Texas A&M Women’s Basketball Secures Fifth-Straight Victory to End Regular Season

News release from Texas A&M Athletics: 

The Texas A&M women’s basketball team earned its second Quad 1 road win in two weeks and fifth-straight victory after defeating No. 19 Ole Miss, 66-58, at SJB Pavilion Sunday to conclude the regular season.

The Maroon & White (14-11, 7-9) were led by Fatmata Janneh who recorded her fifth-consecutive double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Ny’Ceara Pryor paced the team with 16 points, six assists and two steals. Salese Blow pitched in 11 points off the bench and the team shot 66.7% (8-of-12) from deep in its wire-to-wire triumph.

Texas A&M finished the conference schedule as the No. 10 seed after beginning the league slate 1-8. The Aggies are winners of six of their last seven with three ranked wins during the span. No other power 4 team on Charlie Creme’s latest bracketology has a better record than Texas A&M during the seven-game stretch (6-1).

The Aggies started the game 5-of-5 from the field and went up 12-5 on the Rebels before Ole Miss was forced to call a timeout at the 6:57 mark in the first. The run was highlighted by a breakaway steal from Janneh that led to the timeout. Texas A&M maintained the momentum and pushed the lead to 10, 23-13, by the end of the frame. Seven different players for the Maroon & White scored in the first 10 minutes of the contest, with Pryor leading the way with seven points and three assists.

Ole Miss chipped away at the Aggie lead, pushing to within two points, 32-30, with 2:25 remaining in the half. Pryor would draw a foul to put two points on the board and a late triple on the final possession of the second quarter by Janneh would give Texas A&M a 37-30 advantage after 20 minutes of action. Janneh made three triples and scored 11 points in the first two quarters, while the team shot 53.8% (14-of-26) from the field and 71.4% (5-of-7) from deep.

A 6-0 run to open the quarter gave the Aggies a 13-point lead with 7:56 on the clock in the third, 43-30. Ole Miss got within five, 48-43, but Texas A&M kept an eight-point cushion going into the fourth after a bucket by Pryor in the final seconds of the period, 53-45.

The Rebels once again made a push and cut the lead to two after 1:33 into the fourth, 53-51. The game stayed within two after the first media timeout of the final period before Pryor nailed a triple to push the Aggie advantage to five, 62-57, with 3:11 left to play. Ole Miss would never get within three as Texas A&M raced out of Oxford with a 66-58 notch in its belt.

The Aggies play No. 15 seed Auburn at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 4 in the first round of the SEC Tournament. The tournament will take place at Bon Secours Arena in Greenville, South Carolina.

More News