No. 6 Aggies Battle USC in Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES The No. 6 Texas A&M women's basketball team will take on the USC Women of Troy at 7:30 pm CT on Saturday at the Galen Center on the USC campus.
Texas A&M vs. USC Series:
- Texas A&M holds a narrow 4-3 advantage over Southern California in the all-time series between the two schools.
- The two teams will be meeting for the fourth straight season with the Aggies emerging victorious in the last two meetings.
- The Aggies and Women of Troy have met five times since the 2011 season with Texas A&M winning four of five contests.
- Head coach Gary Blair has a 4-2 record against USC and a 2-0 worksheet against USC coach Mark Trakh.
Early Season Trends
- Chennedy Carter, the SEC scoring leader at 23.3 points, returns to the site of her single game scoring record of 46 points (at USC on Dec. 15, 2017).
- Carter (1,553) is 80 points away from breaking into the top 5 on A&M's all-time career scoring list. (Lisa Langston (82-86) No. 5 with 1,615).
- Ciera Johnson has recorded a double-double in two of the team's three games this season She currently ranks seventh at A&M with 14 career double-doubles.
- Johnson's two double-doubles are good for second in the SEC and 16th in the country so far this year.
- Johnson currently ranks fifth in the SEC averaging 11.0 rebounds per game.
- Johnson's game-winner at Rice allowed A&M to remain unbeaten on the season and made her the third Aggie on the roster to hit a last-second shot that led to victory.
- Kayla Wells has scored in double figures in two of the team's three games so far this season She boasted most-improved scoring average in the SEC last season, increasing her average from 2.8 points as a freshman to 15.2 as a sophomore and is a top-three scorer for the Aggies so far this year.
Last Time Out:
- Chennedy Carter scored 29 points and Ciera Johnson made a layup with 9 seconds left to give Texas A&M a 62-61 victory over Rice at the Tudor Fieldhouse on Nov. 17. After Rice had regained a one-point lead, Shambria Washington missed a corner 3-pointer, but Johnson grabbed the rebound and put it in for the win.
Watch and Listen to the Aggies
- Sunday's game will be live-streamed at PAC-12.com/live/USC with Carlo Jimnez describing 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 Steve Miller (analyst).