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BATON ROUGE, LA - January 20, 2024 - The Texas A&M Aggies Men's Basketball Team during the game between the LSU Tigers and the Texas A&M Aggies at Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, LA. Photo By Craig BisacreBATON ROUGE, LA - January 20, 2024 - The Texas A&M Aggies Men's Basketball Team during the game between the LSU Tigers and the Texas A&M Aggies at Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, LA. Photo By Craig Bisacre
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Men's Basketball

Aggies Open Homestand with Mizzou Matchup

The Texas A&M men's basketball begins its final homestand of the season with an 8 p.m. matchup with Missouri on Tuesday at Reed Arena.

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BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The Texas A&M men's basketball team begins its final homestand of the season with an 8 p.m. matchup with Missouri on Tuesday at Reed Arena.
  • The Mizzou game tips off a rare three-game conference homestand for the Aggies. The last time A&M had three-straight SEC home games was 2016 when the Aggies went 3-0 vs. Ole Miss, Kentucky and Mississippi State. Since 1980, Texas A&M has had  conference homestands of three games or more only six times.
  • The Aggies swept the series with the Tigers last season, beating MU 82-64 in BCS and 69-60 in Columbia. Texas A&M holds a 24-20 advantage in the all-time series.
  • The two teams have played every year since the formation of the Big 12 in 1996-97 with Aggies hold a 24-17 advantage in those games. In SEC play, A&M leads 14-7, including a 7-3 mark at Reed Arena.
 
PROMOTIONS UPDATE
  • ROCK REED SHIRT GIVEAWAY: 2024 Rock Reed Shirts available on the concourse at each entry point for the first 5,000 fans to the game.
  • AGGIE BASKETBALL FAN ZONE: Located at the North entry of Reed Arena, the Fan Zone includes games, giveaways, and activities for the whole family! For ALL fans opening one hour prior to tip-off.
TV/RADIO INFORMATION
  • The game will be televised on SEC Network with Dave Neal (play-by-play) and Jimmy Dykes (analyst) on the call.
  • The matchup airs on the Texas A&M Radio Network, locally on 1620 AM/94.5 FM or worldwide on the 12th Man Mobile App with Andrew Monaco and Dr. John Thornton describing the action.


 
TRENDS AND NOTABLES
  • Jace Carter moved into the starting lineup against LSU on Saturday and responded with 13 points, 6 rebounds and 2 steals. It was his 7th start of the season but his first since 12/30.
  • Eli Lawrence has played double-digit minutes in the past 2 games. The veteran has scored 1,120 points and played over 2,800 minutes in his career.
  • Bench warrior Solomon Washington posted career highs for minutes (35) and blocks (3), as well as producing the game-clinching FT at LSU on Saturday.
  • SEC Sixth-Man of the Year candidate Andersson Garcia has posted double-doubles in his past 2 games with 10 points/12 rebounds at ARK and 10/10 at LSU.
  • Garcia is the SEC's leading rebounder at 8.9/G despite coming off the bench in 15-of-18 games. As a reserve, Garcia ranks No. 1 nationally in offensive rebounds/G (4.1) and total rebounds/G (8.3) (min. 8 gms).
  • In SEC games only, Wade Taylor IV leads the SEC in steals (13) and 3-pointers (18) and ranks No. 2 with 24.4 points/game.
  • Taylor has averaged a point/minute over his past two games with 60 points in 60 minutes of play.
  • Texas A&M averages 65.1 FGA/G and has taken 60 or more FGA in 14 of 18 games in 2023-24, compared to 55.2/G and 11 of 35 games in 2022-23.
  • The Aggies have 12 or more offensive rebounds in every game in 2023-24. Less than 100 of the 350 DI teams average 12.0 or more o-rebounds per game.
  • The M&W are the nation's top off. rebounding team (18.9/G) by a wide margin (No. 2 UF / 16.3).
  • In 12 games since FAU (11/24), the Aggies have played just 3 games with returnee mainstays Henry Coleman III, Tyrece Radford and Solomon Washington available due to various injuries (all 3 played vs. LSU).
  • Coleman returned to limited action against LSU after missing the Arkansas game. He played 10:31 vs. LSU.
  • The Aggies are No. 39 in the NET and have a 4-4 record against Quad 1 opponents.
 
MILESTONES TO WATCH
Wade Taylor IV's next FTA will No. 400, his next steal will be No. 150 and he needs 6 assists to reach 300.
 
PACKING REED
Tuesday's game will mark the Aggies' first home game with school in session and not in reading day/finals since the Oral Roberts game on Nov. 17. Despite that, Aggie hoops is averaging home crowds of 8,940, which currently stands ninth-best in facility history.
The Aggies drew their season-high crowd of 10,689 for the 74-66 win over Oral Roberts.
 
Top 10 Reed Arena Season Averages
Rk. Average Year Games Record
1. 10,343 2007-08 20 16-4
2. 9,889 2009-10 16 15-1
3. 9,812 2006-07 19 18-1
4. 9,438 2008-09 18 16-2
5. 9,280 2022-23 16 15-1
6. 9,128 2017-18 16 13-3
7. 9,000 2010-11 17 15-2
8. 8,956 2015-16 18 17-1
9. 8,940 2023-24 8 6-2
10. 8,161 2016-17 16 11-5