No. 12 Aggies Host UCA on Elementary School Day
Dec 03, 2019 | By: Texas A&M Athletics Communications
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COLLEGE STATION -- The No. 12 Texas A&M women's basketball team returns home and looks to get back on track as it hosts Central Arkansas for Elementary School Day on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 11 a.m. at Reed Arena. A&M is coming off of its first loss of the season through six games, falling to then-No. 12 Florida State on Sunday in Fort Worth as part of the Maggie Dixon Classic. The Sugar Bears enter the midweek matchup with a 2-4 record and recently ended a three-game skid with a 57-54 win over Jackson State over the weekend.
About the Matchup
Wednesday's matchup will be the fourth in the series with the Sugar Bears as A&M has claimed all three previous meetings.
The two teams have faced off in College Station in each of the last three seasons, with the Aggies topping Central Arkansas 84-27 a season ago.
Head Coach Gary Blair boasts a 3-0 all-time record against the Sugar Bears as well as against Central Arkansas head coach Sandra Rushing.
The two teams met in 2016 as A&M cruised to a 74-49 victory at Reed Arena. A&M faced its closest battle to date with the Sugar Bears in 2017, but was able to come out on top, winning 72-61.
Quick Hits
Junior guard Chennedy Carter moved into fifth on A&M's all-time scoring list after her fifth straight 20-point performance of the season against Florida Sate. Carter's 1,628 career points put her in the top five and move her past Lisa Langston (1,615, 1982-86). She is 18 points away from her next move up the chart to fourth.
Carter sits atop the SEC's scoring list, averaging 22.7 points per game on the season.
Carter is in the midst of a multi-season double-figure scoring streak that now spans 45 games after scoring 20 points against the Seminoles
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Senior guard Shambria Washington is also a league leader as her 5.0 assists per game are an SEC best. She sits in second in the SEC with a 3.3 assist/turnover ratio.
Junior forwards N'dea Jones (9.0 rebounds/game) and Ciera Johnson (8.2) rank No. 5 and No. 8, respectively, in the SEC in rebounding.
Off-the-bench dynamo Cheah Rael-Whitsitt ranks No. 6 in the SEC in offensive rebounds with 3.5/game.
Head coach Gary Blair is four wins away from his 800th win as a head coach, sitting at 796-323 overall in his career, 388-160 at A&M.
The Aggies average a +12.2 rebounding margin (No. 2 in the SEC), and are connecting on 46.2 percent of their field goals (No. 4 in the SEC).
A&M is one win away from the program's 250th victory in Reed Arena.
Watch and Listen to the Aggies
Wednesday's game will air on SEC Network Plus with Mike Wright and Tap Bentz calling the action.
The radio call of the game will be available in the Bryan-College Station area on 1620 AM and 93.7 FM. Describing the action are Tom Turbiville (play-by-play) and Bret Dark (analyst).