
“Tonight we scored some buckets, and we
played defense and it all came.”
Senior forward Kera Alexander said she no
ticed a difference in how the team played to
gether in this game.
“We played real well as a team,” Alexander
said. “Down the stretch we have a tendency to
try to go one-on-one and we kind of each get in
our own little world. Today we came together.”
Gillom said Missouri is a very talented
team. By beating them, the Aggies brought an
end to a four-game Missouri winning streak.
“This is a red-hot team,” Gillom said. “Mis
souri is not bad. I think they folded under our
pressure tonight.”
Stepping up big for the Aggies was junior
forward Jaynetta Saunders, who scored a game-
high 20 points and recovered nine rebounds.
Saunders went out early in the game with a
twisted knee, but returned shortly to help A&M
get the win.
“When I came down on my leg, 1 believe 1
twisted it,” Saunders said. “I came out and
everyone was telling me ‘suck it up, suck it up,
you ain’t hurt.' They just told me to play my
game.”
Three other Aggies scored in double digits.
Rose chipped in 13 points while senior forward
Prissy Sharpe and Alexander both ended the
game with 12 points.
Julie Helm led the way for Missouri with
16 points, while teammate Amy Monsees
grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds.
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