Memphis visits No. 21 Texas A&M following Jones’ 23-point performance

By  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
 
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Memphis Tigers (6-2) at Texas A&M Aggies (7-2)

College Station, Texas; Sunday, 4 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Aggies -7.5; over/under is 150.5

BOTTOM LINE: Memphis plays the No. 21 Texas A&M Aggies after David Jones scored 23 points in Memphis’ 85-80 overtime win over the VCU Rams.

The Aggies have gone 3-0 at home. Texas A&M is fifth in the SEC in team defense, giving up 67.7 points while holding opponents to 42.4% shooting.

The Tigers are 2-1 on the road. Memphis is fourth in the AAC scoring 79.5 points per game and is shooting 45.6%.

Texas A&M’s average of 6.9 made 3-pointers per game is 2.1 fewer made shots on average than the 9.0 per game Memphis allows. Memphis averages 11.8 more points per game (79.5) than Texas A&M gives up (67.7).

TOP PERFORMERS: Wade Taylor IV is shooting 39.0% and averaging 18.0 points for the Aggies. Hayden Hefner is averaging 8.3 points for Texas A&M.

Jones is scoring 19.0 points per game and averaging 6.5 rebounds for the Tigers. Jahvon Quinerly is averaging 12.0 points and 3.5 rebounds for Memphis.

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