Bland pulls N.C. A&T to victory

[hawkeye]

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Sunday, December 17, 2006

Bland pulls N.C. A&T to victory


GREENSBORO -- Amber Bland scored four points in the final 2.4 seconds of the game to push the N.C. A&T women to a 65-61 victory over UNC Asheville on Saturday.

Asheville (4-5) tied the game at 61-61 on a basket by Amanda Elder with 16 seconds left to play. Bland ran the clock down to under five seconds before hitting a 15-foot jumper with 2.4 seconds left. She then stole a long inbounds pass and was fouled with one second remaining. Bland made both free throws to finish the game with 29 points.

Ashton Barton scored 13 of her 20 points in the first half to lead the Bulldogs. Barton helped UNC Asheville build a 9-0 lead to begin the game, hitting two 3-pointers during the run. Brittany Hendley also converted a 3 to pad the Bulldogs' lead. Hendley finished with 10 points.

Asheville built a 33-21 lead by halftime.

Ta'Wuana Cook scored all 10 of her points in the second half to help N.C. A&T's comeback.

[AggieGroove]

Coach Bibbs has the ladies playing well...congrats to the team. Strongest coach outside of track at A&T right now!

[aggiejazz]

aggiegroove said:

Coach Bibbs has the ladies playing well...congrats to the team. Strongest coach outside of track at A&T right now!

I agree Bibbs is a very good coach but don't short change the baseball coach or the men's basketball coach, Eaves. Eaves came into a down and out program and he had to learn how to be a head coach on a HBCU budget.

[krazykev]

Official Basketball Box Score
UNC-Ashville vs North Carolina A&T
12-16-06 4:00pm at Greensboro,NC
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VISITORS: UNC-Ashville 4-5
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
10 ELDER, Amanda....... * 4-8 0-0 1-1 2 7 9 4 9 6 7 2 1 37
13 BARTON, Ashton...... * 8-15 4-7 0-0 2 2 4 4 20 1 3 0 1 33
20 HENDLEY, Brittany... * 4-10 2-7 0-0 0 3 3 2 10 1 2 1 4 32
23 BAKER, Ana.......... * 2-2 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 3 4 5 8 0 3 28
33 YOUNG, Leslie....... * 2-6 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 4 2 0 0 0 29
14 JONES, Kyla......... 0-4 0-1 2-2 1 1 2 2 2 0 5 0 0 13
22 WILLIAMS, Rachel.... 1-3 0-0 1-1 3 1 4 2 3 0 2 0 1 8
24 MONROE, Jessica..... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
44 BRANCH, Tasha....... 0-3 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 6 1 1 1 0 0 7
50 SHEPARD, Stacy...... 2-4 0-0 0-1 1 4 5 4 4 1 1 0 0 8
TEAM................ 2 3 5 1
Totals.............. 24-57 6-15 5-8 13 25 38 28 59 17 30 3 11 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-33 36.4% 2nd Half: 12-24 50.0% Game: 42.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 40.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd Half: 0-2 0.0% Game: 62.5% 2,2

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HOME TEAM: North Carolina A&T 4-4
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 COULTER,Lonise...... * 0-2 0-0 1-2 3 2 5 4 1 0 2 1 2 12
05 COOK,Ta'Wuana....... * 4-11 1-4 1-4 1 3 4 5 10 4 5 0 2 28
23 BLAND,Amber......... * 11-22 3-6 3-7 3 2 5 0 28 4 3 0 6 40
30 WILLIAMS,Ahmad...... * 2-3 1-1 0-0 2 1 3 2 5 1 4 0 1 27
45 SMALLEY,Lamona...... * 2-6 0-1 2-7 4 9 13 1 6 5 1 4 3 39
12 WADDELL,Shantar..... 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 13
22 TAYLOR-JAMES,Brittan 3-7 0-3 3-7 2 1 3 1 9 0 1 0 1 20
25 TABORN,Nyra......... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 11
43 LOWRY,LaPorsha...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 7
55 GORDON,Jasmine...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3
TEAM................ 2 1 3
Totals.............. 24-55 5-15 10-28 17 20 37 19 63 15 20 6 15 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-21 38.1% 2nd Half: 16-34 47.1% Game: 43.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-5 20.0% 2nd Half: 4-10 40.0% Game: 33.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-16 25.0% 2nd Half: 6-12 50.0% Game: 35.7% 5,1

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Officials:
Technical fouls: UNC-Ashville-None. North Carolina A&T-None.
Attendance: 321
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
UNC-Ashville.................. 33 26 - 59
North Carolina A&T............ 21 42 - 63

[krazykev]

BLAND'S JUMPER LEADS AGGIES TO WIN

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Box Score
GREENSBORO, N.C., December 16, 2006 – Sophomore guard Amber Bland came to North Carolina A&T with reputation of being a big-time player. Being a big-time player, however, requires making big-time plays.

Bland did just that Saturday afternoon for the N.C. A&T women’s basketball team, delivering the biggest play of the game – a 10-foot jumper with 6.4 seconds remaining to lift the Aggies to a 63-59 victory over UNC Asheville at Corbett Sports Center.

Bland led the Aggies with 28 points on 11-for-22 shooting, while adding six steals to her totals. Freshman Lamona Smalley added 13 rebounds, five assists, four blocks and three steals. In Brittanie Taylor-James’ first game as an Aggie, she scored nine points and had three rebounds.

“We came out with great intensity in the second half,” said coach Patricia Cage-Bibbs. “We made some adjustments but we did what he had to do to win tonight. I’m proud of the players for sticking with it and doing what it takes. We will continue to work, but this win feels good.”

After Amanda Elder, who had nine points and nine rebounds and six assists, hit a layup to give the Bulldogs a 59-57 lead with 1:17 remaining, Smalley answered with a jump hook for the game’s third tie in the final three minutes.

Following a Bulldog miss, Bland took the ball, dribbled toward the basket and elevated over UNC-Asheville’s Leslie Young for the game-winner. Bland then iced the game with a steal and two free throws. After hitting just one field goal in her first two games, the Penn State transfer is averaging 23 points per game her last four outings.

N.C. A&T (4-4), winners of three straight, erased a 12-point halftime deficit with a 28-13 run to open the second half. Ahmad Williams hit a 3-pointer and Tweet Cook converted two steals into layups to give the Aggies seven points in 22 seconds for a 49-46 lead with 7:42 left in the contest.

Barton hit a 3-pointer and layup, and Brittany Hendley hit a short jumper to give UNCA a 57-52 lead with 3:17 left to play. Smalley hit a layup and Taylor-James converted a 3-point play to tie the game at 57-57 with 2:35 left.

Cook was the other Aggie in double figures with 10 points. Barton led the Bulldogs (4-5) with 20 points, while Brittany Hendley added 10 points.

The Aggies will continue their homestand on Monday when they take on Navy at 7 p.m. in Corbett Sports Center.

[DECKS]

If we can keep everyone here the ladies team will be a beast the next two years!