Valentine's Day Treat: Gators @ Texas A&M 9pm

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hope there's no 'massacre', unless the gators are the ones springing the upset!

Gator women are on the road tonight taking on the #11 aggies

access to live stats (http://www.aggieathletics.com/liveStats/liveStats.dbml?SPSID=632734&SPID=93247&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=27300)

listen live (http://www.gatorvision.tv//mediaPortal/player.dbml?&catid=0&DB_OEM_ID=6500)

gatorzone.com story (http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=24903)

aggies are 19-5 and 9-1 in the SEC
gators are looking for their 3rd straight win

Play well, Gators!

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A&M coach guaranteed a victory. doesn't have much respect for the young gators

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big line up for A&M

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mercer gets the gators on the board w/ a mid range jumper
5-2 A&M early

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9-2 a&M lead 16:39
6-0 run
struggling to get good looks
trouble stopping their post play

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mercer hits 1 of 2 foul shots
then miller hits a jumper on a fast break
A&M hits a 3
12-5 A&M

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aggies out rebounding the gators by 6 already
miller sits w/ 2 fouls
14-5 TAM
14:12

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Not much of a treat.

Similar to our start at Auburn but against a better team, not to mention one of the toughest homecourt advantages (i.e. refs) we have faced all season.

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gators not making the a&m coach eat his words
easy game for the bigger aggies on a 10-0 run
19-5 lead @ 12:00
gators shooting 2 of 11

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bonds hits a j at the shot buzzer for the gators' 7th pt

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bonds goes baseline w/ one off the glass
21-9 A&M

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moss w/ a fastbreak layup

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@7:31
21-11 aggies

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George really struggling early. TV mentioned she has a new shoulder brace for this game, wonder if that is affecting her? Or just the imposing presence of A&M's Bone?

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george scores inside

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8-0 gator run

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I think we lulled A&M to sleep. We're back in the game all of a sudden...

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george w/ a steal, needles w/ a catch and shoot 3

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a&m hits a jumper at the shotclock buzzer
miller answers w/ a jumper

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miller gets her 3rd foul trying to trap

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7 fouls on UF, 2 on TAM

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George off the glass, 25-20 A&M

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lots of offensive boards for a&m
moss hits

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Needles hits a 3!!!

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Good stuff from us over the past 4 minutes. Nice especially to see Needles get a few 3s.

2 point game!

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2 pt game w/ 2 minutes left
make that 4 pt

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mercer w/ a strong move in the paint
1:47 29-27 TAM

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0:55 left in the half
31-27 TAM

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Gators have to start getting some defensive boards. Tex A&M getting too many 2nd and 3rd chance pts

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close the half solidly here

[GboroGator]

George just throws the ball at the rim nowadays. Her shoulder problem is a liability on the offensive end.

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A&M with the over-the-shoulder buzzer-beating 3 from halfcourt. Sigh.

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george misses, then A&M hits a 3 pointer at the buzzer from halfcourt! ouch!

34-27 A&M

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George just throws the ball at the rim nowadays. Her shoulder problem is a liability on the offensive end.

This. Maybe it's just me, but it seems much worse tonight than it has the past few games.

Not that we've really gotten many better looks though. That we're shooting over 40% in the first half is rather impressive considering the quality of shots.

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Bone's killing us inside w/ 12 pts
20 rebounds and about half of those are offensive boards

needles leads the gators w/ 6, mercer w/ 5
george w/ 7 rebounds
13 total rebounds

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A&M leads 9-0 in 2nd chance pts

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mercer hits a jumper to get the 2nd half started

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bone counters w/ yet another layin

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lead back to 9 for A&M
11-0 on 2nd chance pts

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george answers bones layup w/ a hook

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26pts in the paint for TAM
15:28
42-31 aggie lead

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all 8 aggie points in the 2nd half coming in the paint
13-0 now in 2nd chance points

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2nd half starting like the first half = a&m dominating early
15 pt lead
14:02
46-31

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21 pts for bone
bonds w/ a layup

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11:43
50-33 gators have flatlined here

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12-3 in favor of a&m in fouls

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Svete hits a 3

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moss makes 1 of 2 ft's
then miller gets a layup
56-39 9:15

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The officiating in this game is borderline hilarious. Especially considering that it's totally unnecessary. About as much homerism as I've ever seen in women's basketball or anywhere outside of Cameron Indoor.

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moss hits back2back jumpers

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bonds answers an A&M jumper off another 2nd chance bucket (19-2 in that stat)

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61-45 A&M lead
6:27

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miller answers an A&M bucket

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JT Bonds hits 2 foul shots 63-49
4:39

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moss w/ a steal
JT hits a jumper +1
11 pt game

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65-52 a&m
3:15

[G2MGA]

Looks like we may keep the final respectable anyways.

Kind of a meh game overall. Not sure we got TAMU's best effort nor did we give them ours.

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miller hits a 3 from the corner to cut the lead to 10

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Svete w/ a 3

bone goes to the line

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svete w/ another 3!!

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1:32
6 pt game
67-61

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both teams in the bonus, btw

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bone gets fouled by miller
goes to the line, hits both

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Svete answers again w/ another 3!!!
top of the key, mercer w/ the screen

5 pt lead 0:51 sec left

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bone misses the first, makes the 2nd
fast break layup for bonds
70-66

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almost got the 5 sec count on the inbound
A&M w/ the timeout

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2 foul shots for A&M

gators answer w/ another bonds fastbreak layup
72-68
0:18 sec

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long 5 seconds there....on the inbound

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2 foul shots made by A&M (50% shooter making 5 of 6 or something like that tonight)

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turnover gators, foul
A&M hits 2 more free throws

Svete hits a 3 (5 of 6) 5 sec left

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bone hits both free throws 31 pts for her

78-71 Aggies prevail

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both teams w/ 44 in the 2nd half

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17 for Bonds to lead the gators
15 for Svete
11 for January Miller

8 boards for George, but she didn't play for much of the 2nd half for some reason (wasn't foul trouble)

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Mcintyre, for the first time this season, doesn't score in the game