Game Recap: Women's Basketball | Dec 01, 2021
Gary Blair ties Texas A&M basketball record for wins
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP)--Kayla Wells and Destiny Pitts each scored 15 points and No. 17 Texas A&M beat Little Rock 65-50 on Wednesday.
Coach Gary Blair tied Shelby Metcalf's Aggie record of 438 victories at A&M. Metcalf coached the men's basketball program at A&M from 1963-90, amassing a 438-306 record.
Aaliyah Patty had 11 points and 10 rebounds for Texas A&M (8-0), which hosts No. 15 Texas on Sunday. Wells, making her 100th-consecutive start, was 5-of-9 from the field and the Aggies shot 46.2%.
Texas A&M closed the first half on an 8-0 run to build a 21-point lead as Little Rock went scoreless for the final five minutes. The Trojans got within 12 after three quarters, 49-37, as the Aggies were held to nine points. However, Texas A&M would maintain its lead and come out victorious, 65-50.
Raziya Potter scored 23 points to lead Little Rock (4-4), which was seeking its first victory in Bryan-College Station. Sali Kourouma added 15 points. The Trojans were 2-of-16 from distance and shot 33.9% overall.
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Gary Blair ties Texas A&M basketball record for wins
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP)--Kayla Wells and Destiny Pitts each scored 15 points and No. 17 Texas A&M beat Little Rock 65-50 on Wednesday.
Coach Gary Blair tied Shelby Metcalf's Aggie record of 438 victories at A&M. Metcalf coached the men's basketball program at A&M from 1963-90, amassing a 438-306 record.
Aaliyah Patty had 11 points and 10 rebounds for Texas A&M (8-0), which hosts No. 15 Texas on Sunday. Wells, making her 100th-consecutive start, was 5-of-9 from the field and the Aggies shot 46.2%.
Texas A&M closed the first half on an 8-0 run to build a 21-point lead as Little Rock went scoreless for the final five minutes. The Trojans got within 12 after three quarters, 49-37, as the Aggies were held to nine points. However, Texas A&M would maintain its lead and come out victorious, 65-50.
Raziya Potter scored 23 points to lead Little Rock (4-4), which was seeking its first victory in Bryan-College Station. Sali Kourouma added 15 points. The Trojans were 2-of-16 from distance and shot 33.9% overall.
POSTGAME NOTES
RECORDS & SERIES NOTES
- Texas A&M improves to 8-0 to start the season for the second-consecutive year, and the fourth time in Gary Blair's legendary A&M career.
- The Maroon & White are on a 24-game win streak against regular season non-conference opponents, a record dating back to Dec. 1, 2019, the longest non-conference winning streak in program history.
- The Aggies are now 12-2 versus Little Rock all-time.
TEAM NOTES
- For the fourth time this season, Texas A&M held its opponent to 50-or-less points during a game.
- The Aggies recorded more assists than the Trojans, registering 16 to Little Rock's 11. This is the sixth time this season that Texas A&M has dished more assists than its opponents.
- Texas A&M made eight triples at a 47.1% clip while Little Rock went 2-of-16 (12.5%) from deep. The Aggies have made eight-or-more 3-pointers in six games this year.
- The Maroon & White has maintained a double-digit lead in every game this season.
- Texas A&M outscored Little Rock's bench, 25-3. The Aggies are 5-0 when outscoring an opponent's bench.
- Texas A&M utilized a starting lineup of Jordan Nixon, Qadashah Hoppie, Kayla Wells, Aaliyah Patty and Sydnee Roby for the first time this season (1-0).
- For the third time this season, the Aggies held an opponent to less than 20 points in the first half, only allowing the Trojans to score 19.
- This is the eighteenth most-attended game in the NCAA this season, with 6,414 fans crowding Reed Arena.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Kayla Wells has now played in 133 games for the Aggies, which is 11 games from breaking Karla Gilbert's program record of 143. Wells also made her 100th-consecutive start for the Maroon & White.
- Destiny Pitts led the Aggies, matching her season high in points with 15 and setting a new season high for made 3-pointers with five.
- Wells had 15 points and has scored in double-digits in every game this year. She has now scored 10-or-more points in 73 games throughout her career.
- Aaliyah Patty recorded the team's first double-double of the season, scoring 11 points and setting a season high in rebounds (10).
- Women's Basketball Hall-of-Fame head coach Gary Blair climbs to 846-333 overall with a 438-170 record since arriving in Aggieland in 2003-04.
- Blair tied men's basketball coaching legend Shelby Metcalf for the most basketball victories at Texas A&M, notching the 438th victory during his Aggie tenure.
- Blair is now 12-1 versus Little Rock head coach Joe Foley.
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