COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Gary Blair and Texas A&M played to their strength to beat pesky Drake.
Freshman Chennedy Carter scored 26 points and the fourth-seeded Aggies beat 13th-seed Drake 89-76 on Friday in the opening round of the women's NCAA Tournament.
"We can't be Drake and get 30 assists in a ball game because we can create off the bounce as well as any team in the country," said Blair, whose team scored 50 in the paint. "So that's our strength. Our inside game is our strength."
Blair's Aggies used full-court pressure to move comfortably in front in the second quarter in to an 89-76 win, but the Aggie coach had no interest in doing that for too long either.