When will the Joni era end??! You cannot seriously look at her record in 4 years here and think she should be allowed on campus another day. These athletes deserve so much better than what you are giving them Trev!
Photo by Will Huffman, TexAgs
Game #14: No. 4 Texas 80, Texas A&M 35
Records: Texas A&M (8-6, 1-4), Texas (19-2, 4-2)
Box Score
Down 10 and well within striking distance vs. the No. 4 team in the country, the Aggies had reason for optimism heading into the break.
That optimism quickly flatlined as the Aggies scored 11 points in the final 20 minutes of play.
Texas A&M suffered an ugly, lopsided loss to arch-rival Texas on Sunday in Austin, 80-35.
The 45-point loss is one of the program’s worst in recent memory. Coming off a 40-point defeat last weekend to then-No. 7 Vanderbilt, the lows can’t get much lower.
“We’ve got to figure that out is how we continue to maintain how we started,” head coach Joni Taylor. “We have to figure out how to finish the third and fourth quarter and be consistent in that regard.”
It was an encouraging first half of basketball as the Aggies hung around early. Texas shot well below its usual 50 percent clip from the field, and A&M found some rhythm through Janae Kent.
The guard put up eight in the first half to help the Aggies stay within arm's length of the Horns.
“We’ve got to figure that out is how we continue to maintain how we started. We have to figure out how to finish the third and fourth quarter and be consistent in that regard.”
From that point on, the Longhorns could have scored one more bucket to seal the contest. Texas’ 34 first-half points nearly matched A&M’s total.
Just three points in the third quarter allowed Texas’ lead to swell to 30. It soon inflated to 45 as A&M shot 9.7 percent in the second half.
In addition to their anemic offensive performance, the Aggies were outplayed in every facet of the game. Texas pulled down 58 rebounds, racked up 48 points in the paint and even forced six five-second violations.
“I think not making shots affected us on the other end,” Taylor said. “The other thing that showed up is that we allowed Texas to run in transition.”
Without Lauren Ware, who is “day-to-day” with a knee injury, the Aggies had little to no post presence. Texas’ 6-foot-6 forward Kyla Oldacre had a field day down below, recording a double-double with ease.
Kent was the only Aggie to finish in double-figures, while the Horns had four. A&M’s usual scorers — Ny’Ceara Pryor and Fatmata Janneh — were held to four points apiece.
Coached by former student and long-time A&M assistant Vic Schaefer, the home squad never took their foot off the gas.
They handed A&M their worst loss between the two in-state foes in 39 years.
“We have to learn from this game and move on,” Kent said. “In this league, you can’t sulk on losses. We have to figure it out and how to get a win.”
Up next, Kim Mulkey and No. 6 LSU come to College Station on Thursday night.
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