Texas A&M’s Aicha Coulibaly will miss the rest of the season after injuring her knee Sunday in the Aggies' 64-51 loss to No. 7 LSU.
Johnson led all scorers with 22 points, five rebounds and two assists. She was clearly playing with a chip on her shoulder following her experience in Columbia, South Carolina.
The Volunteers, the nation’s No. 1 scoring offense, learned the hard way just how dominant South Carolina’s defense has been. Tennessee was held to new season lows in shooting percentage (30.7%), 3-point percentage (11.5%) and field goals made (23) in the game.
Texas A&M star Aicha Coulibaly scored 12 of the Aggies’ first 20 points, but she left the game late in the first half after injuring her right leg on a drive to the rim. Once trainers lifted her off the floor, Coulibaly couldn’t put any weight on her injured leg.
The Texas A&M men’s indoor track & field team is ranked No. 1 in the first USTFCCCA poll of the season. The A&M women are No. 7.
The Tigers opened the second quarter on a 15-2 run, almost half of which came from Johnson and Morrow. Texas A&M brought the score closer with eight made free throws, including five straight from Aicha Coulibaly. LSU held a five-point lead at halftime.
Nobody wants to lose a basketball game even to a powerhouse team like South Carolina. But what makes it even worse is when the other team trolls in an unspeakable way. The DJ at the game played a song by Flau’Jae Johnson’s murdered father and it was meant to shake her off her game.
After three games, two against ranked opponents, Texas women's basketball moved up in the rankings. Here is the latest.
Last week was an eventful one for Kenny Brooks and the Kentucky Wildcats (17-2, 6-1 SEC), with the team’s nine-game win streak — and its undefeated Southeastern Conference record — coming to an abrupt end in a 61-55 upset loss to unranked Texas A&M on Thursday in College Station.
Kim Mulkey was pretty clear after LSU lost to South Carolina that she isn’t into moral victories and the entire Tigers’ squad probably feels the same way. The Tigers seemingly heard her message and bounced back Sunday with a win over Texas A&M to improve to 22-1 on the season. Well done by a top five team.