Saturday, November 21
College Station
3:00 PM
Texas A&M
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UNC Asheville
Aggies Conclude Homestand Saturday vs. UNC Asheville
Nov 20, 2015 | Men's Basketball
Aggie Basketball Game #4:
UNC Asheville (1-2) at Texas A&M (3-0)
Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 · 3:00 p.m. (CT)
Reed Arena (12,989) · College Station, Texas
TV: SEC Network PLUS (For more info – 12thMan.com/TV)
Mike Wright, Play-by-Play
John Thornton, Commentary
RADIO: Texas A&M Radio Network
Colin Killian, Play-by-Play
Al Pulliam, Commentary
Local: WTAW 1620 AM (College Station/Bryan)
LIVE AUDIO/STATS: 12thMan.com
LIVE MOBILE LIVE STATS: tamustats.com
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COLLEGE STATION – The Aggies' four-game homestand to tip off the 2015-16 season wraps up on Saturday as the Texas A&M men's basketball team hosts UNC Asheville at 3 p.m. inside Reed Arena.
Saturday's game will be available digitally on mobile devices, tablets, PCs and connect-TVs for SEC Network subscribers whose cable/satellite packages allow access to SEC Network+ content through the WatchESPN app and SECSports.com. Additionally, radio coverage on the Aggie Sports Network can be heard locally in the Bryan/College Station area on WTAW 1620 AM.
The Aggies (3-0) are off to a hot start, averaging 99.7 points per contest during wins over USC Upstate, Southeastern Louisiana and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi while shooting over 58 percent from the field.
The team's mix of youth and experience has been on display as five Aggies average double-digit scoring, led by senior Danuel House and freshman Tyler Davis at 16.7 points per game. Davis, meanwhile, leads the team in rebounding with 27 boards on the season, averaging a near double-double at 9.0 rebounds per contest.
Facilitating the Aggie offense, senior guards Alex Caruso and Anthony Collins have each dished out a team-leading 16 assists on the year as A&M has collected helpers on 81 of 102 made baskets this season.
The Bulldogs (1-2) come to Aggieland after capturing their first victory of the season Wednesday at home where they defeated Mars Hills, 84-51. UNC Asheville is beginning a 10-day road trip that will see them play at Texas A&M before traveling to Anchorage for the Great Alaskan Shootout.
The meeting will be the first ever between the two schools on the hardwood.
OPENING TIPS
• The heralded Aggie freshmen class (Tyler Davis, Admon Gilder, D.J. Hogg and Elijah Thomas) is already making major contributions on the court for the team, with the quartet accounting for 50.8 percent of A&M's scoring output through three games (152 points).
• Davis posted his first career double-double, compiling 18 points and a game-high 12 rebounds during Monday's win over Southeastern Louisiana ... The Plano, Texas, native is averaging 16.7 points and 9.0 rebounds through three games this season, but perhaps his most impressive statistic is his efficiency from the floor ... Davis has converted 16-of-19 field goal attempts to rank among the national leaders with a 84.2 field goal percentage.
• A&M ranks third in the country for Assists/FG Made (81 A / 102 FG) at 79.4 percent ... The Aggies finished 34th in the country a season ago (60.2%) ... Seniors Alex Caruso and transfer Anthony Collins lead the way with 16 assists apiece.
• Overall, the Aggies share the ball with the best of them, enlisting four players with double-digit assists through three games played (Caruso–16, A. Collins–16, Gilder–11, House–10).
• The Maroon & White rank 25th in offensive rebound percentage at 41.4 percent, ranking fourth among SEC teams ... A season ago, the Aggies finished 77th in O-Reb percentage at 34.1 percent, sixth in the SEC.
• On Tuesday, senior Danuel House was honored this week with a spot on the watch list for the 2016 Wooden Award, presented annually to college basketball's player of the year.
SERIES HISTORY VS. UNC ASHEVILLE (FIRST MEETING)
• Saturday's contest will be the first ever between the Aggies and the Bulldogs on the hardwood.
UP NEXT
The Aggies are island-bound as they travel to the Bahamas to take part in the 2015 Battle4Atlantis, Nov. 25-27 … Texas A&M will open the competition against arch-rival Texas on Wednesday at 6 p.m. (CT) … the contest will be televised by AXS TV.
REED ARENA SUCCESS
• The Aggies are 3-0 on their home court this year and are now 211-76 (.235) all time in 18 seasons at Reed Arena ... the Aggies were 41-41 the first six years at Reed and are 168-35 since.
• In the last two seasons, Texas A&M is 34-7 (.829) on its home floor.
• A&M has won 83 of its last 99 home games against unranked opponents (31 of last 43 in conference play).
• Texas A&M is 3-0 in non-conference games at Reed Arena this season ... the Aggies are 129-13 (.908) all-time in non-conference games inside the facility, which hosted its first basketball game in the fall of 1998 ... a loss to Rice on Dec. 22, 2011, snapped A&M's 67-game non-conference home win streak at Reed Arena (which dated back to the start of the 2005-06 season) and 80-game regular-season, non-conference home win streak (which dated back to 2003), both school records.
HOUSE SELECTED TO WOODEN AWARD WATCH LIST
Coming off an impressive debut season in Aggieland, Texas A&M senior guard Danuel House has been selected to the watch list for the 2016 John R. Wooden Award, presented annually to college basketball's player of the year.
House is already off to a hot start this season, scoring 35 points (17.5 points per game) while adding 10 rebounds, five assists, a block and a steal in just two games. During the team's most recent outing, a 100-58 win over Southeastern Louisiana Monday night, House scored 20 points to reach the 20-point plateau for the eighth time in his A&M career.
Already this season, House has been named First Team Preseason All-SEC by the league's coaches and media voters who cover the league, while earning a spot on the watch list for the 2016 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award.
HOUSE, CARUSO GARNER PRESEASON ALL-SEC HONORS
The roll out of preseason honors continued for the Aggie men's basketball team in the weeks leading up to the start of the season with Danuel House (1st Team) and Alex Caruso (2nd Team) receiving preseason All-SEC honors from both the SEC coaches and the media that covers the league.
Both players, along with fellow senior Jalen Jones, garnered All-SEC accolades from various media outlets after last season with House (1st Team) and Jones (2nd Team) recognized by the league's coaches and Caruso selected honorable mention all-league from the Associated Press.
KENTUCKY TOPS PRESEASON SEC MEDIA POLL; AGGIES THIRD
Kentucky was predicted to win the 2016 Southeastern Conference men's basketball championship in voting by a select panel of both SEC and national media members.
The Wildcats are the overall preseason favorite for the 11th time since the 1998-99 season.
LSU freshman Ben Simmons was the choice of the media for SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year. Simmons becomes just the second freshman chosen as preseason player of the year by the media, joining Kentucky's Julius Randle in 2013-14. Florida's Dorrian Finney-Smith, Kentucky's Tyler Ulis, Texas A&M's Danuel House and Vanderbilt's Damian Jones also received votes in the Player of the Year voting.
House, Jones, Simmons and Ulis were each All-SEC First Team selections along with Kentucky's Skal Labissiere and Ole Miss's Stefan Moody.
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