UC IRVINE AT TEXAS A

UC IRVINE AT TEXAS A&M;

WHEN: Today, 11 a.m.

WHERE: Reed Arena in College Station, Texas

RADIO: KUCI/88.9 FM

BREAKDOWN: The Anteaters (4-6) are 0-6 when playing away from campus, while the Aggies (10-1), ranked No. 12 in the USA Today/EPSN coaches poll, are 8-0 at home this season and 42-3 at their 12,500-seat arena the last three seasons ... The Aggies return 55.4% of their scoring and 63.1% of their rebounding from the team that went 27-7, reached the Sweet 16 and finished ninth in both polls ... Senior swing man Josh Carter averaged 13.6 points and 4.6 rebounds, while senior forward Joseph Jones chips in 10.9 points and 5.1 rebounds and 7-foot senior center DeAndre Jordan averages 9.5 points and 7.3 rebounds for first-year coach Mark Turgeon ... UCI is paced by seniors Patrick Sanders (12.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg) and Darren Fells (11.8 ppg, 4.0 rpg), as well as junior Kevin Bland (8.9 ppg, 6.0 rpg) ... Texas A&M; has been ranked in both polls the last 26 weeks, a school record ... Under then-coach Billy Gillespie, now at Kentucky, it recorded three straight 20-win seasons ... This is the second of five straight road games for UCI.

— Barry Faulkner