Wednesday, December 19
College Station, TX
3:00 PM
USC
9-1
51
at
71
Texas A&M
9-2
1
2
3
4
F
Southern California
13
19
9
10
51
Texas A&M
11
17
24
19
71
Team Stats
USC
TAMU
FG%
.297
.407
3FG%
.192
.500
FT%
.667
.710
RB
35
46
TO
13
13
STL
6
4
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
3
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
6
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
G
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/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's Basketball
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/ Women's BasketballG
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/ Women's BasketballNo. 25 USC Women Take First Loss With Defeat At No. 23 Texas A&M
December 19, 2018 | Women's Basketball, Features
Trojans fall 71-51 in a tough road contest in College Station.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — The No. 25 USC women's basketball team was dealt its first loss of the season in the Trojans' first face-off with a ranked opponent, taking a 71-51 defeat on the road to No. 23/24 Texas A&M. USC had a Texas native, freshman Desiree Caldwell, come through as the only Trojan in double digits, while Minyon Moore served up 10 assists for the Trojan cause. The loss puts USC at 9-1 overall, while the Aggies improve to 9-2.
Tagged with 14 fouls in each half, the Trojans worked hard to fight through their foul trouble. They were largely successful in the first half, thanks to freshman reinforcements from Desiree Caldwell and Jillian Archer, who scored nine points in USC's 11-0 surge to end the first half on top, 32-28. In the second half, however, Texas A&M heated up while USC cooled. The Aggies would finish out the game at 41 percent from the floor, while USC's 41-percent first-half effort slumped to a final 27.9 percent in the game. Texas A&M also won out on the boards 46-35. USC's 28 fouls helped Texas A&M toward a 22-of-31 effort from the free-throw line. The Aggies where whistled for 17 fouls, and USC shot 8-of-12 from the stripe.
The Trojans received a career-high and team-high 10 points from Caldwell, while Minyon Moore dished out a season-high 10 assists for USC. That bumps the junior up to rank No. 11 all-time in career assists at USC, now with 344 to her name. For Texas A&M, Kayla Wells led all with 26 points, and Chennedy Carter had 23, including a 12-of-13 outing from the free-throw line. Carter also had 11 rebounds, while N'dea Jones pulled in 17 boards for the Aggies.
After a back-and-forth battle in the first 10 minutes, it was Texas A&M that made the first significant move of the game in the second quarter. As the foul count mounted against the Trojans, the flow of the game also stalled out. The Aggies would make a 10-2 run to claim a 27-21 lead entering the final two minutes of the half. That's where USC's young guns stepped in. Freshman Jillian Archer lit the fuse with USC's first score from the floor since her own basket at the 5-minute mark. With that, the food gates opened for the Trojans, whose pressure soon converted into a bucket from Minyon Moore. From there, the freshman intervention resumed, with Desiree Caldwell knocking down two free throws before landing a huge 3-pointer to get USC back into the lead, up 30-28. The final word would come from Archer, who struck before the halftime buzzer to net a 32-28 lead for the Trojans going into the locker room.
Texas A&M seemed to regroup at the break, quickly carving down the USC advantage. Aliyah Mazyck drain a 3-pointer to get USC a 36-34 lead with 8:05 on the clock in the third, but the Aggies fired back and pulled into a lead it would not relinquish after leveling it and then getting a 3-pointer of their own, up 39-36 a minute later. An athletic putback from Ja'Tavia Tapley hauled it back to a one-point margin, but then Texas A&M struck off on a 9-0 surge that put USC in a double-digit deficit. Try as they may, the Trojans were unable to get key shots to fall. Foul trouble also stymied the USC effort, and although Shalexxus Aaron got USC a fourth-quarter bump with a 3-pointer, the hosts fired back with a 12-0 run that sealed the deal on a final 71-51 Aggies victory.
The Women of Troy stay on the road in Texas, heading to Arlington for a 2 p.m. CT clash at UT Arlington on Saturday (Dec. 22).
Tagged with 14 fouls in each half, the Trojans worked hard to fight through their foul trouble. They were largely successful in the first half, thanks to freshman reinforcements from Desiree Caldwell and Jillian Archer, who scored nine points in USC's 11-0 surge to end the first half on top, 32-28. In the second half, however, Texas A&M heated up while USC cooled. The Aggies would finish out the game at 41 percent from the floor, while USC's 41-percent first-half effort slumped to a final 27.9 percent in the game. Texas A&M also won out on the boards 46-35. USC's 28 fouls helped Texas A&M toward a 22-of-31 effort from the free-throw line. The Aggies where whistled for 17 fouls, and USC shot 8-of-12 from the stripe.
The Trojans received a career-high and team-high 10 points from Caldwell, while Minyon Moore dished out a season-high 10 assists for USC. That bumps the junior up to rank No. 11 all-time in career assists at USC, now with 344 to her name. For Texas A&M, Kayla Wells led all with 26 points, and Chennedy Carter had 23, including a 12-of-13 outing from the free-throw line. Carter also had 11 rebounds, while N'dea Jones pulled in 17 boards for the Aggies.
After a back-and-forth battle in the first 10 minutes, it was Texas A&M that made the first significant move of the game in the second quarter. As the foul count mounted against the Trojans, the flow of the game also stalled out. The Aggies would make a 10-2 run to claim a 27-21 lead entering the final two minutes of the half. That's where USC's young guns stepped in. Freshman Jillian Archer lit the fuse with USC's first score from the floor since her own basket at the 5-minute mark. With that, the food gates opened for the Trojans, whose pressure soon converted into a bucket from Minyon Moore. From there, the freshman intervention resumed, with Desiree Caldwell knocking down two free throws before landing a huge 3-pointer to get USC back into the lead, up 30-28. The final word would come from Archer, who struck before the halftime buzzer to net a 32-28 lead for the Trojans going into the locker room.
Texas A&M seemed to regroup at the break, quickly carving down the USC advantage. Aliyah Mazyck drain a 3-pointer to get USC a 36-34 lead with 8:05 on the clock in the third, but the Aggies fired back and pulled into a lead it would not relinquish after leveling it and then getting a 3-pointer of their own, up 39-36 a minute later. An athletic putback from Ja'Tavia Tapley hauled it back to a one-point margin, but then Texas A&M struck off on a 9-0 surge that put USC in a double-digit deficit. Try as they may, the Trojans were unable to get key shots to fall. Foul trouble also stymied the USC effort, and although Shalexxus Aaron got USC a fourth-quarter bump with a 3-pointer, the hosts fired back with a 12-0 run that sealed the deal on a final 71-51 Aggies victory.
The Women of Troy stay on the road in Texas, heading to Arlington for a 2 p.m. CT clash at UT Arlington on Saturday (Dec. 22).
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