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The 5’ 10” guard from Houston lit up the
ggies (9-5, 1-2 Big 12) with a career high
5 points and led the No. 4 Longhorns (12-
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other end of the court, blocking junior
guard Kevin Turner’s shot.
A&M senior guard Bradley Jackson
covered Ford defensively for much of the
night and said that Ford's biggest advan
tage was his speed.
“(Ford’s) a very good player and he's
quick,” Jackson said. “He did a good job
of getting his guys the ball and they were
hitting their shots. That just gets every
body going.”
While Ford was hitting his shots, the
Aggies couldn't have put forth a worse
offensive performance.
A&M senior guard Bernard King led
the Aggies with 16 points against the
Longhorns, while freshman forward
Antoine Wright added 1 1 points in the
losing effort.
King’s 16 points were nothing com
pared to his season high 30-point perform
ance this past year in Austin when A&M
upset Texas 80-74. Things didn’t work out
that way this time around for the Aggies.
The Aggies continued their poor shoot
ing against Texas, shooting just 30 percent
from the floor.
“We had a tough go at it.” said A&M
head coach Melvin Watkins. “We couldn’t
buy a bucket. They did a good job defen
sively, and they made sure that every time
(King) made a cut there was someone
there to guard him.”
The Aggies have shot less than 40 per
cent in their last five halves against Texas,
Nebraska and Oklahoma State. Prior to Big
12 play, the Aggies shot less than 40 per
cent in only four halves in their first 1 1
games of the season.
“Tonight they were the better team,”
King said. “Sometimes you just have
games like that; last year we split 1-1 with
them. This game is over, now we'll have to
take care of business back home.”
Watkins said that despite the loss he
was not disappointed with his team and
that the Aggies still have a lot to prove
this year.
“I'm not really upset with our kids
because, No.l, I thought our effort was
there, and No. 2, we had some good looks
and just didn't knock our shots down.”
The lone bright spot for the Aggies
came at the end of the first half when King
launched a shot from half court off the
backboard and in at the buzzer.
The Aggies’ next action will come on
Saturday, as they host Kansas State.
JP BEATO III • THE BATTALION
Aggies guard Leandro Garcia-Morales is blocked by Longhorn guard TJ.
Ford during Saturday's game at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin.
Aggies travel to Baylor following two straight losses
By Troy Miller
THE BATTALION
Texas A&M women's basketball
head coach Peggie Gil lorn is having a
tough time keeping up with the com
petition. The two worst rebounding
performances in A&M history have
taken place the Aggies' past two home
games, while poor shooting and
defense have also contributed to the
j Aggies’dismal start in Big 12 play.
In their 77-39 loss to No. 23
Oklahoma, the Aggies (8-7, 1-3 Big 12)
shot just 25 percent from the field.
“We just didn't hit our shots,” Gillom
said. “We had open looks but the shoot
ing percentage speaks for itself.”
In their 74-47 home loss to the
University of Texas, the Aggies shot
only 35.7 percent, continuing to strug
gle offensively.
The nail in the coffin was A&M’s
poor rebounding. They were out-
rebounded 50-26 during the course of
the game.
“I think when you double up a team
in rebounding that’s another stat that
sticks out in my mind,” said Longhorn
head coach Jody Conradt after the
game against A&M. "When you do
that, it gives you more opportunities.”
The 24-rebound margin matched the
worst in Aggie history set just seven
days earlier in a 77-56 loss to No. 8
Texas Tech. A&M was out-rebounded
52-28 in the game.
“We have to go back to the drawing
board,” Gillom said after the loss to
Texas. “I thought we had (rebounding)
fixed after the Texas Tech game.”
In their three Big 12 losses this sea
son, the Aggies have been out-rebound
ed by 24, 24 and 14. They have shot no
better than 38.1 percent in the losses.
The keys to winning seem to be sim
ple: shoot better and rebound better. For
A&M, the road gets a little easier as they
do not have to face another nationally
ranked opponent in their next two games.
First up is Baylor (12-3, 1-2) who is
currently receiving one vote in the
ESPN-USA Today poll. The Bears are
coming off consecutive losses to Texas
Tech and Texas.
Sophomore Steffanie Blackmon,
who is averaging 19.3 points per game
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as well as 8.1 rebounds per game, leads
the Lady Bears.
Baylor also averages a plus-4 rebound
margin against opponents this season.
If Baylor has an Achilles heel, it is
inexperience. Nine of the 13 Lady
Bears are sophomores or freshmen.
“I coach this team the same way I've
coached the last two years,” said Baylor
head coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson. “I
can't do one thing about maturity and
inexperience, time takes care of that.”
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Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Waco.
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