Texas A&M
7-0
North Texas
3-7
North Texas Suffers 59-Point Blowout By No. 5 Aggies
Dec 08, 2009 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 8, 2009
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Tanisha Smith scored 16 points and No. 5 Texas A&M showed no signs of fatigue in its fourth game in seven days, routing North Texas 108-49 on Tuesday night at Reed Arena.
It was the largest margin of victory for the Aggies (7-0) who outscored North Texas 54-11 in points off turnovers. The Aggies have won their first seven games by an average of 29 points.
The game was tied at 10 five minutes in, but A&M began asserting itself defensively against the overmatched Mean Green (3-7) and led 56-22 at the half.
The Aggies are off to their second-best start in school history, trailing only last year's 12-0 mark at the beginning of the season. The Aggies have also won 40 consecutive non-conference home games since the 2003-04 season.
| Damitria Buchanan, Maryann Baker, & Tanish Smith [mp3] |
Chynna Burwell scored 10 points for North Texas.
The Aggies reached the 100-point mark with 3:38 remaining in the contest. A&M broke the 100-point barrier for the second time in a season for the first time in school history, after defeating Stephen F. Austin 106-56 on Dec. 2.
A&M will return to the road for its next three ballgames starting off with a meeting with old Southwest Conference rival TCU (5-3) on Saturday, Dec. 12 in Fort Worth, Texas. The game will be televised live on the Mtn. Network and tipoff at 6 p.m. (CT).
POSTGAME NOTES
• For the sixth time this season, Texas A&M used the starting five of Tanisha Smith, Tanisha Smith turned in a game-high 16 points and is now on a 15-game consecutive double-digit scoring streak. She was one of six players in double figures including 11 from Diamond Ashmore who scored her first career points (2) as an Aggie at the 9:37 minute mark of the second half against North Texas.
POSTGAME QUOTES
Texas A&M Head Coach Damitria Buchanan is the most improved player on our team. She is getting better and better. I really like the way Damitria is playing right now. Our point guards are getting people the basketball. We do a good job of sharing the ball. It was good for our team to play as well as they did tonight. I'm not worried about the rebound total. When the score gets out of hand like that, you have a mismatch on rebounds. I liked our transition game and that was why our shooting percentage was good tonight."
On finals and the team's upcoming road game at TCU ... Texas A&M Senior Forward Damitria Buchanan On keeping up the intensity despite being up by so much ... Texas A&M Senior Guard/Forward Tanisha Smith On having a deep bench ... North Texas Head Coach Shanice Stephens
"We really need the day off tomorrow to catch up in the classroom and on our sleep. They (the team) feel good about themselves right now. There are only 15 teams in the country who are still undefeated. You want to hold on as long as you can. The most important thing right now is to get better. We are going to take some hits, like everyone else in the country. TCU is a good basketball team and they are playing very well right now."
On the game and scoring a career-high 15 points ...
"We knew going into the game that they had a very small squad. For the past few games, we've played teams that didn't have a lot of height and we pounded the boards. Danielle (Adams) was getting her points and Adaora (Elonu) was getting her points. I figured it was my time to step it up and score on the offensive end."
"We don't know anything else except to be intense. Our practices, pre-games and shootarounds are intense. It's like second nature for us to be intense regardless what the other team is doing."
On playing against a zone ...
"The last couple of games we actually have seen a zone. We've been working on plays to get the ball inside the paint. I passed when I knew I had to, when they were doubling and tripling me. We just take what the offense gives us."
"Getting our young ones in is a plus. We might need them down the stretch if someone fouls out. Our first five is not always going to have a perfect game. We have too much talent on our team to focus on just the starting five."
On the game ...
"This was a tough one from the start. They pressed us and we couldn't get into any rhythm. They are as good as advertised. We got completely dominated in every phase tonight."
