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01/12 03:43 CST Texas A&M faces No. 21 Tennessee, seeks 4th straight road win
Texas A&M faces No. 21 Tennessee, seeks 4th straight road win
By The Associated Press
Texas A&M Aggies (13-3, 3-0 SEC) at Tennessee Volunteers (11-5, 1-2 SEC)
Knoxville, Tennessee; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Texas A&M visits No. 21 Tennessee aiming to extend its three-game
road winning streak.
The Volunteers have gone 9-0 in home games. Tennessee is sixth in the SEC with
26.4 defensive rebounds per game led by Nate Ament averaging 4.9.
The Aggies are 3-0 against SEC opponents. Texas A&M averages 12.2 turnovers per
game and is 12-1 when committing fewer turnovers than opponents.
Tennessee averages 82.4 points, 5.0 more per game than the 77.4 Texas A&M gives
up. Texas A&M averages 11.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.7 more made
shots on average than the 7.7 per game Tennessee allows.
The Volunteers and Aggies meet Tuesday for the first time in SEC play this
season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ja'Kobi Gillespie is scoring 18.3 points per game and averaging
2.9 rebounds for the Volunteers. Ament is averaging 12.4 points and 5.5
rebounds over the last 10 games.
Ruben Dominguez is shooting 47.1% from beyond the arc with 3.6 made 3-pointers
per game for the Aggies, while averaging 13.7 points. Rashaun Agee is averaging
14.5 points and 9.6 rebounds over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Volunteers: 5-5, averaging 78.3 points, 36.9 rebounds, 16.2
assists, 8.2 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 48.1% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 70.7 points per game.
Aggies: 9-1, averaging 96.5 points, 36.7 rebounds, 20.1 assists, 10.3 steals
and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 49.1% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 77.9 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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