Dec. 3, 2008
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The Auburn women's basketball team now has a 743-325 all-time record
Auburn is now 3-0 all-time against North Carolina A&T and 11-1 against teams from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC)
Auburn head coach Nell Fortner now has a 96-64 career record and a
79-53 record on the Plains
Nell Fortner has led Auburn to a 52-15 record in non-conference play and a 21-3 mark in non-conference games at Beard-Eaves
Auburn is now 150-78 all-time in the month of December
Auburn is 8-0 for the 14th time in school history and for the second season in a row; the Tigers started the 2007-08 season 9-0 before falling to Texas A&M
DeWanna Bonner finished with 26 points and 11 rebounds for her second double-double of the season and the 33rd of her career
The 26 points marked Bonner's fourth 20-point game of the season and the 28th 20-point game of her career - Bonner now owns four of the top-five scoring outputs in the SEC so far this season
With the 95-74 win, Auburn has reached the 90-point barrier for the fourth time this season; the last time Auburn scored 90 or more points four times in a season was during the 2003-04 season
North Carolina A&T won the opening tip
DeWanna Bonner played in the 100th game of her career and started the 100th game of her career, a mark that ties her for 10th all-time at Auburn in career games started
Auburn led 45-42 at halftime, the seventh time it has led at the half this season
The 45 points was the most points scored in the first half by Auburn this season while the 42 points by North Carolina A&T were also the most allowed by Auburn
Bonner led Auburn at the half with 17 points and four rebounds; Jaleesa Sams led the aggies with eight points while Brittanie Taylor-James picked up six rebounds
Trevesha Jackson scored a career-high 16 points in the game, including leading Auburn in the second half with 10 points; Bonner led the Tigers with seven second-half rebounds
Taylor-James led the Aggies with 11 second-half points while Lamona Smalley led the team with four rebounds
Bonner moved into eighth place all-time at Auburn in field goal attempts as her 19 gave her a career total of 1,258; her eight made field goals give her 564 on her career and move her into ninth place all-time at Auburn - she passed Lori Monroe (1979-83) in both lists
By attempting nine free throws in the game, Bonner now holds the Auburn record in free throw attempts with 542, passing Carolyn Jones
(1988-91) with her 541 attempts
Bonner's 26 points give her a career total of 1,606 points - moving her into seventh place all-time at Auburn in career scoring, passing Angie Hannah (1978-82)
Whitney Boddie's nine assists in the game give her a career total of 389 assists, moving her into eighth place all-time at Auburn; she passes Debra Larkin (1981-85) and her 386 career assists
