Men's BasketballJanuary 02, 2011

18th-Ranked Aggies Close Non-Conference Play Monday Night vs Nicholls State

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas - No. 18 Texas A&M, which has matched the second-best start in school history, looks for its 10th straight win Monday night when the Aggies (12-1) close out non-conference play by hosting Nicholls State (6-4). Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. at Reed Arena.

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GAME 14: (#18/18) Texas A&M AGGIES (12-1)
vs Nicholls State COLONELS (6-4)
Monday, January 3, 2011 • 7:05 PM (CT) • TV: None
Reed Arena (12,989) • College Station, Texas

TELEVISION: None

RADIO: Texas A&M Sports Network
Dave South, Play-by-Play
Al Pulliam, Commentary
Local/Internet: WTAW-AM 1620/radioaggieland.com
Satellite Radio: Sirius 153

SERIES: first meeting

THE MATCHUP

TEXAS A&M AGGIES
Record: 12-1, 0-0 Big 12
Ranking: 18th (USAT/ESPN), 18th (AP)
NCAA RPI / Sagarin Rating: 13 / 25
Streak: Won 9
Last 5 / Last 10: 5-0 / 9-1
Last Game: def. McNeese State (H), 66-57 (Friday)
Head Coach: Mark Turgeon (Kansas `87)
Record: 238-151 (13th year)
at Texas A&M: 85-32 (4th year)
vs. Nicholls: never faced

A&M Probable Starters

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG APG GP/Min
5 B.J. Holmes G 5-11 175 Sr. 9.0 2.9 3.7 13 / 27.7
22 Khris Middleton F 6-7 215 So. 15.2 4.7 2.7 13 / 27.2
45 Nathan Walkup F 6-7 210 Sr. 10.3 6.4 1.6 13 / 22.9

NICHOLLS STATE COLONELS
Record: 6-4, 0-0 Southland
Ranking: NR
NCAA RPI / Sagarin Rating: 277 / 158
Streak: Won 2
Last 5 / Last 10: 3-2 / 6-4
Last Game: def. Jarvis Christian (H), 89-67 (Dec. 21)
Head Coach: J.P. Piper (SE Louisiana '94)
Record: 70-113 (7th year)
at Nicholls: same
vs. Texas A&M: never faced

Nicholls State Probable Starters


No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG APG GP/Min
4 Ben Martin G 6-1 175 Jr. 4.1 2.2 1.3 10 / 26.3
5 Kenny Franklin, Jr. G 5-11 175 Sr. 7.0 1.9 4.8 10 / 31.7
20 Fred Hunter F 6-5 240 Jr. 15.9 5.8 1.5 10 / 27.6
24 Kellan Carter G 6-0 180 Jr. 3.9 2.4 1.7 9 / 24.3
31 Anatoly Bose F 6-6 200 Sr. 25.0 5.3 2.3 10 / 34.9

GAME NOTES

Shooting for Ten Straight

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 nine straight and held their opponents (Manhattan, No. 20 Temple, SFA, Pacific, Prairie View, No. 21 Washington, Arkansas, Wagner, McNeese State) to a sparse 37 percent shooting from the floor and 27 percent from 3-point range ... during that span, Aggie foes have averaged just under 56 points per game and been out-rebounded by a margin of 11.4 boards.

WIN STREAK STATS
Category Statistic
Record	 9-0
A&M Points/Game 71.3
Opponent Points/Game 55.9
Margin of Victory +15.4 
Opponent FG Pct. .369
Opponent 3-Pt FG Pct. .273
Rebound Margin +11.4
Opp. Combined Record (as of 1/1) 63-46 (.578)

The nine-game win streak is A&M's longest since the 2008-09 season, when the Aggies won their final 10 non-conference games ... it is already the third time a Mark Turgeon-coached A&M team has won at least eight straight games (10 games, 2008-09; 9 games, 2010-11; 8 games, 2007-08).

A victory would tie the Aggies for the fifth-longest win streak in school history ... the school record is 25 from 1919-1921 (19 straight by '19-20 team, first 6 of '20-21 season).

Locking it Down

The Aggies have used quite a few key defensive showings to keep their current win streak alive ... a look at some of the defensive efforts that have led to victories along the 9-game win streak:

LATE-GAME DEFENSIVE STANDS, CURRENT WIN STREAK
Opponent Clock Situation Opp rest of gm Result Notable
McNeese St. 3:43 left up 3 (56-53) 2 FG, 0 FT W, 66-57 last MSU FG came w/:00.1 left in game
Arkansas 6:42 left down 6 (58-52) 0 FG, 2 FT W, 71-62 (OT) UA also scoreless in OT until layup w/:16 left
Washington 5:02 left up 5 (61-56) 2 FG, 2 FT W, 63-62 
Pacific 5:19 left up 9 (63-54) 1 FG, 2 FT W, 79-59 FG was 3-pointer with :06 left in game
SFA 3:00 left up 7 (57-50) 1 FG, 0 FT W, 62-53 
Temple 6:42 left down 1 (47-46) 1 FG, 2 FT W, 54-51 
Manhattan 12:49 left up 5 (43-38) 2 FG, 3 FT W, 74-45

In the last 3 minutes of games on the win streak, the Aggie defense has held foes to 20.9 percent shooting (9-of-43) from the field.

Hot Start

Texas A&M has matched the second-best start in school history by winning 12 of its first 13 games.

Only one team in school history has had a better start than this year's Aggies (12-1) ... the 1919-20 team ran the table and finished a perfect 19-0 ... a win against Nicholls would make the 2010-11 team only the fourth ever to start the year 13-1 or better (1919-20, 14-0 ... 1959-60, 2007-08 and 2008-09, 13-1).

Mark Turgeon other A&M teams were 12-1 (2007-08), 12-1 (2008-09) and 10-3 (2009-10) through their first 13 games.

Home, Sweet Home

The Aggies have won 59 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 91-9 all-time in non-conference games at Reed (.910).

Texas A&M has won 72 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 26 of its last 27 home games, including 10 of its last 11 in Big 12 play ... the Aggies are 39-3 at home since the start of the 2008-09 season with a 13-3 mark in conference games.

The Aggies are 73-6 (.924) at home since the start of the 2006-07 season and are 105-12 (.897) since the start of the 2004-05 campaign.

A&M has won 24 straight home games against unranked opponents (eight straight in Big 12 play) ... under Turgeon, the Aggies are 47-3 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 147-54 (.731) in its 13th season at Reed Arena ... the Aggies were 41-41 the first six years at Reed and are 106-13 since.

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.

Road Warriors

The Aggies have won 10 of their last 14 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 (Dec. 20), including Kansas (3rd), Missouri (9th), Kansas State (11th), Baylor (15th, 2 games) and Texas (18th, 2 games).

Making a Stand

A&M has held 8 of its 13 opponents under 38 percent shooting from the field ... under Turgeon, the Aggies are 48-4 (8-0 this year) when their opponent shoots under 40 percent and are 77-20 (12-1) when they make under 50 percent.

Only two of the Aggies' foes--Boston College (48.9%) and A&M-Corpus Christi (46.7%)--have shot better than 42 percent in a game this year.

On the current 9-game win streak, opponents are being held to 36.9 percent shooting ... in the last 3 minutes of games on the win streak, the Aggie defense has held foes to 20.9 percent shooting (9-of-43) from the field.

Texas A&M's defense, which had been strong all season, faced a tough test on Dec. 11 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.

Aggies in the NCAA Rankings

In the latest NCAA rankings (as of Dec. 20), A&M ranked 5th nationally in rebounding margin (+12.1) ... Pitt (16.2) leads the country ... the Aggies have out-rebounded every opponent this season ... the Aggies are 76-13 under Turgeon (12-1 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 (52.2 ppg).

The Aggies are holding opponents to 37.6 percent shooting from the floor, which ranks 22nd nationally ... A&M ranks 33rd nationally in 3-point field goal defense, with foes shooting just 28.9 percent from behind the arc.

Senior Watch

A&M's senior class needs 14 more wins to become the winningest class in school history ... the Class of 2011 is 87-32 (.731) entering Monday's game with Nicholls State, trailing only the 2010 (100-38, .725), 2009 (98-37, .726) and 2008 (95-37, .720) classes in the record books ... this year's group surpassed the 1982 (85-40, .680) squad with their 86th win, which came vs Wagner, on Dec. 21.

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.

Elite Poll Company

Texas A&M (No. 18 football, No. 18 basketball) is one of only FOUR schools nationally to be ranked in the top 20 in the latest AP poll in both football and men's hoops ... Ohio State (#2 MBB/#6 FB), Michigan State (#20 MBB/#7 FB) and Missouri (#10 MBB/#14 FB) are the others.

A&M (No. 18 football, No. 18 MBB, No. 7 WBB) is one of just THREE schools nationally to be ranked in the top 20 in the latest AP poll in football, men's basketball and women's basketball ... Ohio State (#2 MBB/#6 FB/#13 WBB) and Michigan State (#20 MBB/#7 FB/#12 WBB) are the others.

Miscellaneous

Mark Turgeon (85 wins) needs 6 more victories to pass D.X. Bible (90 in seven seasons) and become the third-winningest coach in school history ... Turgeon needs 8 more to eclipse Bob Rogers (92 in six seasons) as the second-winningest coach in A&M annals ... Shelby Metcalf (438 wins in 26 1/2 seasons) is the Aggies' all-time winningest coach.

The Aggies out-rebounded Wagner by 27 (47-20) in an 86-51 win on Dec. 21 ... the 27-board advantage was A&M's largest since besting Louisiana-Monroe by 27 rebounds on January 3, 2004.

Texas A&M has outscored its opponents 459-347 in the first half this season and has carried an average lead of 8.7 points into the locker room ... the Aggies have led at the break in 8 of 13 games and are 8-0 when ahead at the half.

The Aggies dished out 20-plus assists in back-to-back games for the first time in the Mark Turgeon era in early December ... 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 Nicholls State (6-4)

Nicholls State (Thibodaux, Louisiana) is 6-4 on the year, and enters Monday's game having won two straight ... the Colonels' losses have all come on the road, at Houston (in OT), Oklahoma State, Wichita State and Mississippi State ... NSU has recorded wins over in-state foes LSU (62-53) in Baton Rouge and Tulane (66-52) in Thibodaux ... senior Anatoly Bose ranks third nationally in scoring at 25.0 points per game ... Bose's season high came at Oklahoma State (37) and has scored at least 15 in every game.

The Colonels return 3 starters and 9 letterwinners from a 2009-10 team that went 11-19 overall and 7-9 in Southland play ... J.P. Piper (Southeastern Louisiana '91) is in his seventh season at the school with a record of 70-113 ... NSU has made two NCAA Tournament appearances, with the last coming in 1998 ... Nicholls was picked to win the Southland Conference's Eastern division this year in a vote by the league's head coaches.

Series Notes

Monday's game will mark the first-ever meeting between the schools.

Texas A&M is 3-0 this year against Southland Conference foes, defeating A&M-Corpus Christi (86-65), SFA (62-53) and most recently McNeese State (66-57) ... the Aggies are 114-26 all-time against current SLC teams ... A&M's most common Southland opponent is Sam Houston State (82 games, 65-17).

Nicholls State has faced one Big 12 team this year, falling 76-56 at Oklahoma State on Nov. 21.

Sidebars

Aggie freshman Kourtney Roberson is the lone Louisiana native on the roster, hailing from Arcadia (in the northern part of the state, about 1 hour east of Shreveport).

Nicholls' roster features three Texans--freshman G Chris Talkington (Grand Prairie), freshman F Patrick Agho (Houston), and junior G Fred Hunter (Denton).

Up Next

The Aggies will open Big 12 play on Saturday against Oklahoma at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman ... tipoff is set for 3 p.m. and the game will air regionally on the Big 12 Network ... A&M's next home game is set for Wednesday, Jan. 12 against Oklahoma State (7 p.m., Big 12 Network).

LAST TIME OUT: (#18) Texas A&M 66, McNeese State 57

COLLEGE STATION (Dec. 31)--Khris Middleton scored 13 points and No. 18 Texas A&M overcame a double-digit deficit to beat McNeese State 66-57 before 8,209 fans at Reed Arena. The Aggies (12-1) trailed 28-18 with 7:51 remaining in the first half, and 37-30 at halftime before mounting a comeback for their ninth straight win. The Aggies, who shot 38.5 percent from the field (20 of 52), hadn't played since an 86-51 victory over Wagner on Dec. 21. The Cowboys (8-5) led 44-39 with 14:28 remaining in the game before the Aggies went on a 14-3 run over the next 7 minutes to lead 53-47. Patrick Richard and P.J. Alawoya paced McNeese State with 12 points each. The Aggies allowed their most points by an opponent in a first half (37) this season, only to counter by allowing only 20 in the second half--tying their mark for fewest points in a half by an opponent this season. A&M, which entered the game ranked fifth nationally in rebounding margin (plus 12.1), outrebounded smaller McNeese 36-30. A&M outscored McNeese 32-22 in the paint--a big difference in the otherwise statistically similar contest. The Aggies did hold a sizable advantage at the free throw line, where they made 23 of 29, compared to 5 of 8 for the Cowboys. The game wasn't decided until A&M guard B.J. Holmes quickly followed with a 3-pointer that iced A&M's 59th consecutive non-conference victory at Reed Arena.

Texas A&M Head Coach Mark Turgeon: "It was a good win. I thought McNeese was great. They were good the first half. They did everything they wanted to do, they used the clock, they made shots when it was going down, got the momentum and got confident. I just thought they were really good. We talked to the team at the half about not panicking. You can't win every game by 20. Just figure out a way to win the game by guarding. That was very uncharacteristic of us in the first half defensively, and then we got back to being us in the second half. We guarded. We still weren't very good offensively, but we were good enough to win today. A lot of it (in the first half) was them and a lot of it was us. I thought they were really good and focused. They rebounded better than they had all year. They added a few plays they didn't have in (on film). They had nine days to get ready for us. And it showed. They have really good guards. And the other part of it was us, a little too much time off and kind of a lackadaisical attitude at the start of the game. I thought we guarded the ball well in the second half, made them take tough shots. We took care of the ball a little bit better in the second half too."

Postgame Notes

The win moved the Aggies to 12-1 on the season, matching the second-best start in school history ... this year's squad is just the fifth ever to begin the year 12-1 or better ... the 1919-20 team went 13-0 through their first 13 games, while the 2010-11 team joins the 1959-60, 2004-05, 2007-08 and 2008-09 teams with 12-1 starts to their seasons.

Texas A&M won its ninth straight game, the team's longest win streak since the 2008-09 season.

The Aggies have won 59 straight non-conference games at Reed Arena and 72 consecutive regular-season, non-conference home games ... A&M has won 26 of its last 27 home games overall.

Texas A&M erased a 7-point halftime deficit, the largest the Aggies have faced this year ... Boston College led by 5 over Texas A&M back on Nov. 25 ... it was the fifth time this year A&M has trailed at the break, and the Aggies have come back to win four of those.

A&M was outshot by its opponent for just the third time this year, but the Aggies have won two of those games (vs McNeese and Dec. 18 vs Arkansas) ... A&M's lone loss when being out-shot came by two points to Boston College on Nov. 25.

McNeese State had the best shooting half of any Aggie opponent, making 58.3 percent of its shots in the first half ... the previous high was the second-half effort of A&M-Corpus Christi (55.6 percent) ... the Cowboys put together only the fourth half of 50 percent or better shooting by an A&M foe this year.

McNeese was then held to just 20 points, matching the fewest scored by an Aggie opponent this year (20 by A&M International, first half; 20 by Manhattan, second half; 20 by Wagner, first half).

McNeese State's 37 points were the most by an A&M opponent in a first half this season ... the previous high was 35 by Arkansas on Dec. 18.

Texas A&M took its first lead of the afternoon with 10:02 to play in the game at 47-45.

The crowd of 8,209 was the second largest of the season at Reed Arena (10,296 vs Washington on Dec. 11).

Ray Turner scored a season-high 8 points, one shy of his career best of 9.

Khris Middleton's 8 rebounds were one shy of his season and career high, set earlier this year against Pacific.

DEFENSE NOTES

Stout "D"

Only two of the Aggies' foes--Boston College (48.9%) and A&M-Corpus Christi (46.7%)--have shot better than 42 percent in a game this year.

A&M ranked 14th in the country in scoring defense (56.7 ppg) with the latest statistics update on Dec. 20 ... Stephen F. Austin, whom the Aggies beat at Reed Arena on Dec. 2, leads the nation (52.2 ppg).

Texas A&M is 74-12 under Turgeon (12-1 this year) when opponents score under 70 points.

Rebounding

The Aggies out-rebounded Wagner by 27 (47-20) in an 86-51 win on Dec. 21 ... the 27-board advantage was A&M's largest since besting Louisiana-Monroe by 27 rebounds on January 3, 2004.

In the latest NCAA rankings (released Dec. 20), A&M ranked 5th nationally in rebounding margin (+12.1) ... Pitt (16.2) leads the country ... the Aggies have out-rebounded every opponent this season ... the Aggies are 76-13 under Turgeon (12-1 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 three teams this year by 20 or more boards ... the Aggies beat Alcorn State on the glass by 20, A&M International by 25 and Wagner by 27 ... A&M did not out-rebound anyone last season by more than 18.

Four players are averaging at least 4.5 rebounds per game--Nathan Walkup (6.4), David Loubeau (5.2), Khris Middleton (4.7) and Kourtney Roberson (4.5) ... 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 is averaging 17 points off turnovers per game ... under Turgeon, the Aggies are 54-9 (8-0 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 is 37-2 under Mark Turgeon when scoring at least eight fast-break points (7-0 this year) ... the Aggies' 21 fast-break points against Prairie View (Dec. 8) were a season high.

The Aggies are 25-3 under Turgeon (4-0 this year) when scoring at least 80 points and 55-5 (8-0) when scoring at least 70 ... A&M has scored 74 or more in 7 of its 12 wins this year.

A&M is 67-11 under Turgeon when leading at halftime (8-0 this year), and 16-19 when trailing (4-1).

Sharing the Ball

Texas A&M is averaging 14.9 assists per game this year, on pace for its highest average since the 2006-07 season.

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 a win over Pacific (Dec. 4) ... 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

Make Shots, Win Games

Texas A&M is 57-7 under Turgeon (7-1 this year) when hitting better than 45 percent from the field and a perfect 32-0 (2-0) when hitting at 50 percent or higher.

Strong Down Low

Texas A&M has scored at least 40 points in the paint in three games this year ... A&M did so just four times last year ... this season, the Aggies are averaging 30.6 points down low (28.6 average in 2009-10).

Under Turgeon, A&M is 80-24 when scoring at least 20 points in the paint (10-1 this year).

Take Another Chance

The Aggies are averaging 17 second-chance points through 13 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 (B.J. Holmes (9.0).

A total of 8 players have combined for 42 double-figure outings thus far (Middleton 11, Walkup 8, Holmes 7, Loubeau 6, Hibbert 5, Roberson 5, Harris 1, Lewis 1) through the first 12 games.