Bryan, Texas (KBTX) – The Texas A&M men’s basketball team is betting on a season-high six-game winning streak when the Aggies host the Florida Gators at Reed Arena on Wednesday at 6pm.
- It will be the first “mirror game” rematch for the Aggies, who began SEC play on Jan. 4 with a 66-63 win over the Gators in Gainesville. Other mirror game opponents include Arkansas, Auburn, LSU and Missouri.
- Including a win two weeks ago, the Aggies have won three straight series wins against the UF, making it A&M’s longest winning streak against the Gators.
Trends & Streaks:
- Texas A&M began SEC play with a 4-0 record for the second straight season. Last year’s team started his 4-0 run and famously lost his next eight games.
- With four SEC victories, the Aggies are 5 minutes and 25 seconds behind. The Aggies were not far behind in his 94-53 loss to South Carolina on Saturday.
- The Aggies’ six-game winning streak is the team’s longest since closing the 2021-22 regular season with four wins and winning three in a row to reach the 2022 SEC Tournament Finals.
- Texas A&M and Alabama are tied for the longest winning streak by an SEC team.
- The streak began right after a four-day pre-holiday loss to Memphis (83-79) and home to Wofford (67-62).
- The Aggies have used the same starting lineup (Coleman III, Dennis, Marble, Radford and Taylor IV) in their last six games.
- During the streak, Tyrese Radford was the team’s top scorer with 15.3 points, hitting 55.2% of FG and 46.2 of 3-pointers. In his 11 games (6-5) before the streak, Radford had cut his 10.8 pts/31.5%/27.5%.
- Dexter Dennis has averaged 14.3 points in his last three games, including double-digit efforts against LSU (17 points), MU (13) and SC (13) since five consecutive games of 6-point brawls or less. is getting
- Hayden Hefner joined MU in 0-fer in 2023, but came off the bench and hit 5 of 9 shots, all 3-pointers, in his last two games.
- Henry Coleman III posted consecutive double-doubles of 10 points/10 revs against MU and 12/11 against SC.
- Wednesday’s game will be the Aggies’ fifth straight game against the SEC’s first-year head coach.
go to line:
The Aggies rank first nationally in free throws per game and second in FT attempts. Texas A&M has made him over 100 more free throws than his seven SEC teams.
- The Aggies are averaging 19.2 to 26.1 FTM-FTA per game, well above the pace set by any Texas A&M team since 1970. His FTM-FTA school record is 22.5 FTMs in 1967-68 teams and 31.8 FTAs by 1968. -69 teams.
- Texas A&M has been on the line 25+ times in 13 of 17 games and has hit 20+ FTs seven times.
- Tyrece Radford and Wade Taylor IV are in the SEC’s top six with 74 and 69 free throws made respectively. Ironically, neither Radford nor Taylor threw a free throw in South Carolina’s loss last Saturday. Both have reached over 80.0% of his FTAs. Taylor has him 81.2% and Radford has him 80.4%.
NCAA Team Free Throw Leader
(FT maid order)
Rk School FT FTA
1. Texas A&M 19.2 26.1
2.UTRGV 19.1 27.4
3.UAB 18.6 25.1
4. Providence 18.4 25.1
5. Alabama 18.3 25.7
Universal dynamo:
Sophomore guard Wade Taylor IV is a 6-foot all-around dynamo from Dallas, Texas, who ranks in the top 10 in a wide range of SEC statistical categories.
Statistical Average SEC Rank
Point 15.5 No.6
Assist 3.6 8th place
Steel 1.9 No. 8
Free Throw 69 6th overall
85 FT attempts, 7th overall
FT% 81.2% 5th place
3 pointer 2.4 No.7
104 3-point attempts, 7th overall
Success with trees:
Tyrece Radford is one of seven SEC players under 6 feet 8 inches averaging 10.0+ points/g and 5.0+ rebounds/g.
SEC 10.0 Pts./G + 5.0 Rebs/G (6 feet 8 inches or less)
(Point/G order)
Rk player, school height.point rev
1. Kobe Brown, Missouri 6-8 15.6 5.6
2. Tyrese Radford, Texas A&M 6-2 12.4 5.2
3. Anthony Black, Arkanus 6-7 12.4 5.1
4. Hayden Brown, SC 6-5 11.2 5.1
5. Jalyn Williams, Auburn 6-8 10.6 5.1
6. Miles Stuart, Vanderbilt 6-7 10.4 5.6
7. Henry Coleman, Texas A&M 6-8 10.2 5.8
HCIII leads the way:
Junior F Henry Coleman III, along with women’s basketball player Jada Malone, represents Texas A&M as a member of the SEC Basketball Leadership Council. The Council will act as a conduit for communication from student-athletes to the Conference Secretariat regarding issues related to student-athlete experience and health, and will provide feedback on proposed regulations governing the SEC and NCAA.
- Coleman is an avid fisher and hunter. “Fishing and hunting teaches you to stay calm under pressure,” Coleman said. “Once you set the hook on that fish, don’t immediately reel it in. You need to be a little calm and reel it in. When you’re hunting and you see a buck right in front of you. Wait a minute. Look. I know it’s tempting to pull the trigger as soon as possible, but you have to wait for the right moment, and it teaches you to settle in and stay in the moment.”(Source: 12thMan.com)
- Coleman’s father, Hank, was a standout defensive end at Virginia Tech and started on the Hokies’ 1995 Sugar Bowl champion team. HCIII told Bryan-College Station Eagle (January 7, 2022): A&M football is fun, but Virginia Tech football is deep in my heart. ”
- Coleman moved from Duke to Texas A&M before the 2021-22 season. Duke’s former head coach Mike Krzewski said of HCIII: I think he will be a very special man in our country. he is very good (Source: USA Today Network, November 18, 2020)
Random Attention:
- Julius Marble connects with a team-best 58.0% FGA, making 50% or more of his shots in 15 of his 17 games.
- Wade Taylor IV, the Aggies’ most prolific shooter from the deep, improved his 3-point shooting percentage by more than 0.10 from last year. After achieving 27.8% as a freshman, Taylor is hitting 38.5% in 2022-23.
- The Aggies’ starting lineup has had a distinct Pelican State flavor with at least two Louisiana natives in every game so far this season: Tyrese Radford (Baton Rouge) and Dexter Dennis (Baker). increase. Also, Solomon Washington (New Orleans) has joined the starting lineup four times.
- The Aggies have used the same starting line-up (Coleman III, Dennis, Marble, Radford and Taylor IV) in their last six games (all wins). For the season, the 5-man went 7-1 with his only loss on December 3 at Boise State.
- The defensive duo of Anderson Garcia and Andre Gordon are the first players to come off the bench in the last five games.
- The Aggies’ roster for the 2022-23 season has been strengthened with the addition of six rookies in the offseason. Headlining the group is Dexter Dennis, who won the American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year at Wichita State in 2021-22, and Michigan State advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. It was Julius Marble who helped Both are in the top five starting lineups.
- Led by Dexter Dennis and Tyrese Radford, six Aggies have played more than 1,000 minutes, all past the 3,000-minute plateau.
Follow the action:
- The match will be televised by the SEC network with Roy Philpott (play-by-play) and Pat Bradley (color) on the phone.
- The match will be broadcast on the Texas A&M radio network or locally on 1620 AM/94.5 FM, with Andrew Monaco and Dr. John Thornton calling the action.
Promotion Update (UF Games)
- SPECIAL STUDENTS ONLY EARLY DOOR OPEN: The north entrance to Reed Arena opens at 4:30 PM for all A&M students.All doors open to the public at 5pm
- Opportunity Rock Lead Shirt Giveaway: Rock Reed shirts will be provided to the first 5,500 fans at every concourse entrance.
- Fan Zone (north entrance):
- Tent setup with TV, music, games and more!For all fans from 5pm
- Sports Passholder Appreciation – Complimentary drinks for the first 1,050 Sports Passholders to the Fan Zone, including 12th Man Lager, Pepsi and Water starting at 4:30pm
- Twelfth Man Reward: 100 points
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