Women's Basketball Falls to No. 18 DePaul

Saturday, December 12

College Station

2:00 PM

Texas A&M

7-3

DePaul

7-3

Team	1	2	3	4	F
DePaul	17	17	27	19	80
Texas A&M	12	21	15	18	66

Photo by: Texas A&M Athletics

Dec 12, 2015 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

COLLEGE STATION, Texas- No. 15 Texas A&M fell 80-66 against No. 18 DePaul at Reed Arena Saturday afternoon in a women's basketball game.

Despite just a 34-33 lead at halftime, the Blue Demons (7-3) went on a 7-0 run early in the third quarter to take a 42-34 lead, and led by as many as 15 in the second half.

The Aggies (7-3) rallied from an eight-point first-quarter deficit to take the lead with 5:47 left in the second quarter thanks to a layup from sophomore center Khaalia Hillsman, who finished with 9 points.

Courtney Walker led the Aggies with 14 points, reaching double figures for the ninth time this season. She also led Texas A&M with six assists.

Chelsea Jennings added 13 points, her second-highest total of the season.

Megan Podkowa led DePaul with 20 points and 18 rebounds. Jessica January added a double-double of her own, with 11 points and 13 assists.

A&M returns to action on Sunday, Dec. 20 against No. 17 Oklahoma in the Big 12/SEC Challenge in Oklahoma City. The game is set for 4 p.m. with television coverage on Fox Sports 1.

NOTES

Texas A&M is 7-3 on the season. DePaul improves to 7-3.
Courtney Walker scored in double figures for the ninth time in 10 games this season and 82^nd time in her career
- Courtney Walker averaged 21.3 points per game against DePaul over three matchups in her career
Chelsea Jennings scored in double figures for the second time in three games, third time this season and 8^th time in her career
The Aggies are 2-2 against ranked teams this season
The Aggies are 4-1 at home this season and 33-4 at home since the start of the 2013-14 season.
DePaul's 29 assists mark the first time A&M has given up at least 25 assists since Connecticut had 27 assists on Nov. 18, 2012
Gary Blair, who was honored for his 700^th career win prior to the game, is 702-285 in his 31-year career, and 294-122 in 13 seasons at Texas A&M
The Aggies next game is Dec. 20 against No. 17 Oklahoma in Oklahoma City

QUOTES

Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair
Opening Statement…
"We got beat by a team that is playing a lot better basketball than we are playing right now at this level. Two best players on the court tonight were Jessica January and Megan Podkowa. That is about the fourth or fifth game in a row that we have let one player dominate either on the board or just by outplaying us. January did a great job running their ball club, made the right decision that is why she had thirteen assists."

"We played a good team that was doing some things, it should be all about DePaul. I felt great going into half time even though they scored three out of their last four possessions before half on wide open shots but I felt like we would turn the corner. We came out to start the second half missed an easy shot and they were off in transition and we didn't get it done."

Texas A&M guard Jordan Jones
Opening statement…
"DePaul came out executed that game playing very well. I felt like at the beginning of the game. We controlled the tempo more so than them. That is their game, more up-tempo basketball and they really came out and excelled at that."

"We did not slow them down enough in second half and I felt like the third quarter run that they made, usually we can sustain it and come back but we didn't do a good job of executing our half-court defense and they really executed against us."

"Coach really wanted us to start telling each other that we could live with the threes but what we needed to do was take away their paint points. I feel like as a team we rebounded poorly on offense and on defense. Credit to DePaul they really came out and showed more toughness than we did today"