Dec. 8, 2010
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -
Texas A&M puts its four-game win streak on the line Wednesday night when the Aggies (7-1) host the Prairie View A&M Panthers (2-8) at Reed Arena. Tipoff is set for 7:05 p.m. and the game will air regionally on FOX Sports Southwest.
Texas A&M AGGIES (7-1)
vs Prairie View A&M PANTHERS (2-8)
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 • 7:05 PM (CT) • TV: FOX Sports Southwest
Reed Arena (12,989) • College Station, Texas
TELEVISION: FOX Sports Southwest
Greg Lucas (play-by-play), Jim Haller (commentary)
DirecTV: Ch 678
ESPN Full Court: DirecTV 722/Dish 457
RADIO: Texas A&M Sports Network
Dave South (play-by-play), Al Pulliam (commentary)
Local/Internet WTAW-AM 1620/radioaggieland.com
Satellite Radio n/a
SERIES
Texas A&M leads, 9-0
In Prairie View: A&M leads, 1-0
In College Station: A&M leads, 8-0
At Reed Arena: A&M leads, 5-0
At Neutral Sites: never faced
Current Win Streak: A&M, 9 games
Longest A&M Win Streak: 9 games (current)
Longest PVAM Win Streak: n/a
Largest A&M Win: 113-63 (1978-79)
Largest PVAM Win: n/a
Mark Turgeon vs. PVAM: 1-0
Byron Rimm vs. A&M: 0-1
Last Meeting: A&M, 84-59 (Dec. 2, 2009 in College Station)
THE MATCHUP
TEXAS A&M AGGIES
Record: 7-1, 0-0 Big 12
Ranking: RV (AP), RV (USAT/ESPN)
Sagarin Rating: #27
Streak: Won 4
Last 5 / Last 10: 4-1 / 7-1
Last Game: def. Pacific (H), 79-59 (Saturday)
Head Coach: Mark Turgeon (Kansas '87)
Record: 233-151 (13th year)
at Texas A&M: 80-32 (4th year)
vs. PV A&M: 1-0
A&M Probable Starters
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG APG GP/Min
5 Dash Harris G 6-1 175 Jr. 3.4 2.4 3.6 8 / 25.9
10 David Loubeau F 6-8 230 Jr. 10.6 5.6 0.1 8 / 23.0
11 B.J. Holmes G 5-11 175 Sr. 9.8 3.3 4.3 8 / 26.9
22 Khris Middleton F 6-7 215 So. 13.8 5.1 2.9 8 / 27.1
45 Nathan Walkup F 6-7 210 Sr. 10.6 4.9 1.5 8 / 23.3
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M PANTHERS
Record: 2-8, 0-0 SWAC
Ranking: NR
Streak: Lost 1
Last 5 / Last 10: 1-4 / 2-8
Last Game: def. Ecclesia College (H), 90-65 (Saturday)
Head Coach: Byron Rimm II (Cal State-LA '99)
Record: 35-38 (3rd year)
at PV A&M: same
vs. Texas A&M: 0-1
Prairie View A&M Probable Starters*
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl-Exp. PPG RPG APG GP/Min
3 Trant Simpson G 5-10 160 Sr. 12.2 3.0 2.3 10 / 30.3
5 Chris Sights G 6-0 190 So. 2.1 2.1 1.4 10 / 14.7
23 Cortney Bell F 6-6 205 Fr. 4.9 5.0 0.6 10 / 20.3
41 Tim Meadows G 6-2 185 Jr. 6.4 3.8 0.9 10 / 22.8
44 Aron Walker C 6-11 240 Jr. 3.8 1.4 - 10 / 10.3
* based on last game
Key Game Notes
Texas A&M will play five of its next six at Reed Arena ... the Aggies will not leave the state of Texas again until they open Big 12 play at Oklahoma on Jan. 8 ... A&M's only game away from College Station over that span is a matchup with former Southwest Conference rival Arkansas at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Dec. 18.
The Aggies have won 55 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 68 straight regular-season non-conference home games since 2003. A&M is 87-9 all-time in non-conference games at Reed (.905).
A&M suffered its first loss of the year on Thanksgiving Day, a two-point setback to a hot-shooting Boston College squad ... since then, the Aggies have won all four games and held their opponents (Manhattan, No. 20 Temple, SFA, Pacific) to a sparse 34.9 percent shooting from the floor (74-for-212) and 22.2 percent (14-for-63) from 3-point range ... during that span, Aggie foes have averaged just 52 points per game and been out-rebounded by a margin of 11 boards.
The Aggies got their first crack at a ranked opponent this year and picked up a win over Temple Sunday (No. 20 USAT/ESPN, No. 21 AP) ... A&M played 12 ranked teams last season ... the Aggies will play 8 other games against teams ranked in the latest AP Top 25 poll, including Kansas (4th), Kansas State (5th), Baylor (10th, 2 games), Missouri (15th), Washington (21st) and Texas (25th, 2 games).
In the latest NCAA rankings (released Monday), A&M ranked second nationally only to Pittsburgh in rebounding margin (+13.1) and ranked 9th in the country in scoring defense (55.3 ppg) ... the Aggies have out-rebounded every opponent this season.
A&M rebounded from a tough two-point loss to Boston College last week with a 29-point win over Manhattan the next day ... the Aggies never trailed in the game, and held the Jaspers to 7 points over the final 13 minutes ... under Mark Turgeon, the Aggies have won 11 of their last 12 games following a loss.
The Aggies have won 9 of their last 13 games away from Reed Arena dating back to early February of last season ... three of those four losses have been by 4 points or less ... A&M's setbacks in that stretch came at No. 24 Baylor (70-66), against No. 1 Kansas in the Big 12 semifinals in Kansas City (79-66), in overtime to No. 10 Purdue in the NCAA Second Round in Spokane (63-61) and Thursday vs Boston College (67-65).
Texas A&M has outscored its opponents 291-199 in the first half this season and has carried an average lead of 11.5 points into the locker room.
A&M has won 22 of its last 23 home games, including 10 of its last 11 in Big 12 play. The Aggies are 35-3 at home in the last two-plus seasons with a 13-3 mark in conference games.
The Aggies are 69-6 (.920) at home since the start of the 2006-07 season and are 101-12 (.894) since the start of the 2004-05 campaign.
A&M has won 21 straight home games against unranked opponents (eight straight in Big 12 play). Under Turgeon, the Aggies are 44-3 against unranked opponents at Reed Arena, including a 12-3 mark against unranked Big 12 teams.
TV Tidbits
FOX Sports Southwest will air Wednesday's game live from Reed Arena ... fans in the Dallas/Ft Worth market or those in the Dallas Mavericks coverage area can view the game on FS Southwest Plus ... DirecTV subscribers should find the game on FS Houston (Channel 678) ... Dish Network subscribers should check listings for channel number.
Those outside of the coverage area can catch the game on ESPN Full Court's PPV college basketball package ... DirecTV will run the game on Channel 722 and Dish Network on Channel 457.
About Prairie View A&M (2-8)
Prairie View A&M is 2-8 on the season after competing against a very strong non-conference slate, which includes losses at Marquette, Wisconsin, Providence, Baylor and TCU, among others ... the Panthers' wins have come in their only two home games, against Arlington Baptist and in their most recent action, a 90-65 win over Ecclesia College on Saturday.
Prairie View is being outscored by an average of 25 points (80.6-65.6) and face an 8-rebound deficit on the boards ... on the year the Tigers shoot 37 percent from the field, 30 percent from the 3-point line and 63 percent from the charity stripe.
PV A&M returns 3 starters and 6 letterwinners from a 2010 team that went 16-14 and finished seventh in the SWAC at 11-7 ... the Panthers are led by Trant Simpson, who averages 12.2 points and 3 rebounds per game and has dished out a team-high 23 assists.
Series Notes (A&M leads, 9-0)
Texas A&M leads all-time, 9-0, in a series that dates back to the 1978-79 season ... the Aggies have won all four meetings at Reed Arena, including an 84-59 victory last year ... the lone contest played in Prairie View went to double overtime in 2002-03 before A&M escaped with an 83-78 win.
Up Next
The Aggies will host the 21st-ranked Washington Huskies on Saturday, Dec. 11 as part of the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series. 
