Feb. 3, 2010
Box Score 
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Box Score
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The University of Missouri women's basketball team remained close all game but ultimately fell 65-55 to No. 10 Texas A&M Wednesday night in College Station, Texas. The Tigers fall to 11-10 overall and 1-7 and Big 12 action while the Aggies improve to 16-4 and 4-3.
Senior Jessra Johnson led the team with 15 points and eight rebounds. Sophomore Christine Flores joined her in double figures with 11 points. Junior RaeShara Brown dished out six assists and nabbed five steals while junior Shakara Jones recorded a career high five assists.
The Aggies jumped out to a quick 8-4 advantage but the Tigers stormed back to knot the game at 12-12 after junior Shakara Jones found senior Toy Richbow for a jumper with 14:26 left in the first half. Two free throws from Texas A&M's Sydney Carter gave the home team a 16-12 advantage but a three-pointer from senior Amanda Hanneman another jumper from Richbow cut Mizzou's deficit to one, 18-17, with 10:44 on the clock.
After two baskets for the Aggies gave them a 22-17 lead, both teams went cold from the floor, remaining scoreless over the next three minutes. Jones broke the scoreless streak with a layup with 5:15 left and the two teams then traded baskets for a 24-21 A&M lead with 4:41 on the clock.
Down 28-23 with 1:30 left in the first frame, Hanneman sank a baseline jumper and sophomore Christine Flores made a layup off a feed from Brown for a 28-27 Aggie halftime advantage.
Texas A&M reeled off the first five points, all from Danielle Adams, of the second half as the team built a 33-27 lead with 18:24 remaining in the contest. Baskets from Hanneman, Johnson and Brown brought the Tigers back within two, 35-33, but four straight points from the Aggies put the score at 39-33 with 15:45 on the clock.
With Texas A&M holding a 43-36, Missouri used a 6-0 run, including four from Flores, to cut the Aggies lead to 43-42 with 12:09 left in the game. The Aggies again went back up by six, 48-42, but Mizzou used two free throws by Flores and layups from Johnson and Jones to cut the team's deficit to one, 49-48, with 7:43 on the clock.
The Tigers had a chanced to take the lead after Jones was fouled with 5:09 remaining and the score still stuck on 49-48 but she missed both free throws. Jones hit another layup with 3:40 left for a 51-50 Texas A&M advantage but the Aggies then reeled off 10 straight points as the team took an 11-point, 61-50, advantage with 1:10 on the clock.
The Tigers return to Mizzou Arena for a clash with No. 19/22 Iowa State on Sunday, Feb. 7 at 3 p.m. The contest with the Cyclones will be televised live on FSN with Brent Stover on play-by-play duties and Brenda VanLengen serving as the color analyst. Mizzou then travels to Manhattan, Kan., for a contest against Kansas State on Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. The contest will be televised live on Fox Sports Kansas City.
