Texas A&M Aggies (21-11, 11-8 SEC) vs. Saint Mary’s Gaels (27-5, 16-3 WCC)

Oklahoma City; Thursday, 7:35 p.m. EDT

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Gaels -3.5; over/under is 147.5

BOTTOM LINE: No. 22 Saint Mary’s (CA) and Texas A&M square off in the NCAA Tournament first round.

The Gaels’ record in WCC play is 16-3, and their record is 11-2 against non-conference opponents. Saint Mary’s (CA) averages 10.2 turnovers per game and is 7-2 when it wins the turnover battle.

The Aggies’ record in SEC play is 11-8. Texas A&M ranks seventh in the SEC with 10.3 offensive rebounds per game led by Rashaun Agee averaging 2.7.

Saint Mary’s (CA) makes 46.2% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.0 percentage points higher than Texas A&M has allowed to its opponents (44.2%). Texas A&M scores 23.1 more points per game (87.7) than Saint Mary’s (CA) gives up to opponents (64.6).

TOP PERFORMERS: Paulius Murauskas is shooting 48.9% and averaging 18.8 points for the Gaels. Mikey Lewis is averaging 2.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Ruben Dominguez is shooting 40.4% from beyond the arc with 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Aggies, while averaging 10.3 points. Agee is averaging 15.6 points and 9.2 rebounds over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Gaels: 8-2, averaging 77.3 points, 38.6 rebounds, 15.7 assists, 5.8 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 45.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.7 points per game.

Aggies: 4-6, averaging 78.3 points, 32.7 rebounds, 14.2 assists, 6.5 steals and 2.7 blocks per game while shooting 42.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 83.6 points.

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

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Carson Tinney hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning, but that was all the offense No. 2 Texas got in a 6-1 loss to Tarleton State on Tuesday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

Tinney’s blast was his sixth of the season and was the only hit by a Longhorn in the starting lineup. Josh Livingston picked up a pinch-hit single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.

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Texas head coach Jim Schlossnagle was frank in his postgame comments.

“In every way, we got our rear ends kicked,” he said. “They (Tarleton State) threw more strikes, they made plays and they had competitive at-bats. There were some good things for us, but we had one hit in the first and one in the ninth. You’re not going to win many games that way. Tarleton beat us in every phase of the game.”

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It was a historic win for the Texans, marking the highest-ranked win in school history and the third win ever over a Power Four conference program. Two of the three wins have been this season — Tarleton beat Baylor 6-5 on March 3 in Stephenville. The Texans are now 5-0 in true road games and 13-7 overall.

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The Longhorns drew nine walks, but struck out 12 times and stranded nine runners. The Texans cashed in their opportunities, hitting .444 with runners in scoring position.

Texas (18-2, 2-1 SEC) heads to No. 5 Auburn for an SEC series beginning Friday.

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