Spring Break
Gant leads Aggies as No. 20 A&M rolls over No.19 Oklahoma State in Stillwater
By: Clif Turner
Issue date: 2/28/08 Section: Sports
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A&M's second-half spark was led by junior Danielle Gant, who led the Aggies with 18 points on the night, 14 of them after halftime.
"In the second half, they left me open, and I just took the jump shot," Gant said. "Coach told me to be a little selfish and take shots."
A&M trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half and improved to 21-7 overall for the season to go with a 9-5 mark in the Big 12. The loss drops Oklahoma State to 21-6 on the year and puts them on par with the Aggies in conference play with an identical 9-5 record.
Junior Takia Starks reached double figures in scoring, as did senior A'Quonesia Franklin with 16 and 14 points, respectively.
"This is a huge win for us," Franklin said. "With the teams we have left on our schedule, we have to take it one game at a time. In the first half we started off with taller players guarding Riley. She's a great player and it's hard to stop her."
The Cowgirls were led in scoring with 19 points from sophomore Andrea Riley, who beat the Aggies with a 3-pointer in the closing seconds of a game in College Station in January.
"You think you can get prepared to defend Oklahoma State in transition, but no one can guard Andrea Riley," said A&M Head Coach Gary Blair. "She's got unlimited range. We had to go to a smaller lineup because of our lack of an inside game. We had to go small and hope to hold on against OSU. I thought the key to the ball game was their free throw shooting. We just held on and went to a triple-post offense. Starks is the best decoy you can have, which opened it up for Aqua [Franklin] and [Danielle] Gant to score."
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