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Ole Miss and Texas A&M Meet Deep Inside Aggieland
The Rebels and Aggies Square off In Aggieland
By: Adam Brown, Sports Editor HottyToddy.com
adam.brown@hottytoddy.com
Photograph by Robert jordan, UM Brand Photography Services
The Ole Miss Rebels travel to College Station, Texas tonight to face a new conference foe in the Texas A&M Aggies inside Reed Arena.
Ole Miss (7-3 SEC, 18-5) is led by SEC scoring leader, junior Marshall Henderson, who is averaging 19.9 points per game and ranks third in the nation in made 3-pointers with at least four a game.
Coach Andy Kennedy’s squad is coming off a 98-79 heartbreaker of a loss to the Missouri Tigers on Saturday in Colombia, Missouri. Henderson and Jarvis Summers each contributed 16 points in the game, but that was not enough to get past the Tigers.
Texas A&M (4-6 SEC, 14-9) is looking to rebound after a 52-46 loss to the Georgia Bulldogs on the road on Saturday. Junior Fabyon Harris lead the Aggies with 17 points, while senior Elston Turner added 13 points of his own in the game.
The last home game for the Aggies was against Missouri a game in which A&M beat the Tigers 74-72. The victory over No. 20 Missouri was the first time Texas A&M had defeated a ranked opponent inside Reed Arena, not since Jan. 22, 2011 when the Aggies defeated then No. 24 Kansas State 64-56.
In Billy Kennedy’s and the rest of the Aggies first year in the conference, they are seated ninth in the standings with a record of 4-6 in league play. The Rebels are scoring an average of 79.8 points per game, which ranks fifth in the nation.
When Ole Miss and Texas A&M take the court tonight, it will only be the second time that the teams have meet. In their last meeting way back in 1972, the Aggies beat the Rebels 100-83 at a neutral site in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Rebel fans can watch all the action tonight on CSS beginning at 6 p.m.
| Sat, Aug 31 |  | vs Furman | W, 76-0 |
| Sat, Sep 7 |  | vs Middle Tennessee | W, 52-3 |
| Sat, Sep 14 |  | @ Wake Forest | W, 40-6 |
| Sat, Sep 21 |  | vs Georgia Southern | W, 52-13 |
| Sat, Sep 28 |  | vs Kentucky | L, 20-17 |
| Sat, Oct 5 |  | @ South Carolina | W, 27-3 |
| Sat, Oct 12 |  | vs LSU | L, 29-26 (2 OT) |
| Sat, Oct 26 |  | vs Oklahoma | W, 26-14 |
| Sat, Nov 2 |  | @ Arkansas | W, 63-35 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Georgia | W, 28-10 |
| Sat, Nov 23 |  | @ Florida | L, 24-17 |
| Sat, Nov 30 |  | vs Mississippi State | W, 26-14 |
| Thu, Jan 2 |  | vs Duke (Gator Bowl) | 6:30 PM • ESPN |
| Mon, Nov 4 |  | vs Long Island University | W, 90-60 |
| Fri, Nov 8 |  | vs Grambling | W, 66-64 |
| Tue, Nov 12 |  | vs South Alabama | W, 64-54 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Colorado State | W, 84-69 |
| Thu, Nov 21 |  | vs Oral Roberts | L, 100-68 |
| Thu, Nov 28 |  | vs BYU | W, 96-85 OT |
| Fri, Nov 29 |  | vs 13 Purdue | L, 80-78 |
| Tue, Dec 3 |  | @ Louisville | W, 86-63 |
| Sat, Dec 7 |  | vs Lindenwood | W, 86-53 |
| Sat, Dec 14 |  | vs Southern Miss | W, 77-46 |
| Tue, Dec 17 |  | vs Southern | W, 74-61 |
| Sat, Dec 21 |  | vs Queens University | W, 80-62 |
| Sat, Dec 28 |  | @ Memphis | L, 87-70 |
| Sat, Jan 4 |  | vs Georgia | 11:00 AM SECN |
| Wed, Jan 8 |  | @ 23 Arkansas | 6:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Jan 11 |  | vs LSU | 5:00 PM SECN |
| Tue, Jan 14 |  | @ 5 Alabama | 6:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Jan 18 |  | @ 17 Mississippi State | 5:00 PM TBA |
| Wed, Jan 22 |  | vs 13 Texas A&M | 8:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Jan 25 |  | @ Missouri | 5:00 PM SECN |
| Wed, Jan 29 |  | vs Texas | 8:00 PM ESPN2 |
| Sat, Feb 1 |  | vs 2 Auburn | 3:00 PM TBA |
| Tue, Feb 4 |  | vs 10 Kentucky | 6:00 PM ESPN |
| Sat, Feb 8 | | @ LSU | 7:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 12 |  | @ South Carolina | 6:00 PM SECN |
| Sat, Feb 15 | | vs 17 Mississippi State | 5:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Feb 22 |  | @ Vanderbilt | 2:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 26 | | @ 2 Auburn | 6:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 1 |  | vs 12 Oklahoma | 1:00 PM TBA |
| Wed, Mar 5 |  | vs 1 Tennessee | 8:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 8 |  | @ 6 Florida | 5:00 PM SECN |