Aggie Basketball Game #21:
Texas A&M (15-5, 6-2 SEC) at Ole Miss (14-7, 5-3 SEC)
Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015 · 6 p.m. (CT)
C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum (8,867) · Oxford, Miss.
TV: SEC Network (For more info – 12thMan.com/TV)
Matt Stewart, Play-by-Play
Barry Booker, Commentary
RADIO: Texas A&M Radio Network
Dave South, Play-by-Play
Mike Caruso, Commentary
Local: WTAW 1620 AM (College Station/Bryan)
Satellite Radio (Ole Miss Broadcast): Sirius Ch. 136 / XM Ch. 190
LIVE AUDIO/STATS: 12thMan.com
LIVE MOBILE LIVE STATS: tamustats.com
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COLLEGE STATION – The streaking Texas A&M men's basketball team is back on the road this week, heading to Oxford, Miss., for a date with the Ole Miss Rebels on Wednesday night at 6 p.m. inside Tad Smith Coliseum.
The league match-up will be nationally televised on SEC Network with Matt Stewart calling the play-by-play and Barry Booker providing color commentary. Additionally, radio coverage will be provided on the Aggie Sports Network, which can be heard locally in the Bryan/College Station area on WTAW (1620 AM).
The Aggies (15-5), courtesy of their six-game winning streak, enter the week in sole possession of second place in the SEC standings with a 6-2 league mark. Texas A&M sits just one game up on the Rebels (14-7, 5-3 SEC), who have won three straight contests and share third place with Arkansas, LSU, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida.
During the winning streak, Texas A&M has gotten solid contributions from all across its roster, which is led by seniors Jordan Green and Kourtney Roberson. Green reached double-digit points for the sixth time this season in Saturday's win over Vanderbilt, going 4-of-5 from the floor to finish with 10 points. Roberson, meanwhile, pulled down a game-high 11 boards vs. the Commodores.
Junior Alex Caruso just missed out on being the first Aggie since Bernard King in 2002 to notch a triple-double against Vanderbilt, instead settling for his first career double-double with 14 points, 10 assists, eight rebounds and four steals.
Caruso is seeing his diligent work in the gym to improve his shooting pay off this season as he enters the Ole Miss game shooting 50.4 percent from the field, including a 40.0 percent clip from 3-point range.
Fellow junior Danuel House was honored on Monday as the SEC's Player of the Week after averaging 17.5 points while shooting 66.7 percent from the field and 72.7 percent from 3-point range in wins over Auburn and Vanderbilt.
Ole Miss, meanwhile, also stands out as one of the league's hottest teams as the Rebels enter Wednesday's duel having earned wins over Florida, Mississippi State and Missouri during their last three outings. During league play, the Rebels lead the SEC in scoring, averaging 75 points per contest, and free throw percentage, 82.9 percent.
Kilgore College transfer Stefan Moody carries the torch offensively for Ole Miss during league play, ranking second in the league by averaging 17.8 points per game. Preseason All-SEC pick and Rebel senior Jarvis Summers, meanwhile, checks in at eighth by scoring 15.4 points per SEC contest.
QUICK HITS
• Riding the momentum of six consecutive SEC victories, the Aggies are back on the road for two games this week, beginning Wednesday at Ole Miss ... Texas A&M has won three consecutive road contests.
• The Aggies have won six consecutive SEC contests for the first time since joining the league for the 2012-13 campaign ... A&M's most recent six-game conference winning streak came from Feb. 16-March 7, 2009, when the Aggies won six straight Big 12 contests ... to find a winning streak of seven games in league play (in a single season) you have to look back to the 2005-06 campaign when A&M closed the regular season with seven consecutive Big 12 wins.
• The Ole Miss game is part of A&M's most road-heavy stretch of the 2014-15 campaign, the third of four road contests in a five-game stretch.
• Junior guard Danuel House became the second Aggie to earn SEC Player of the Week honors on Monday, joining Alex Caruso who earned the accolade on Dec. 8 ... House averaged 17.5 points while shooting 66.7 percent from the field and 72.7 percent from 3-point range in wins over Auburn and Vanderbilt last week.
• Junior guard Alex Caruso notched his first career double-double during Saturday's win over Vanderbilt, finishing with 14 points and 10 assists to go along with eight rebounds and four steals ... Just as he did last season, Caruso leads the SEC in assists (111) and assists per game (5.6) this year.
• Senior forward Kourtney Roberson enters the Ole Miss game with 733 career rebounds and needing just two boards to tie Roonie Peret (735 rebounds from 1966-69) for 11th all-time at Texas A&M ... also within reach is Jeff Overhouse, who sits in 10th place with 739 career boards from 1970-73.
SERIES HISTORY VS. OLE MISS (A&M LEADS 3-1)
• Wednesday will be just the fifth meeting between the Aggies and Rebels on the hardwood ... A&M owns a 3-1 lead in the all-time series between the schools.
• Last season, Texas A&M handed the Rebels a 71-61 loss on March 1 inside Reed Arena ... Jamal Jones scored a game-high 21 points while Jordan Green and Kourtney Roberson added 16 and 13 points, respectively.
• During the Aggies first season in the SEC in 2013, the two schools split a pair of meetings with each team winning on its home court ... On Feb. 13, the Aggies earned a 69-67 victory over the Rebels at Reed Arena ... A&M was led by a 37-point performance by Elston Turner ... Later in the year on Feb. 27, the Rebels evened the score with a 82-73 win in Oxford.
• The first meeting between the schools came on Dec. 30, 1972, in Oklahoma City during the All-College Classic ... The Aggies prevailed with a 100-83 victory.
UP NEXT
The Aggies will play their fourth road game in two weeks on Saturday when they head to Columbia, Mo., to face Missouri in a 5 p.m. contest inside Mizzou Arena ... The contest will be nationally televised by ESPNU.
HOUSE NAMED SEC PLAYER OF THE WEEK ON MONDAY
After helping the Aggies extend their season-long winning streak to six games, Texas A&M men's basketball junior Danuel House was named SEC Player of the Week on March 2 by the league office.
The 6-foot-7, 207-pound guard from Fresno, Texas, averaged 17.5 points while guiding the Aggies to wins at Auburn and at home vs. Vanderbilt. House shot 66.7 percent from the field, including a blistering 72.7 percent from 3-point range.
During Jan. 27th's victory at Auburn, House began the game on a torrid pace, scoring 13 points in game's first 5:16 by going 4-for-4 from 3-point range. The Fresno, Texas, native finished with a game-high 22 points, shooting 7-of-10 from the floor with an incredible 6-of-7 mark behind the 3-point arc. Back in action four days later against Vandy, House came off the A&M bench to contribute 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting.
AGS STREAKING DURING SEC PLAY; LONGEST WINNING STREAK SINCE `09
The Aggies enter the Ole Miss contest on a six-game winning streak, which stands out as the longest since a similar five-game stretch during Big 12 play in 2008-09. A&M's most recent seven-game winning streak during league play came from Feb. 8 through March 4, 2006.
Texas A&M's school record for a winning streak during conference play is 16 games during the undefeated season of 1919-20.
ROBERSON ACENDING AGGIE REBOUNDING LIST
Senior Kourtney Roberson joined the prestigious 500-Rebound Club last season and has continued into his senior season, moving up the list of the most prolific rebounders in school history. The Arcadia, La., native climbed three spots into 12th place on the all-time rebounding list with a six-board performance at Alabama on Jan. 6.
Roberson enters the Ole Miss game with 733 career boards, needing just two to tie Ronnie Peret (735 career rebounds from 1966-69) for 11th all-time.