No. 15 Tennessee plays Texas A&M on 12-game win streak

Published Jan. 2, 2025 3:42 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Tennessee Volunteers (12-0) at Texas A&M Aggies (7-5)

College Station, Texas; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 15 Tennessee seeks to build upon its 12-game win streak with a victory over Texas A&M.

The Aggies are 6-2 on their home court. Texas A&M averages 16.8 turnovers per game and is 3-0 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents.

The Volunteers are 1-0 in road games. Tennessee ranks seventh in college basketball scoring 44.8 points per game in the paint led by Talaysia Cooper averaging 10.7.

Texas A&M averages 68.3 points per game, 3.5 more points than the 64.8 Tennessee gives up. Tennessee has shot at a 45.5% rate from the field this season, 8.2 percentage points above the 37.3% shooting opponents of Texas A&M have averaged.

The Aggies and Volunteers square off Thursday for the first time in SEC play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Aicha Coulibaly is shooting 51.8% and averaging 12.1 points for the Aggies.

Cooper is scoring 18.1 points per game and averaging 5.5 rebounds for the Volunteers.

LAST 10 GAMES: Aggies: 6-4, averaging 70.9 points, 37.3 rebounds, 14.8 assists, 6.7 steals and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 46.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 62.0 points per game.

Volunteers: 10-0, averaging 99.4 points, 40.3 rebounds, 17.1 assists, 13.4 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.5 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.