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Aggies Try to Maintain Momentum Against Red Raiders

Texas A&M starts a two-game road swing on Saturday when the Aggies play the Texas Tech Red Raiders in Lubbock. Game time is 5 p.m. and the game will be televised across Texas by Fox Sports Net South

Feb. 20, 2009

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Texas A&M starts a two-game road swing on Saturday when the Aggies play the Texas Tech Red Raiders in Lubbock. Game time is 5 p.m. and the game will be televised across Texas by Fox Sports Net Southwest.

GAME #27
Texas A&M Aggies (18-8, 4-7 Big 12)
vs.
Texas Tech Red Raiders (12-14, 2-9 Big 12)
              
Saturday, February 21, 2009
5:02 p.m. (CST)
Lubbock, Texas
United Spirit Arena (15,098 cap.)

Television
Fox Sports Net Southwest
(statewide in Texas)
Play-by-Play: Dave Shore
Analyst: John Harris
Direct TV: Channel 676 / Dish Network: Channel 416 / Bryan Suddenlink: Channel 25
ESPN Full Court / ESPN360: http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/espn360/index?id=290522641
Texas Tech TV Network (Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Amarillo, Wichita Falls, Abilene, Midland/Odessa)

Radio
Texas A&M Sports Network
Play-by-Play: Dave South
Analyst: Al Pulliam
Sirius Satellite Radio: Channel 91
www.aggieathletics.com
Network Affiliates
Atlanta                             KPYN-AM         900
Athens                             KLVQ-AM         1410
Austin                           KJCE-AM          1370
Brenham                       KWHI-AM          1280
Carthage                         KGAS-AM         1590
College Station                   WTAW-AM        1620
College Station                   KZNE-AM          1150
Comanche                     KCOM-AM        1550
Dallas                           KFXR-AM          1190
El Campo                      KULP-AM          1390
Gonzales                      KCTI-AM          1450
Houston                           KBME-AM         790
Marshall                          KMHT-AM         1450
New Braunfels                    KGNB-AM         1420
San Antonio                   KSJL-AM          810
San Saba                      KBAL-AM          1410
Sulphur Springs             KSST-AM          1230
Victoria                            KVNN-AM         1340

TEXAS A&M AGGIES
www.aggieathletics.com
Record: 18-8 (4-7 Big 12)
Ranking/RPI (CBS): Unranked / 46

  • Last Game: Beat Texas (81-66) at home on Monday

Current Streak: Won one
Head Coach: Mark Turgeon (Kansas `87)
            Record: 196-138 (11th year)
            at Texas A&M: 43-19 (2nd year)
            vs. Texas Tech: 2-1

PROJECTED TEXAS A&M STARTERS
No.       Player                          P          Ht.        Wt.       Cl-Ex   PPG     RPG     APG
15        Donald Sloan            G         6-3      205     Jr-2L    11.5     3.7       3.1
3          Derrick Roland          G         6-4      185     Jr-2L    5.8       2.8       --
23        Josh Carter               F          6-7      200     Sr-3L   13.2     4.1      --
0          Bryan Davis               F          6-9      240     Jr-2L   10.8      6.3      --
41        Chinemelu Elonu      C         6-10    235     Jr-2L    10.0      7.4       --
           
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS
www.texastech.cstv.com
Record: 12-14 (2-8 Big 12)
Ranking/RPI (NCAA): unranked / 122
Last Game: Lost to Oklahoma State (92-82) at home on Wednesday
Current Streak: Lost three straight
            Head Coach: Pat Knight (Indiana `95)
            Record: 16-21 (2nd year)
            at Texas Tech: 16-21 (2nd year)
            vs. Texas A&M: 0-2

PROJECTED TEXAS TECH STARTERS
No.       Player                                      P          Ht.        Wt.      Cl-Ex    PPG     RPG     APG
21        John Roberson                      G         5-11    165     So-1L 14.1    3.4       6.6
20        Alan Voskuil                           G         6-3      181     Sr-3L  13.9    4.2       2.0
5          D'Walyn Roberts                   F          6-7      194     So-1L  5.9      4.0       --
30        Michael Prince                      F          6-7      208     Sr-3L   4.2      3.2       --
15        Robert Lewandowski            F          6-10    240     Fr-Hs  7.1      4.1       --           
                                        
Additional Information:
Big 12 Conference: http://big12sports.com/
NCAA: http://www.ncaa.com/

Series Notes

  • The Red Raiders lead the series, 63-55, including a 36-15 record in games played in Lubbock and a 6-3 mark at the United Spirit Arena.
  • A&M has won five of the last eight meetings, including two straight. Tech has won two straight, and five of the last six, games played in Lubbock.
  • The teams split the regular-season series last year, with Tech posting a 68-53 win in Lubbock and A&M notching a 98-54 victory in College Station.

Key Game Notes

  • The Aggies ended a three-game losing streak with an 81-66 win against Texas at home on Monday.
  • Texas Tech has lost three straight and is coming off a 92-82 loss to Oklahoma State at home on Wednesday. 
  • The Aggies are 2-5 in true road games, including a 0-5 mark in Big 12 play. The Red Raiders are 11-4 at home, with a 2-3 record in conference play.
  • A&M has won two straight against the Red Raiders with both games played in College Station. A&M posted a 79-70 win at home on Jan. 28.
  • Tech has won two straight against the Aggies in Lubbock, including a 68-53 win last season.

About Texas Tech

  • The Red Raiders are in their second season under Head Coach Pat Knight, who replaced his legendary father, Bob Knight, in the middle of last season.
  • Tech finished 16-15 last year and placed seventh in the Big 12 with a 7-9 mark.
  • Sophomore guard guard John Roberson (5-11) leads the Red Raiders in scoring (14.1) and leads the Big 12 in assists (6.6). He averages a league-best 7.5 assists in conference play.
  • Senior guard Alan Voskuil (6-3) adds 13.9 points and ranks second in the Big 12 in free throw percentage (.903). He has made a league-best 40-of-42 free throws (.952) in Big 12 play.
  • Tech averages 78.4 points per game buts ranks last in the Big 12 in scoring defense (79.1).

Last Time They Met
COLLEGE STATION (AP, Jan. 28, 2009) -- B.J. Holmes had six 3-pointers and finished with 24 points, both career-highs, to lead Texas A&M to a 79-70 win over Texas Tech on Wednesday night. The win broke a three-game losing streak for the Aggies. The sophomore didn't miss from long-range until his seventh attempt. He hit five 3s in the first half, including three in just more than a minute. His sixth one gave Texas A&M a lead after the Red Raiders' had tied it with about 13 minutes left. The Aggies (16-5, 2-4 Big 12 Conference) didn't trail after that and led by four before Derrick Roland's 3-pointer stretched A&M's lead to 71-64 with just more than three minutes remaining. Texas Tech (11-9, 1-4) was led by Robert Lewandowski and John Roberson, who scored 20 points each.

Last Year in Lubbock
LUBBOCK (AP, Jan. 16, 2008) -- Bob Knight reached another milestone. Texas Tech beat No. 10 Texas A&M 68-53, the Hall of Fame coach's 900th career victory. After the game fans chanted Knight's name as he walked off the court to a thunderous ovation. The win was Tech's third straight over an Aggies team ranked in the top 10. Last season the Red Raiders beat A&M twice by a combined four points. The Aggies were ranked No. 6 going into each game and were on nine- and five-game winning streaks, respectively. The Aggies looked frazzled and out of sync most of the game. A&M went 18-for-53 from the field in its worst shooting performance (34 percent) of the season and they turned the ball over a season-high 20 times. Martin Zeno scored 19 points and Trevor Cook added a career-high 14 for Texas Tech (10-6, 1-1). The Aggies used a 14-4 run to whittle the Red Raiders' lead to 39-31 with about 16 minutes remaining. But Tech stiffened and went on a 20-4 run to go up by 56-35 with 7:45 remaining. The run included two 3-pointers by Trevor Cook and one by Alan Voskuil. A&M never threatened after that. Josh Carter and Joseph Jones scored 11 points each to lead the Aggies.
 
Texas Recap
COLLEGE STATION (AP)--Chinemelu Elonu and Bryan Davis scored 15 points apiece to lead Texas A&M to an 81-66 win over Texas on Monday night to break a three-game losing streak. The Aggies (18-8, 4-7 Big 12) led by as many as 19 points in the second half before Texas went on a 16-1 run to get back in the game. Texas (17-8, 6-5) cut the deficit to 61-57 before the Aggies scored seven straight points to stretch their lead back to double-digits with about five minutes left. The Aggies made nine free throws after that to secure the victory.
Gary Johnson led the Longhorns with 17 points, but had to sit for large parts of the second half because of foul trouble. Donald Sloan added 14 points for the Aggies.

Hoops Success

  • A&M is working toward for its fifth straight 20-win season. Before the 2004-05 season, A&M had only six 20-win seasons in its entire history.
  • A&M also is looking for its fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance. Prior to this streak, A&M had never made consecutive NCAA appearances. Including the 2005 NIT, A&M has advanced to postseason play four straight years.
  • A&M is 4-3 NCAA Tournament play in the last three years. Prior to that, A&M was just 3-7 in NCAA Tournament games in its history.
  • A&M's three NCAA losses in the last three years were by an average of 1.7 points with each game decided in the final 10 seconds.
  • A&M is one of just eight schools that have advanced past the first round of the NCAA Tournament in each of the last three seasons.
  • A&M is the only Big 12 school -- and one of just four schools nationally --  to win at least one postseason game in each of the last four seasons (1 NIT/3 NCAA Tournaments). The others are North Carolina (4 NCAAs), Georgetown (1 NIT/3 NCAAs) and Memphis (1 NIT/3 NCAAs).
  • A&M, Kansas and Texas are the only three Big 12 schools that have won at least 20 games in each of the last four years. Only 23 schools in the nation have won at least 20 games in each of the last four seasons.

Hoops Success

  • When the NCAA adopted the Academic Progress Rate (APR) as its standard for measuring the academic success of its member schools in 2004, Texas A&M did not meet the minimum score of 925 and lost a scholarship for the 2004-05 season. The program's APR for 2007-08 improved to a perfect score of 1,000.
  • All nine Aggies seniors have graduates in the last two seasons and seniors Josh Carter and Bryson Graham are on schedule to graduate this year.

NBA Presence

  • A&M has produced three NBA Draft picks in the last four years. , including first round choices Acie Law IV (2007, Atlanta Hawks) and Antoine Wright (2005, New Jersey Nets). DeAndre Jordan was a second-round pick by the Los Angeles Clippers in 2008.
  • Prior to 2005, A&M had not produced an NBA Draft pick since 1987. A&M's never had more than one active NBA player before now.
  • Law, Wright and Jordan have each started in NBA games this season.

Coach Turgeon

  • A former player and assistant coach at Kansas, 44-year-old Mark Turgeon is in his second season at Texas A&M. He cut his coaching teeth at Kansas under legends Larry Brown and Roy Williams.
  • Turgeon's 43-19 record matches the best coaching start in A&M history and the second-best in the Big 12's 13-year history. Kansas' Bill Self was 47-15 after 62 games in 2003-05 and Billy Gillispie was 43-19 at A&M in 2004-06.
  • Turgeon led the Aggies to a 25-11 record last year, the third most wins in school history. A&M advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, dropping a close 51-49 decision to No. 1-seed UCLA.
  • Turgeon's 25 wins last season were the most by a Big 12 coach in his debut and tied for the most by a first-year coach in the history of any Big 12 school. Tom Penders went 25-9 in his first year at Texas in 1988-89 prior to the Big 12. 
  • Turgeon has reached the 20-win mark four times in the last five seasons, averaging 22.2 wins. His teams have advanced to postseason play five times in the last six years.

Player Notables

  • JOSH CARTER: All-Big 12 candidate ... see page 15 for 2008-09 highlighs and game-by-game stats ... A&M is 92-35 (.724) since Carter joined the program ... needs four more victories to become the winningest player in school history ... has committed just 27 turnovers in 816 minutes this season (one every 30.2 minutes) ... one of only two players in A&M history to score at least 1,400 points with 400 rebounds (469) and 200 assists (231), joining Bernard King (1,990/490/550) ... owns school record for career three-point field goals (276), No. 5 in Big 12 history ... with 1,442 career points (8th in A&M history) is on pace enter A&M's top five ... second the Big 12, and 19th nationally, in free throw accuracy (.879), chasing school record of .865 by Mike Floyd in 1974-75 ... third in career percentage at .808 ... has played in all 127 career games and has started in 96 straight ... on pace to break the school record for games played (132 by Dominique Kirk, 2004-08).
  • BRYAN DAVIS: All-Big 12 candidate ... second on the team in rebounding (6.3) and blocks (33), and is third in scoring (10.8) ... ninth in the Big 12 in rebounding and fifth in blocked shots ... earned all-tournament honors at the South Padre Island Invitational, where he scored 15 points with 13 rebounds in the final-round win vs. Kent State ... eighth in A&M history in career blocks (83).
  • DONALD SLOAN: All-Big 12 candidate ... second on the team in scoring (11.5), third in steals (21) and leads in assists (3.1) ... has committed just 43 turnovers (with 81 assists) in 803 minutes of action this season (one every 18.7 minutes). Last year, he averaged a turnover every 13.3 minutes ... is 19-of-21 (.905) on free throws in "crunch time" this season (games within 10 points in the final two minutes) ... making 75.2 percent from the free throw line, a marked improvement over last season's .673 mark. He leads the team in free throws made (85) and attempted (113).
  • DERRICK ROLAND: Big 12 All-Defense candidate ... one of the country's top defenders ... normally guards the opponents' top scoring guard ... in Big 12 play, his primary assignment has averaged just 12.0 points while making just 34.1 percent from the field and 27.3 percent from three-point range ... opponents' top-scoring guard has scored below his scoring average in all but one Big 12 game ... making 40.9 percent (9-of-22) from three-point range in Big 12 play ...  held Texas' A.J. Abrams to a season-low 7 points on 3-12 shooting on Monday ... Oklahoma State's James Anderson averaged just 9.5 points in two games against Roland ... scored 13 points, making 3-of-6 three-pointers, against UNC Wilmington.
  • CHINEMELU ELONU: All-Big 12 candidate / Big 12 All-Defense candidate / Big 12 Most-Improved candidate ... averaged 1.9 points and 2.2 rebounds in 56 career games entering season ... In Big 12 play, he ranks fourth on the team in scoring (10.7) while leading in rebounding (8.1), blocks (23) and field goal accuracy (.597) ... has had seven double-doubles (fifth most in the Big 12 ... leads Big 12 in blocked shots (2.1), ranks second in offensive rebounds (3.8) and is sixth in total rebounds (8.0) in league play ... leads the team in field goal percentage at .641, eighth-best nationally (min. 150 FGA) ... school record is .622 by Rudy Woods in 1978-79 ... leads the team in three-point plays (FG+FT) with nine and also leads in dunks with 28 ... younger sister, Adaora Elonu (uh-DOOR-uh) is a 6-1 freshman forward for the A&M women's team who twice has been named the Big 12's Freshman of the Week.
  • B.J. HOLMES: Big 12 All-Reserve candidate ... one of the top players off the bench in the Big 12, averaging 8.7 points in conference play ... In Big 12 games, ranks fourth in the league in free throw percentage (.857) and is fifth in three-point percentage (.455) ... scored a career-high 24 points in the win against Texas Tech, making 6-of-7 three-pointers (.875), tying for the fourth-best percentage in school history ... made his first six three-pointers against Tech, tying Big 12 record for consecutive treys ... had streak of 20 straight games with at least one three-pointer (the third longest in school history) earlier this season ... has been the Aggies' top scorer off the bench a team-high 16 times ... scored 16 points with a career-best 7 rebounds in the win at Alabama and nailed a rainbow three-pointer with :02 left to send the game to overtime ... has had just 15 turnovers (37 assists) in 576 minutes, an average of just one every 38.4 minutes.
  • NATHAN WALKUP: Scored 7 points (3-of-3 from the field) in win against Texas, a career-high for a Big 12 game ... nailed the game-winning three-pointer with 20 seconds left vs. Arizona, his only points of the game ... made another big three with :14 left at Alabama to pull A&M within 2 points before teammate B.J. Holmes tied it with :02 left ... also hit a "clutch" jumper in the final minute against Stephen F. Austin to help ice the victory ... made a three-pointer with 7:32 left at Rice that gave the Aggies a six-point lead and the Owls never came close again ... grabbed 11 rebounds against Stephen F. Austin and pulled down a career-best 12 against UNC Wilmington ... scored a season-high 9 points against UNC Wilmington, just missing his first career double-double.
  • DASH HARRIS: Has emerged as one of the team's best defenders ... In the last 14 games has handed out 33 assists with 17 turnovers ... handed out a career-best 5 assists with 0 turnovers in win vs. Texas ... also had 5 assists vs. Texas Tech, Rice and McNeese State ... had 4 assists and a career-high 6 points vs. North Dakota ... ranks second on the team with 48 assists.
  • DAVID LOUBEAU: Preseason honorable mention freshman All-America by Collegeinsider.com ... leads all Big 12 freshmen in offensive rebounding (2.3) in league play ... scored 11 points with 8 rebounds in the win against Texas Tech and added 10 points against OSU ... scored a career-high 12 points with 8 rebounds in the win against Kent State ... has been the first player off the bench a team-high 15 times ... scored 9 points, all in the second half, in close loss at Oklahoma.

Offensive Notes
Scoring
A&M is 11-0 this season with it scores t least 72 points ... the Aggies are one of the most balanced teams in the Big 12 with four players averaging between 8.7 and 12.3 points in league play ... no A&M player ranks among the league's top 20 scorers ... A&M is 10-2 when it has four or more players score in double figures and is 16-3 when three or more reach double digits ... A&M is 13-1 in the last three years when the trio of Carter, Sloan and Davis each score in double figures, including a 9-1 mark this year (the only loss was at Oklahoma) ...  the Aggies average 18.8 bench points and have had at least 10 bench points in all but the loss at Baylor ... A&M is 8-0 when it has at least 8 fast break points this season and is 17-1 when they reach that mark under Mark Turgeon.

Production in Wins/Losses
In its Big 12 wins, A&M has averaged 80.0 points while making .478 from the field, .439 from three-point range and .725 from the free throw line ... in its losses, the Aggies have averaged 62.0 points while making .398 from the field,.325 from three-point range and .644 from the line ... A&M has averaged 14.9 turnovers in its Big 12 losses, but only 10.0 in its conference wins ... A&M is averaging 20.5 bench points in its Big 12 wins, but only 15.0 in its losses.

Field Goal Shooting
The Aggies are 11-1 when they make at least 45 percent from the field and are 14-4 when they make at least 40 percent ... A&M is 4-4 when it shoots under 40 percent ... under Mark Turgeon, A&M is 33-4 when it makes at least 45 percent from the field, with a 19-0 mark when it makes better than 50 percent.

Efficiency
A&M is 17-3 when it has at least 9 assists ... the Aggies are 12-0 when they have a positive assist-to-turnover ratio, including a 4-0 mark in league play ... A&M is 36-6 in his career when Donald Sloan has at least 3 assists, including a 13-2 mark this year ... the Aggioes are 7-0 when Dash Harris has at least 3 assists.

Turnovers
A&M averaged 12.0 turnovers per game in non-conference play, second fewest in the Big 12 ... In Big 12 play, the Aggies are averaging 13.1 turnovers, fifth fewest in the league ... A&M is 15-3 when it has 13 or fewer turnovers ... under Mark Turgeon, the Aggies are 33-7 with 13 or fewer turnovers ... the Aggies are 16-1 when their opponents have 13 or fewer points off turnovers ... A&M is 15-0 (3-0 in Big 12 play) when its opponent has 13 or fewer points off turnovers ... under Turgeon, A&M is 27-4 when it has more points off turnovers than its opponent ... the Aggies had 16 assists and only 4 turnovers against Arizona, their fewest turnovers in a game since the statistic was first maintained in the mid-1970s ... A&M almost matched that performance against McNeese State, handing out 16 assists with only 6 turnovers.

Inside Game
A&M has outrebounded five of its last six opponents with an average margin of +7.2 in that span ... the Aggies had a +14 rebounding margin in the narrow loss at Oklahoma, the Sooners largest deficit of the year ... A&M is 14-3 when out-rebounding its opponent this season and is 4-5 when being beaten on the boards ... A&M posted a +7 rebounding margin against LSU, which came into the game leading the nation in rebound margin ... in Big 12 play, the Aggies rank second in the league in offensive rebounding with 13.5 per game ... A&M is averaging 29.6 points in the paint and have scored at least 18 points in the paint in every game ... the Aggies are 15-1 this season when scoring at least 27 points in the paint, but are only 3-7 when scoring 26 points or fewer in the paint ... under Turgeon, A&M is 37-5 when scoring at least 27 points in the paint.

From the Line
After ranking last in the Big 12 last season in free throw accuracy (.633), A&M ranks sixth this season at .700 ... the Aggies rank just 10th in the Big 12 in league play at .698 ... A&M made 71.7 percent prior to conference play ... free throw shooting cost A&M dearly in the close losses to nationally-ranked Oklahoma (twice), Texas and Kansas State ... the Aggies were 14-of-23 (.609) against the Sooners in College Station and were just 10-of-18 in Norman, losing both games by just six points ... A&M made a season-low 12-of-24 (.500) against the Longhorns and was just 19-of-30 in the five-point loss to Kansas State ... In its Big 12 losses, A&M has made just 64.4 percent from the line; in their league wins, the Aggies have made 72.5 percent and out-scored their opponents by an average of 9.3 points from the line ... the Aggies set Big 12 and school marks for free throw accuracy by making 20-of-20 (1.000) against Florida A&M ... A&M made 18-of-21 (.857) from the line in the win against Texas ... A&M is 64-of-75 (.853) from the line in the last two minutes of "close games," which are defined as games within 10 points ... as a team, the Aggies shoot almost 10,000 free throws per week in practice ... A&M averages 24.7 free throw attempts per game in Big 12 play (most in the league), 6.6 more than its opponents ... the Aggies have an average scoring margin of -1.3 in league play ... when it has more free throw attempts than its opponent, A&M is 17-6 overall.

Defensive Notes
Scoring
A&M is 10-0 when its opponent scores 64 points or fewer this season ... the Aggies are ranked fifth in the Big 12 in scoring defense, allowing 64.8 points per game ... one of the nation's top scoring teams, Oklahoma State (83.3) scored a season-low 64 points in A&M's win on Jan. 31 and averaged just 68.0 points in two games against the Aggies ... high-scoring Baylor (79.7) averaged just 72.5 points in two games against the Aggies ... every Big 12 opponent has scored under its season average against A&M ... under Mark Turgeon, A&M is 37-9 when its opponent scores 70 or fewer points ... his Aggie teams are 23-2 when their opponent shoots under 40 percent.

Field Goal Shooting
the Aggies are allowing .424 field goal accuracy for the year and .445 in Big 12 play, sixth best in the league ...  A&M is 13-3 this season when its opponents make under 45 percent from the field and are 5-5 when the opponent shoots better than that mark ... the Aggies are 7-1 when their opponent make under 40 percent ... under Turgeon, the Aggies are 23-2 when they opponent makes under 40 percent from the field ... A&M ranks fourth in the Big 12 in three-point percentage defense at .337 in league play.

Production in Wins/Losses
In its Big 12 wins, the Aggies have allowed an average of 68.2 points and its opponents have made 43.0 percent from the field, 26.9 percent from three-point range and 71.2 percent from the free throw line ... in its league losses, A&M has allowed 70.7 points on 45.4 percent shooting, including 38.5 percent from three-point range and 72.1 percent from the line.

Blocked Shots
In Big 12 play, A&M ranks third in the league in blocked shots with 4.2 per game ... in the full season statistics, A&M is the only team in the Big 12 with two players ranking among the top five in the league in blocked shots ... Bryan Davis ranks fifth on the year (1.3) and is sixth in Big 12 play (1.2) ... Davis ranks eighth on the A&M career chart (83) while Elonu is tied for ninth (71) ... the last time A&M averaged more blocks in a season was in 1989-90, when the team was led by shot blocking ace David Harris, who averaged 3.5 by himself.

Additional Notes
Stay in the Game
A&M players have fouled out just five times this season and one was in overtime at Alabama (Bryan Davis) ... opposing players have fouled out 16 times this season ... in Big 12 play, A&M players have fouled out just twice ... the school record for fewest foul outs is eight in 1958-59 ... for conference play, it is two in 1959 (Southwest Conference).

In the Clutch
A&M is 10-5 in games decided by 10 points or fewer, but has lost five of the last six ... the Aggies are 17-1 when they have the lead going into the final five minutes, losing only at No. 2 Oklahoma ... under Mark Turgeon, the Aggies are 37-3 when they have the lead going into the final five minutes.