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Kansas hands Ags 10th straight loss
A&M squad moves to Big 12 tournament after 75-62 defeat by Jayhawks
Bv Brian Ruff
The Battalion
The Texas A&M women’s bas
ketball team can put a dismal sec
ond half of the season behind it now
and look forward to a fresh start in
the Big 12 tournament. The Aggies
(12-15, 2-14 in Big 12) closed out
the regular season with a 75-62 loss
to the Kansas Jayhawks at Reed
Arena on Wednesday night.
The Aggies have now lost 10
straight conference games and 12
out of their last 13 matchups. The
10 straight losses ties an A&M
record that was set by the A&M
squad during the 1998-99 season.
The Jayhawks worked well inside,
scoring 22 points in the paint in the
first half, and chipping in another 22
from the lane in the second frame.
“We tried to force them into a
half-court game,” said Kansas
women’s basketball coach Marian
Washington. “I thought our team
did a good job of that tonight.”
The Jayhawks were led by junior
center Nikki White, who had 20
points coming off the bench. Twen
ty-five of Kansas’ points came from
bench players.
“Anytime our bench is able t<A
contribute, it really helps us,” Wash
ington said. “We rely so much on
Jennifer [Jackson] and Jaclyn [Jack-
son] so much and when they are not
playing well, we really struggle.”
Senior forward Brooke Reves also;
added 18 points and nine rebounds.
A&M senior forward Jaynetta
Saunders, the Big 12’s second lead-
ing scorer, had 21 points in her fi
nal game at Reed Arena.
“They ran some different de
fenses, and we Weren’t capitalizing
and running the offense like we
were supposed to,” Saunders said.
“We really weren’t getting the shots
we wanted.”
The Aggies closed the Jayhawk
lead, which was built as high as 16
points in the first half, to only sev
en points with only two minutes to
play. A&M was unable to get any
closer to the Jayhawks, who shot an
amazing 57.9 percent from the floor
to put the Aggies away.
« .
/ told them it is not
too late. The season
is not over yet.”
— Peggie Gillom
A&M women's basketball coach
The Aggies outrebounded the
Jayhawks 20-9 on the offensive
side, something the A&M squad
has been struggling with all season.
“We went to the offensive
boards,” said A&M women’s bas
ketball coach Peggie Gillom. “That
is something we haven’t done all
year. We just missed a lot of shots.
Kansas came out and shot the ball
very well.”
Three seniors on the A&M squad
were honored before Wednesday
night’s game. Saunders, guard
Brandy Jones, and post Margaret
Eaton all made their final trip to the
floor of Reed Arena.
Jones also added 10 points in her
final game as an Aggie.
“I told them (the seniors) it is not
too late,” Gillom said. “The season
is not over yet. My heart goes out to
them and I would have liked them
to go out with a victory.”
With the loss, the Aggies will draw
the 12th seed in the Big 12 tourna
ment that begins March 6 in Kansas
City. A&M will take on the Missouri
Tigers, who beat the Aggies Jan. 10
by a score of 69-61.
Tip off against the Tigers is set
for 2:20 p.m.
Lggies use early lead to pound Cougars, 6-1
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: SupremeGs (8-1, 1-1 in Big 12) took the early
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lera newsden and senior Eva Marcial had no
la no or issue.ible at all, blazing past Jen Baccarani
ireviousdee l Anne Marie Rapp, 8-0.
The duo of juniors Martina Ne-
dorostova and Majorie Terburgh fol
lowed that up with an overpowering
8-3 victory over the Cougars’ Sarah
Flood and Karine Urbin.
“We were really pumped up,” Ter
burgh said. “We came out here and
took care of business. We are playing
really well.”
The lone doubles loss of the
evening came when the 1 Ith-ranked
team of freshman Jessica Roland and
sophomore Ashley Hedberg dropped
an 8-4 decision.
A&M took a 2-0 lead when UH de
faulted at No. 6 singles after an injury
to Urbin.
The first singles win for the Aggies
came at No. 2. Roland rebounded
from her earlier loss in doubles with
some very steady play, winning in
straight sets, 6-2, 6-2. Roland’s win
put the score at 3-0.
The Cougars posted their lone
point of the night at No. 1. Sarah Bor-
well used a strong serve and pinpoint
accuracy to glide past A&M sopho
more Olivia Karlikova, 6-4, 6-2.
Just seven minutes later, Terburgh
clinched the team victory at No. 3.
Terburgh, who was battling a sore
throat, turned in an inspired perfor
mance and won a back-and-forth con
test, 7-5, 6-4.
The win, Terburgh’s fourth in a row,
gives her a 7-1 record in singles play.
Killen, playing at No. 5, ended her
two-match losing streak by winning in
two sets, 6-2, 6-2. Killen lost the first
two games in both sets before catch
ing fire and running off wins in six
straight games.
Nedorostova continued her strong
play, riding an early lead to a 6-2, 7-
6(5) win.
“We felt like we should win the
match,” said A&M women’s tennis
coach Bobby Kleinecke. “We just had
to stay out and make them hit enough
balls, which was what our game plan
was. We did what we had to do to win
the matches.”
The Aggies, who moved up to No.
25 in the latest WingspanBank.com
polls, will take a week off before tak
ing on the No. 7 Vanderbilt Com
modores on Wednesday.
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Houston Cougars easily, 6-1, on Wednesday night.
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