Texas A&M vs Kansas | NCAA Women's Basketball | 12.3.23
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- BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The Texas A&M women’s basketball team turned in a stellar defensive effort to reel off their fifth consecutive win with a 63-52 triumph over the Kansas Jayhawks Sunday afternoon inside Reed Arena.
Coming off road victories against Cal and Wake Forest, the Aggies registered wins in three-straight games on their schedule against Power 5 opponents from different conferences for the first time since November 2015.
Texas A&M (7-1) held Kansas (3-4) to 30.9% (17-of-55) shooting for the game and induced 16 Jayhawk turnovers.
Janiah Barker turned in one of her most productive performances of the season for her sixth career double-double. She pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds, including seven offensive boards, and added 18 points. Endyia Rogers registered season highs with 17 points and seven rebounds to go along with three assists, two steals and a block.
Tineya Hylton proved to be invaluable in her 12 minutes off the bench. She registered six points, three rebounds, two steals and an assist.
Much like their victory against Cal, it was an overwhelming fourth quarter which proved to be the difference. The Aggies outscored Kansas 22-13 in the final stanza. Texas A&M converted on 53.8% (7-of-13) from the field and 80.0% (8-of-10) from the free throw line to pull away from the Jayhawks.
The Aggies’ offense struggled early on, but three consecutive buckets to end the first quarter gave Texas A&M a 12-11 advantage at the break. The Maroon & White started the game hitting 2-of-14 (16.7%) from the field, but Sydney Bowles’ layup at the 2:00 mark produced the first Aggie lead of the game at 9-7. In the final minute of the period Barker sank a 3-point field goal and hit a high-effort jumper.
An early foul disparity in the second quarter allowed Kansas to mount a 22-18 margin. The Maroon & White were whistled for the first five fouls of the period and a pair of free throws by Zakiyah Franklin gave the Jayhawks the four-point cushion at the 5:02 mark. Defense kept the Aggies in the fray, holding Kansas without a field goal the final 6:43 of the half. Lauren Ware made a shot from the charity stripe and hit a jumper and Barker swished a 3-pointer as Texas A&M went into the locker room up 24-22.
Rogers went on a hot streak midway through the third quarter to stretch the gap to five points. In a span of 1:29, she made a layup and sank two 3-pointers to give A&M a 36-31 edge at the 4:14 mark. Kansas eventually knotted the game at 39-39 before MJ Johnson converted a layup in the waning moments of the period, putting the Maroon & White up at the last intermission, 41-39.
After Kansas briefly tied the game early in the fourth quarter, back-to-back scoop-and-scores by Rogers and Hylton gave the Aggies a 45-41 lead. The Jayhawks’ Holly Kersgieter drilled a 3-pointer the next time down the court to shave the margin to one point, but Texas A&M responded with a 12-2 run over the next five minutes, leaving Kansas in its wake. The Jayhawks made a pair of field goals to cut the gap to 57-50 at the 2:00 mark, but the Aggies made all six of their free throw attempts in the final minute to keep Kansas at bay.
The decisive win was a sharp contrast to last year’s meeting against Kansas. A little over a year ago, the Jayhawks handed the Aggies a 74-42 loss in Lawrence.
Up Next
The Aggies will play Lamar at 11 a.m. inside Reed Arena on Wednesday, Dec. 6.
POSTGAME NOTES
RECORDS & SERIES NOTES
Texas A&M is now 13-8 versus Kansas all-time.
Joni Taylor’s career record advances to 156-96 all-time and to 16-21 in her two seasons with the Aggies.
TEAM NOTES
The Aggies held Kansas to 30.9% shooting and 29.4% from three. This marks the sixth time the Aggie defense has held an opponent below 40% from the field this season. In those games, A&M is 6-0.
Texas A&M had 15 offensive rebounds leading to a season high 18 second-chance points.
Texas A&M began with a starting lineup of Endyia Rogers, Aicha Coulibaly, Sahara Jones, Janiah Barker and Lauren Ware. (7-1)
Cant wait to see Barker vs Reese.
It's tomorrow
@@comfortsheriff1352 oh yeah!
The race is not given to the Swift and the fast it's the ones who endures to the end GO LSU TIGERS
@@bbickham5715 i am rooting for LSU this season
@@comfortsheriff1352 how bout LSU or South Carolina not on TH-cam TV. I wanted to see both games but now I won't see either. Smh....
Thank you for showing T A&M
Can we please get the Middle Tennessee v. Tennessee game?
Definitely. It’ll be up later today!!
a&m vs lamar game please
a&m vs lamar game please
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