The Texas A&M women's basketball team loved a infrequent convenient victory Thursday evening in a game that carried a major message.
The Aggies rolled to a 69-forty eight Southeastern convention victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide at Reed area in A&M's 11th annual Beat The Hell Outta Breast cancer game.
The Aggies (18-6, 8-3), whose final six games had been decided by 10 features or much less, closed the primary quarter with a 9-0 run to ruin an 11-11 tie and under no circumstances seemed again. A&M led by way of as a minimum 14 facets right through the third quarter, then with the aid of at least 21 within the remaining quarter.
The Aggies shot 50.9 % from the field, their most reliable performance on the grounds that a ninety-sixty five victory over Arkansas eight games ago. Junior post Khaalia Hillsman and sophomore capturing take care of Danni Williams each and every had 19 facets, and sophomore ahead Anriel Howard brought 18 as they combined to hit 23 of 35 photographs while with no trouble finding room to operate in Alabama's zone.
The trio together with the rest of the crew worked just as hard on the protecting conclusion because the Aggies allowed their fewest points considering a 71-45 victory over Abilene Christian within the fifth game of the season. Alabama (15-9, 3-eight) shot best 31 p.c from the field -- only one A&M opponent had a worse percentage this season: Arkansas-Little Rock at 22.eight.
"We needed a straightforward video game," A&M head educate Gary Blair observed. "i used to be simply real completely satisfied with how we played the first half. i assumed the 2d half was a bit choppy, however that incorporates playing lots of people."
After A&M's exact six avid gamers, the Aggie substitutes performed fifty three minutes. That same group played most effective a combined 14 minutes in the outdated six video games. And an Aggie did not play the total game for the primary time in seven video games, some thing that came about 13 instances all over that span.
"It was in the plan to play lots of kids," Blair spoke of. "They earned that time [in practice]."
It seemed like Blair could have long past to his seldom-used reserves too early when junior faculty switch Walnatia Wright spelled Hillsman after A&M took a 7-2 lead. Alabama then went on a 9-four run to tie the online game, but Hillsman back to hit a pair of buckets and Williams brought a three-pointer to push A&M's lead to 20-11.
Williams had a torrid beginning, hitting four of 6 photographs including a pair of 3-tips to help A&M to a 26-12 lead as she matched Alabama, which began by way of hitting simply four of 16 pictures.
Alabama misplaced its fourth straight and seventh in its ultimate eight, however hadn't been overwhelmed by way of more than 18 elements all through that stretch unless Thursday evening when the Crimson Tide trailed via greater than that for the remaining 14 minutes.
"at the end of the day we have acquired to locate a method, whether or not it's an adjustment offensively or defensively, to keep away from those issues from occurring," Alabama instruct Kristy Curry noted.
A&M senior point shelter Curtyce Knox, who leads the nation in assists at 9.4 per video game, had 12 assists and only one turnover. Knox , notwithstanding, struggled from the field, hitting best 2 of eight shots, making her 2 of 15 in the ultimate two games after a seven-video game stretch when she made 41 of 76 (fifty three.9 percent).
Knox mentioned she likely took a few dangerous pictures, however she could were urgent because the game also had introduced which means for her. Knox's mom, Deneyce Knox, is a breast cancer survivor who has been cancer-free for 5 years after contracting the disorder when her daughter turned into a sophomore in high college.
"We additionally met a couple of americans before the game, and i think that sparked us up a lot popping out initially of the online game," Knox referred to. "simply understanding what the melanoma survivors are going through every nighttime and each day, it makes us admire our existence a little bit greater. I think we simply desired to play complicated for them."
Hillsman and Blair every took the general public tackle microphone after the online game to thank the gang for assisting those who have battled or are combating breast cancer.
The victory ended a 3-game home stand for A&M which began with the Aggies in a 3-method tie for fifth vicinity within the SEC standings. Three victories later, A&M is by myself in third place heading to Knoxville, Tennessee, and a Sunday matchup with twenty fourth-ranked Tennessee (16-eight, 7-four) to kick off a crucial stretch of the season.
"[This victory] was massive due to the fact that the gauntlet we've got bought left, two at domestic in opposition t exact 10 teams (Mississippi State, South Carolina) and three on the highway (Tennessee, LSU, Ole pass over)," Blair observed.
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NOTES -- A&M wore pink jerseys with white trim and red sneakers for the breast melanoma focus game to improvement the purple Alliance and the Kay Yow melanoma Fund. Alabama wore white jerseys with pink trim and red sneakers. A&M gamers had nicknames on the lower back of jerseys in its place of their names. Hillsman's turned into huge Homie whereas others have been Lashes (Howard), Coop (senior shelter Taylor Cooper), candy Pea (Williams), Jazzi (junior forward Jasmine Lumpkin), Tyce (Knox), muscles (freshman guard Jasmine Williams), Queen (freshman safeguard Rakell Spencer), Alluh (freshman Aahliyah Jackson), B'Naj (Wright) and Commander (senior guard Alyssa Michalke). ... Alabama, which would not beginning a senior, got simplest 18 aspects from its starters. Freshman beginning preserve Jordan Lewis and junior take care of Hannah cook dinner, the team's main scorer, combined for no rebounds in 29 minutes in the first half. "i was disenchanted in the manner just a few of ou r children answered to rebounding defensively, but it surely's the measurement of your coronary heart and energy on the boards it really is going to make a change," Curry talked about. Junior take care of Meoshanti Knight came off the bench for eleven facets and junior guard Coco Knight delivered 10 for Alabama.
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