Texas A&M
18-6 (6-4SEC)
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Mississippi State
23-3 (8-3SEC)
No. 14 Women's Basketball Falls to No. 17 MSU in OT, 63-61
Feb 08, 2015 | Women's Basketball
STARKVILLE, Miss.- Victoria Vivians hit a 3-pointer with 55 seconds remaining to give No. 17 Mississippi State a 63-61 overtime victory over No. 14 Texas A&M in a women's basketball game at Humphrey Coliseum on Sunday.
Courtney Walker led the Aggies (18-6, 6-4 SEC) with season-high 25 points, and was joined in double figures by Courtney Williams, who had 14. Khaalia Hillsman was the Aggies' leading rebounder with a career-high 13 rebounds.
Mississippi State's Kendra Grant hit a long two-pointer to tie the game at 53 with 1:12 left in regulation, which set up A&M to have a chance to win at the end of regulation, but both of A&M's attempts were off the mark, sending the Aggies to overtime for the first time this season.
A&M led 61-57 with 1:58 in overtime, but Mississippi State (23-3, 8-3 SEC) rallied with a Brenna Richardson layup 10 seconds later, which would eventually set up Vivian's game-winner.
The Aggies led 40-32 with 13:43 left in the second half, but Mississippi State clawed back into the game, tying the score at 44 with 7:09 to play, in a back-and-forth game that featured 14 total lead changes.
After seven lead changes in the first seven minutes of the game, A&M went on an 8-1 run to take a 26-18 lead with 5:11 left in the first half. Mississippi State closed the deficit to 32-28 as the teams went into the locker room at halftime. Walker had 19 of her points in the first half, more than the entire Mississippi State starting five in the opening stanza.
The Aggies return home on Thursday, February 12 at 8 p.m. to host Arkansas on 12th Man Appreciation Night.
Notes
• This was A&M's first overtime game of the season
• Courtney Walker matched her season-high with 25 points
• Walker scored 20+ points for the fifth time this season and 19th time in her career
• Walker scored 19 points in the first half, more than the entire Mississippi State starting five, who had 18 points in the first half.
• Walker scored in double figures for the sixth straight game and 20th time this season. She has 68 double-digit scoring games in her career.
• Walker passed Prissy Sharpe (524, 1996-00) for seventh all-time on A&M's field goals made list with 526 for her career
• Courtney Williams scored 10+ points for the 14th time this season and 48th time in her career.
• Khaalia Hillsman had a career-high 13 rebounds. It is her first career double-digit rebound game.
• Gary Blair is now 690-278 in his career and 282-115 at Texas A&M.
• Blair is now 12-1 all-time against his former assistants and 13-2 against all former aides, with the only previous loss coming to former Director of Ops Mike Neighbors on Dec. 29
• The Aggies are 2-5 against ranked teams this season
• Texas A&M is now 18-6 and 6-4 in SEC play. Mississippi State is 23-3 and 8-3 in SEC play
