Game preview: TCU and Texas A&M in a Lone Star State showdown
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TV: The Mtn. (DirecTV ch. 616)
Audio: KTCU 88.7 FM, online
Stats: GoFrogs.com
Texas Christian (6-3) meets its second in-state foe in a stretch of five straight games against Lone Star State teams Saturday. The No. 5 Texas A&M Aggies (7-0) travel to the Dallas-Forth Worth Metroplex to face the Frogs, an old Southwest Conference rival.
The Frogs are coming off an 84-66 win over cross-town rival Southern Methodist. TCU will be looking for its first win over A&M since a 69-65 win in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament. The teams have played each of the last two years, both Aggie wins.
TCU has four players averaging double figures, led by Helena Severrisdottir’s 12.4 points per game. Last week the team received votes in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll.
The Aggies are off to their second-best start in school history. They are one of the nation’s leaders in scoring margin having defeated all seven opponents this year by an average margin of 29.1 points per game. A&M is one of only 15 Division I teams in the country that remain undefeated on the season including wins over two ranked teams, Duke and Cal.
Guard/forward Tanisha Smith leads A&M, averaging 18.1 points per game. Guard Danielle Adams (14.6 ppg) and forward Adaora Elonu (11.3 ppg) also average double figures.
TCU Projected Starters
No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. P – R – APG
1 Antoinette Thompson G 5-7 So. 3.9 – 2.6 – 2.1
4 Helena Sverrisdottir G/F 6-1 Jr. 13.0 – 6.6 – 5.0
11 Starr Crawford F 6-0 Fr. 11.0 – 10.7 – 1.0
15 Emily Carter G 6-1 Jr. 11.8 – 2.8 – 2.2
24 Eboni Mangum G 5-8 Sr. 7.8 – 2.8 – 1.2
Texas A&M Projected Starters
No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. P – R – APG
2 Damitria Buchanan F 6-2 Sr. 4.1 – 4.9 – 2.0^
20 Tyra White G 6-0 So. 7.3 – 2.7 – 1.3
21 Adaora Elonu F 6-1 So. 11.3 – 3.9 – 1.3#
22 Tanisha Smith G/F 6-0 Sr. 18.1 – 3.6 – 4.0
51 Sydney Colson G 5-8 Jr. 8.3 – 1.7 – 5.6
^-blocks per game; #-steals per game
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