Aggie women fall short, lose to No. 3 Texas, 64-62
Senior Toccara Williams moves to second in steals in Big 12 conference all-time
By: Brad Bennett
Issue date: 1/26/04 Section: Sports
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Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair came close to leading a student parade to the Dixie Chicken on Sunday, a reward he promised if his women's basketball team beat No. 3 University of Texas.
The lead changed hands six times during a game that was hotly contested into the final minute. In the end though, it was the Longhorns (17-2, 5-1 Big 12) who prevailed, 64-62.
"Sometimes you just survive," said Longhorn coach Jody Conradt.
The Aggies (7-10, 0-6) led as late as 4:15 in the second, but could never recover after Texas guard Heather Schrieber hit a three-point shot to put Texas up by four with 2:08 to play.
"(Schrieber) hit some key shots when she was open," said A&M senior point guard Toccara Williams.
Williams, whose 40 minutes of playing time dominated the Aggie offense, set career highs in scoring and steals with 24 points and nine steals.
Williams moved past the 400 career steal mark (403), making her No. 12 all-time in steals in the NCAA and No. 2 all-time in the Big 12. She is only the fourth NCAA player to accumulate 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 600 assists and 400 steals in her career.
The Aggies had 13 points off 22 Longhorn turnovers while Texas only had three.
"We stayed in the game because of our turnovers," Blair said. "We only had six in the whole ball game, two or three at the half. That says a lot for one of the best point guards in the country (Texas junior Jamie Carey)."
Even though the Aggies took 26 more shots than the Longhorns, Texas scoring percentage was 48.9 percent compared with the Aggies 31.5 percent.
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