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No. 12 Women Take Down No. 25 Texas, 66-61
Dec 06, 2020 | Women's Basketball
AUSTIN, Texas (AP)--Aaliyah Wilson scored five of her season-high 17 points in the fourth quarter, including a free throw with six seconds left and No. 12 Texas A&M held off No. 25 Texas 66-61 in a nail-biter Sunday night.
N'dea Jones added 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Aggies (4-0), Jordan Nixon scored 11 and Wilson added eight rebounds.
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The teams swapped the lead four times in the fourth quarter before a collection of fan cutouts and piped-in crowd noise in the 16,540-seat Frank Erwin Center for the reboot of this Big-12-SEC rivalry game after a six-year hiatus.
Texas A&M saw an 11-point lead evaporate in the third quarter and vanish entirely when the Longhorns Audrey Warren scored a jump shot off of a steal and tied the game at 51-51 early in the final period.
Jones scored twice on drives and Wilson added a jumper as Texas A&M battled past Texas early in the fourth quarter and surged ahead on a 10-0 run to lead 63-54 with four minutes left.
Joanne Allen-Taylor drained a 3, added two free throws and Celeste Taylor hit a layup to bring Texas right back, 63-61, with just under two minutes left.
Allen-Taylor finished with 12 points before fouling out with six seconds to go driving to the basket when Jones took a charge. Charli Collier led the Longhorns with 14 points and 12 rebounds, Warren scored 13.
The Aggies' Alexis Morris, a transfer from Baylor and Rutgers was deemed eligible and made her first appearance Sunday. She scored six points in seven minutes and, with Wilson, closed the game with free throws in the last 16 seconds.
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RECORDS & SERIES NOTES
- The Aggies improve to 4-0, while the Longhorns fall to 3-1 on the year.
- A&M collects its 24th victory in the all-time series, and is 14-5 in the last 19 meetings.
- The Aggies are 8-1 all-time versus the Associated Press No. 25 ranked team.
- This is the first victory in Austin since Feb. 27, 2011.
- First win against Texas since March 9, 2011 in the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals.
TEAM NOTES
- The Aggies collected their second ranked-road victory of the season, after downing then-No. 19 DePaul on Nov. 28 earlier this year.
- This was the 13th game in program history to be aired on ESPN.
- The Aggies produced a season high free-throw percentage of 76.9%, sinking 20 freebies on the night.
- The Maroon & White sank 20-or-more free throws for the third time this season.
- The Aggies held the lead for 36:44 of the ball game compared to the Longhorns' 1:35.
- Charli Collier was averaging over 30 points per game entering the contest, however the Aggies held her to just 14 points on 4-11 shooting.
- Texas A&M outrebounded Texas 41-37, and sank 10 more free throws.
- N'dea Jones, Ciera Johnson and Kayla Wells started their 68th consecutive game as a trio.
- Aaliyah Wilson led the team with a season-high 17 points and team-high 36 minutes played.
- N'dea Jones recorded her fourth double-double of the year in as many games.
- Jones is on a streak of five-consecutive double-doubles, dating back to the final game of the 2019-20 season on March 6, 2020.
- Jones tied for the team high with 10 rebounds, and was second on the squad with 16 points.
- Jones notched her 30th career double-double, becoming only the second Aggie to do so (Khaalia Hillsman).
- Jones hit her first 3-pointer since Feb. 13, 2020 versus Vanderbilt.
- Ciera Johnson had double-digit rebounds (10) for the third time this season
- Johnson logged double-digit rebounds for the 20th time in her career.
- Destiny Pitts made the eighth three of her season, and drilled a three for the fourth-consecutive game.
- Jordan Nixon earned the fourth start of her career at Texas A&M, logging 11 points, five rebounds and three assists in 33 minutes.
- Jordan Nixon made a career-high six free throws.
- Alexis Morris made her debut for the Aggies after being deemed eligible.
- Morris scored six points and one assist in seven minutes of play.
- Head Coach Gary Blair improves to 14-9 against Texas, and 11-8 vs Longhorn head coach Vic Schaefer.
UP NEXT
The No. 12 Aggies hit the road for the third time in the 2020-21 season to visit the Little Rock Trojans. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Jack Stephens Arena on Dec. 10.
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