Texas A&M
22-7, 10-5SEC
Missouri
No. 12 Women Fall 70-69 To Missouri
Feb 26, 2015 | Women's Basketball
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Maddie Stock made the game-winning 3-pointer with 0.1 seconds left to give Missouri women a 70-69 upset over No. 12 Texas A&M on Thursday night.
Sierra Michaelis went the length of the court and drove into traffic before kicking out to Stock who was open on the right corner.
Missouri (16-12, 6-9 SEC) sent Curtyce Knox to the free-throw line where she gave the Aggies (22-7, 10-5) a two-point lead with 7.7 seconds left.
Jordan Frericks had 25 points and Michaelis added 12 to lead the Tigers. Morgan Stock scored all nine of her points on a trio of 3s in the final six minutes and, with sister Maddie, 14 of the Missouri's last 18 points.
Khaalia Hillsman had her first career double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds for Texas A&M. Courtney Williams added 16 points including a turnaround 12-footer that tied the game 67-all with 41 seconds left.
The Aggies conclude the regular season on Sunday, March 1 at LSU. Tip for that game is slated for 1 p.m. on ESPNU.
NOTES
• Khaalia Hillsman had her first career double-double. She had a career-high 16 points and 11 rebounds.
• Hillsman scored in double figures for the fourth time in her career and had double figure rebounds for the third time in her career.
• Courtney Williams scored in double figures for the sixth straight game, 19th time this season and 53rd time in her career.
• Curtyce Knox scored a career-high 12 points. She scored in double figures for the second time in her career.
• This snaps a four-game winning streak for Texas A&M
• This ends a 17-game home winning streak, which was tied for the second-longest in school history. The Aggies are still 29-3 at Reed Arena since the start of 2013-14.
• Texas A&M is now 123-4 against unranked teams at home since Feb. 2005.
• Texas A&M is 22-7 on the season and 10-5 in SEC play. Missouri is 16-12 and 6-9 in SEC play.
• Gary Blair is 694-279 in his career and 286-116 at Texas A&M. He needs six more wins to become the 15th Division I coach with 700+ wins
Postgame Quotes
Missouri head coach Robin Pingeton
Opening Statement
Obviously this is an awfully tough place to play, I am really happy for our players and really proud of them. It has been a challenging year with all of our injuries. I feel like we continue to stay the course, we have been playing some really good basketball right now. Hats off to coach Blair and this program, its just an incredible program. We have so much respect for them and we do not take this win lightly. I think senior night can bring a lot of emotion sometimes it works for you sometimes against you. I certainly hope that Jones is okay you never want to see a player go down with an injury like that. It was a battle until the end and I am really proud of our team
Last shot
Yeah we have been in that situation before against Alabama. We watched a lot of tape after that Alabama game. We ran the exact same play we did against Alabama. We knew we wanted something going to the rim, but we didn't need to force that. Against Alabama we had that trail in bounder was wide open. I said to Cierra if you have something going to the rim be aggressive with it and know that maddy is going to be open on the fill behind. I thought for as big of a shot it was, it was just a big of delivery. They executed very well.
Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair
Opening Statement
You allow a team to shoot 61% in the second half and make five 3-pointers on you, good things are usually not going to follow. We played okay offensively we had some good looks, we got the ball inside like we wanted to, we got to the foul line like we wanted to a lot better than we did in Missouri. I want to give Missouri a lot of credit for execution. On the last play we were supposed to be in a soft man, and just keep our man in front of us, and we had to switch. That last shot, was the only 3-pointer Stock had made the whole game, but she has been making them the whole month. When she gets a wide open three, you're supposed to lose a game in that situation. I give them a lot of credit, they have won four out of five now and we had everything on the table sitting there for us, with LSU getting beat at Ole Miss. I was proud how our kids came back from being down 67-63. I hate it for my seniors. We had a chance to go undefeated at home this year for only our second time since I have been here. Every time I thought we had the game in hand, they would make a play or we would get beat on our shots. I give them credit.
On what's still at stake…
We are playing for fourth place. We are still playing for the double-bye. If we win it we are in fourth place. We have to stop worrying about people helping us we have to help ourselves. This was a good ball game. The atmosphere was great, the crowd was great, I want to thank the Corps for showing up. It was just a good basketball game. Sometimes it just doesn't go your way. We lost a heart breaker here, but when you're at home, you are supposed to find a way and we have got to be more disciplined on end of game situations, and end of clock situations.
Texas A&M Center Khaalia Hillsman
On the Offense picking it up in the 2nd half…
“After Jordan hurt her leg, I think we really came together. We were like, 'we need to push ourselves for Jordan, because Jordan went out playing hard. So we need to play hard. Even if not for us, but for her.”
On the slow start…
“I just think it was our lack of energy. You know we emphasize starting out with energy. Especially because it was Senior Night I think we did the exact opposite and I think we came out with not enough energy. Missouri is not a team to play with.”
Texas A&M Forward Achiri Ade
On the last play of the game…
“We were supposed to be in a soft one. We weren't supposed to let that drive come through and I think they had to switch men on the press. The two Courtney's they had to switch men on the press. They got back and I think someone didn't get back on the shooter. And Courtney Williams took away the drive she did good defense on that. We let Stock get her open shot.”
On where to go from here…
“We just regroup and do what we've been doing. Going to practice working on our weaknesses, working on what we could have done better, and executing better. You know the little things.”
