Dec. 17, 2010
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DALLAS--Winners of six straight, the 25th-ranked Texas A&M Aggies (9-1) head north to Dallas to renew an old rivalry with the Arkansas Razorbacks (7-1) Saturday afternoon in The Showcase presented by Reese's at American Airlines Center in Dallas. Tipoff is set for 1:05 p.m. and the game will air nationally on ESPN2.
(#25) Texas A&M AGGIES (9-1)
vs Arkansas RAZORBACKS (7-1)
Saturday, December 18, 2010 • 1:05 PM (CT) • TV: ESPN2 HD
American Airlines Center (19,200) • Dallas, Texas
TELEVISION: ESPN2 HD
Ron Franklin, play-by-play
Fran Fraschilla, commentary
RADIO: Texas A&M Sports Network
Dave South, play-by-play
Al Pulliam, commentary
Local: WTAW-AM 1620
Internet: radioaggieland.com
Satellite Radio: Sirius 126 (XM will carry Arkansas broadcast on Ch 200)
SERIES: UA leads, 96-50
A&M Streak: Lost 6
In Fayetteville: UA leads, 47-11
In College Station: series tied, 32-32
At Reed Arena: never faced
At Neutral Sites: UA leads, 6-3
Current Win Streak: UA, 6 games
Longest A&M Win Streak: 7 games
Largest A&M Win: 108-82 (1972-73)
Largest UA Win: 80-21 (1944-45)
Mark Turgeon vs. Arkansas: never faced
John Pelphrey vs. Texas A&M: never faced
Last Meeting: UA, 108-61 (March 8, 1991 at Reunion Arena, Dallas)
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THE MATCHUP
TEXAS A&M AGGIES
Record: 9-1, 0-0 Big 12
Ranking: 25th (AP), RV (USAT/ESPN)
Sagarin Rating: 26
Streak: Won 6
Last 5 / Last 10: 5-0 / 9-1
Last Game: def. #21 Washington (H), 63-62 (Saturday)
Head Coach: Mark Turgeon (Kansas `87)
Record: 235-151 (13th year)
at Texas A&M: 82-32 (4th year)
vs. Arkansas: never faced
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 3.7 10 / 25.8
10 David Loubeau F 6-8 230 Jr. 10.9 5.7 0.2 10 / 23.3
11 B.J. Holmes G 5-11 175 Sr. 9.7 2.8 3.9 10 / 26.3
22 Khris Middleton F 6-7 215 So. 14.5 5.0 2.5 10 / 26.6
45 Nathan Walkup F 6-7 210 Sr. 9.9 5.4 1.6 10 / 22.4
ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS
Record: 7-1, 0-0 SEC
Ranking: NR
Sagarin Rating: 74
Streak: Won 4
Last 5 / Last 10: 4-1 / 7-1
Last Game: def. Miss. Valley St. (H), 87-64 (Wednesday)
Head Coach: John Pelphrey
Record: 138-114 (9th year)
at Arkansas: 58-47 (4th year)
vs. Texas A&M: never faced
Arkansas Probable Starters
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG APG GP/Min
4 Rickey Scott G 6-3 195 Fr. 4.8 1.4 1.4 8 / 14.5
5 Glenn Bryant F 6-7 190 So. 5.4 4.6 2.5 8 / 16.6
15 Rotnei Clarke G 6-0 184 Jr. 13.8 2.9 1.3 8 / 29.5
21 Delvon Johnson F 6-9 220 Sr. 12.0 9.3 4.1 8 / 29.8
30 Jeff Peterson G 6-0 192 Jr. 7.5 2.1 2.6 8 / 21.8
Six in a Row
• 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 six straight and held their opponents (Manhattan, No. 20 Temple, SFA, Pacific, Prairie View, No. 21 Washington) to a sparse 35.8 percent shooting from the floor and 25 percent from 3-point range ... during that span, Aggie foes have averaged just over 55 points per game and been out-rebounded by a margin of 10 boards.
• The six-game win streak is A&M's longest since 2009, when the Aggies rattled off six in a row late in Big 12 play to lock up another NCAA Tournament berth ... it already marks the fifth time a Mark Turgeon-coached A&M team has won at least six straight games (10 games, 2008-09; 8 games, 2007-08; 6 games, 2008-09; 6 games, 2007-08; 6 games, 2010-11).
Hot Start
• Only five teams in school history have had better starts than this year's Aggies (9-1) ... the 1915-16, 1919-20, 1959-60, 2004-05 and 2005-06 teams all began the year 10-0 ... Mark Turgeon previous A&M teams were 9-1 (2007-08), 9-1 (2008-09) and 8-2 (2009-10) through their first 10 games.
Road Warriors
• 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 most recently on Thanksgiving Day vs Boston College (67-65).
Success Against Ranked Teams
• The Aggies are 2-0 this season against ranked opponents, picking up a 54-51 win over Temple (No. 20 USAT/ESPN, No. 21 AP) at the Old Spice Classic in Orlando and a 63-62 win over Washington (No. 21 AP, No. 22 USAT/ESPN) this past Saturday at Reed Arena ... it marks just the third time in school history that an A&M team has scored at least two regular-season wins against ranked non-conference foes ... two of the three times have come under Mark Turgeon (2009-10 and 2010-11) ... legendary coach Shelby Metcalf won 4 in the 1978-79 season.
• Mark Turgeon is 4-2 at A&M in games against ranked non-conference opponents during the regular season ... his teams have won three straight.
• A&M played 12 ranked teams last season ... the Aggies will play 7 other games against teams ranked in the latest AP Top 25 poll, including Kansas (3rd), Kansas State (6th), Baylor (9th, 2 games), Missouri (13th), and Texas (22nd, 2 games).
Making a Stand
• Texas A&M's defense, which had been strong all season, faced a tough test this past Saturday from the nation's best offense in Washington and shined brightly ... A&M held Washington, who entered the contest averaging 95.5 points per game, to a season-low 62 points ... the Aggies held the Huskies to a season-low 37.7 percent shooting (entered averaging 51.3%) ... A&M's defense allowed UW 6-of-22 (27.3%) shooting from the 3-point arc (entered averaging 47.5%) ... A&M forced Washington into a season-high 20 turnovers.
• A&M has held 7 of its 10 opponents under 38 percent shooting from the field ... under Turgeon, the Aggies are 47-4 (7-0 this year) when their opponent shoots under 40 percent and are 74-20 (9-1) when they make under 50 percent.
Aggies in the NCAA Rankings
• In the latest NCAA rankings (released Monday), A&M ranked sixth nationally in rebounding margin (+12.2) ... Pitt (15.2) leads the country ... the Aggies have out-rebounded every opponent this season ... the Aggies are 73-13 under Turgeon (9-1 this year) when matching or out-rebounding their foes.
• A&M also ranked 14th in the country in scoring defense (56.7 ppg) ... Stephen F. Austin, whom the Aggies beat at Reed Arena on Dec. 2, leads the nation (53.1 ppg).
• The Aggies are holding opponents to 37.1 percent shooting from the floor, which ranks 21st nationally ... A&M ranks 29th nationally in 3-point field goal defense, with foes shooting just 28.2 percent from behind the arc.
Senior Watch
• A&M's senior class needs 17 more wins to become the winningest class in school history ... the Class of 2011 is 84-32 (.724) entering Saturday's game with Arkansas, trailing only the 2010 (100-38, .725), 2009 (98-37, .726), 2008 (95-37, .720) and 1982 (85-40, .680) classes in the record books.
• An NCAA bid would make the 2011 seniors just the third class in school history to advance to four NCAA Tournaments, joining those from the Classes of 2009 and 2010.
A&M in "The Big D"
• Texas A&M will be playing a regular-season, neutral-site game in Dallas for the first time since the 1980-81 season ... that year, the Aggies' SWC opener with TCU was played at the brand-new Reunion Arena ... considered A&M's "home" game, the Aggies fell to the Horned Frogs, 56-51.
• A&M's last visit to the Metroplex was just last year, however, as the Aggies defeated SMU 80-68 on Nov. 16, 2009 at Moody Coliseum.
• The Aggies are 13-18 all-time in neutral-site games in Dallas, with a majority coming in Reunion as part of the Southwest Conference Tournament.
• Texas A&M is 1-3 all-time inside American Airlines Center, with all games part of the Big 12 Tournament ... the Aggies' lone victory came in the Big 12 quarterfinals against Colorado on March 10, 2006, an 86-53 victory over the Buffs that was A&M's first ever in the Big 12 Tournament ... the Aggies suffered losses inside AAC to Iowa State in 2003 (97-70), Missouri in 2004 (74-68) and Texas in 2006 (74-70).
Poll Success
• Texas A&M (No. 18 football, No. 25 basketball) is one of five schools nationally to be ranked in the latest AP Top 25 poll in both football and men's hoops ... Ohio State, Michigan State, Missouri and UConn are the others.
• A&M (No. 18 football, No. 25 MBKB, No. 8 WBKB) is one of four schools nationally to be ranked in the latest AP Top 25 poll in football, men's basketball and women's basketball ... Ohio State, Michigan State and UConn are the others.
Miscellaneous
• Texas A&M has outscored its opponents 356-255 in the first half this season and has carried an average lead of 10.1 points into the locker room.
• The Aggies dished out 20-plus assists in back-to-back games for the first time in the Mark Turgeon era ... A&M had 21 against Pacific (Dec. 4) and added 20 in a win over Prairie View (Dec. 8) ... the last Aggie team to accomplish that feat was the 2006-07 squad.
• A&M hit 10-plus 3-pointers in consecutive games for the first time in the Mark Turgeon era (10 vs Pacific, 11 vs Prairie View) ... the 2006-07 squad was the last to hit 10 or more 3-pointers in back-to-back games.
• Texas A&M was 0-for-8 from 3-point range against Washington (Dec. 11), snapping a streak of at least one 3-pointer in 310 consecutive games which dated back to Jan. 17, 2001 ... the Aggies still defeated UW, however, 63-62.
• A&M rebounded from a tough two-point loss to Boston College on Nov. 25 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.
About Arkansas (7-1)
• Arkansas is 7-1 on the year after an 87-64 win over Mississippi Valley State on Wednesday ... the Razorbacks have won four straight, including a 71-62 victory over Seton Hall as part of the SEC/Big East Challenge in Louisville ... UA's lone loss was at home in overtime to UAB, 70-65, on Nov. 26.
• The Razorbacks return 3 starters and 8 letterwinners from a 2009-10 team that went 14-18 and finished third in the SEC West at 7-9 ... John Pelphrey (Kentucky '92) is in his fourth year in Fayetteville with a record of 57-47.
Series Notes (Arkansas leads, 96-50)
• Arkansas leads the all-time series, 96-50, in one of the most-played rivalries in school history ... Saturday's game will mark the 147th meeting between the longtime SWC rivals in a series dating back to the 1923-24 season ... the teams have not met since UA departed for the SEC following the 1990-91 campaign.
• Ironically, the most recent meeting between A&M and Arkansas in basketball came in Dallas on March 8, 1991 at Reunion Arena ... the 5th-ranked Razorbacks defeated the Aggies in the SWC quarterfinals, 108-61, to improve to 29-3 ... Arkansas advanced to the Elite 8 that year before falling to Roy Williams' Kansas squad--a team that featured Mark Turgeon as an assistant coach.
• The Aggies' last victory over the Hogs came in the 1988-89 season, an 82-71 victory at G. Rollie White Coliseum ... Arkansas has won the last six meetings.
• Texas A&M is 22-30 all-time against the other 11 SEC schools ... the Aggies' last game against an SEC foe came in December 2008, a 72-61 win over LSU at Toyota Center in Houston ... the only two SEC teams that A&M has never faced in hoops are South Carolina and Georgia.
Sidebars
• Texas A&M freshman Keith Davis attended DeSoto High School, which sits about 15 miles south of the American Airlines Center.
• Aggie coach Mark Turgeon was an assistant on the 1991 Kansas staff that beat Arkansas in the Hogs' last game as a member of the Southwest Conference, a 93-81 win in the NCAA Elite 8.
• Texas A&M's director of student-athlete development, Barry Davis, spent 10 years in the Metroplex as the head basketball coach at Grand Prairie High School (1996-06).
• A&M video coordinator Stephen Gentry was a three-year letterwinner for coach Mark Few at Gonzaga, who is playing in the second half of Saturday's doubleheader.
• Recent signees Jamal Branch (Arlington) and Jordan Green (Flower Mound) both hail from the Dallas/Ft Worth area.
Up Next
• The Aggies will close out their non-conference slate with three straight home games, beginning Tuesday against Wagner ... following a break for Christmas, A&M will host McNeese State on New Year's Eve (3 p.m.) and end non-conference action against Nicholls State on Jan. 3 (7 p.m.).
LAST TIME OUT: Texas A&M 63, (#21) Washington 62
COLLEGE STATION (Dec. 11)--David Loubeau blocked a desperation shot by Isaiah Thomas as time expired and Texas A&M held on for a 63-62 win over No. 21 Washington before 10,296 fans at Reed Arena. The Aggies (9-1) led by seven with about four minutes to go before the Huskies (6-3) scored six straight points to pull to 63-62 with about 1 1/2 minutes remaining. Texas A&M's Khris Middleton missed a 3-pointer and C.J. Wilcox missed one for the Huskies with 17 seconds left and Washington knocked the ball out of bounds. The Aggies got the ball down the court before Thomas stole the ball from Nathan Walkup and raced back for the shot. But Loubeau knocked it down to give Texas A&M the win. Middleton led the Aggies with 17 points and Loubeau added 15 points and nine rebounds. The win was Texas A&M's sixth straight and its 70th consecutive regular-season non-conference win at home. It was the third loss of the season for the Huskies, whose previous two were to No. 17 Kentucky and seventh-ranked Michigan State. Washington entered the game leading the nation in scoring with almost 96 points a game and had scored 100 four times this season. Their 62 points and 37.7 percent shooting were both season lows. They were led by Thomas who had 13 points and Abdul Gaddy added 10. The Aggies were up by six points in the first half before Washington went on a 9-1 run to take a 19-17 lead about eight minutes before halftime. Washington trailed by two points near the end of the first half before scoring five straight points to take a 32-29 halftime lead. Both teams shot under 38 percent in the first half and the Huskies' 32 first-half points were a season low..
Texas A&M Head Coach Mark Turgeon: "Obviously it was a great win for us. I think that Washington has Final Four talent. We're still trying to find ourselves, but defensively we were as good as we've been all year. Just down the stretch, we couldn't make a play, we got really good looks, we just didn't make the play. I couldn't believe they didn't foul (at the end), I thought they were going to foul. And of course, ten thousand people were yelling Nate's name, but he didn't hear them. Then you just have to stop and say I hope they miss a shot. Nate picked him up, which wasn't the best match up, and David made a smart play. It was a big time block, it was clean, I'm glad they didn't get a shot up on the rim. (This win is) going to look good at the end of the year, it doesn't really do anything right now. We have to play better, we can't get caught up in it. We had a great home crowd in there. We had a some long faces at halftime, I was on them telling them we have to believe we can win this game. I said win or lose, this doesn't make or break our season, let's go out and play the way we're capable of. I thought our intensity...our guys were dialed in. It was just great team defense. The timing and execution was really good and our guys played really smart today."
Postgame Notes: A&M 63, UW 62
• Texas A&M extended its win streak to 6 games, their longest since the spring of 2009 ... A&M extended its home-court win streak against non-conference opponents to 57 games ... the Aggies extended their regular-season, non-conference home win streak to 70 ... the Aggies have won 24 of their last 25 home games overall.
• A&M out-rebounded Washington, 39-33 ... the Aggies have out-rebounded every opponent this year.
• The crowd of 10,293 was a season high ... it was the eighth time in Reed Arena history a regular-season, non-conference crowd hit the 10,000 mark.
• Texas A&M held Washington to a season-low 62 points ... the Huskies, who entered the game leading the country averaging 95.5 points per game, had a previous low of 67 against Kentucky at the Maui Invitational.
• The Aggies held the Huskies to a season-low 37.7 percent shooting ... UW's previous season low was 38.5 percent against UK ... Washington entered the game shooting 51.3 percent on the season.
• A&M's defense allowed UW 6-of-22 shooting from the 3-point arc (27.3 percent) ... Washington entered the game shooting 47.5 percent from behind the arc.
• A&M forced Washington into a season-high 20 turnovers ... it matched the most turnovers by an Aggie opponent this season.
• Washington was a perfect 16-for-16 from the free throw line, setting an A&M opponent record ... the only other team to go perfect from the line against the Aggies with a minimum of 15 attempts was TCU on Jan. 25, 1983 (15-15).
• Texas A&M's 5 blocks matched a season high (vs SFA).
• A&M trailed at the half for just the third time this year (Boston College, Stephen F. Austin).
• The Aggies were 0-for-8 from 3-point range, snapping a streak of 310 consecutive games with at least one trey ... the last time A&M did not hit a 3-pointer was January of 2001 in a trip to Colorado.
• Ray Turner recorded a career-high and team season-high 3 blocks on the night.
• Khris Middleton hit double figures for the 13th time in his last 15 games and the 9th time this year.
DEFENSE NOTES
Stout "D"
• 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 six straight and held their opponents (Manhattan, No. 20 Temple, SFA, Pacific, Prairie View, No. 21 Washington) to a sparse 35.8 percent shooting from the floor and 25 percent from 3-point range ... during that span, Aggie foes have averaged just over 55 points per game and been out-rebounded by a margin of 10 boards.
• A&M has held 7 of its 10 opponents under 38 percent shooting from the field ... under Turgeon, the Aggies are 47-4 (7-0 this year) when their opponent shoots under 40 percent and are 74-20 (9-1) when they make under 50 percent.
• Texas A&M's defense, which had been strong all season, faced a tough test this past Saturday from the nation's best offense in Washington and shined brightly ... A&M held Washington, who entered the contest averaging 95.5 points per game, to a season-low 62 points ... the Aggies held the Huskies to a season-low 37.7 percent shooting (entered averaging 51.3%) ... A&M's defense allowed UW 6-of-22 (27.3%) shooting from the 3-point arc (entered averaging 47.5%) ... A&M forced Washington into a season-high 20 turnovers.
• A&M ranked 14th in the country in scoring defense (56.7 ppg) with the latest statistics update on Monday ... Stephen F. Austin, whom the Aggies beat at Reed Arena on Dec. 2, leads the nation (53.1 ppg).
• The Aggies are holding opponents to 37.1 percent shooting from the floor, which ranks 21st nationally ... A&M ranks 29th nationally in 3-point field goal defense, with foes shooting just 28.2 percent from behind the arc.
• Texas A&M is 71-12 under Turgeon (9-1 this year) when opponents score under 70 points.
Rebounding
• In the latest NCAA rankings (released Monday), A&M ranked sixth nationally in rebounding margin (+12.2) ... Pitt (15.2) leads the country ... the Aggies have out-rebounded every opponent this season ... the Aggies are 73-13 under Turgeon (9-1 this year) when matching or out-rebounding their foes ... A&M is just 8-17 under Turgeon when being out-rebounded.
• Texas A&M has out-rebounded two teams this year by 20 or more boards ... the Aggies beat Alcorn State on the glass by 20 and A&M International by 25 ... A&M did not out-rebound anyone last season by more than 18.
• Four players are averaging at least 4.5 rebounds per game--David Loubeau (5.7), Nathan Walkup (5.4), Khris Middleton (5.0) and Kourtney Roberson (4.8) ... it's early, but by comparison just two did so last season--Bryan Davis (8.1) and Loubeau (4.7).
Forcing Turnovers
• Texas A&M's quick defense has already paid big dividends in the early part of the season ... the Aggies have put up two of the highest P.O.T. totals in the Mark Turgeon era in the first 10 games ... A&M scored 31 points off turnovers in the win at A&M-Corpus Christi, the second-highest output in the Mark Turgeon era ... the Aggies scored 34 off turnovers last season against North Dakota ... A&M also had 28 points off turnovers in the season opener against Alcorn State, matching the total in the 2007-08 opener against McNeese State (28), Turgeon's first game as head coach.
• Texas A&M is averaging 17.7 points off turnovers per game ... under Turgeon, the Aggies are 52-9 (6-0 this year) when they have more points off turnovers than their opponent.
• Texas A&M's 16 steals in the win at A&M-Corpus Christi were the most by an Aggie team in the Mark Turgeon era and the most since a win over Grambling State in December 2006.
OFFENSE NOTES
Fast-Paced Offense
• Texas A&M has outscored its opponents 356-255 in the first half this season and has carried an average lead of 10.1 points into the locker room.
• Texas A&M is 36-2 under Mark Turgeon when scoring at least eight fast-break points (6-0 this year) ... the Aggies' 21 fast-break points against Prairie View (Dec. 8) was a season high.
• The Aggies are 24-3 under Turgeon (3-0 this year) when scoring at least 80 points and 53-5 (6-0) when scoring at least 70 ... A&M has scored 74 or more in six of its nine wins this year.
• A&M is 66-11 under Turgeon when leading at halftime (7-0 this year), and 14-19 when trailing (2-1).
Sharing the Ball
• The Aggies dished out 20-plus assists in back-to-back games for the first time in the Mark Turgeon era ... A&M had 21 against Pacific (Dec. 4) and added 20 in a win over Prairie View (Dec. 8) ... the last Aggie team to accomplish that feat was the 2006-07 squad.
• Texas A&M dished out a season-high 21 assists in Saturday's win over Pacific ... it was the most in a game by an Aggie team since they totaled 21 in a 77-71 win over Kent State on Nov. 29, 2008.
From Way Downtown
• A&M hit 10-plus 3-pointers in consecutive games for the first time in the Mark Turgeon era (10 vs Pacific, 11 vs Prairie View) ... the 2006-07 squad was the last to hit 10 or more 3-pointers in back-to-back games.
• Texas A&M was 0-for-8 from 3-point range against Washington (Dec. 11), snapping a streak of at least one 3-pointer in 310 consecutive games which dated back to Jan. 17, 2001 ... the Aggies still defeated UW, however, 63-62.
Make Shots, Win Games
• Texas A&M is 56-7 under Turgeon (6-1 this year) when hitting better than 45 percent from the field and a perfect 31-0 (1-0) when hitting at 50 percent or higher.
Strong Down Low
• Texas A&M has scored at least 40 points in the paint in two games this year ... A&M did so just four times last year ... this season, the Aggies are averaging 29.8 points down low (28.6 average in 2009-10).
• Under Turgeon, A&M is 77-24 when scoring at least 20 points in the paint (7-1 this year).
Take Another Chance
• The Aggies are averaging 16.7 second-chance points through 10 games ... A&M only went over 20 in that category one time last year (home vs Texas) but has already done so twice this season.
Balancing Act
• The loss of A&M's top three scorers from last year (Donald Sloan, Derrick Roland, Bryan Davis) appeared to be a challenge that would have to be met by a "team" effort, and so far that's been the case ... the Aggies have four players averaging about 10 or more points per game in B.J. Holmes (9.7).
• A total of 8 Aggie players have combined for 36 double-figure outings thus far (Middleton 9, Holmes 6, Hibbert 5, Walkup 5, Loubeau 5, Roberson 4, Harris 1, Lewis 1) through the first 10 games.
TEAM NOTES
Home, Sweet Home
• The Aggies have won 57 straight non-conference games at Reed Arena ... the streak dates back to the start of the 2005-06 season and includes wins over Arizona, Alabama, LSU and Washington, among others ... the last home non-conference loss for the Aggies was to St. Joseph's (58-51) in the 2005 NIT quarterfinals ... A&M is 89-9 all-time in non-conference games at Reed (.908).
• Texas A&M has won 70 consecutive regular-season non-conference home games ... the last non-conference team to beat the Aggies at Reed Arena was Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (82-80) in 2003.
• A&M has won 24 of its last 25 home games, including 10 of its last 11 in Big 12 play ... the Aggies are 37-3 at home since the start of the 2008-09 season with a 13-3 mark in conference games.
• The Aggies are 71-6 (.922) at home since the start of the 2006-07 season and are 103-12 (.896) since the start of the 2004-05 campaign.
• A&M has won 22 straight home games against unranked opponents (eight straight in Big 12 play) ... under Turgeon, the Aggies are 45-3 against unranked opponents at Reed Arena, including a 12-3 mark against unranked Big 12 teams.
• The Aggies are the only Big 12 team to win at least 15 home games for the last six consecutive seasons.
• A&M is 145-54 (.729) in its 13th season at Reed Arena ... the Aggies were 41-41 the first six years at Reed and are 104-13 since.
• Tuesday's game with Wagner will mark the Aggies' 200th all-time at Reed Arena.
• Texas A&M broke its home attendance record three times in 2010, including the current mark of 13,717 vs. Texas (Feb. 27) ... A&M sold out four games, topping the 13,000 mark in each game ... the Aggies' season average of 9,889 ranked second on the school chart behind the record of 10,343 set in Turgeon's first season in 2007-08 ... A&M has posted its top five single game marks, and two of the top three season averages, under Turgeon.
• The top 18 single-game attendance marks in A&M history have been set since the start of the 2005-06 season ... the top 15 non-conference attendance marks also have been set in that time span.