Category: Ole Miss Rebels

No. 2 Texas A&M baseball team avoids sweep at Ole Miss with shutout victory led by Shane Sdao

The Aggies avoided a potential disastrous sweep on Sunday evening at Swayze Field against SEC rival Ole Miss with a 6-0 shutout victory.

The Texas A&M baseball team avoided a potential disastrous sweep on Sunday night at Swayze Field against SEC rival Ole Miss.

The No. 2 Aggies (42-10, 17-17 SEC) shutout the Rebels by a final score of 6-0. Texas A&M scored 3 runs in the sixth inning and 1 in each of the third, seventh and ninth.

Sophomore left-handed pitcher Shane Sdao (4-1) led the Aggies to the win. He tossed 7.0 scoreless frames and allowed 3 hits and 1 walk with 6 strikeouts on 87 pitches. Sdao set a new career-high in innings pitched and strikeouts.

Sunday’s shutout was Texas A&M‘s first since a 9-0 victory versus Vanderbilt on April 13. Graduate student designated hitter Hayden Schott extended his on-base streak to 25 games with 1 hit and 1 walk.

Senior first baseman Ted Burton made his return in the series finale and went 1-for-4 with a double and 2 runs batted in. He has reached base safely in 24 consecutive contests and the multi-RBI game was his 10th of the year.

The No. 2 Aggies begins their final set of the regular season at Blue Bell Park on Thursday against conference rival No. 3 Arkansas (41-10, 18-8) at 7 p.m.

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No. 2 Texas A&M baseball team loses second straight SEC series with lopsided loss vs. Ole Miss

The sky hasn’t necessarily started falling yet but the Aggies are getting very close following their second consecutive SEC series loss.

The sky hasn’t necessarily started falling in College Station but the Texas A&M baseball team is getting very close following its second consecutive SEC series loss this weekend.

The No. 2 Aggies (41-10, 16-10 SEC) were blown out 10-2 at Ole Miss (27-23, 11-15) on Saturday night at Swayze Field. Texas A&M has now lost four of its last five conference games.

The Rebels scored 5 runs in the second inning, 3 in the fourth and 1 in the third and eighth, respectively. The Aggies plated 1 in each of the third and ninth frames. Texas A&M tallied only 5 hits on the evening.

The Aggies are now 19-21 all-time against Ole Miss. Texas A&M has lost back-to-back SEC sets and three total this season. The 8-run loss was the Aggies’ biggest of the year in the final road series of the regular season.

One of the few positives from the defeat was that graduate student designated hitter Hayden Schott extended his on-base streak to 24 games, recording 1 hit and 1 walk.

Texas A&M will attempt to avoid the sweep Sunday at 5 p.m. CST.

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No. 2 Texas A&M baseball team loses second straight SEC series opener, this time at Ole Miss

For the second consecutive Friday evening, the Aggies baseball team lost their SEC series opener on the road. Game 2 is Saturday at 4 p.m.

For the second consecutive Friday evening, the Texas A&M baseball team lost its SEC series opener on the road.

The No. 2 Aggies (41-9, 16-9 SEC) lost by a final score of 4-3 at Ole Miss (26-23, 10-15) to begin the weekend at Swayze Field. Texas A&M has lost three of its last four conference matchups.

With a single run scattered across the first, second and fifth innings, respectively, the Aggies led 3-2 with six outs to go. The Rebels tallied 1 in each of the second and third, then took the lead for good with 2 go-ahead runs in the bottom of the eighth frame.

Texas A&M recorded 7 hits and 5 walks on Friday night. Senior catcher Jackson Appel and graduate student designated hitter Hayden Schott led the way as the only Aggies to rack up multiple hits. Schott has 19 multi-hit games this year and has a current on-base streak of 13 contests.

Sophomore left-handed pitcher Ryan Prager took a no decision after allowing 2 runs and striking out 10 batters over 5.2 innings. Senior LHP Evan Aschenbeck (4-1) suffered the loss after tossing 1.2 frames of relief for Prager.

Texas A&M will attempt to even the series Saturday at 4 p.m.

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No. 2 Texas A&M ‘didn’t play the greatest schedule’ this regular season according to Schlossnagle

“We didn’t play the greatest schedule but we won the games,” he explained. “We’ve played below-average teams and lost to them in the past.”

Following a 16-3 win against Rice on Tuesday night at home, Texas A&M coach Jim Schlossnagle looked ahead to the final road series of the regular season at Ole Miss this weekend, while reflecting on the year thus far.

“You’ve still gotta go on the road in the SEC that’s full of awesome SEC players and they have really good pitching in terms of the stuff that I’ve seen on television. The transfer from Duke, (Andrew) Fischer, he’s as much of an impact hitter as there is in our league, including the guys that we have on our team who have 20 homers,” Schlossnagle explained. “We’ve proven that we can win anywhere and lose anywhere. LSU wasn’t playing that great and they got it going, so we have to go play good baseball and try to find a way to win the series.

“We didn’t play the greatest schedule but we won the games. We’ve played below-average teams and lost to them in the past. It’s hard to win all these games, the game is not built for that. Especially the teams that we get to play in the state.”

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‘The SEC is hard’: Texas A&M freshman phenom Gavin Grahovac previews final road series at Ole Miss

“I know they’re a good team. A lot of guys on their team can hit. We’ve gotta come out, play our game, hit, throw strikes and play defense.”

The No. 2 Texas A&M baseball team completed an undefeated non-conference schedule on Tuesday evening with a victory versus Rice at Blue Bell Park.

After the win, freshman third baseman Gavin Grahovac spoke to the media and looked ahead to the final road series of the regular season at SEC rival Ole Miss.

“I know they’re a good team. A lot of guys on their team can hit so we’ve gotta come out, play our game, hit, throw strikes and play defense. Every weekend is the same, you’ve gotta go out there and compete,” Grahovac said. “I knew that we had won a lot of games in non-conference but (being unbeaten) is huge for us. The more games we win means the better record that we have and the farther we can go on. As long as we can continue to do that, obviously we want to win every game in the SEC but like we’ve talked about, the SEC is hard, every team is good.

“As long as we can continue to win is a huge confidence boost for us, so we have to keep it going the next few weekends.”

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Ole Miss hires former Mississippi State head coach to analyst role

Former Mississippi State head coach set to join Ole Miss staff

According to reports, Ole Miss has made a notable addition to their coaching staff, as the Rebels and head coach Lane Kiffin have reportedly hired former Mississippi State head coach Zach Arnett to a defensive analyst role.

As mentioned previously, Arnett is the former head coach at in-state rival Mississippi State, where he was relieved of his role this past season in his first year at the helm of the Bulldogs program. Arnett’s combined record a year ago was 4-6 with the Bulldogs, with the now Ole Miss assistant also having led Mississippi State to a ReliaQuest Bowl victory at the end of the 2022 season.

Prior to being named the head coach at Mississippi State, Arnett was the defensive coordinator of the Bulldogs from 2020-22. Arnett’s defenses at Mississippi State ranked No. 58 nationally in 2020 at 28.1 PPG allowed, No. 62 in 2021 at 25.9 PPG, and No. 40 in 2022 at 23.1 PPG.

Arnett also coached both linebackers and safeties at Mississippi State as well.

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‘Their analytics offensively are really really good… so we’ll have our hands full’ Buzz Williams speaks ahead of Texas A&M vs. Missouri

Here’s what Texas A&M Head Coach Buzz Williams had to say ahead of the game against Ole Miss

Texas A&M (13-7, 3-3 SEC) will be back in Reed Arena to face the Ole Miss Rebels (16-3, 3-3 SEC) on Saturday at 7:30 PM CST.

The Aggies are still having some scoring issues but are making up for it by doing all the dirty work defensively to keep games close. Winning three of the last four SEC games, if this group can find consistency on offense outside of Wade Taylor IV, they’ll be right back in the thick of things. One thing that is evident is that this group responds well to head coach Buzz Williams, instilling trust in him to get them back on track.

While previewing the Ole Miss game Buzz started to get a little emotional when the question came up about the relationship he has with the guys on his team.

” I love them and I hope they make every basket and if they don’t I love them and I want them to do good cuz it’s important to them and I want to do good uh because it’s important to all of us”

” I want to have a real relationship with those in our group and uh someday we’re not going to be playing in coaching and I want them to know I always told them the truth and that I was always trying to help them improve their life and can we use ball to be a microcosm of life”

Below, you can watch the full presser Q&A with Coach Buzz Williams.

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Post Game: Texas A&M protects home court with a 63-57 win over Missouri

An ugly win is still a win, as the Aggies captured their second straight home victory against the Missouri Tigers on Tuesday night.

Texas A&M (12-7, 3-3 SEC) wins second straight Reed Arena to keep the Missouri Tigers (8-11, 0-6 SEC) winless in SEC play.

Missouri came to play early, and the Aggies could only manage two points through the first five minutes. They were able to get open shots; however, they started the game just not able to hit said shots, as we’ve witnessed time and time again this season. Thanks to the free throw line, A&M was able to keep the game in reach while struggling from the field. Finally, the defense clamped down and went on an 8-0 to pull within one with a score of 13-12.

In an effort to attack the zone Missouri deployed, the Aggies started going inside to the paint, and it played off. They were able to draw multiple fouls and get an additional pass once the defense collapsed down. A large run put the Aggies up by ten with about two minutes left.

Noah Carter gave the Tigers some life late in the first half with back-to-back three-point plays to bring them within eight. Then, a three-pointer cut the A&M lead to five with 45 seconds left. After a low-scoring start to the game, the Aggies entered the locker room up 30-25, with Wade Taylor leading all scorers with 10.

A quick 6-2 run closed the deficit to 32-31 off two three-point plays by Missouri. A much quicker pace had both defenses on their toes as the teams exchanged buckets. After exchanging buckets, they took turns missing everything for a stretch, but that is to be expected with two of the lower-scoring teams in the SEC.

Tyrece Radford woke up in the second half, drawing several fouls and picking up buckets. Through the first 10 minutes, his nine points helped maintain a three-point advantage for a good part of the half. Turnovers were the Achilles heel for Missouri, blowing several chances to cut back into that five-point lead.

Texas A&M still struggled from the field (28.8% FG) but found a way to win through a team effort and getting to the charity stripe, making 27 free throws on the night. Taylor, Coleman, and Radford provided just enough offense, with the signature Buzz Williams defense doing the rest to move the Aggies to 3-3 in SEC play.

Below are the Aggies critical contributors from the game:

Wade Taylor IV:  19 points / 6 rebounds / 3 assists

Tyrece Radford:  11 points / 7 rebounds

Henry Coleman III:  10 points / 5 rebounds

Andersson Garcia:  11 points / 7 rebounds

Texas A&M will stay home to take on the Ole Miss Rebels on January 27 at 7:30 PM CST in Reed Arena.

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Reacting to Yahoo Sports’ SEC football stadium rankings

Yahoo was very judicious with its choice of who to leave out. Two teams hail from the SEC East and two from the West.

Yahoo Sports recently ranked all the Southeastern Conference football stadiums from one to 10, excluding the bottom four.

The rankings were chosen based on the SEC as presently constructed, so apologies to fans of the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma, you all will have to wait until August to be included.

Yahoo was very judicious with its choice of who to leave out. Two teams hail from the SEC East and two from the West. Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt were left on the outside looking in.

Therefore, if you’re a fan of Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium, Kroger Field, Davis Wade Stadium or FirstBank Stadium, you likely have an axe to grind with Yahoo Sports, not us. For what it’s worth though, they weren’t necessarily wrong.

In descending order, let’s find out where Texas A&M‘s Kyle Field in Aggieland ranks among the best conference in college football.

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Ole Miss RB Quinshon Judkins to enter the transfer portal

This running back will have no shortage of suitors.

The transfer portal gained a surprise entrant on Thursday when Ole Miss running back Quinshon Judkins put his name in the hat.

Given the recent additions to the roster through the transfer portal, it might a bit of a shock that Lane Kiffin could potentially lose one of the best running backs in the country. Judkins got off to a slow start in 2023 but gained traction down the stretch.

Judkins amassed 3,006 yards from scrimmage in two seasons, including 2,725 rushing yards and 31 rushing touchdowns. Overall, he has scored 34 touchdowns for the Rebels over the last two seasons. He immediately becomes the most coveted running back in the transfer portal.

This will be quite the storyline to observe in the coming days and weeks. One should expect that just about every team will reach out to the Alabama product. Does he remain in the SEC or does Judkins look to join another Power Five conference for the 2024 season?

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