Thursday, February 11
College Station
6:00 PM
Texas A&M
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Mississippi State
No. 15 Women Host No. 11 Mississippi State Thursday In Pivotal SEC Battle
Feb 10, 2016 | Women's Basketball
Game 24 • SEC Game 11 • Thursday, February 11, 2016 • 6 p.m.
No. 11 AP / No. 11 Coaches' Mississippi State Bulldogs (21-4, 8-3 SEC) at
No. 15 AP / No. 13 Coaches' Texas A&M Aggies (16-7, 6-4 SEC)
College Station, Texas • Reed Arena (12,989)
Television: SEC Network (Paul Sunderland, Carolyn Peck, Kayce Smith)
Radio: The Zone 1150 AM/102.7 FM (Gabe Bock, Tap Bentz)
No. 11 AP / No. 11 Coaches' Mississippi State Bulldogs (21-4, 8-3 SEC) at
No. 15 AP / No. 13 Coaches' Texas A&M Aggies (16-7, 6-4 SEC)
College Station, Texas • Reed Arena (12,989)
Television: SEC Network (Paul Sunderland, Carolyn Peck, Kayce Smith)
Radio: The Zone 1150 AM/102.7 FM (Gabe Bock, Tap Bentz)
No. 15 Texas A&M hosts No. 11 Mississippi State in a crucial SEC Women's Basketball showdown on Thursday inside Reed Arena.
The game is broadcast on SEC Network with Olympic Gold Medalist Paul Sunderland and former national championship-winning coach Carolyn Peck on the call, with Kayce Smith, who graduated from Texas A&M, reporting on the sidelines. Authenticated users can also access the game online through the WatchESPN app on computers, smartphones, tablets and other connected devices at no extra charge.
Additionally, listeners can tune into Gabe Bock and Tap Bentz's call of the game on The Zone 1150 AM/102.7 FM in Bryan-College Station, online at 12thman.com/showcase, or on the Radio Aggieland app.
This game marks Corps of Cadets Night at Reed Arena, where over 2,200 members of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets will be in attendance to yell the Aggies to victory. In addition, the Singing Cadets are to perform the Star Spangled Banner prior to the game.
The Aggies have played six straight games that have come down to the final minute of play, including a 76-71 overtime win over No. 23 Tennessee on Sunday. Texas A&M rallied from down 11 points with under three minutes to go, closing regulation on a 13-2 run to send the game to overtime on an Anriel Howard turnaround jumper with 5.2 left. Courtney Walker, who had 29 points, scored 10 points in overtime to propel the Aggies to victory.
Mississippi State, coached by former A&M assistant Vic Schaefer, are 21-4 on the season, and have won four straight games, including the Bulldogs' first-ever win against Tennessee on Jan. 28. Mississippi State is led by Victoria Vivians, who ranks second in the SEC to A&M's Courtney Walker (18.7) in points per game with 17.2.
The Aggies are looking for set the record straight in this game after a heart-breaking 63-61 overtime loss to the Bulldogs last season, where A&M missed two shots that would have won the game at the end of regulation. Vivians hit a 3-pointer to take the lead with 55 seconds left in overtime to give Mississippi State the victory.
After this game, A&M heads to Oxford, Miss. to take on Ole Miss at 6 p.m. on Monday, February 15. The Aggies return home on Thursday, February 18 to host LSU in the annual BTHO Breast Cancer Game.
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