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Game Day Preview: Kentucky

Texas A&M women's basketball takes on No. 24 Kentucky on Sunday at Memorial Coliseum. The Aggies are 1-0 against ranked opponents this season.

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Game 16 • SEC Game 3 • Sunday, January 8, 2017 • 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT
Texas A&M Aggies (11-4, 1-1 SEC) at
No. 24 AP Kentucky Wildcats (10-5, 1-1 SEC)
Lexington, Ky. | Memorial Coliseum (8,000)
SEC Network (Courtney Lyle, Tamika Catchings, LaChina Robinson)
Texas A&M Sports Network (Tom Turbiville, Steve Miller)
 
Texas A&M women's basketball takes on No. 24 Kentucky on Sunday at Memorial Coliseum. The Aggies are 1-0 against ranked opponents this season.

The game is available on SEC Network, with Courtney Lyle, Tamika Catchings and LaChina Robinson on the call. Authenticated subscribers can access the game on WatchESPN and the ESPN app on their smartphones, tablets, computers and smart TVs. Tom Turbiville and Steve Miller bring radio listeners the action on the Texas A&M Sports Network, available in Bryan-College Station on 1150 AM/102.7 FM and on 12thMan.com.

This game includes two of the three players in the SEC averaging a double-double on the season—Texas A&M's Anriel Howard (11.7 ppg, 11.9 rpg) and Kentucky's Evelyn Akhator (13.1 ppg, 10.5 rpg)

The Aggies are led by senior point guard Curtyce Knox, who is leading the nation with 9.7 assists per game. Knox is averaging 15.0 points and 10.7 assists in her last three games, and scored a career-high 17 at Georgia on Thursday.

The Wildcats have four players averaging 12+ points per game, with Makayla Epps (16.8), Taylor Murray (13.5), and Maci Morris (12.2) joining Akhator. The Wildcats are 10-5 on the season, and are 10-0 in Memorial Coliseum this season.

After this game, the Aggies return home to host Arkansas on Thursday, January 12 at 7 p.m. on SEC Network Plus.