NBA News NBA News, Match Reports and UpdatesSeason glance: Games 23-25
After 22 games, I have the Tigers with a record of 16-6 overall and 5-4 in SEC play. We’re getting into the final portion of the season as we look at matchups with Texas A&M, Oklahoma and Georgia.
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GAME 23: Hosting Texas A&M. Saturday, Feb. 8, 2:30 p.m.
The Aggies enter the season ranked No. 13 in the AP poll and No. 16 in the KenPom rankings.
Texas A&M went 21-15 overall last season and 9-9 in conference play and won two games in the SEC Tournament before going into the NCAA Tournament as a No. 9 seed and beating No. 8 Nebraska. The Aggies then lost to No. 1 Houston in the second round.
Texas A&M opened last season with a couple of wins, including one over Ohio State and another against Penn State, but then lost to FAU, Virginia and Houston in the three highest-ranked matchups of the non-conference season. The Aggies lost their first two SEC games, but beat No. 6 Kentucky in overtime and beat Missouri 63-57 a few games later to get to 3-3 in conference play.
The team’s matched up again quickly, just three games later, and Texas A&M won 79-60.
Texas A&M leads the all-time series with Missouri 26-20 and has won the past four matchups. Missouri’s last win was a 70-66 victory in College Station in 2022.
Missouri won 11 of the first 13 matchups from 1969-through-2004, but the Aggies have since won 24-of-33.
Buzz Williams is starting his sixth season in College Station and looking to make his third consecutive NCAA Tournament.
Graduate guard Wade Taylor IV (6-foot, 0-inches, 180-pounds) is back for what feels like the millionth year after leading the team with 19.1 points and 4.0 assists per game in 36 appearances. He shot 36.6 percent from the field and 32.5 percent from 3.
Senior forward Andersson Garcia (6-7, 220) is back after averaging 9.1 rebounds per game and graduate forward Henry Coleman III (6-8, 250) is back after averaging 8.8 points and 5.6 rebounds per game.
The Aggies added senior guard Zhuric Phelps…
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Publish date : 2024-11-02 15:00:00
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