Aggies Back on the Road Saturday at Mizzou

Aggie Basketball Game #22:

Texas A&M (15-6, 6-3 SEC) at Missouri (7-15, 1-8 SEC)

Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015 · 5 p.m. (CT)

Mizzou Arena (15,061) · Columbia, Mo.

TV: ESPNU (For more info – 12thMan.com/TV)

  Mike Morgan, Play-by-Play

  Cory Alexander, Commentary

 

RADIO: Texas A&M Radio Network

  Dave South, Play-by-Play

  Mike Caruso, Commentary

  Local: WTAW 1620 AM (College Station/Bryan)

  Satellite Radio (Missouri Broadcast): Sirius Ch. 92 / XM Ch. 190

 

LIVE AUDIO/STATS: 12thMan.com

LIVE MOBILE LIVE STATS: tamustats.com

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COLLEGE STATION – For the fourth time in 15 days, the Texas A&M men's basketball team will take the court on the road against SEC competition as the Aggies face Missouri inside Mizzou Arena at 5 p.m. on Saturday.

The matchup in Columbia, Mo., is the fourth contest away from Reed Arena in a five-game stretch for Texas A&M, which will next host three consecutive home games beginning on Feb. 11 against Georgia.

The contest will be nationally televised on ESPNU with Mike Morgan calling the play-by-play and Cory Alexander 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 (15-6, 6-3 SEC) and Tigers (7-15, 1-8 SEC) have already squared off on the court once this season, with Texas A&M earning a come-from-behind 62-50 win at Reed Arena on Jan. 21.

After trailing by seven points at the intermission, A&M took control of the game with a decisive 22-2 second half run and never looked back. A trio of Aggies reached double-digit scoring during the first meeting with the Tigers, led by Danuel House and Jalen Jones, who each chipped in 16 points.

Despite Wednesday's loss at Ole Miss, which snapped the team's six-game winning streak, the Aggies remain one of the SEC's hottest teams and maintain a share of second place in the league standings.

Missouri, meanwhile, enters the contest seeking to break an eight-game losing skid which began after their last win, a 74-67 overtime victory over LSU at Mizzou Arena on Jan. 8.

Sophomore forward Johnathan Williams, III paces the Tigers in both scoring (12.3 points per game) and rebounding (7.0 rebounds per game). Classmate Wes Clark ranks second on the team with a 9.8 point-per-game average and enjoyed a game-high 18-point showing during the season's first meeting with the Aggies.

 

QUICK HITS

• The Aggies play their fourth road contest since Jan. 24 on Saturday when they face Missouri inside Mizzou Arena ... A&M is 3-2 on the road in SEC play, having already notched wins at LSU, Tennessee and Auburn.

• Wednesday saw the Aggies' six-game winning streak come to an end, leaving A&M with a 6-3 league mark and a share of second place in the SEC standings ... the six-game winning streak in league play was the longest for the program since capturing six consecutive Big 12 victories from Feb.16-March 7, 2009.

• The two teams have already squared off once this season ... on Jan. 21 the Aggies overcame a seven-point halftime deficit with a huge second period to defeat the Tigers 62-50 inside Reed Arena ... A&M's dynamic duo of Danuel House and Jalen Jones each contributed 16 points in the winning effort while Mizzou's Wes Clark led all scorers with 18 points.

• Forward Kourtney Roberson climbed another rung on A&M's all-time rebounding list during Wednesday's contest at Ole Miss ... the Aggie senior grabbed six boards against the Rebels to give him 739 rebounds for his career, passing Ronnie Peret (735 from 1966-69) and tying Jeff Overhouse (739 rebounds from 1970-73) for 10th all-time.

 

SERIES HISTORY VS. MISSOURI (MIZZOU LEADS 16-12)

• Saturday will be the 29^th meeting between the Aggies and Tigers and the sixth as members of the SEC.

• Earlier this season on Jan. 21, the two teams squared at Reed Arena with the Aggies earning a 62-50 win ... Danuel House and Jalen Jones led the way, each finishing with 16 points for A&M.

• Last season, the two schools competed in two hard-fought contests on the hardwood ... during the first meeting, Mizzou rallied from 11 points down during the second half to defeat the Aggies 57-56 in Columbia, Mo. ... the two squads were pitted against once another again on the second day of the SEC Tournament with the Tigers hanging on for a 91-83 double-overtime victory at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

• At Reed Arena, the Aggies own a 7-3 lead in the series, including a 70-68 A&M victory on Feb. 7, 2013, during the most recent meeting in College Station.               

 

UP NEXT

After two consecutive road games, the Aggies return home to Reed Arena to face Georgia on Wednesday in a 6 p.m. contest which will be televised by SEC Network.

 

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.

 

CARUSO CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AS A SHOOTER

Junior guard Alex Caruso stands out as one of the SEC's most dynamic players, leading the entire league in assists last season and again this year, but one area of his game that observers noted he could improve early in career was his shooting.

Now in his third year in the Aggie program, Caruso has worked extremely hard to grow in that area and the fruits of his labors are showing on the court this season as he ranks among the team leaders in both field goal percentage (49.0 percent) and 3-point field goal percentage (38.2 percentage).

 

AGS NOTCH LONGEST WINNING STREAK SINCE `09

The Aggies captured six straight wins from Jan. 13 to Feb. 7, which stood out as the longest since a similar six-game stretch during Big 12 play in 2008-09.

Texas A&M's school record for a winning streak during conference play is 16 games during the undefeated season of 1919-20.

 

ROBERSON ASCENDING 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 two spots into a tie for 10th place on the all-time rebounding list with a six-board performance at Ole Miss on Feb. 4. Roberson enters the Missouri game with 739 career boards, needing just one to overtake Jeff Overhouse (739 career rebounds from 1970-73) for sole possession of 10th all-time.