No. 10 Women Remain Home to Host LSU

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No. 10 Women Remain Home to Host LSU

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COLLEGE STATION -- The No. 10 Texas A&M women's basketball team remains at home to close out the week of play hosting LSU on Thursday, Jan. 9 at 8 p.m. The Aggies look to notch their first double-digit win streak since the 2014-15 season after picking up their ninth straight victory in a routing of Ole Miss, 79-35, Monday night. LSU enters the game at 11-3 on the season, 1-1 in league play, as it aims to get back on track after suffering its first conference loss of the year, falling 69-65 at Missouri on Sunday.

About the Matchup
Thursday's game against LSU marks the 28th all-time meeting between the Aggies and Tigers, with A&M holding a 14-13 advantage in series

The home team has earned the victory in each of the last seven regular season meetings ... A&M boasts an 8-3 all-time record against the Tigers in College Station.

Neither team has won back-to-back games in the series since A&M claimed a pair of wins between the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons, both coming in College Station
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Last season, the Aggies avenged a 63-52 loss in Baton Rouge with a 59-55 win at Reed Arena a month later, as Kayla Wells led three Aggies in double figures with 16 points.

Head coach Gary Blair sits at 21-20 all-time against the Tigers and boasts a 10-6 record against LSU head coach Nikki Fargas.

Quick Hits
Junior guard Chennedy Carter was recognized for the outstanding junior season she's having as she was named to the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 List Wednesday.

Carter currently ranks fourth on A&M's all-time career scoring list as she upped her career total to 1,830 after adding 13 points against Ole Miss.

Carter sits in second in the SEC and ranks sixth in the nation, averaging 22.5 points per game on the season.

Carter is in the midst of a multi-season double-figure scoring streak that now spans 54 games ... She has scored in double figures in 79 of her 80 career games.

Senior guard Shambria Washington ranks third in the SEC, averaging 4.7 assists per game, and has the fourth-best assist/turnover ratio in the conference (2.4).

Junior forward N'dea Jones recorded her third straight double-double with 10 and 12 against Ole Miss ... She moved into second in the SEC, averaging 10.5 boards per game.

Head Coach Gary Blair is three wins away from his 400th at Texas A&M.

Earlier this season Coach Blair became the fifth active head coach to surpass 800 wins in his head coaching career after a 72-43 win over Houston on Dec. 15.

A&M is out to its best start through 15 games since 2010-11 (19-1), and is in the midst of a nine-game win streak, marking it's longest run since winning 11 straight during the 2014-15 season.

The Aggies have forced their opposition to shoot under 40-percent from the field in 11 games this year, most recently keeping the opposition under 30-percent from the field for the fourth time as Ole Miss shot just 27.5-percent Monday night.

Season Standouts
Texas A&M's 44-point win over Ole Miss was the team's largest league win since topping Arkansas on the road, 104-60, in 2018, and the second-largest (48 at Mississippi State, 2013) SEC win since joining the conference in 2012-13.

The Aggies allowed Ole Miss to score just 35 points, matching the second-fewest points A&M has allowed in an SEC game (35, vs. Mississippi State, 1/19/14).

A&M shot over 50-percent in all four quarters against the Rebels.

The Aggies boast the seventh-best rebounding margin in the nation (12.3), while ranking 16th in the country as they average 43.87 boards per game.

The win over No. 20 Arkansas to open league play marked A&M's first of the season over an AP top 20 team.

After topping the Razorbacks, the Aggies now sit at 6-2 in SEC openers.

Two Aggies have recorded double-doubles in the same game on two occasions this season, as N'dea Jones and Ciera Johnson did so against Houston and at No. 20 Arkansas.

Texas A&M saw two players score 20-plus points in a game for the first time this season when Chennedy Carter (31) and Kayla Wells (22) did so against Oklahoma State.


Watch and Listen to the Aggies

Thursday's game will air on SEC Network with Courtney Lyle and Carolyn Peck calling the action.

The radio call of the game will be available in the Bryan-College Station area on 1150 AM and 93.7 FM. Describing the action are Tom Turbiville (play-by-play) and Tap Bentz (analyst).
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Last time I COULD NOT WAIT for the game!!!

This time I CANNOT WAIT for the game!

This is your time Ags! Make it count!

BTHO LSU.
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