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Aggies Try to Bounce Back Against Northwestern State

http://www.aggieathletics.com/multimedia/aggies-on-the-radio.html Dave South, play-by-play Al Pulliam, commentary Sirius Satellite Radio: 127 TICKETS: https://www.12thmanfoundation.com/

Jan. 1, 2010

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Game 13
Texas A&M Aggies
(9-3, 0-0 Big 12)
vs.
Northwestern State Demons
(5-6, 0-0 Southland Conference)

Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010
12:05 p.m. (CT)
Reed Arena (12,989 cap.)
College Station, Texas

TELEVISION: None

RADIO: Texas A&M Sports Network
http://www.aggieathletics.com/multimedia/aggies-on-the-radio.html
Dave South, play-by-play
Al Pulliam, commentary
Sirius Satellite Radio: 127

TICKETS:
https://www.12thmanfoundation.com/tickets/mb09-homegame.asp
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Texas A&M Basketball Digital Media
Texas A&M Media Almanac (complete bios, history and records): http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/352a4862
Mark Turgeon's Virtual Guide to Texas A&M Basketball: http://coachturgeon.com/
Aggie Basketball Fast Break blog: http://blogs.aggieathletics.com/fastbreak/

Texas A&M Aggies
http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/tam-m-baskbl-body.html
Record: 9-3 (0-0 Big 12)
Ranking: RV (AP); RV (ESPN/USA Today)
RPI: #12 (CBSSports.com)
Last Game: Lost at #19 Washington (73-64) Dec. 22 in Seattle
Head Coach: Mark Turgeon's (Kansas `87)
                Record: 211-143 (12th year)
                at Texas A&M: 58-24 (3rd year)
                vs. Northwestern State: 2-0

Projected Texas A&M Starters
No.         Player                                   Pos.       Ht.          Wt.         Cl.           PPG       RPG       APG
5              Dash Harris                         G             6-1          175         So          4.9          3.4          3.1      
15           Donald Sloan                      G             6-3          205         Sr            17.3       4.1          2.8         
22           Khris Middleton                 G             6-7         215         Fr            4.4         2.9          --
45           Nathan Walkup                  F              6-7          210         Jr            6.3          3.4          --
0              Bryan Davis                         F              6-9          250         Sr            8.7          7.0          --

Off the Bench
2             Derrek Lewis                      G             6-5          195         Jr            0.7          0.0          --
10           David Loubeau                  F              6-8          230         So           8.1         4.4          --
11           B.J. Holmes                         G             5-11       175         Jr             10.3       2.5          --
21           Ray Turner                          F              6-8          220         Fr            0.0          5.0          --
23           Naji Hibbert                        G             6-6          200         Fr            2.7          2.2          --

Northwestern State Demons
http://www.nsudemons.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=20000&SPID=11384&SPSID=93119
Record: 5-6 (0-0 Southland Conference)
Ranking: Unranked
RPI: 278 (CBSSports.com)
Last Game: Lost at Hawaii (81-62) Monday in Honolulu
Head Coach: Mike McConathy (Northwestern State `84)
                Record:  513-320 (27th year)
                at  NSU: 161-161 (11th year)
                vs. Texas A&M: 0-1

Projected Northwestern State Starters
No.         Player                                   Pos.       Ht.          Wt.         Cl.           PPG       RPG       APG
14           Michael McConathy        G             5-9         160         Sr              6.8         1.4         3.3      
24           Damon Jones                     G             6-4         195         Sr              13.9        3.5          --         
1             Dominic Knight                  G             6-3         212         Jr               10.2        3.1          --
42           William Mosley                  F              6-7         220        So               5.4         6.0          --
2             Aramie Brooks                   C              6-8         219         Sr              4.0          3.4          --

Big 12 Conference: http://www.big12sports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&KEY=&SPID=13134&SPSID=106110
Southland Conference: http://www.southland.org/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=18400&SPID=10825&SPSID=90089
NCAA: http://www.ncaa.com/statistics/index.html

Series Notes

  1. A&M leads the series, 3-2, and has won three straight.
  2. All five previous games have been played in College Station.
  3. The teams last met in 2005-06, with A&M posting a 73-61 victory in the only series game played at Reed Arena. Both teams went on to win historic first-round NCAA Tournament games. The Aggies downed Syracuse for its first NCAA victory in 26 years. The Demons upset Iowa on a dramatic buzzer beater for the first NCAA first-round victory in NSU history.
  4. A&M is 110-26 against current members of the Southland Conference.   

Game Notes

  1. A&M is 6-0 at home this season with Northwestern State is 1-5 in true road games.
  2. The Aggies have been idle since a 73-64 loss at No. 19 Washington on Dec. 22. The Demons are coming off an 81-62 loss at Hawaii Monday night. 
  3. A&M has won nine straight home games since a 65-60 loss to Kansas State last season. Since the start of the 2008-09 season, the Aggies are 22-2 at Reed Arena. A&M is 38-6 at home under Mark Turgeon's.
  4. The Aggies have won 49 straight non-conference home games, including wins against Arizona, Alabama and LSU. The last loss was to St. Joseph's (58-51) in the 2005 NIT quarterfinals. A&M has won 62 straight regular-season non-conference home games since 2003. A&M is 81-9 all-time in non-conference games at Reed (.900).nTurgeon is 37-5 in regular-season non-conference games at A&M, including a 29-0 record at home. He has posted wins against Minnesota, Clemson, Arizona, Washington, Ohio State, Alabama and LSU.
  5. A&M is 2-2 against ranked teams this season, only the second time in school history the Aggies have beaten two nationally-ranked opponents in non-conference play. The 1978-79 team posted four non-conference wins against ranked opponents.
  6. The Aggies' three losses this season have all been to teams ranked in the top 20 in this week's polls (No. 6/6 West Virginia, No. 17/16 Washington and No. 19/17 New Mexico).  A&M's schedule is ranked as the seventh toughest nationally - and the toughest in the Big 12 - by CBS Sports.
  7. Four A&M players have made at least four three-pointers in a game this season -- B.J. Holmes (5 vs. Washington), Donald Sloan (4 vs. New Mexico, 5 vs. Samford), Nathan Walkup (4 vs. The Citadel) and Khris Middleton (4 vs. Prairie View A&M).

About Northwestern State

  1. The Demons finished 11-20 last season and finished 11th in the Southland Conference with a 3-13 mark.
  2. Northwestern State was picked to finish fourth in the East Division of the SLC in a preseason coaches pill.
  3. The Demons are in their 11th season under Head Coach Mike McConathy, who has led them to two conference titles and two NCAA Tournaments. The Demons upset No. 15-ranked Iowa in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament and won an opening round game against Winthrop in 2001. McConathy has won 513 career games.
  4. The Demons are led by senior guard Damon Jones (6-4), who is averaging 13.9 points.

Washington Recap
SEATTLE (AP) -Quincy Pondexter kept sluggish Washington afloat, scoring 16 of his 25 points in the first half, and the 22nd-ranked Huskies beat No. 19 Texas A&M 73-64 on Tuesday night in a game marred - and largely decided - by a gruesome injury to Aggies senior Mark Turgeon's ran on the court while play continued at the other end. Roland's teammates were distraught - leading scorer and fellow senior B.J. Holmes scored 17 points and made 5 of 7 3-pointers to keep the Aggies in the game after Roland's injury. Sloan added 16 points, but missed 15 of 20 field goals. Yet the memory of this game will be Roland's pain. Fans on the side of the court facing Roland turned away at the harrowing sight of an apparently broken right leg. Four University of Washington doctors rushed to Roland's side and he lay still on his back, arms over his eyes. His leg was bent out, according to a Washington spokesman who was sitting a few feet away. The spokesman said the only thing he'd ever seen like it was former Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann's broken leg that was on graphic display for a national television audience during a Monday night game in 1985. After about 10 minutes, he was taken away on a stretcher wearing an air cast and loaded onto an ambulance that took him across town to Harborview Medical Center. Roland, who scored a career-high 21 points earlier this season at Southern Methodist, was alert inside the ambulance. He was holding his head up as an IV was started in his arm. The Aggies trailed 34-33 at the time of his injury. They never seemed to get over the shock of seeing their teammate's collegiate career likely end so suddenly and graphically. Washington immediately went its game-turning run following the delay. Pondexter and Thomas both scored twice during the spurt, and Scott Suggs' 3-pointer with 11:08 remaining put the Huskies up 49-37. When Suggs hit another 3 to keep Washington up by a dozen with 2:50 left, it seemed the Aggies were finished. Yet the Red Storm scored eight of the next nine points. Playing more because Roland was gone, Holmes made his third 3-pointer in 2 1/2 minutes to pull Texas A&M within 66-61 with 1:54 left. But Overton made five straight free throws to put Washington back up 71-61 with a minute left, and the Huskies had their eighth win in as many home games this season.

Roland's Value

    • Senior guard Derrick Roland will miss the rest of the season after breaking his right leg on Dec. 22 against Washington. Roland was considered by many to be the top perimeter defender in the Big 12. He was the Aggies' No. 2 scorer, a team captain and perhaps the team's top leader.
    • To illustrate Roland's importance to the team, because of foul trouble or injury he played fewer than 25 minutes in all three losses. His fewest minutes played came in the close losses to New Mexico (14 minutes, early foul trouble) and Washington (16 minutes, leg injury). He also got in foul trouble against West Virginia (24 minutes) and was on the bench during a key second-half run by the Mountaineers.