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Women’s basketball team to put
unblemished home record on line
By Alex Scott
The A&M women’s basketball
team will host Alabama Monday
night in an effort to maintain its un
defeated status at home this season,
where the Aggies maintain the 10th-
longest active winning streak.
The Aggies (19-6, 7-4 SEC) come
into Monday’s conference showdown
led by Courtney Walker and Court
ney Williams, who both rank among
the top 10 in the SEC in points per
game. The Courtneys combined for
29 points in Thursday’s 59-55 win
over Arkansas.
Not only does Walker lead the
team in scoring, she also played all
40 minutes of the Arkansas game and
recorded seven rebounds and a steal.
Alabama (13-13, 2-9 SEC) got
back in sync with a win Thursday af
ter dropping four straight games for
the second time this season. Unlike
Texas A&M, which has a clear path
to postseason play, the Crimson Tide
occupy the 13-seed in the SEC and
can only hope to finish the year on a
high note.
The Alabama roster consists of
eight underclassmen — five fresh
men and three sophomores. The Ag
gies represent the opposite side of the
spectrum, with 10 upperclassmen an
chored by four seniors.
Texas A&M once again will try
to break into the top five in the SEC
this week. The Aggies’ two remaining
contests against higher ranked oppo
nents this season will be on the road
at Kentucky and at LSU. A&M plays
LSU in the final game of the regular
season, which could have implications
for seeding in the SEC tournament.
With a win Monday the Aggie
women’s basketball program will
have recorded a 10th straight 20-win
season.
With only three remaining home
games, A&M tips off at 6 p.m. at
Reed Arena.
Cody Franklin — THE BATTALION
Junior Courtney Walker will lead the
Aggie women's team in its matchup
against Alabama in Reed Arena.
The men's basketball team squeezed past Florida on Saturday at Reed
Arena, 63-62. The home win follows a Wednesday loss to Georgia and
sets up an upcoming Tuesday showdown with LSU.
*1 Sometimes, experience matters
I The Aggies' oldest player, Kourtney Roberson, scored a team-
high 20 Saturday, well above his eight-points-per-game aver
age. "Fifth-year seniors — that's what they're supposed to do,”
head coach Billy Kennedy said.
'Eight is great'
Junior Alex Caruso tweeted the phrase after the game (in which
he coincidentally scored eight points), which pushed the Aggies
to 8-4 in the SEC. That mark matches last season's SEC win
total, the team's best since joining the conference.
A crowded race
With six conference games remaining, the Aggies are tied with
Ole Miss for third in the SEC. No one is catching Kentucky, but
only two games separate second-place Arkansas (9-3) and
sixth-place Georgia (7-5).
Playing big in the paint
A&M out-scored Florida 42-32 in the paint, paced by Roberson,
who missed only two of his 10 shots. "When I got in the paint
I just looked to score and if I didn't have a good look I tried to
pass it outside," Roberson said. "I think Jalen [Jones] and I do a
great job of finishing in the paint."
Jones and House — what's new?
Transfers Jalen Jones and Danuel House combined for 30
points, and the correlation isn't hard to spot: When they score,
the Aggies win. The team is 8-2 in its last 10. In all eight wins,
the duo scored more than 30. In both losses, it didn't.
By Mark Do re
In the game against LSU on Saturday, senior Kourtney
Roberson scored a team-high 20.
SOFTBALL CONTINUED
as a pitcher. I thought she was abso
lutely terrific out there and gave herself
a chance to be fresh and ready to go in
the second game. She set the tone for us
and our kids scored some games, played
good defense behind her but, to me, she
was the star of the show. ”
This tournament has showcased the
type of young talent Evans has in her
arsenal, with freshmen Vidales, Ashley
Walters and Erica Russell making sig
nificant contributions to the club.
Evans said before the tournament that
contributions from younger Aggies will
make or break the team.
“If our youngsters don’t figure out
the speed of the game early, it could
mean the difference between going to
the post-season and not going to the
post-season,” Evans said.
The Aggies stay at home for a 4:30
p.m. Wednesday meeting with No. 2
Oregon.
BASEBALL CONTINUED
“I thought our pitching all in all as
a whole was the best it has been all
weekend long,” Childress said.
Offensively, Gideon led the team.
His first-inning three-run homer put
the Aggies in the lead for the rest of
the game, and by the end of the first
inning the scoreboard read 4-1.
Moss also contributed with his first
home run of the season, a two-mn
shot that gave the Aggies their 6-1
lead. Moss was l-for-2 with 2 RBIs
in the win.
The win improves the Aggies to
3-0 on the season. A&M will keep
its long homestand going at 6:30
p.m. Tuesday night against Stephen
F. Austin.
Gideon tipped his hat to the Olsen
Field crowds.
“They help us get into the game
and help us at the end of the game as
well,” Gideon said. “The fans have
a lot of energy here and 1 think that
helps us a lot.”
Game 1 of the series took place
Friday night. Behind eight RBI from
Gideon, the Aggies won 19-2. It was
the most runs scored by A&M on
Opening Day since 1989.
The Aggies scored 13 runs in the
first three innings. A&M had three
home runs in those first three innings,
hit by Logan Taylor, Ryne Birk and
Gideon.
AJ Minter also had a strong open
ing performance, with seven strike
outs and zero earned runs in five in
nings on the mound.
Game 2 was not as one-sided as
opening night. A&M and Holy Cross
went back and forth in a game that
included five lead changes.
JB Moss went 3-for-5 with five
RBIs and Blake Allemand went
3-for-4 with two RBIs in the game.
Allemand also had a highlight-reel
dive to stop a Holy Cross hit from
getting to the outfield and ultimately
ending a potential Crusader rally.
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