The Texas A&M men’s basketball team will finish its regular season on the road against LSU at the Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge. The game is scheduled for Saturday at 5 p.m. and will be broadcast on SEC Network.
Texas A&M currently holds a 20-10 record overall and is 10-7 in Southeastern Conference play. This marks the fifth consecutive season that the Aggies have reached at least 20 wins. The team ended a two-game losing streak earlier this week with a 96-85 victory over Kentucky at Reed Arena. In that game, Texas A&M scored 27 of the final 30 points in the first half to take a halftime lead and maintained control throughout most of the second half, despite a late push from Kentucky.
Rylan Griffen led Texas A&M with 21 points, matching his career high. Rubén Dominguez contributed by making five three-pointers and finishing with 17 points. Zach Clemence and Pop Isaacs returned to the starting lineup against Kentucky but have often played significant roles off the bench during the season. Clemence scored 13 points and had two blocks in that game; he has reached double figures in scoring three times in the last five games and is averaging nearly 14 points while shooting 59 percent from the field over his last seven games. Isaacs recorded 12 points, six rebounds, eight assists, and two steals against Kentucky after scoring 14 points with four assists against Texas.
Rashaun Agee continues to be effective both offensively and defensively for Texas A&M. He has scored at least 15 points in four of his last five games and has achieved double-digit rebounds in 14 games this season. Against Kentucky, he had 14 points and eight rebounds. Agee recently notched his eleventh double-double of the year, leaving him one shy of tying Tyler Davis’s single-season school record of twelve set during the 2017-18 season. In SEC play, Agee averages more than fifteen points and nine rebounds per game; he ranks second among league players for average rebounds per game (8.8) as well as defensive boards (6.2).
The Aggies are ranked tenth nationally in scoring offense, averaging just over eighty-eight points per game this season. They have received substantial contributions from their bench throughout the year—scoring thirty or more bench points in eighteen different games so far—including fifty-seven bench points during their recent win over Kentucky. Nationally, they rank second—and lead their conference—in bench scoring average with nearly thirty-seven bench points per game.
LSU enters its final regular-season matchup with a record of fifteen wins and fifteen losses overall; within conference play, LSU stands at three wins to fourteen losses after dropping seven out of their last eight games—including an eighty-eight to seventy-four defeat at Auburn earlier this week.
Saturday’s contest will be the fifty-fourth meeting between Texas A&M and LSU; LSU leads all-time matchups twenty-nine to twenty-four, though Texas A&M has won six out of their past seven meetings—including a seventy-five to seventy-two victory when these teams met earlier this season at Reed Arena.
Fans can watch Saturday’s game on SEC Network or stream it through ESPN’s app platforms.
