Aggies Gear Up For SEC Road Clash With Bulldogs

Saturday, March 2

Athens, Ga.

5:00 PM

Texas A&M

Georgia

Photo by: Craig Bisacre/Texas A&M Athletics

Mar 01, 2024 | Men's Basketball

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By: Brad Marquardt, Assistant AD/Athletics Communications

ATHENS - The Texas A&M men's basketball team takes on the Georgia Bulldogs in a 5 p.m. matchup at Stegeman Coliseum on Saturday in Athens, Ga. The Bulldogs represent a NET Quadrant 2 opportunity for the Aggies.

The Aggies seek to snap a five-game losing streak, which is the program's longest since dropping eight consecutive decisions in 2022.
In the Buzz Williams era, the Aggies are 4-1 vs. the Bulldogs, including four straight wins. Williams is 1-1 vs. UGA in Athens.
Texas A&M leads the all-time series, 8-5, and the two teams have split six previous meetings in Athens.

UGA-TAMU Statistical Comparison

Statistic	GEORGIA	TEXAS A&M
FGM	25.3	24.9
FGA	58.3	63.3
FG%	0.435	0.393
3PM	8	6.5
3PA	23.5	24.2
3P%	0.341	0.267
FTM	17.1	16.9
FTA	23.3	24.1
FT%	0.736	0.7
Off. Reb	9.8	17.5
Def. Reb	25.6	25
Rebounds	35.5	42.6
Assists	11.6	11.1
Steals	6.4	7.1
Blocks	3.3	2.9
Turnovers	11.6	9.7
Points	75.8	73

TV/RADIO INFORMATION

The game will be televised by SEC Network with Dave Neal (play-by-play) and Jon Sundvold (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.

SEC LEADERS IN QUAD 1 WINS

The Aggies are tied for the SEC lead with five NET Quadrant 1 victories in 2023-24 (5-6 overall).
Texas A&M's Q1 wins were over Tennessee (current No. 5), vs. Iowa State (8), Kentucky (19), at SMU (44) and at Ohio State (65).

TRENDS AND NOTABLES

Thirteen of the Aggies' 28 games have been tied or a one-possession game after the final 4:00 media timeout. Texas A&M is 6-7 in those games.
During the current five-game losing skid, three of losses were tied or one-possession game with less than 3:00 remaining, including two that saw the Aggies have the lead or the game tied with less than :15 seconds remaining.
Texas A&M is the SEC leader in rebounding margin at 8.2 and rank No. 2 in rebounds at 42.6.
The SEC's leader in fewest turnovers for the full season and league play, the Aggies are 10-2 when they have nine or fewer turnovers in a game.
Andersson Garcia is averaging 12.3 rebounds over the last seven games, including a trio of 15+ efforts. He also averaged 12.3 boards in four games vs. top 25 team in that span.
Garcia has reeled in 30 more offensive rebounds than anyone else in the SEC for the full season and 16 more in league games.
The Aggies lead the nation in offensive rebounds/game at 17.5 and have garnered 20 or more offensive caroms eight times in 2023-24.

MILESTONES TO WATCH

Andersson Garcia is within 12 rebounds of leaping to No. 5 on the school's single season rebounding list. Heading to UGA, Garcia is No. 9 with 265 boards. He needs two to match No. 8 Ronnie Peret (267), four to match No. 7 Vernon Smith (269) and 12 to reach the 277 by Robert Williams II and Bryan Davis.
In conference games, Garcia needs 10 to match No. 5 Steve Niles, who had 163 in SWC play in 1970.
Wade Taylor IV's next rebound will be No. 100 of 2023-24. With the rebound, he becomes the second player in school history to reach 500 points, 100 rebounds, 100 assists and 50 steals in a single season, joining Don Marbury in 1985-86.

500/100/100/50 IN THE SEC
Wade Taylor IV's next rebound will be No. 100 of 2023-24. With the rebound, he joins an elite group of SEC players with 500 points, 100 rebounds, 100 assists and 50 steals in a single season since Aggies joined the elite league in 2012-13.
Taylor was four rebounds short of joining this group in 2022-23 (572/96/137/61)

SEC 500/100/100/50 Players since 2012-13

Player, School, Year	Pts.	Reb.	Ast.	Stl.
Scotty Pippen Jr., VU, 21-22	736	128	162	70
Mason Jones., ARK, 19-20	683	169	106	50
JD Notae., ARK, 21-22	660	164	134	81
J.J. Frazier., UGA, 16-17	640	129	140	63
Ben Simmons., LSU, 15-16	632	388	158	65
Tyler Ulis., UK, 15-16	606	105	246	51
De'Aaron Fox., UK, 16-17	601	143	165	53
Mark Sears, ALA, 23-24	577	121	114	50
Kira Lewis Jr.., ALA, 19-20	573	148	162	56
Q. Weatherspoon., MSU, 17-18	534	222	123	52
S. Gilgeous-Alexander., UK, 17-18	532	153	189	61
Tremont Waters., LSU, 17-18	525	111	198	67
Skylar Mays., LSU, 19-20	517	156	100	55
Josh Richardson., UT, 14-15	513	143	115	67
Terence Davis., OM, 18-19	501	191	114	54
PJ Dozier., USC, 16-17	501	173	101	60
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Wade Taylor IV, TAMU, 23-24	523	99	109	57

DOMINICAN RODMAN
Drawing comparisons to former NBA great Dennis Rodman for his tenacious defense and rebounding prowess, senior F Andersson Garcia moving up the Aggies' single season rebounds list.

Texas A&M Season Rebounds List

Rk.	Player	Year	Rebounds
1	Claude Riley	1981-82	317
2	Tyler Davis	2017-18	313
3	Rudy Woods	1978-79	286
	John Beasley	1965-66	286
5	Bryan Davis	2009-10	277
	Robert Williams	2017-18	277
7	Vernon Smith	1978-79	269
8	Ronnie Peret	1967-68	267
9	Andersson Garcia	2023-24	265
10	Barry Davis	1975-76	264