11-27-25
Happy Thanksgiving. Dad and I had dinner with a couple of very nice neighbors and it was great. Since I didn’t actually see or hear the games, I’ll only put a little summary here of Aggie Women’s Basketball games for the week.
On Monday, the Aggie Women lost to San Diego, 57-48. Imani Warren scored 20 points, but Lucia Yenes held to 6 points. Lucia Lara had 9 points with 9 rebounds. The team was shooting 35%.
Playing at a tournament over Thanksgiving and Black Friday, the ladies lost on Thursday, 72-42, to the College of Charleston. Lucia had 8 points and Imani had 7 points with 7 rebounds. The team was shooting 28%. On Friday, they lost, 64-49, to Fresno State. Lucia had 13 points and Loes Rozing had 12 points. Emma Christiano had 4 assists and 3 rebounds. The team was shooting 37%. These two games were on Youtube, but I wasn’t able to watch (which might have been just as well). Yeah, this isn’t encouraging.
11-29-25
It was the Aggie Football finale, along with the regular season of College Football. The Aggies were playing at home against Middle Tennessee State. The two teams were fairly evenly matched. Adam Damante was in at quarterback for the Aggies with Logan Fife still injured. Ryan Hawk would be back kicking.
In the first quarter, the Aggies got a fumble and might have run it back, but the play was blown dead. The Aggies did get the ball, but didn’t score. A 65-yd touchdown pass to TK King was the game’s first score, but MT answered right back. A couple of missed tackles resulted in a 63-yd rushing touchdown and it was 7-7.
I watched the Southern/Grambling Battle of the Bands and missed most of the second quarter. 1-10 Southern would beat 7-5 Grambling State, 28-27, and they won the band battle (in my opinion). I missed nothing in the Aggie game. MT got a TD after a fumble right before the half and it was 14-7 MT.
Meanwhile, UTEP was playing the Delaware Blue Hens in their final game and lost, 61-31. The Blue Hens kicked a 45-yd field goal for the last play of the game. Were they rubbing it in or was there some other reason? Regardless, I love the Blue Hens! The Miners finished the season, 2-10. Delaware, in their first year in FBS, will be bowl eligible with a waiver. I was checking some other games were on TV. I noticed on different networks, they were suddenly airing the conversations between the referees and the review booth. I approve of this.
In the third quarter, the Aggie defense stopped MT on a fourth down in Aggie territory, but give the ball right back on an interception. This resulted in a field goal to make it, 17-7 MT. The Aggies come back with a TD to make it, 17-14 MT.
To the fourth quarter. A bomb to TK King to put the Aggies on the goal line and Damante was tush-pushed in. 21-17 Aggies. The Aggie defense got a couple of sacks on next series, but the offence gave up an interception right after. This led to MT taking the lead with a touchdown, 24-21.
Late in the game, the final Aggie drive seemingly ended with an interception with a pick 6 on a fourth down. However, this was waved off for pass interference and gave the Aggies a first down instead. A dropped touchdown pass would have won it, but the Aggies had to instead settle for a tying field goal, 24-24, to send it to overtime. Worse, Damante was hurt on the drive (with a broken leg) and third string QB, Parker Awad, was in. MT scored a touchdown on their possession in OT. The Aggies kept taking penalties (false starts) on their possession and did not score. Middle Tennessee wins, 31-24.
On the good side, TK King had the best day as an Aggie receiver in 10 years with 10 catches for 178 yards and 2 touchdowns (nearly 3). The Aggie Defense also finished with getting a takeaway in every game this season. For today though, the Offense had 2 interceptions and a fumble. On the Aggie Coach’s Show, Coach Sanchez offhandedly blamed the officiating. He has a point. On a couple plays, the officials threw flags and then picked them up, along with some other issues. That said, the Aggies had plenty of chances to win this.
It’s been a disappointing season. It’s disappointing because the Aggie Football team is so close to being decent. All these close losses have been hurtful. It feels like they’re just a couple more good players away from turning it around (unlike the Aggie Women’s sports I’ve seen, where they need wholesale improvements). The best I can say for this season is that I enjoyed the game I went to (10-2-25) and really enjoyed that win over UTEP ***(11-22-25).***
12-2-25
Once again, Aggie Men’s Basketball was playing a neutral site game, this one in Katy, Texas. They were playing 7-1 South Alabama, so this would be a serious test for the unbeaten 6-0 Aggies. (Of course, our Football game against the Jaguars on 12-2-17 will live on in every Aggie fan’s memory.) An impressive singing group performed the National Anthem before the game. Big man Augustine Ekwe was back playing for the Aggies.
SA ran up an early lead. Gabe Pickens made a clean steal and a layup to start an Aggie comeback. “School’s out,” as Russ Langford said on the radio call. Elijah Elliot made two 3’s to give Aggies their first lead, 20-15, with 11 minutes left in the half. They ran it up to a 6-point lead, but SA tied it with 4 minutes left. Elliot then made his fourth 3 to get the Aggies back to a 6-point lead. It would be 36-32 Aggies at the half.
In the second half, the Aggies had some sloppy play and SA took a 45-38 lead with 15 minutes left. Jemel Jones tied it at 49 with a 3 with 12 minutes left. Jayland Randall hit a 3 for an Aggie lead, 52-51, on a shot that went in, then out, and then finally fell in. Elliot made his fifth and sixth 3’s, along with a Jemel jumper, which gave the Aggies a 70-66 lead with 3 minutes left.
The Aggies kept scoring. Randall had a layup and a foul and hit the free throw. He got another layup after an offensive rebound. It was 75-70 Aggies with 2 minutes left. SA was fouled on a 3-pointer and made all 3 free throws to make it a 2-point game with a minute left. It was a 1-point Aggie lead with 38 seconds left. SA made 2 more free throws to take a 1-point lead. With 16 seconds left, the Aggies missed their shot and had to foul. SA made 1 free throw for a 2-point lead. Elliot missed a last second shot and SA won, 77-75.
Well, it was an entertaining game with lots of scoring. Jayland Randall had 21 points, Elijah Elliot had 18 with 6 3’s, and Jemel Jones had 17 points with 9 rebounds. The Aggies were shooting 42%, but SA shooting better overall and on 3’s and especially on free throws (32 of 39). The Aggies’ hard play and fouling would have worked had it not been for the Jaguars making their throws.
12-4-25
To close the loop on local Volleyball this season, UTEP Volleyball was beaten, 3-1 by North Carolina. I’m kind of ambivalent about it. Coach Wallis said they’d had too many injuries this season to be competitive in the tournament. C-USA’s other entry, WKU, was also beaten in their first match in straight sets.
The Aggie Women’s Basketball team lost to Southern Utah, 69-59. The Aggies had three players in double figures: Imani Warren, Lucia Yenes, and Anna Csenyi. Still, the team lost by 10. Morane Dossou had 11 rebounds. The Aggies were shooting 37%. The overall stats were fairly even between the teams, except SU was shooting free throws at 80% (21-26). That’s probably the difference. The ladies’ record is 1-6 on the season.
12-6-25
While watching some College Football Conference Championships with dad, I was also listening to Aggie Men’s Basketball versus Abilene Christian. We also had lunch at Long John Silvers. It was so unhealthy and I was a little queasy afterward, but it was so, so good. You kind of have to wait until you’ve forgotten about the last time you’ve been there before you can go back.
The Aggies had a 77-69 loss in their first official road game (as opposed to a neutral site game). The Aggies got out to an early lead, but lost it by halftime, down by 8. They came out firing to start the second and got it to within 2, but never fully caught up. Finally, AC pulled away.
Jemel Jones had 19 points, Juice Mims had 10 points, and Kyrese Mullen had 13 points. The team shot 37%. AC shot an impressive 50%, 47% on 3’s, and 82% on free throws. AC was also up 28 points in the paint to 18 for the Aggies. It wasn’t the Aggies’ best effort on offense or defense, so little wonder they lost.
The ladies had better luck today. Aggie Women’s Basketball won, 58-55, over Utah Tech. From the recap, the Aggies were down 9 points in fourth, but came back for the close win. On an assist by our dear Emma Christiano, Imani Warren hit a jumper to give the Aggies the lead near the end of the game. Imani had 13 points, Keira Hudson 16 points in a career high, Lucia Yenes had 12 points and 7 rebounds, Morane Dossou pulled down 12 rebounds, and Emma had 5 points. The Aggies were shooting 39% and had 12 steals overall for the game.
This is the final break report. I plan on being at the Aggie Women’s game ***next weekend.***
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