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Photo by: Thomas Campbell/Texas A&M Athletics
Road Test at No. 10 USC Awaits Men's Hoops
Nov 25, 2017 | Men's Basketball
Aggie Basketball Game #6:
#16 Texas A&M (5-0) at #10 USC (4-0)
Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017 · 9:00 p.m. (CT)
Galen Center (10,258) · Los Angeles, Calif.
TELEVISION: Pac-12 Network (For more info – 12thMan.com/TV)JB Long, Play-by-Play
Don MacLean, Commentary
RADIO: WTAW 1620 AM (Bryan-College Station)
Colin Killian, Play-by-Play
Al Pulliam, Commentary
SATELLITE RADIO: Sirius Ch. 84 / XM Ch. 84
LIVE AUDIO/STATS: 12thman.com/live
LIVE MOBILE LIVE STATS: tamustats.com
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – No. 16 Texas A&M faces one of its toughest early season tests Sunday when the Aggies (5-0) face No. 10 USC (4-0) at the Galen Center.
The trip to Los Angeles continues a period of heavy travel for the Aggies, who opened the season at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Nov. 10 during the Armed Forces Classic and began this week on the East Coast in New York where they defeated Oklahoma State and Penn State to win the Progressive Legends Classic.
Sunday's match up vs. USC will be the first true road contest this season for Texas A&M, which has already earned neutral site wins over then-No. 11 West Virginia, Oklahoma State and Penn State.
The contest will be televised on Pac-12 Network with JB Long calling the play-by-play action and Don MacLean providing color commentary. Additionally, radio coverage will be available on the Aggie Sports Network, which can be heard locally in the Bryan/College Station area on WTAW (1620 AM).
USC enters the affair unbeaten on the season and is riding a 21-game winning streak vs. non-conference foes inside the Galen Center. The Trojans were picked to finish second in the 2017-18 Pac-12 preseason poll by league media, marking the program's highest ranking ever. USC's current No. 10 ranking represented its highest ranking at any point in a season since the Trojans finishing the 1991-92 campaign at No. 8.
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SETTING THE SCENE / NOTABLES
• The Aggies travel west in search of their second win over a ranked-opponent this season as well as their victory first over a top-10 opponent (AP rankings) since a 62-61 win over No. 10 Gonzaga on Nov. 26, 2015, during the Battle4Atlantis.• In their other meeting with a ranked foe this season, A&M defeated No. 11 West Virginia, 88-65, on Nov. 10 at Ramstein Air Base in Germany during the Armed Forces Classic.
• The Aggies enter the contest ranked No. 16 in the AP Top 25 and No. 19 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll ... USC, meanwhile, appeared at No. 10 in both polls.
• Just a couple weeks into the season, A&M has quickly built one of the country's most impressive résumés with three wins over three high-major opponents - West Virginia, Oklahoma State and Penn State … The Aggies remain the only team nationally to have notched three wins vs. high-major opponents at this point in the season.
• Friday's 81-65 win over Pepperdine at Reed Arena saw the Maroon & White debut of redshirt freshman guard JJ Caldwell ... The Houston native contributed four points, three assists and a pair of rebounds in 16 minutes of game action.
• A&M's recent trip to Brooklyn for the championship rounds of the Progressive Legends Classic saw the return of Robert Williams to the hardwood after serving a two-game suspension to start the season ... Williams wasted no time showing the form that led him to be voted Co-Preseason SEC Player of the Year, carding back-to-back double-doubles vs. Oklahoma State and Penn State to garner All-Tournament accolades.
• Joining Williams on the Progressive Legends Classic All-Tournament Team was graduate senior Duane Wilson, who notched a team-high 22 points during the title-clinching win over Penn State.
• In its Nov. 25 edition, Kenpom.com slots the Aggies as the No. 7 team in its ratings, with A&M checking in at No. 16 in adjusted offense and No. 9 in adjusted defense.
A WIN VS. USC WOULD...
• Give A&M a sixth consecutive win to start the 2017-18 campaign and tie the Aggies' best start to a season under Billy Kennedy alongside similar 6-0 starts in the 2013-14 & 2015-16 seasons.• Additionally, a win vs. USC would give A&M just its third ever road win at a top-10 opponent … Previously, A&M has knocked off No. 6 Kansas in Lawrence, Kan., on Feb. 3, 2007, and No. 5 Texas in Austin, Texas, on Jan. 30, 1982.
SERIES HISTORY VS. USC (USC LEADS 2-0)
• A year ago, the Aggies and Trojans face off in College Station with USC walking away with a hard-fought 65-63 victory.• Last season's meeting was the first matchup between both schools in 80 years. USC took home a 26-18 victory in the 1936-37 season.
• Texas A&M is 2-4 against Pac-12 opponents in the Billy Kennedy era after dropping contests to USC, UCLA and Arizona last season.
• In his time as an assistant coach at Cal, Kennedy helped the Golden Bears to a 6-2 record against USC.
AGGIES WIN PROGRESSIVE LEGENDS CLASSIC; WILLIAMS & WILSON NAMED ALL-TOURNEY
Back-to-back wins over Oklahoma State and Penn State at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. gave the Aggies a new trophy to bring home to College Station as they won the 2017 Progressive Legends Classic. The tournament victory was the Aggies' 18th overall during an in-season tourney (does not include conference tournaments) as well as the first for the program since winning the 2007 NIT Season Tip Off.Following outstanding individual performances, A&M was represented by Robert Williams and Duane Wilson on the All-Tournament team with Williams honored as the event's MVP.
UP NEXT AFTER THE USC GAME
The Aggies return to College Station where they will host UTRGV inside Reed Arena at 7 p.m. on Thursday.
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