1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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ALA | 12 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 76 |
TA&M | 12 | 11 | 19 | 21 | 63 |
Walker leads Tide women to upset of No. 12 Texas A&M
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- — Jasmine Walker drained a career-high six 3-pointers and scored 24 points and Alabama made a dominant second quarter hold up for a 76-63 upset over No. 12 Texas A&M on Thursday night.
Ariyah Copeland added 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Crimson Tide (16-11, 6-8 Southeastern Conference), who outscored the Aggies 27-11 in the second quarter to lead 39-23 at the half. Cierra Johnson contributed 14 points.
Jordan Lewis had nine points, nine assists and six rebounds and Walker had nine boards to help Alabama to a 36-35 advantage and its first-ever win over the Aggies in 10 meetings, including a 79-74 loss earlier in the season.
Coming off an upset on No. 9 Mississippi State it marked the first-time ever Alabama beat Top 15 teams in consecutive games.
Chennedy Carter scored 16 points for Texas A&M (22-6, 10-5) Ciera Johnson scored 15 points with nine rebounds, Aaliyah Wilson had 10 points and N'dea Jones grabbed 12 rebounds to go with eight points.
Alabama had a 10-0 run in the first quarter and A&M answered with an 8-0 run and the game was tied at 12 after one quarter. In the second quarter the Crimson Tide shot 10 of 15 and had runs of 8-0 and 7-0. The Aggies were 4 of 16.
Carter moved past Lisa Branco into third on A&M's all-time scoring list with her 60th-consecutive double-figure scoring game. The Aggies had a four-game winning streak snapped and dropped out of sole possession of third place with one game remaining.---
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Game Information
- Referees:
- Scott Yarbrough
- Karen Preato
- Pualani Spurlock-Welsh
2023-24 Southeastern Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
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South Carolina | 16-0 | - | 38-0 |
LSU | 13-3 | 3 | 31-6 |
Ole Miss | 12-4 | 4 | 24-9 |
Alabama | 10-6 | 6 | 24-10 |
Tennessee | 10-6 | 6 | 20-13 |
Vanderbilt | 9-7 | 7 | 23-10 |
Mississippi State | 8-8 | 8 | 23-12 |
Auburn | 8-8 | 8 | 20-12 |
Texas A&M | 6-10 | 10 | 19-13 |
Arkansas | 6-10 | 10 | 18-15 |
Florida | 5-11 | 11 | 16-16 |
Kentucky | 4-12 | 12 | 12-20 |
Georgia | 3-13 | 13 | 12-18 |
Missouri | 2-14 | 14 | 11-19 |