April 4, 2011
Championship Gameday Central
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#2 TEXAS A&M (32-5) vs. #2 NOTRE DAME (31-7)
NCAA Division I Women's Basketball National Championship Final
Game #38
April 3, 2011 • 7:30 p.m. (CT)
Conseco Fieldhouse (18,345)
at Indianapolis, Ind.
Television: ESPN & ESPN HD
Radio: Texas A&M Sports Network (KZNE 1150 AM)
Series History: Notre Dame leads 1-0
Internet: ESPN3.com, Free Live Statistics and Live Audio at www.AggieAthletics.com
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW
The second-seeded and seventh-ranked Texas A&M women's basketball team (32-5) makes its first trip to the NCAA National Championship Final on Tuesday, April 5 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. The Aggies face second-seeded Notre Dame (31-7) at 7:30 p.m. (CT) on ESPN. A&M extended its historical season and is now one win away from its first national championship after rallying from a 10-point deficit in the final six minutes of the national semifinal to defeat top-seeded Stanford, 63-62. Junior Morenike Atunrase (2005-08), Patrice Reado (2005-08), A'Quonesia Franklin (2005-08), Takia Starks (2006-09), Danielle Gant (2006-09), La Toya Micheaux (2006-09) and Damitria Buchanan (07-10).
ADAMS ON BIG 12'S TOP 10 SINGLE SEASON SCORING LIST
Danielle Adams has already registered the most points of any A&M women's basketball player in a single season with 817 points this year and is ranked seventh in career points as the only two-year player on the list with 1,356. Now she has also positioned herself fourth on the Big 12's single season list for total points, following some of the league's greatest scorers.
Big 12 Single Season Total Points:
909 Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State (2010)
852 Brittney Griner, Baylor (2011)
817 Danielle Adams, Texas A&M (2011)
807 Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State (2008)
788 Courtney Paris, Oklahoma (2006)
HEAD OF THE CLASS
The 2011 seniors of Maryann Baker and Sydney Colson have been a part of four-straight NCAA Tournament squads, including A&M's first Final Four, an Elite Eight appearance in 2008 and a Sweet 16 appearance in 2009. They also compiled a 114-29 (.797) winning record since their arrival in Aggieland which is the best record of any senior class in school history. These Aggie seniors have also taken part in three Big 12 Conference Championship titles.
FROM THE SIDELINES
• Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair has never faced Notre Dame in his 26 years as a Division I head coach.
NCAA NATIONAL SEMIFINAL RECAP
Texas A&M 63, Stanford 62
TEAM NOTES
• For the 27th time this season, Texas A&M used the starting lineup of Sydney Colson, Sydney Carter, Tyra White, Adaora Elonu and Danielle Adams. The Aggies are 22-5 with this starting lineup.
• The Aggies improved to 32-5, the most victories in school history.
• The Aggies improved to 14-7 all-time in NCAA postseason play in their eighth all-time NCAA Tournament appearance. A&M improved to 1-0 in Final Four games.
• Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair is now 12-5 at A&M and 26-16 in his career in NCAA Tournament games. It is his first win in his second trip to the Final Four.
• Texas A&M advances to its first NCAA National Championship game in program history and becomes the first Big 12 team to advance to title game since Baylor in 2005, also staged in Indianapolis.
• Overcoming a 10-point deficit to win, Texas A&M came back from the 10th largest deficit in Final Four history.
• In the NCAA Tournament, the Aggies' all-time record as a No. 2 seed is now 10-3 and is now 2-2 against No. 1 seeds.
• Texas A&M moves to 1-1 all-time against Stanford.
• The Aggies forced Stanford into a season-high 22 turnovers.
• Texas A&M finished 10-10 from the free-throw line in the national semifinals, becoming the 15th team to finish perfect from the stripe in a national semifinal game.
• Texas A&M finished with a 21-10 advantage in points off turnovers.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• With 16 points, Danielle Adams scored in double-figures for the 34th time this season.
• With her seventh point tonight, Adams moved into third on the Big 12's single-season points list and now has 817 this year.
• With her fifth assist of the game, Colson moved into second on the program's single-season assists list.
Colson finished the game with six assists and climbs to second on the program's single-season assists list with 216 and has 499 career assists, which ranks fourth in program history.
• With two blocks against Stanford, Adams moves into a tie for fourth on Texas A&M's single-season blocks list with 50.
• With her fourth rebound today, Adaora Elonu reached the 500-rebound mark in her career, becoming just the 22nd Texas A&M player to reach the milestone. She finished the game with eight rebounds and has 504 in her career.
• With four made three-pointers, guard Sydney Carter moved into a tie for eighth on Texas A&M's career three-pointers made list with 102.
• Carter's four three-pointers are tied for a Texas A&M season high.
• With one made three-pointer, Colson is ninth on Texas A&M's career three-pointers made list with 100.
• Aggie seniors Maryann Baker and Sydney Colson improve their Texas A&M career records to 114-29, making the duo the winningest in program history.
AGGIES ON THE RADIO
All Texas A&M women's basketball games can be heard via a radio broadcast on the Texas A&M Sports Network. Play-by-play announcer Mike Wright will call the action live from Conseco Fieldhouse alongside color analyst Steve Miller on KZNE 1150 AM. A live audio feed will also be available on AggieAthletics.com and RadioAggieland.com.