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SPORTS The Battalion I 3.12.15 W. BASKETBALL Slumping Aggies lean on experienced Ade A&M learns its seeding for NCAA Tournament Monday By Cole Stenholm ^ In early December, the excite- ^ ment surrounding the Texas A&M women’s basketball team hit a high- water mark after a second-half rally over then-No. 8 Duke. The win came as part of A&M’s immaculate 11-0 start to the season, which saw its ranking climb as high as No. 4. Just a few months later and senior Achiri Ade and her teammates are do ing damage control following a 1-3 concluding stint to the regular season. And unfortunately for Ade, one of those losses came on Senior Night in a heart-wrenching one-point loss to Missouri in her last regular season game at Reed Arena. “It hurt,” Ade said. “But I think these three losses have really brought us together and really taught us a lot. It hurt to lose on Senior Night — yeah it did — but we’ve learned a lot and we have grown so much.” Ade, who hails from Baltimore, Md., arrived in Texas in 2011 to play junior college basketball at Midland College where she ranked sixth in the nation as a sophomore with 12.5 rebounds per game. At Midland, she was exposed to Texas culture. “That was the one thing that really kept me in Texas because the people were really nice, genuinely nice here,” Ade said. Head coach Gary Blair epitomized one of those genuinely nice Texans to whom Ade referred, becoming a key reason she chose to attend A&M. “Out of all of the schools that were really recruiting me, I had a relationship with coach Blair,” Ade said. “He talked to me, he called me. The other schools, I talked to their assistant coaches, but coach Blair was really the one, he made me feel welcome, and like a family at mosphere.” Despite being only the fourth-tallest member on the A&M roster, Ade, at 6-foot-1, proves her knack for grab bing rebounds in junior college was no fluke. She leads A&M in the category this season (259), averaging 8.1 boards per game. She also scores 6.7 points per contest, making herself a threat for double-double numbers on a nightly basis. “We cannot do without Ade even if she is not playing well because she gives us the defensive presence and the Cody Franklin —THE BATTALION Senior Achiri Ade looks to help the Aggies rediscover their winning ways as the NCAA Tournament approaches. rebounding, and she can do it both of fensive and defensive,” Blair said. Ade will have one last shot to salvage her senior season in this year’s NCAA Tournament. But to right the Aggie ship, her work will be cut out for her. The No. 21 Aggies are only 12-9 since their perfect start, dropping all but one of six contests versus ranked opponents during that stretch. Further, the team’s third-leading scorer, Jordan Jones, remains sidelined for the season and the Aggies can only watch as their tournament stock drops after being ousted in their second game of the SEC tournament. But the dis cipline of a seasoned veteran like Ade might be just what the Aggies need to escape their slump. “She’s always where she’s supposed to, she doesn’t have a car, she’s never late, she’s always on time, she doesn’t get hurt and she’s a good leader,” Blair said. “And so sometimes, you put all of those things together, people listen to her. And it’s not that she’s babbling or anything like that, but when she talks people listen.” The Aggies will learn their tourna ment seeding Monday. r™ L, THEBATT.COM THE TEXAS A&M STUDENT MEDIA BOARD INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR Editor-in-chief BATT The Independent Student Voice of Texas A&M sn ce 1893 Fall 2015-Spring 2016 (The fall and spring editor will oversee print and digital editions, and serve Aug. 16,2015, through May 14,2016) Qualifications for editor-in-chief of The Battalion are: REQUIRED • Be a Texas A&M student in good standing with the University and enrolled in at least six credit hours (4 if a graduate student) during the term of office (unless fewer credits are required to graduate); • Have at least a 2.25 cumulative grade point ratio (3.25 if a graduate student) and at least a 2.25 grade point ratio (3.25 if a graduate student) in the semester immediately prior to the appointment, the semester of appointment and semester during the term of office. In order for this provision to be met, at least six hours (4 if a graduate student) must have been taken for that semester. PREFERRED • Have completed JOUR 301 or COMM 307 (Mass Communication, Law, and Society) or equivalent; • Have at least one year experience in a responsible editorial position on The Battalion or comparable daily college newspaper, -OR- Have at least one year editorial experience on a commercial newspaper, -OR- Have completed at least 12 hours in journalism, including JOUR 203 (Media Writing I) and JOUR 303 (Media Writing II) or JOUR 304 (Editing for the Mass Media), or equivalent. Application forms should be picked up and returned to Sandi Jones, Student Media business coordinator, in Suite L406 of the MSC. Deadline for submitting application: 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, 2015. THE TEXAS A&M STUDENT MEDIA BOARD INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR Editor-In-Chief BATT The Independent Student Voice of Texas A&M swce 1893 Summer 2015 (The summer editor will oversee print, digital and special editions, and will serve May 17,2015, through Aug. 15,2016) Qualifications for editor-in-chief of The Battalion are: REQUIRED • Be a Texas A&M student in good standing with the University and enrolled in at least six credit hours (4 if a graduate student) during the term of office (unless fewer credits are required to graduate); • Have at least a 2.25 cumulative grade point ratio (3.25 if a graduate student) and at least a 2.25 grade point ratio (3.25 if a graduate student) in the semester immediately prior to the appointment, the semester of appointment and semester during the term of office. In order for this provision to be met, at least six hours (4 if a graduate student) must have been taken for that semester. PREFERRED • Have completed JOUR 301 or COMM 307 (Mass Communication, Law, and Society) or equivalent; • Have at least one year experience in a responsible editorial position on The Battalion or comparable daily college newspaper, -OR- Have at least one year editorial experience on a commercial newspaper, - OR - Have completed at least 12 hours in journalism, including JOUR 203 (Media Writing I) and JOUR 303 (Media Writing II) or JOUR 304 (Editing for the Mass Media), or equivalent. Application forms should be picked up and returned to Sandi Jones, Student Media business coordinator, in Suite L406 of the MSC. Deadline for submitting application: 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, 2015. SOFTBALL BASEBALL The Aggies earned their 20th win of the season Wednesday with a 9-1 victory over Sam Houston State at the Aggie Softball Complex. Story at tx.ag/batt17 Despite trailing 3-0 in the eighth inning, Texas A&M used some vintage Olsen Magic to beat UTPA in 11 innings Wednesday. 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