Alabama Returns Home to Face Texas A&M Thursday

Thursday, January 19

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

6 p.m. CT

Alabama

Texas A&M

Alabama Returns Home to Face Texas A&M Thursday

1/18/2023 1:07:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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The game between the Crimson Tide and the Aggies will serve as UA’s annual We Back Pat game

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – After back-to-back games on the road, the Alabama women's basketball team will return home to host Texas A&M on Thursday at Coleman Coliseum. The Crimson Tide will tip off against the Aggies at 6 p.m. CT on SEC Network+.

Thursday's game will mark the Tide's annual We Back Pat night, which raises awareness for the Pat Summitt Foundation and is dedicated to finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease.

The Game

Alabama (14-4, 3-2 SEC) vs. Texas A&M (5-11, 0-6 SEC)
Series History: 13th meeting vs. Aggies (Texas A&M leads 10-2)

How to Follow

SEC Network+
- Roger Hoover (play-by-play) and Richard Hendrix (analyst) on the call
CTSN
- Gray Robertson (play-by-play) on the call
Updates will be provided on the team's official Twitter account, @AlabamaWBB

Promotions

Fans that bring their ticket from the Alabama men's basketball game against LSU will receive free admission to Thursday's game against Texas A&M
The game on Thursday will serve as the Tide's annual We Back Pat night
- We Back Pat brings awareness to the Pat Summit Foundation which is dedicated to finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease
Welcome Back Students
- The first 100 students will receive free pizza at the game

About the Tide

UA moved up to No. 16 in the NET rankings
The Crimson Tide is coming off a pair of road wins, defeating Auburn by 31 points (88-57) and Ole Miss by five (63-58)
The win against Ole Miss snapped a nine-game winning streak and a 5-0 start to the SEC campaign for the Rebels
Alabama continues to be one of the top three point teams in the country
UA ranks sixth nationally in three point percentage (38.7) and eighth in three pointers per game (9.3)
Additionally, the Tide ranks 23^rd nationally in scoring margin (17.5) and seventh in scoring defense (56.0)
With 45 total blocks, Jada Rice ranks sixth nationally
The graduate student also ranks ninth in blocks per game with a 2.5 average
Aaliyah Nye is 12^th in the NCAA for three point percentage (46.4)
Brittany Davis continues to pace the team in points (17.8ppg), rebounds (6.4rpg) and steals (1.7spg)
Rice's 2.5 rebounds per game leads the team in the category, while Hannah Barber leads the team in assists averaging 2.9 a game
The Tide's win against Auburn marked the seventh time UA has defeated a team by 25 or more points during the 2022-23 campaign: Alabama A&M 98-51, Gardner-Webb 89-60, Mercer 88-52, Little Rock 69-44, Norfolk State 92-30, North Florida 89-25, Auburn 88-57

The Aggies

This is the 13^th meeting between the two programs as Texas A&M holds a 10-2 advantage in the all-time series
UA has won two of the last three meetings with both wins coming in College Station, Texas
In the last meeting, Alabama took an 81-79 double overtime victory with the help of a 32-point performance from Brittany Davis
Texas A&M is looking for its first conference win of the season, entering the game 0-6 against SEC teams
Despite the loss, the Aggies held Mississippi State to 60 points, 14.5 less than the Bulldogs average this season
The Aggies rank 18^th nationally in three point percentage defense (25.8)
Janiah Barker leads the team in points (12.1ppg) and ranks second in rebounds (6.6rpg)
Aaliyah Patty paces Texas A&M in boards (7.7rpg) and blocks (1.4bpg), while Tineya Hylton ranks first in assists (3.3apg)
Both Barker and Kay Kay Green have averaged 1.3 steals a game to lead the team in the category
As a team, Texas A&M averages 34.5 boards per game, while scoring 51.5 points per game
The team has held its opponents to a 58.7 points per game average this season

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