Fast breaks

Texas A&M-Texas game gets a little chippy

From The Associated Press on the mid-game activities in College Station:

D.J. Augustin's 3-pointer with about nine minutes left got Texas within 59-48 before this fast-paced game was slowed down by a wild series of events on the next possession.

The already emotionally charged rivalry got even more amped up on a play that began with Augustin being knocked to the floor when he ran into a screen by Bryan Davis and ended when Alexis Wangmene threw an elbow into the back of DeAndre Jordan while the pair fought for a rebound. Wangmene then crashed to the court into a group of cameramen.

Wangmene was given a flagrant technical foul for the hit and ejected from the game. When the replay was shown on the Jumbotron, the record crowd of 13,555 began to boo and hiss menacingly. After his ejection, Wangmene sat at the end of the bench, causing the referees to approach the bench and make him leave the court with a police escort.

Baylor women beat Texas in a thriller

Angela Tisdale scored 19 points, including a game-winning 3-pointer with 19 seconds left and No. 6 Baylor beat No. 25 Texas 61-60 on Wednesday night in Waco.
Texas (15-6, 3-4 Big 12) had a shot at winning the game, but Kathleen Nash’s shot with 3.4 seconds left was blocked by Danielle Wilson. It was the only block of the game for the 6-foot-3 sophomore, but saved the game for the Lady Bears (19-1, 7-0).
Baylor won its 12th straight game, and is 7-0 in the Big 12 for the first time ever.
Wilson added 11 points and Jessica Morrow had 12 for Baylor.
Ashley Lindsey led Texas with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Carla Cortijo scored 16 points.
Texas led 60-58 on Lindsey’s jumper with 42 seconds left, the Longhorns’ first lead since 22-21 late in the first half. But the Lady Bears then ran their offense, with Tisdale going around a screen by Rachel Allison to hit her 3-pointer from the corner.

Texas' Brittainey Raven, from North Crowley, was 1-of-7 shooting and had seven points on an uneven night that included five assists and six turnovers.

A&M wins in blowout of major proportions

No. 23 Texas A&M upset No. 10 Texas 80-63 Wednesday, never allowing the Longhorns to get closer than 11 points after bounding to an early 19-3 lead. The score was 80-58 before the visiting Longhorns made it a bit more respectable. The loss drops Texas to 3-2 in the Big 12, two full games behind surprising new leader Kansas State (5-0), which upset No. 2 Kansas in Manhattan. A&M evens its conference record at 3-3. Josh Carter led A&M with 19 points. Texas point guard D.J. Augustin was 6-of-18 shooting.

UTA struggles again away from home

The UTA men learned on Wednesday night that shooting the ball poorly usually leads to a loss, and they learned it the hard way. In a game televised regionally on FSN Southwest, Anthony Vereen seemed to be the only UTA player interested in playing some offense, and the turnover epidemic that had disappeared in the Mavericks' previous two games re-emerged. Sam Houston State took advantage of both in its 73-57 win.

Vereen scored 22 points for the Mavericks, but he was the only player to reach double digits. Senior center Jermaine Griffin played only one minute in the first half after picking up his second foul with 19:02 left. Griffin finished with four points. UTA (14-6, 4-3 SLC) was also without senior forward Larry Posey, who missed the game because of illness.

Rebounding machine Ryan Bright and his bright red hair led Sam Houston State (16-3, 4-2) with 14 points and 17 rebounds.

UTA shot 32% from the field, and a whopping 13.3% from behind the arc. The Mavericks added 16 turnovers to the mix, making for a sloppy game. Sam Houston St. did not fare much better from the field, finishing at 35.8%, but did find some success behind the arc in the second half. The Bearkats' struggles from the field were countered with 18 offensive rebounds.

The loss ended a four-game winning streak for UTA, and knocked the team from first in the SLC West Division to third, a half-game behind Sam Houston St. and Stephen F. Austin.

Danny Kaspar's mustache and the rest of the SFA Lumberjacks (16-3, 4-2) will visit the stage at Texas Hall at 4 p.m. Saturday.

--Trey Benedict

A&M men lead 69-56 with about 4 minutes left

Texas A&M goes to the line with a 13-point lead. Josh Carter has rediscovered his 3-point shooting eye, having hit 4 of 7 for 17 points so far. Each Texas long-distance basket was answered expertly by the Aggies' marksmen.

OU women take sloppy win

Nyeshia Stevenson scored 15 points, Courtney Paris (10 points, 13 rebounds) extended her double-double streak to 79 games and No. 11 Oklahoma routed visiting Kansas 67-51 on Wednesday night despite committing 25 turnovers.
The Sooners put the game away with a 13-1 run early in the second half, with Jenna Plumley’s 3-pointer extending their lead to 50-27. Oklahoma’s advantage eventually expanded to as much as 26 points.
Against the Jayhawks (12-8, 1-6 Big 12), who are tied for last place in the Big 12 with Missouri, Oklahoma could afford to be sloppy. The Sooners (14-4, 4-2) committed 17 turnovers by halftime and still led by 13, and their play didn’t improve much in the second half.

-- The Associated Press

A&M ahead 59-48 with about 9 minutes left

Texas A&M led Texas 46-28 at halftime and soon made it a 20-point lead over the Longhorns. Texas is trying to make a run with D.J. Augustin's 3-pointer drawing the Longhorns within 11. Texas is still shooting under 35 percent for the game. A victory would be a huge boost for the Aggies, who only about a week ago seemed to be melting under the weight of expectations.

Texas A&M jumps out big, Texas fights back

The Aggies led 29-9 and 31-10 before Texas, trying to shake off its shooting woes, closed to 31-20 at College Station. A&M led 38-26 with about 3 minutes left before halftime. Texas was only 9-for-27 shooting at that juncture.

Horned Frogs fall 70-58

It wasn't all that close down the stretch of the Frogs'  70-58 defeat after UNLV widened its lead to 66-52 not long after a timeout with 6 1/2 minutes to play. The Frogs were down only six at halftime but didn't have the offensive firepower to match that of the Runnin' Rebels. UNLV is pretty good: 16-4 overall and 5-1 in the Mountain West. TCU falls to 11-8, 3-3. Brent Hackett had 19 points, Kevin Langford 17 for the Frogs. TCU's next game is at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum against Air Force. It's another game on The Mtn. cable TV network.

TCU men down 61-49, 6:13 to play

The Horned Frogs were down 50-38, got back to 58-49 at 6:32 but after the timeout UNLV hit a 3. The game was a 6:30 p.m. start because it's being televised on The Mt. network, the one Fort Worth doesn't receive. TCU has played virtually the whole game without leading scorer Henry Salter.