Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Texas A&M Aggies: Preview, How to Watch
The Ohio State Buckeyes will play one of their toughest non-conference games of the season on Friday night when they host the No. 15 Texas A&M Aggies at Value City Arena.
Ohio State (1-0) is coming off a 79-73 win over Oakland on Monday in the season opener. The Buckeyes took the lead midway through the second half and didn't look back despite things being tight throughout. Neither team led by more than seven for the entire game.
Three players scored 17 points for the Buckeyes in the win. Bruce Thornton, Roddy Gayle Jr. and Zed Key will all be looking for similar performances against a Texas A&M (1-0) team that's coming off a route of Texas A&M-Commerce on Monday in a 78-46 win.
Despite getting bounced out of the NCAA Tournament in the first round last season, the Aggies finished 25-10 and arguably one of the worst-seeded teams in the tournament at No. 7. A&M made its second straight SEC title game before losing to Alabama.
The Aggies return a talented core that has proven to be productive since the end of their impressive run to the SEC Championship at the end of the 2021-22 season.
A key matchup to watch will be Ohio State's starting backcourt of Gayle Jr. and Thornton against Aggies star Wade Taylor IV and guards Tyrece Radford and Hayden Hefner. Taylor (16 points, six assists) and Hefner (19 points) were A&M's two leading scorers in Monday's win, and could be getting a bounce-back game from Radford, who was the team's second-leading scorer last season,
WHAT: Ohio State Buckeyes (1-0, 0-0 Big Ten) vs. No. 15 Texas A&M Aggies (1-0, 0-0 SEC)
WHERE: Value City Arena - Columbus, Ohio (19,049)
WHEN: Friday, Nov. 10, 2023, 7 p.m. ET
HOW TO WATCH: Peacock
HOW TO LISTEN: WBNS-AM 1460 / WBNS-FM 97.1 The Fan
TICKETS: SI Tickets
