January 13, 2006
Texas A&M plays host to No. 22-ranked Oklahoma on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Reed Arena. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2.
Game #14
Texas A&M Aggies (11-2, 1-1 Big 12)
vs.
#22 Oklahoma Sooners (9-4, 0-2 Big 12)
Saturday, Jan. 14
1:05 p.m. (Central)
Reed Arena (12,500 cap.)
College Station, Texas
TELEVISION
ESPN2 (national)
Play-by-Play: Dave Barnett
Analyst: Stephen Bardo
RADIO
Texas A&M Sports Network
Play-by-Play: Dave South
Analyst: Al Pulliam
Sirius Satellite Radio: 119
MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS
Oklahoma: Mike Houck
405249-5892 (cell)
Texas A&M: Colin Killian
979-229-4706 (cell)
SERIES
OU leads, 23-1
In College Station: OU leads, 9-1
at Reed Arena: OU leads, 6-1
Last Meeting: OU 69, A&M 65, 2004-05 in Norman
Streaks: Oklahoma has beaten the Aggies 12 straight times since A&M posted a 74-72 victory in College Station in 1999.
PROJECTED A&M STARTERS
1 Acie Law IV (6-3, 185, Jr-2L, 16.3 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 3.0 apg
22 Dominique Kirk (6-3, 180, So-1L, 6.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 3.0 apg)
10 Chris Walker (6-5, 210, Sr-1L, 2.8 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 0.7 apg)
42 Marlon Pompey (6-8, 225, Jr-2L, 7.5 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.4 blk)
30 Joseph Jones (6-9, 250, So-1L, 16.6 ppg, 7.1 rpg, .577 FG)
PROJECTED OKLAHOMA STARTERS
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class PPG RPG APG
3 Terrell Everett G 6-4 188 Sr. 10.5 4.1 6.5
20 Austin Johnson G 6-3 168 Fr. 4.1 2.4 1.2
15 David Godbold G 6-5 217 So. 5.3 2.5 1.4
21 Taj Gray F 6-9 238 Sr. 15.5 8.1 0.8
34 Kevin Bookout F 6-8 270 Sr. 12.8 7.3 0.1
Key Game Notes
* Oklahoma has won 12 straight against the Aggies since a 74-72 A&M victory at Reed Arena in 1999.
* A&M is 11-0 at home this season. the Aggies?â„¢ 11-game home winning streak ties last year?â„¢s streak as the seventh longest in school history.
* Oklahoma is 2-2 in true road games.
* A&M is coming off a 79-77 loss at Oklahoma State on Wednesday. Oklahoma has lost two straight and is coming off a 71-69 loss to Missouri at home on Tuesday.
* A victory would make A&M 2-1 for the first time ever in Big 12 play. The last time A&M started league play at 2-1 or better was in 1994, when the Aggies were 7-0 in the old Southwest Conference.
* Oklahoma won last year?â„¢s game in College Station by a score of 70-54, then posted a 69-65 victory in Norman.
About Oklahoma
* The Sooners have advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 10 of 11 years under Coach Kelvin Sampson and advanced to the Final Four in 2002.
* OU went 25-8 last year, tying for first in Big 12 at 12-4 and advancing to the second round of the NCAAs.
* Oklahoma features one of the nation?â„¢s top frontcourts with seniors Taj Gray (6?â„¢9?) and Kevin Bookout (6?â„¢8?). Gray averages 15.5 points and 8.1 rebounds while Bookout adds 12.8 points and 7.3 boards per game.
* The Sooners lead the Big 12 in rebounding margin at +13.7, ranking second nationally.
* OU also leads the Big 12 in free throw accuracy (.746) and offensive rebounding (16.69).
* Senior guard Terrell Everett ranks second in the league in assists at 6.54 per game.
* Kelvin Sampson is the Big 12?â„¢s all-time leader in victories with 218 and also leads in league wins with 100.
Sidebars
* A&M head coach Billy Gillispie served as an assistant coach at Tulsa from 1997-00 under Bill Self, helping the Golden Hurricane to the Elite Eight in 2000.
* A&M assistant Buzz Williams is a 1994 graduate of Oklahoma City University.
* A&M video coordinator Albert Johnson is an Oklahoma City native, a 1998 graduate of Langston University.
* Johnson is the former head coach of Athletes First (2000-02), a highly successful Oklahoma AAU program. His teams included Oklahoma?â„¢s David Godbold as well as OU football player Quentin Chaney.
Series Notes
* Oklahoma leads the series, 23-1.
* OU has a 9-1 edge in games played in College Station with a 6-1 mark at Reed Arena.
* Five of the last seven games have been decided by seven or fewer points.
Last Year at Reed Arena
COLLEGE STATION (AP)- Drew Lavender scored a season-high 23 points and No. 18 Oklahoma snapped Texas A&M?â„¢s 11-game home winning streak with a 70-54 victory on Jan. 18, 2005. Lawrence McKenzie sparked Oklahoma?â„¢s game-closing 13-1 run with consecutive 3s and Lavender finished it by scoring seven straight points to help seal the victory. McKenzie, Terrell Everett and Kevin Bookout each scored 12 points for the Sooners, who shot 53 percent against the nation?â„¢s top-rated defense for field-goal percentage -- A&M entered limiting opponents to just 35.2 percent shooting. Wright led the Aggies with 24 points on 8-of-12 shooting, and was the only A&M player to score in double figures.
Official Basketball Box Score
Oklahoma vs Texas A&M
01/18/05 8 p.m. at Reed Arena (College Station, Texas)
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VISITORS: Oklahoma (14-2, 3-0)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
02 Williams, Jaison.... * 2-3 2-3 1-1 0 1 1 1 7 3 1 0 0 18
03 Lavender, Drew...... * 9-17 3-6 2-2 0 0 0 3 23 2 4 0 3 34
20 Everett, Terrell.... * 4-9 0-2 4-4 1 5 6 2 12 6 3 1 2 37
21 Gray, Taj........... * 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 6 8 4 0 3 3 4 1 18
34 Bookout, Kevin...... * 4-7 0-0 4-8 1 6 7 2 12 1 4 0 2 40
01 McKenzie, Lawrence.. 4-7 4-6 0-0 0 0 0 3 12 0 0 0 0 19
04 Godbold, David...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 13
30 Longar, Longar...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
32 Gilbert, Johnnie.... 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 1 4 0 0 1 1 20
TEAM................ 2 1 3
Totals.............. 25-47 9-17 11-15 7 24 31 19 70 16 16 6 9 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-27 44.4% 2nd Half: 13-20 65.0% Game: 53.2% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd Half: 7-10 70.0% Game: 52.9% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd Half: 6-8 75.0% Game: 73.3% 1
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HOME TEAM: Texas A&M (12-3, 1-3)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 LAW, Acie........... * 3-11 0-2 2-3 2 2 4 3 8 2 3 0 1 29
10 WALKER, Chris....... * 1-4 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 1 1 35
21 WRIGHT, Antoine..... * 8-12 2-5 6-10 0 3 3 2 24 2 1 0 1 38
22 KIRK, Dominique..... * 0-3 0-1 2-3 0 2 2 2 2 4 4 1 2 31
30 JONES, Joseph....... * 3-5 0-0 1-1 0 2 2 5 7 1 4 0 5 27
04 GREEN, Edjuan....... 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
05 WHITE, Kenneth...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
15 LEACH, Bobby........ 3-6 1-3 2-2 1 2 3 0 9 1 0 1 0 28
42 POMPEY, Marlon...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 5
TEAM................ 1 3 4
Totals.............. 19-45 3-12 13-19 7 18 25 17 54 13 14 3 11 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-27 40.7% 2nd Half: 8-18 44.4% Game: 42.2% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 25.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 8-13 61.5% 2nd Half: 5-6 83.3% Game: 68.4% 1
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Officials: Steve Welmer, Scott Thornley, Ted Hillary
Technical fouls: Oklahoma-None. Texas A&M-None.
Attendance: 11971
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Oklahoma...................... 31 39 - 70
Texas A&M..................... 31 23 - 54
Last Year in Norman
NORMAN, Okla. (AP)- Antoine Wright and Texas A&M were on the verge of handing 14th-ranked Oklahoma its second straight loss in the Big 12 Conference. Then Taj Gray and Terrell Everett took over for Oklahoma. Gray scored 24 points and Everett added 20 as the Sooners rallied for a 69-65 victory on Feb. 2, 2005. Everett converted a three-point play just 19 seconds after the opening tip, but Wright answered with a 3-pointer just 13 seconds later to spark a 17-1 run by the Aggies over the next five-plus minutes. A&M led by as many as 16 points in the first half before Oklahoma went on a 23-9 burst over the final eight minutes and the Sooners trailed just 34-32 at halftime. The teams traded baskets throughout the second half before Chris Walker?â„¢s jumper gave A&M a 57-53 lead with 6:47 remaining. The Sooners outscored the Aggies, 16-8, over the final six-plus minutes.
Official Basketball Box Score
Texas A&M vs Oklahoma
02/02/05 7 p.m. CST at Norman, Okla. (Lloyd Noble Center)
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VISITORS: Texas A&M (14-5, 3-5)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
10 WALKER, Chris....... f 2-7 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 5 4 1 1 0 0 23
21 WRIGHT, Antoine..... f 7-15 2-4 2-3 1 8 9 3 18 5 2 2 1 40
30 JONES, Joseph....... c 6-7 1-1 1-4 2 6 8 3 14 0 0 1 0 31
01 LAW, Acie........... g 2-8 0-1 4-4 2 3 5 4 8 5 4 0 1 37
22 KIRK, Dominique..... g 1-3 0-2 3-3 0 0 0 3 5 1 0 1 1 12
05 WHITE, Kenneth...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
15 LEACH, Bobby........ 3-6 0-0 3-4 0 3 3 4 9 1 5 0 1 29
33 LOEWE, Justin....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
42 POMPEY, Marlon...... 3-5 0-0 1-4 5 2 7 3 7 0 1 0 0 26
TEAM................ 3 3
Totals.............. 24-51 3-9 14-22 14 24 38 25 65 13 13 4 4 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-27 51.9% 2nd Half: 10-24 41.7% Game: 47.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 33.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-8 62.5% 2nd Half: 9-14 64.3% Game: 63.6% 3
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HOME TEAM: Oklahoma (17-3, 6-1)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
21 Gray, Taj........... f 8-9 0-0 8-14 4 9 13 3 24 1 2 3 1 36
34 Bookout, Kevin...... f 0-2 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 4 1 0 4 0 0 26
02 Williams, Jaison.... g 3-8 0-3 1-2 1 1 2 2 7 1 1 0 0 28
03 Lavender, Drew...... g 5-11 2-5 1-5 0 2 2 3 13 3 1 0 3 32
20 Everett, Terrell.... g 6-14 1-5 7-7 3 1 4 3 20 6 2 0 1 40
01 McKenzie, Lawrence.. 1-5 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 4 22
30 Longar, Longar...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
32 Gilbert, Johnnie.... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 15
TEAM................ 3 2 5
Totals.............. 24-51 3-15 18-30 13 18 31 19 69 13 10 4 10 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-28 35.7% 2nd Half: 14-23 60.9% Game: 47.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-9 11.1% 2nd Half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 20.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 11-16 68.8% 2nd Half: 7-14 50.0% Game: 60.0% 2
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Officials: Danny Hooker, Gerry Pollard, Terry Davis
Technical fouls: Texas A&M-None. Oklahoma-None.
Attendance: 10667
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Texas A&M..................... 34 31 - 65
Oklahoma...................... 32 37 - 69
Oklahoma State Recap
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP)- Freshman Terrel Harris scored a career-high 21 points and had the tiebreaking three-point play to lift Oklahoma State to a 79-77 win against Texas A&M on Wednesday night. Harris, who?â„¢d averaged only 6 minutes before entering the starting lineup four games ago, hit a driving jumper with 2:24 left and his ensuing free throw gave Oklahoma State a 77-74 lead. Torre Johnson answered a jumper by A&M?â„¢s Acie Law IV to restore Oklahoma State?â„¢s lead to three, and Kenneth White and Joseph Jones each missed 3-pointers that would have tied the game for A&M. After a free throw by Chris Walker, the Aggies got one last chance when Jamaal Brown?â„¢s pass to Harris went out of bounds with 22 seconds left, but Law missed a 3-pointer from the top of the key at the buzzer. Law scored a career-high 35 points to lead the Aggies, who have lost both of their road games this season. Jones added 27 points. The Cowboys got 16 points from Mario Boggan, 12 from Torre Johnson and 11 from JamesOn Curry. A&M took the lead with a 18-5 spurt for a 57-49 lead, but the Cowboys used an 11-3 run to tie the game at 60 on Boggan?â„¢s two free throws with 9:27 left.
Official Basketball Box Score
Texas A&M vs Oklahoma State
01/11/06 8:05 p.m. at Gallagher-Iba Arena * Stillwater, Okla.
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VISITORS: Texas A&M 11-2, 1-1 Big 12
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
30 JONES, Joseph....... f 7-13 0-2 13-17 1 6 7 4 27 1 3 0 1 34
42 POMPEY, Marlon...... f 1-3 0-0 2-2 2 1 3 4 4 1 2 1 3 29
01 LAW, Acie........... g 13-22 2-6 7-9 0 0 0 1 35 1 2 0 7 39
10 WALKER, Chris....... g 2-3 0-1 1-2 4 0 4 3 5 2 0 0 1 29
22 KIRK, Dominique..... g 0-2 0-1 0-1 0 4 4 5 0 1 0 0 2 30
02 BENNETT, Martellus.. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
05 WHITE, Kenneth...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 15
12 SMITH, Eddie........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 6
23 CARTER, Josh........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6
44 KAVALIAUSKAS,Antanas 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 6 0 1 0 0 9
TEAM................ 3 3 1
Totals.............. 26-51 2-11 23-31 11 13 24 23 77 11 11 2 14 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-28 46.4% 2nd Half: 13-23 56.5% Game: 51.0% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-3 0.0% 2nd Half: 2-8 25.0% Game: 18.2% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 10-12 83.3% 2nd Half: 13-19 68.4% Game: 74.2% 5
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HOME TEAM: Oklahoma State 11-5, 1-1 Big 12
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
04 Boggan, Mario....... f 4-6 1-1 7-7 3 2 5 5 16 0 2 1 2 25
40 Cooper, Kenny....... c 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 1 4 0 0 1 0 17
00 Eaton, Byron........ g 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 4 4 5 0 0 18
01 Harris, Terrel...... g 7-10 4-5 3-4 2 3 5 1 21 1 3 0 1 33
24 Curry, JamesOn...... g 4-12 0-2 3-4 0 2 2 2 11 5 2 0 1 40
10 Brown, Jamaal....... 2-3 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 3 6 3 4 0 1 22
12 Flemings, Roderick.. 1-3 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 7
50 Pettway, Aaron...... 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 0 15
55 Johnson, Torre...... 5-8 0-0 2-3 2 1 3 1 12 0 2 0 0 23
TEAM................ 2 1 3
Totals.............. 28-49 7-11 16-21 10 17 27 21 79 15 19 4 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-26 57.7% 2nd Half: 13-23 56.5% Game: 57.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd Half: 2-4 50.0% Game: 63.6% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd Half: 11-14 78.6% Game: 76.2% 3
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Officials: Steve Welmer, David Hall, Mike Thibodeaux
Technical fouls: Texas A&M-None. Oklahoma State-None.
Attendance: 13058
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Texas A&M..................... 36 41 - 77
Oklahoma State................ 40 39 - 79
Looking Ahead
* The Aggies play two roads games next week, visiting Kansas State (7 p.m.) on Wednesday and Iowa State (12:30 p.m.) on Saturday.
Streaking Aggies
* The Aggies?â„¢ 11-1 start matched the second-best start in school history.
* A win against OU would match last year?â„¢s 12-2 start, A&M?â„¢s best since the 1959-60 team started 13-1. The best start in school history was in 1919-20, when the Aggies finished 19-0.
* The 10-game winning streak to open the season tied for the fifth longest in school history and is the second longest (behind last year?â„¢s 11-game streak) since the 1959-60 Aggies also won 10 straight.
Who?â„¢s Hot?
*After missing the Savannah State game with a concussion, junior Acie Law has scored in double figures in six straight games, averaging 18.3 points in that span. Law scored 21 to lead the comeback win against Tech (including 14 in the second half) and tallied a career-high 35 at Oklahoma State, a record for an A&M player in Big 12 play.
* Sophomore Joseph Jones scored 27 points, a career-high for a Big 12 game, at Oklahoma State, and added 7 rebounds. Since missing the Savannah State game, Jones has averaged 17.8 points and 8.3 rebounds in the last six games.
* Junior Antanas Kavaliauskas has averaged 7.7 points and 2.9 rebounds in the last seven games, making 66.7 percent from the field (22-33) in that span.
* Junior Marlon Pompey has averaged 7.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and made 9-of-10 free throws (.900) in the last four games.
* Senior Chris Walker has averaged 29.5 minutes the last two games and has been a defensive force inside. He handed out a career-high five assists against Tech after entering the game with only three for the season and made a key three-pointer in A&M?â„¢s second-half rally. He scored 5 points with 4 rebounds (all offensive) at Oklahoma State.
Talking Points
* A win against Oklahoma would make A&M 2-1 for the first time in Big 12 play. A&M has been no better than 1-2 after three conference games since 1994, when the Aggies started 7-0 in the old SWC.
* OU has won 12 straight against A&M since the Aggies?â„¢ lone victory, a 74-72 win at Reed in 1998-99.
* A&M ranks 14th nationally in scoring margin at +16.3 per game.
* After leading at half in each of its first 10 games, A&M has trailed at intermission the last three games.
* A&M has trailed by double digits just once (14 to Texas Tech) and came back to win that game.
* A&M ranks second in the Big 12 and 18th nationally in scoring defense at 58.8 points per game.
* In 44 games under Billy Gillispie, only two opponents has shot better than 48 percent against A&M -- OU last year in College Station (53.2) and Oklahoma State on Wednesday in Stillwater (.560).
* The Aggies rank 19th nationally in assists/turnovers ratio (1.3) and are 30th in assists (17.8).
* A&M is forcing an average of 22.0 turnovers per game, most in the Big 12, and rank second nationally in defensive turnover percentage (turnovers per 100 possessions) at 32.0 percent. The Aggies are averaging a whopping 25.4 points off turnovers per game.
* A&M is 28-3 at home under Billy Gillispie.
* A&M and Kansas are the only Big 12 teams to average 75.0+ points while allowing fewer than 60.0.
* A&M has scored 25.9 percent of its points from the FT line, most in the Big 12 and 11th nationally.
* The Aggies rank second in the nation in free throw rate (free throws made divided by field goal attempts) at 36.4 percent. A&M is averaging 19.5 free throws made per game, second most nationally behind Gonzaga?â„¢s 19.7.
* A&M averages 23.5 personal fouls per game, most in the Big 12 and fourth most nationally. Opponents have scored 31.5 percent of their points from the line, the highest rate in the nation.
* After making 42 percent of their three-pointers in the first 6 games games, A&M has made 27.3 percent (32-117) in the last seven games, averaging just 4.6 treys per game.
* The foursome of Acie Law, Joseph Jones, Dominique Kirk and Chris Walker have started all 18 Big 12 games together in the last two seasons.
* Acie Law and Marlon Pompey are the only players who were on the A&M roster two years ago.