Wednesday, February 10
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
6:00 PM
Texas A&M
at
Alabama
Aggies Face Road Test at Alabama Wednesday
Feb 09, 2016 | Men's Basketball
Aggie Basketball Game #24:
#15/13 Texas A&M (18-5; 7-3 SEC) at Alabama (13-9; 4-6 SEC)
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 · 6:00 p.m. (CT)
Coleman Coliseum (15,383) · Tuscaloosa, Ala.
TV: SEC Network (For more info – 12thMan.com/TV)Mike Morgan, Play-by-Play
Joe Dean, Commentary
RADIO: Texas A&M Radio Network
Dave South, Play-by-Play
Mike Caruso, Commentary
Local: WTAW 1620 AM (College Station/Bryan)
Satellite (Alabama Broadcast): Sirius (Ch. 93) / XM (Ch. 190)
LIVE AUDIO/STATS: 12thMan.com
LIVE MOBILE LIVE STATS: tamustats.com
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COLLEGE STATION – The No. 15/13 Texas A&M men's basketball team faces a tough road challenge Wednesday night when the Aggies travel to Coleman Coliseum to battle Alabama in a 6 p.m. SEC match-up.
The contest will be nationally televised on SEC Network with Mike Morgan calling the play-by-play and Joe Dean 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 (18-5; 7-3) enter the week attempting to regain their spot atop the SEC standings after suffering back-to-back losses for the first time this season. Texas A&M is currently tied for second in the league standings alongside Kentucky and South Carolina, while LSU is a game ahead of the pack with an 8-2 league record.
Texas A&M and LSU will square off in Baton Rouge on Saturday afternoon.
In the most recent edition of the national rankings which were reveled Monday, Texas A&M is slotted at No. 15 in the Associated Press Top 25 and No. 13 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll.
During their most recent outing, the Aggies were led by seniors Danuel House and Alex Caruso who each contributed a team-best 16 points. House is starting to regain the shooting touch that helped him garner first team All-SEC honors a year ago as the Fresno, Texas, native has converted on 48.9 percent of his shot attempts, including a 42.3 percent clip from 3-point range, while averaging a team-leading 17.5 point during the last four games.
Caruso has also stepped his game up during the last two weeks by averaging 11.5 points per outing while shooting 53.3 percent from the floor during his last four games. The College Station native also has 23 assists and 10 steals during the stretch.
Freshman D.J. Hogg turned heads during Saturday's contest against South Carolina, grabbing a team-best seven boards while adding seven points on 3-of-5 shooting.
Alabama (13-9; 4-6 SEC), meanwhile, seeks to continue their winning ways on their home court at Coleman Coliseum where the Crimson Tide is 8-3 this season under first-year head coach Avery Johnson.
The Aggies will also aim for a measure of revenge in the contest as they were swept by Alabama in two regular season meetings a year ago, including a 61-60 win over Texas A&M at Reed Arena on the regular season's final day.
OPENING TIPS
• After suffering back-to-back losses for the first time this season, Texas A&M travels to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to battle the Crimson Tide.• During the last four games, senior Danuel House has regained his shooting touch by converting on 48.9 percent of his shot attempts, including a 42.3 percent clip from 3-point range ... House is averaging a team-leading 17.5 points during the stretch.
• In the same four-game period, classmate Alex Caruso is averaging 11.5 points per outing while shooting 53.3 percent from the floor ... The College Station native also has 23 assists and 10 steals in those four games.
SERIES HISTORY VS. ALABAMA (ALABAMA LEADS 9-4)
• Wednesday's contest will be the 14th meeting between the Aggies and the Crimson Tide on the hardwood and just the fifth between the schools as SEC competitors.• Alabama won the first six games in the series, before the Aggies went on a three-game winning streak against the Crimson Tide.
• A&M head coach Billy Kennedy is 1-5 against Alabama.
• The two schools first met on December 19, 1958, when the Bob Rodgers-led Aggies fell to Alabama 66-62 in the Birmingham Classic ... The Aggies had to wait 40 years for their first win against the Tide when they won 65-58 in College Station on Dec. 1, 1998.
• Wednesday's contest will be the sixth time the Aggies and Tide have met in Tuscaloosa, with Alabama leading the series 4-1 on its home court ... A&M dropped a 65-44 decision at Alabama last season and the Crimson Tide completed the season sweep with a 61-60 win in Aggieland on the regular season's final day.
UP NEXT
Texas A&M's two-game road swing continues, traveling to Baton Rouge to battle LSU on Saturday … The game is slated for a noon tip-off on CBS.TEXAS A&M-ALABAMA CONNECTIONS
• A&M's Darby Rich- Texas A&M's strength & conditioning coach played for the Crimson Tide from 1990-92, earning a spot on the All-SEC Academic Honor Roll three times while helping Alabama reach the three NCAA Tournaments, including a pair of Sweet 16 appearances.• Alabama's Avery Johnson, Jr. - The Alabama sophomore, who is redshirting this season, played in 13 games for the Aggies during the 2014-15 campaign before transferring to Tuscaloosa to play for his father.
KENNEDY NOTCHES CAREER WIN NO. 300
Aggie head coach Billy Kennedy has enjoyed successful coaching stops at Centenary (1997-99), Southeastern Louisiana (1999-05), Murray State (2006-11) and now Texas A&M (2011-).On Jan. 30 when the Aggies earned a 72-62 victory over No. 14 Iowa State, Kennedy hit a career milestone as he captured his 300th victory as a collegiate head coach.
Kennedy enters the South Carolina game with a career record of 300-244 in 18 seasons as a collegiate head coach.
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