Spring Break
One of the Elite
The Texas A&M defense smothers the Duke Blue Devils as the Aggies advance to the Elite Eight for first time
By: Clif Turner
Issue date: 3/31/08 Section: News
A&M shot 40 percent on field goal shooting for the night while the Blue Devils only hit 20 shots out of 53 attempts, good for 38 percent.
With Gant, an Oklahoma City native, down in the second half, players around her began to step up. Franklin had most of her points in the second half, including three 3-pointers to stretch the Aggie lead, and Reado had all of her 17 points with Gant on the bench, as well as eight rebounds.
"We just did a great job of scoring without Gant," Franklin said.
"I was back there watching," Gant said. "I'm just going to go back, take a shower and rest a little bit. Just get ready to practice tomorrow."
As has been typical of A&M this postseason, the Aggies got in the heads of their opponent early, forcing Duke to commit 14 turnovers in the first half alone. The Blue Devils also started the game by missing their first seven shots.
"We didn't come here to win just one ballgame," Blair said. "We came here because we've earned the right. Duke is the best team we've played at putting the ball on the floor. I'm so happy for those seniors who believed in me first to say they want to come to Texas A&M."
The victory pushes A&M to the edge of college basketball greatness, just one victory shy of advancing to the Final Four. The Aggies will play No. 1 seed Tennessee Tuesday night for a chance to reach the Final Four.
With Gant, an Oklahoma City native, down in the second half, players around her began to step up. Franklin had most of her points in the second half, including three 3-pointers to stretch the Aggie lead, and Reado had all of her 17 points with Gant on the bench, as well as eight rebounds.
"We just did a great job of scoring without Gant," Franklin said.
"I was back there watching," Gant said. "I'm just going to go back, take a shower and rest a little bit. Just get ready to practice tomorrow."
As has been typical of A&M this postseason, the Aggies got in the heads of their opponent early, forcing Duke to commit 14 turnovers in the first half alone. The Blue Devils also started the game by missing their first seven shots.
"We didn't come here to win just one ballgame," Blair said. "We came here because we've earned the right. Duke is the best team we've played at putting the ball on the floor. I'm so happy for those seniors who believed in me first to say they want to come to Texas A&M."
The victory pushes A&M to the edge of college basketball greatness, just one victory shy of advancing to the Final Four. The Aggies will play No. 1 seed Tennessee Tuesday night for a chance to reach the Final Four.
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