No. 13 Aggies Welcome Iowa State Sunday

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The No. 13 Texas A&M women's basketball team returns home Sunday, Jan. 29, to welcome Iowa State at Reed Arena. The Aggies are coming off a tough 53-57 loss at Oklahoma State, while the Cyclones look for their third straight Big 12 Conference win. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. (CT) and the game is televised nationally on FSN.         

#14/13 TEXAS A&M (13-5, 4-3 Big 12) vs. IOWA STATE (11-7, 2-5 Big 12)

Game 19

Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 • 1:00 p.m. (CT)

Reed Arena (12,989)

College Station, Texas

Television: FSN

Radio: Texas A&M Sports Network (KZNE 1150 AM)

Series History: Iowa State leads 14-7

Internet: Free Live Audio and Live Stats at AggieAthletics.com

TEXAS A&M

Record: 13-5 (4-3 Big 12)

Ranking: #14 (AP), #13 (Coaches)

Last Result: L, 53-57 at Oklahoma State on 1/24/12

Up Next: at Texas Tech on 2/1/12

Head Coach: Gary Blair, Ninth Season

Texas A&M Record: 201-84 (.708)

Career Record: 609-247 (.711)

IOWA STATE

Record: 11-7 (2-5 Big 12)

Ranking: NR (AP), NR (Coaches)

Last Result: W, 66-57 at Kansas State on 1/25/12

Up Next: vs. Oklahoma State on 2/1/12

Head Coach: Bill Fennelly, 17th Season

Iowa State Record: 365-167 (.686)

Career Record: 531-220 (.707)

TICKET INFORMATION

• Tickets are priced at $7 (general admission), $9 (baseline), $13 (sideline) and $15 (courtside), and can be purchased online at: tickets.12thmanfoundation.com, in person at the 12th Man Foundation Ticket Office and Reed Arena Box Office or by calling 1-888-99-AGGIE.

ON THE TUBE

• Sunday, Texas A&M will appear on the tube before a national television audience for the seventh time this season. Play-by-play announcer Ron Thulin and color analyst Cindy Stein will call the action live on FSN with the game being carried nationally on Fox Sports Arizona, Fox Sports Detroit, Fox Sports Houston (Texas), Fox Sports Midwest, Fox Sports North, Fox Sports Ohio, Fox Sports South (Non-Kentucky), Fox Sports Southwest (Texas and Oklahoma), Fox Sports West, Fox Sports Wisconsin, Comcast Bay Area, Comcast Chicago, Comcast Philadelphia, MSG Plus, Root Sports (Northwest Region, Pittsburgh Region and Rocky Mountain Region) and Sun Sports.
• The Aggies are 4-2 on national TV this season.
• The Aggies appear on television a school-record 12 times during the 2011-12 regular season.

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 Gallagher-Iba Arena alongside color analyst Steve Miller on KZNE 1150 AM. A live audio feed will also be available on RadioAggieland.com.

QUICK HITS

• Four Aggies are averaging double figures this season with Preseason All-Big 12 selection Tyra White (14.4 ppg) leading the way. She is followed by senior guard Sydney Carter (12.1 ppg) and Big 12 Preseason Newcomer of the Year Kelsey Bone (11.9 ppg) and senior forward Adaora Elonu (11.9 ppg).
• Elonu leads the team in rebounding (7.1 rpg), followed closely by Bone (7.0 rpg), and White averages 5.5 rebounds per game.
• The Aggies lead the Big 12 Conference by forcing their opponents into an average of 21.7 turnovers per game, with a turnover margin of +5.9, and with 17.9 offensive rebounds per game. The team also averages 10.6 steals per game, which is second-best in the Big 12.
• The Aggies have the 15^th-best turnover margin in the nation at 5.89, the 20th-best rebounding margin in the nation (+7.8) and the 22^nd-best assist-to-turnover ratio (1.0).
• In Big 12 play, Bone is third-best with a 51.4 field goal percentage. White averages 15.3 points per game, fifth-best in the league. Elonu's 8.3 rebounds per conference game rank fifth-best while her 3.6 offensive rebounds per game are third-best.

SCOUTING IOWA STATE

• Iowa State University is located in Ames, Iowa, has an enrollment of 29,887 and was founded in 1858.
• The Cyclones finished the 2010-11 season 22-10 overall and 9-7 (5^th) in Big 12 play.
• ISU made its fifth straight NCAA Tournament appearance last season, before falling to Marist in the first round in Durham, N.C.
• After starting league play 0-5, Iowa State has won its last two games, knocking off No. 17 Texas Tech and winning at Kansas State.
• The Cyclones are led by Chelsea Poppens with 14.0 points and 11.2 rebounds per game, and a shooting percentage of 52.7. She is the only player averaging double figures.

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS

TEXAS A&M
No.	Name		2011-12 Stats
10	Alexia Standish, G, 5-8, Fr.		3.3 ppg, 2.1 apg
04	Sydney Carter, G, 5-6, Sr.		12.1 ppg, 3.3 rpg
20	Tyra White, G, 6-0, Sr.		14.4 ppg, 5.5 rpg
21	Adaora Elonu, F, 6-1, Sr.		11.9 ppg, 7.1 rpg
03	Kelsey Bone, C, 6-4, Jr.		11.9 ppg, 7.0 rpg

IOWA STATE
No.	Name		2011-12 Stats
04	Nikki Moody, G, 5-8, Fr.		9.6 ppg, 4.5 apg
10	Lauren Mansfield, G, 5-7, Sr.		6.5 ppg, 2.9 rpg
23	Chassidy Cole, G, 5-8, Sr.		1.9 ppg, 2.6 rpg
33	Chelsea Poppens, F, 6-2, Jr.		14.0 ppg, 11.2 rpg
55	Anna Prins, C, 6-7, Jr.		7.7 ppg, 3.9 rpg

STATISTICAL COMPARISON
2011-12 Category	TAMU	ISU
Overall Record	13-5	11-7
Conference Record	4-3	2-5
Points Per Game	70.8	62.7
Scoring Margin	+11.2	+7.0
Rebounds Per Game	41.2	40.8
Rebounding Margin	+7.8	+7.6
Field Goal Percentage	42.2	39.1
Field Goal% Defense	41.0	36.3
3-Point FG%	28.2	30.5
Free Throw Percentage	65.8	69.7
Turnovers Per Game	15.8	16.3
Assists Per Game	15.8	14.5
Blocks Per Game	4.7	2.7
Steals Per Game	10.6	6.6

INSIDE THE SERIES

• Iowa State leads 14-7 in the all-time series against Texas A&M. The Aggies, however, have won five out of the last six meetings between the two schools.
• The Aggies are 4-3 against the Cyclones when playing in College Station and have now won two straight at Hilton Coliseum for the first time in program history.
• In their last meeting, A&M held ISU to 33 points, which was the lowest A&M has held a conference opponent to (by 6 points) in the Gary Blair Era. It was also the second-lowest opponent point total in the Gary Blair Era, next to 26 points for McNeese State on Nov. 21, 2006. A&M also defeated Iowa State by its largest margin of victory all-time in the series - 26 points.
• Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair is 7-5 lifetime versus Iowa State in his 27 years as a Division I head coach. All of his seven career victories against the Cyclones have been while at the helm of the Aggies.
• Blair and Iowa State head coach Bill Fennelly are known as a couple of the friendliest and most respected in the coaching profession. Blair (609) and Fennelly (531), who is in his 24^th year as a Division I head coach, rank No. 1 and No. 2 among current Big 12 coaches in overall career victories - more than a 1,100 combined wins by the two deans of the league.

LAST SIX GAMES IN THE SERIES
W, 60-46 (+14) on Feb. 20, 2008 in College Station
W, 65-53 (+12) on March 13, 2008 in Kansas City
L, 50-67 (-17) on Feb. 4, 2009 in Ames
W, 68-44 (+24) on Jan. 13, 2010 in College Station
W, 60-51 (+9) on Jan. 22, 2011 in Ames
W, 59-33 (+26) on Jan. 14, 2012 in Ames

IOWA STATE REWIND

• Adaora Elonu scored 14 points and No. 12/10 Texas A&M kept Iowa State winless in the Big 12 with a 59-33 victory. The defending national champions harassed the Cyclones with a physical, aggressive defense in bouncing back from Wednesday night's home loss to unranked Texas. The 33 points matched the fewest Iowa State has scored in a game in coach Bill Fennelly's 17 seasons. A&M (11-4, 2-2) closed the first half with a 15-1 run to open a 33-15 lead and Iowa State never seriously threatened through the final 20 minutes. Skylar Collins added 12 points for the Aggies. Poppens led Iowa State with 10.

IN THE RECORD BOOKS

• Carter and Elonu recently became the 24^th and 25^th players to pass over 1,000 career points- Carter (1,010) against Kansas on Jan. 21 and Elonu (1,002) against Oklahoma State on Jan. 24.
• With 1,322 career points, White moved into eighth place on A&M's career points list. She is 64 points away from passing All-AmericanDanielle Adams (1,386 career points) and moving into seventh place.
• With six rebounds against Missouri on Jan. 18, White became the 24^th A&M player to join the 500-rebound club and now has 514 career boards.
• Carter is one 3-pointer away (117) from moving into fifth place in career 3-point field goals made.
• Carter is 12 steals away (178) from moving into the top 10 all-time at A&M.

ADAORA IN THE LAST FOUR

Senior forward Adaora Elonu has led the Aggies over its last four games with 13.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. She has shot 57.1 percent from the floor over that stretch and is 15-of-18 (83.3 percent) from the free throw line.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

Here is a comparison of key statistics in A&M's wins vs. losses:

Team Stat	Wins	Losses
Points per game	75.3	59.0
Opp points per game	55.9	69.0
Scoring margin	+19.4	-10.0
FG Percentage	44.8	35.4
Opp FG Percentage	38.4	47.4
Free-Throw Percentage	67.8	60.0
Turnovers per game	14.5	19.2
Turnover Margin	+8.1	+0.2
Steals per game	11.5	8.2

Four of the Aggies five losses have occurred on the road. Here is a comparison of key statistics in A&M's home vs. away games:

Team Stat	Home	Away
Points per game	77.4	63.8
Scoring margin	+17.3	+4.5
FG Percentage	45.5	38.8
Opp FG Percentage	38.8	43.3
FT Made per game	16.0	10.8

BLAIR REACHES 200-WIN MILESTONE

• Gary Blair recently reached his 600^th career win as a Division I head coach and on Jan. 18, he achieved another coaching milestone with his 200^th victory as head coach of the Fightin' Texas Aggies.
• Blair is already the all-time winningest coach in program history with 201 wins and a .708 winning percentage (201-84). He surpassed former head coach Lynn Hickey, who compiled 154 career victories from 1984-1994, with an 84-53 win over Portland State in the NCAA First Round on March 20, 2010 in Seattle, Wash.