The Vanderbilt Commodores and the Texas A&M Aggies meet Saturday in college basketball action from Reed Arena. Vanderbilt is sitting at 10-10 overall this year. The Commodores lost to Kentucky on Tuesday. As for Texas A&M, they’re 14-6 after an upset win over Auburn on Wednesday. Check back all season long for free college basketball picks at Sports Chat Place.
Vanderbilt Commodores
Vanderbilt lost to Memphis, Southern Miss, Saint Mary’s, VCU, Grambling State, NC State, Missouri and Tennessee in their first 16 games. Since then it’s been a 2-2 stretch with losses to Alabama and Kentucky alongside wins over Arkansas and Georgia.
In the Kentucky game on Tuesday, the Commodores trailed 36-27 going into the second half. Vanderbilt fell further behind on a 33-26 deficit and lost 69-53. Malik Dia posted 14 points and Tyrin Lawrence bagged 12 points with four rebounds.
Texas A&M Aggies
Over on the Texas A&M side, they started out the year at 11-5 with losses to Murray State, Colorado, Boise State, Memphis and Wofford. The Aggies are 3-1 in their last four with wins over South Carolina, Florida and Auburn.
Matched up against Auburn on Wednesday, the Aggies put up a 45-30 advantage by the break. Texas A&M kept the pressure up with a 34-33 second-half run and took the upset 79-63. Tyrece Radford scored 30 with nine boards.
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I’m going to lean toward Texas A&M here—so long as the Aggies don’t have a hangover after the big road win over Auburn. Texas A&M shot a nice 47.3 percent from the floor in that one with a 32-28 rebounding advantage and nine turnovers. The Aggies are 8-1 in their last nine outings and looking pretty good right now. As for Vanderbilt, they’re coming off a flat performance versus Kentucky but they’ve been scoring relatively well overall lately. I don’t think the Commodores will keep a cover pace if Texas A&M gets going, though.