COLLEGE STATION- Single-game tickets for No. 5 Texas A&M women's basketball's marquee non-conference showdown against No. 7 Duke on November 30, and the rest of the non-conference schedule, are now on sale. Tickets start as low as $7 for adults and $4 for youth.
The Aggies have faced Duke four times previously, including a 77-63 win by Texas A&M in the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA Tournament. The Blue Devils have not visited College Station since 2009, when the Aggies won 95-77. The teams last met in 2010-11, a 61-58 win for Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Both Texas A&M and Duke are ranked in the Top 10 of the initial Associated Press poll, released on Thursday. The Aggies' ranking of fifth is the program's highest-ever to start the season.
In addition to Duke, single-game tickets to the rest of the non-conference games, which includes matchups against regional schools Rice (Nov. 19), Prairie View A&M (Nov. 24), McNeese State (Nov. 26), Houston (Dec. 13) and North Texas (Dec. 31). Single-game tickets are also available for the popular Elementary School Day game against Northwestern State, which tips at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, December 3, and for the exhibition contest against Oklahoma City (Nov. 8), which tips at 7 p.m.
Several ticket options are available starting at $7 for general admission for adults and $4 for general admission for kids. Baseline mezzanine tickets start are $9 and sideline mezzanine tickets are $13, making all options affordable for the whole family. Group tickets are also available for $3 a ticket.
The Aggies return 83% of their scoring from a team that went 27-9 and reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament in 2013-14. The Aggies' first game against outside competition is an exhibition against Oklahoma City on Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. inside Reed Arena.