2020-21 Texas A&M Men's Basketball
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2020-21 TEXAS A&M MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME 2 | TARLETON STATE | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2020 GAME TIME: 6:00 p.m. CT | SITE: Reed Arena | TV: SEC Network TWITTER: @AGGIEMBK /// INSTAGRAM: @AGGIEMBK /// FACEBOOK: /AGGIEMBK /// #GIGEM /// #getBETTER MEDIA COVERAGE TELEVISION ............................................SEC Network TARLETON STATE TEXAS A&M Tom Hart ....................................................................Play-by-Play Jon Sundvold ....................................................................Analyst TEXANS AGGIES RADIO ................................................WTAW 1620 AM Andrew Monaco .....................................................Play-by-Play Record ........................................................... 1-0 (0-0 WAC) Record .......................................................... 1-0 (0-0 SEC) Dr. John Thornton ............................................................Analyst Ranking .............................................................................NR Ranking ............................................................................ NR Streak .......................................................................... W1 Streak ................................................................................W1 SIRIUS/XM RADIO ........................XM 190, Internet 961 Last 5/Last 10 .......................................................... 1-0/1-0 Last 5/Last 10 .......................................................... 1-0/1-0 Neutral Sites ...................................................................0-0 Neutral Sites ...................................................................0-0 Last Game .......................................................November 25 Last Game .........................................................November 29 RESULTS/SCHEDULE Tarleton State 103, Dallas Christian 48 (Stephenville, Texas) Texas A&M 82, New Orleans 53 (College Station, Texas) N29 NEW ORLEANS (SECN+) .................. W, 82-53 Head Coach ..........................Billy Gillispie (Texas State '83) Head Coach ................. Buzz Williams (Oklahoma City '94) D2 TARLETON STATE (SECN) ........................6 P.M. Overall Record ................................. 149-108 (9th Season) Overall Record ................................270-169 (14th Season) D6 UTRGV (SECN) ........................................3 P.M. at Tarleton State ....................................... 1-0 (1st Season) at Texas A&M .........................................17-14 (2nd Season) D12 # vs. TCU (TBA) .........................................................TBA vs. Texas A&M ................................................................ 0-2 vs. Tarleton State ..........................................................0-0 D15 SE LOUISIANA (SECN+) ...........................6 P.M. D21 WOFFORD (SECN)................................12 P.M. (based on last game) D29 * at LSU (TBA) ..........................................................TBA PROJECTED AGGIE STARTERS TEXAS A&M QUICK HITS J2 * AUBURN (TBA) .........................................TBA • The Aggies opened GP/GS PTS REB AST MINS J6 * at South Carolina (TBA) .......................................TBA SAVION FLAGG the 2020-21 season G/F • 6-7 • 223 • Sr (TBA) 1 J9 * TENNESSEE .....................................TBA Alvin, Texas/Alvin 1/1 9.0 11.0 6.0 31.3 with a 82-53 victory over J13 * at Mississippi State (TBA) ....................................TBA New Orleans on Sunday > The Aggies' returning leading scorer J16 * MISSOURI (TBA) .......................................TBA >> Ranks second in SEC in active career scoring (889) and rebounds (515) afternoon at Reed Arena. J20 * at Vanderbilt (TBA) ...............................................TBA • Texas A&M extended J23 * at Ole Miss (TBA) ...................................................TBA QUENTON JACKSON GP/GS PTS REB AST MINS its season-opening win J26 * LSU (TBA) ..................................................TBA 3 G • 6-5 • 175 • Sr streak to 20. J30 ! at Kansas State (TBA) ..........................................TBA 1/1 28.0 7.0 2.0 30.5 Los Angeles, Calif. / Coll. of Central Florida • Tarleton State head F3 * VANDERBILT (TBA) ...................................TBA > Scored a career-high 28 points in the opener vs. New Orleans (11/29) (TBA) coach Billy Gillispie F6 * at Arkansas .................................................TBA >> Also set new career highs in 3-pointers made (4) and rebounds (7) F10 * GEORGIA (TBA) ........................................TBA returns to Aggieland where he served as the F13 * at Florida (TBA) ......................................................TBA JONATHAN AKU GP/GS PTS REB AST MINS F17 * ALABAMA (TBA) .......................................TBA 15 F • 6-10 • 263 • So head coach from 2004- F20 * ARKANSAS (TBA) .....................................TBA Kaduna, Nigeria / iSchool Entrepreneurial Academy 1/1 6.0 5.0 0.0 16.6 07. F23 * at Kentucky (TBA) .................................................TBA • Quenton Jackson led > Earned his third career start in the season-opener vs. UNO (11/29) F27 * at Missouri (TBA) ...................................................TBA >> Has appeared in all 31 games of his career the Aggies in the season M3 * MISSISSIPPI STATE (TBA) .........................TBA opener against New ANDRE GORDON GP/GS PTS REB AST MINS Orleans with a career- * - SEC Game / ! - SEC/Big 12 Challenge / # - Dickies Arena (Fort Worth, Texas) 20 G • 6-2 • 188 • So high 28 points and 7 All Times Central 1/1 15.0 1.0 2.0 29.5 Sidney, Ohio/Sidney rebounds. > Scored 15 points and shot 3 of 5 from 3-point range against UNO (11/29) • Savion Flagg, who was >> Connected on 50% of his FGA vs. the Privateers named to the Preseason ZACH WALKER GP/GS PTS REB AST MINS All-SEC Second Team 21 G • 6-4 • 203 • Jr by the league's head Deer Park, Texas/Deer Park 1/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.2 coaches and media, > Earned his first career start in the opener against New Orleans (11/29) stuffed the stat sheet against New Orleans with 9 points, 11 rebounds and TOP RESERVES 6 asssists. SOCIAL MEDIA • Hassan Diarra made TWITTER .............................................. @AggieMBK No. Name Cl Pos Ht Wt GP/GS Pts Reb Min an impact defensively in INSTAGRAM .............................................AggieMBK 2 Hayden Hefner Fr G 6-6 182 1/0 9.0 1.0 22.9 > Sank three 3-pointers in his collegiate debut FACEBOOK .................... Facebook.com/AggieMBK his collegiate debut with 11 Hassan Diarra Fr G 6-2 197 1/0 14.0 0.0 24.5 six steals, the most by an #GigEm #getBETTER > Recorded six steals aginst UNO, which is the most by an Aggie since 2015 when Alex Caruso had six against Kansas State Aggie since 2015. HEAD COACH BUZZ WILLIAMS AGAINST TARLETON STATE • The Texans make their third trip to Bryan-College Station and first as a Division I opponent. • The first two meetings were exhibitions in 2007 and 2017 with the Aggies prevailing, 71-62, and 72-46, respectively. • Texas A&M and Tarleton State are members of the Texas A&M University System. BCG RETURNS TO BCS • Tarleton State head coach Billy Gillispie returns to Texas A&M, where he served as the Aggies' head coach from 2004-07 and made three THE WILLIAMS FILE postseason appearances. HOMETOWN ........................................... Van Alstyne, Texas • Gillispie led the Aggies to the NIT in his first season before earning a WIFE .................................... the former Corey Norman berth into the NCAA Tournament in 2006 and 2007. In 2007, he led Texas CHILDREN ....................Zera, Calvin, Mason and Addyson A&M to the Sweet Sixteen. COLLEGE .................................... Oklahoma City University • Current Texas A&M head coach Buzz Williams served as an assistant (Bachelor's degree in kinesiology, 1994) under Gillispie from 2004-06. HEAD COACHING RECORD • In Gillispie and Williams' first year in Aggieland, the staff made an immediate impact as they improved by 14 wins from the previous year NEW ORLEANS (1 year) 14-17 2006-07 14-17 and went from 0-16 in Big 12 play to 8-8 in one of the biggest turnarounds in history. MARQUETTE (6 years) 139-69 2008-09 25-10 NCAA (2nd Rd) 2009-10 22-12 NCAA (1st Rd) REED ARENA SUCCESS 2010-11 22-15 NCAA (Sweet 16) 2011-12 27-8 Big East Champs/NCAA (Sweet 16) • After the Aggies' season-opening victory against New Orleans, Texas 2012-13 26-9 Big East Co-Champs/NCAA (Elite 8) A&M is now 269-98 (.732) all-time in their 22 seasons in Reed Arena. They 2013-14 17-15 were 41-41 in the first six years at Reed and are 218-57 (.792) since. VIRGINIA TECH (5 years) 100-69 • In the last seven seasons, Texas A&M is 92-29 (.758) on its home floor, 2014-15 11-22 2015-16 20-15 NIT (2nd Rd) and has not had a losing season at home since the 2003-04 season. 2016-17 22-11 NCAA (1st Rd) 2017-18 21-12 NCAA (1st Rd) • The Aggies have won 182 of their last 214 home games against unranked 2018-19 26-9 NCAA (Sweet 16) opponents. Texas A&M went 6-2 in non-conference games at Reed Arena last TEXAS A&M (2nd year) 17-14 • 2019-20 16-14 No postseason due to COVID-19 season and are 1-0 this year. The Aggies are 165-18 all-time (.901) since 2020-21 1-0 hosting its first basketball game in 1998. TOTAL (14th year) 270-169 'QUEN'-TESSENTIAL WILLIAMS NOTABLES • Texas A&M senior Quenton Jackson dazzled in the season opener • Eight NCAA Tournament appearances in 12 postseason opportunities as a head coach against New Orleans, setting career highs in points (28), rebounds (7) and • Four career