BREAKING:
Gallery: No. 4 Bruins advance to Sweet 16 after 75-43 rout over No. 5 Aggies
By Keila Mayberry
March 21, 2017 3:38 p.m.
Redshirt senior guard Kari Korver began her final game in Pauley Pavilion with a hot start, firing in six 3-pointers in the first half.
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Redshirt senior guard Nicole Kornet chest bumps Korver during a timeout to celebrate the latter's second 3-pointer of the game.
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Texas A&M forward Anriel Howard and sophomore guard Kennedy Burke dive for a loose ball.
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Burke attempts to dribble past her defender, Aggie guard Danni Williams.
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Junior forward Monique Billings attempts an elbow jumper.
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Texas A&M center Khaalia Hillsman protests to the referee after a foul is called against her.
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Kornet gets the Bruins two points on a breakaway finger roll layup.
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Junior guard Kelli Hayes posts up against Howard as she looks for passing options.
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Texas A&M coach Gary Blair argues with the referee over a foul that went against the Aggies.
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Billings reaches backward for a loose rebound.
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Billings spreads out her arms in an attempt to block Howard's inbound pass.
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Hayes (left) gives Burke (right) some last motivational words as the Bruins wait out a timeout.
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Junior guard Jordin Canada (pictured) had her forehead cut after Aggie guard Curtyce Knox ran into her on a trap.
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Canada inadvertently runs into Knox while chasing after a loose ball.
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Canada would return to the game with a Band-Aid to protect the wound.
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Hayes flashes a big grin after a big Bruin scoring run.
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Hayes (right) helps Billings (left) off the floor after the latter fell off her seat while celebrating a made 3-pointer.
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Texas A&M's loss meant that the matchup against UCLA would be Knox's last college game. The redshirt senior ended her final season as the country's assist leader with 9.2 assists per game while also juggling motherhood.
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Kornet smiles at coach Cori Close as the redshirt senior hears her name called on the PA system of Pauley Pavilion one last time. This was Kornet's only season as an active player after she transferred from Oklahoma two years ago.
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In one of her final moments playing in Pauley Pavilion over the past five years, Korver is hoisted up by Kornet as the Bruins simultaneously celebrate the careers of the seniors and the team advancing to the Sweet Sixteen in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
