WBB: No. 13 Texas A&M defeats No. 19 DePaul, 93-91

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thad97
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Here are the postgame notes from A&M. I'll add the press release when we have it.

Texas A&M Women's Basketball Postgame Notes
Texas A&M 93, DePaul 91
Wintrust Arena (Chicago, Illinois)

RECORDS & SERIES NOTES
  • Texas A&M moves to 2-0, while DePaul starts its season 0-1.
  • The Aggies now lead the all-time series 4-2 over the Blue Demons.
  • A&M advanced its record to 3-7 all-time versus No. 19 ranked teams in the Associated Press Poll.

TEAM NOTES
  • First ranked victory for the Aggies since they defeated No. 25 Tennessee last season (2/16/20).
  • First time A&M has scored over 90 points since Nov. 23, 2018 versus Arkansas State.
  • The Aggies scored 49 points in the first half, the most since their game against Central Arkansas last season (12/4/19)
  • Aggies held the lead for 35:40 of the ballgame, compared to DePaul's 1:44 with the lead.
  • The Maroon & White significantly outrebounded the Blue Demons by a margin of 44-27.
  • The Texas A&M bench outscored DePaul's 22-5, behind Destiny Pitts' 12 points and McKinzie Green's eight.
  • N'dea Jones, Ciera Johnson and Kayla Wells started their 66th consecutive game for the Aggies.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
  • Kayla Wells scored the first bucket of the game for the first time this season, and led all Aggie scorers with 22.
  • N'dea Jones started her 66th consecutive game for the Aggies, finishing with 17 points and 10 rebounds.
  • Jones notched her 28th career double-double and second of the year.
  • Ciera Johnson led the team with 12 rebounds for the second-straight game, and also poured in eight points.
  • Destiny Pitts led the Aggie bench in scoring with 12 points and a clutch three in the fourth quarter.
  • Jordan Nixon earned the second start of her career at Texas A&M, logging 12 points and two assists.
  • McKinzie Green posted career-highs in points (eight) and minutes played (21)
  • Head Coach Gary Blair now moves to 5-2 all-time against DePaul head coach Doug Bruno. His career record after Saturday's game rises to 815-330.

UP NEXT
The No. 13 Aggies will play Texas Southern at 11 a.m. at Reed Arena on Dec. 2, 2020
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Quote:

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The No. 13 Aggies will play Texas Southern at 11 a.m. at Reed Arena on Dec. 2, 2020
might want to fix that, it's been changed, we're playing Lamar again at 2:30 PM
aggiedrjdub
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oh interesting; why Lamar again? also - i'm not one to look too far ahead, but this tu game on 12/6 looks like it could be a humdinger!
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aggiedrjdub said:

oh interesting; why Lamar again?
Texas Southern told us they couldn't play because of the covid.

This 2nd Lamar game was just added to the schedule on Sunday morning so that we didn't lose an opportunity to play.

I suspect it won't be the only last minute replacement this season in our men's and women's basketball schedules.
aggiedrjdub
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Gap said:

aggiedrjdub said:

oh interesting; why Lamar again?
Texas Southern told us they couldn't play because of the covid.

This 2nd Lamar game was just added to the schedule on Sunday morning so that we didn't lose an opportunity to play.

I suspect it won't be the only last minute replacement this season in our men's and women's basketball schedules.
Good point! Thanks for the info
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