Aggies Reach Big 12 Final
With the chances to earn a number two seed in the NCAA Tournament improving by the day, the fourth-seeded and No. 11-ranked Texas A&M Aggies took another step toward that goal Thursday night with a 65 to 53 win over Iowa State in the semifinals of the 2008 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship in Kansas City, MO.
Aggies senior guard / forward Morenike Atunrase led all scorers with 19 points -- off the bench. Takia Starks added 15 points for the red-hot Aggies.
The Aggies have have won 12 of their last 13 games of the season and are riding a conference-best eight-game winning streak. A&M became the first No. 4 seed in league history to advance to the championship game and claimed only its fifth all-time win in the tourney. The Aggies limited Iowa State to just 6 for 26 (23.1%) from the three-point line.
The Aggies will face third-seeded Oklahoma State (25-6) in the Big 12 championship game on Saturday, March 15, at 6 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on Fox Sports Net. OSU and A&M have only met once in postseason play. The eighth-seeded Cowgirls defeated the ninth-seeded Aggies (92-76) in the first round of the 2002 Tournament in Kansas City.
Note: Big 12 Women’s Basketball Attendance Close to a Million
Big 12 Women’s Basketball needs 5,406 more patrons to reach the million-fan plateau for the second consecutive year and third time overall.
Entering Saturday’s final game of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship, the league’s total attendance for the 2007-08 season is 994,594. This includes all home games, plus five sessions of the postseason tournament.
The Big 12 first recorded one million fans in 2001-02 with 1,002,251 and hit the milestone again in 2006-07 with an NCAA record 1,023,576.
The Big 12 is the only league in NCAA history to draw one million fans.
Aggies senior guard / forward Morenike Atunrase led all scorers with 19 points -- off the bench. Takia Starks added 15 points for the red-hot Aggies.
The Aggies have have won 12 of their last 13 games of the season and are riding a conference-best eight-game winning streak. A&M became the first No. 4 seed in league history to advance to the championship game and claimed only its fifth all-time win in the tourney. The Aggies limited Iowa State to just 6 for 26 (23.1%) from the three-point line.
The Aggies will face third-seeded Oklahoma State (25-6) in the Big 12 championship game on Saturday, March 15, at 6 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on Fox Sports Net. OSU and A&M have only met once in postseason play. The eighth-seeded Cowgirls defeated the ninth-seeded Aggies (92-76) in the first round of the 2002 Tournament in Kansas City.
Note: Big 12 Women’s Basketball Attendance Close to a Million
Big 12 Women’s Basketball needs 5,406 more patrons to reach the million-fan plateau for the second consecutive year and third time overall.
Entering Saturday’s final game of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship, the league’s total attendance for the 2007-08 season is 994,594. This includes all home games, plus five sessions of the postseason tournament.
The Big 12 first recorded one million fans in 2001-02 with 1,002,251 and hit the milestone again in 2006-07 with an NCAA record 1,023,576.
The Big 12 is the only league in NCAA history to draw one million fans.
posted by Kris Gardner @ 11:47 PM
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