Kentucky Wildcats vs Texas A&M: Injury Report, Starting Lineup And Predictions

On Saturday, the Texas A&M Aggies will square off against the Kentucky Wildcats at the Reed Arena. While the Aggies have a 9-6 record coming into the game, the Wildcats have a 12-2 tally. The Wildcats are also ranked at the sixth spot in the AP men’s basketball polls and therefore it would be entertaining to watch how they stick to their position.

Players to Watch

For the Aggies, the most important player to look for will be their guard Wade Taylor IV. Taylor IV has hooped an average of 17.3 points per game along with 3 rebounds per match and 4 assists per contest.

He sits atop his team’s points average scored tally. He would be hungry coming into this one since he could only pot a meager 8 points during their game against the Auburn Tigers. 

As for the Wildcats, fans would be delighted to see their guard Antonio Reeves. Reeves has throttled a remarkable 18.6 points per game with 4.3 rebounds. The stats are good considering he is at the top in the points scored average and has also followed that up with a good defensive performance.

Formerly, Reeves had given a season-best performance by besotting 30 points against the Louisville Cardinals. Reeves will try his best to propel his team to another memorable victory in this game.

Another player to look out for in this match would be guard Rob Dillingham. Dillingham has scored an average of 14.4 points per game with 3.5 rebounds per match and 4.1 assists per game.

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He has thus played the role of a second fiddle to its best and has been a helping hand for Reeves. If the Wildcats have to go all guns blazing then Dillingham will have to send out signals of sheer dominance and support Reeves.

Head to Head

Per Sporting News, the Wildcats have played against the Aggies 15 times with the game ending in their favor 11 times. The other 4 times the Aggies have won the game. Their matches don’t have much gap in points since the Aggies are only 5.9 points behind the Wildcats on average. It will be interesting to see if they can have a similar nail-biter on Saturday.

Prediction

The Wildcats would like to dominate from the word go while the Aggies will try their best not to break their defensive wall. The Aggies will have to push forward and capitalize on Kentucky’s weaknesses.

Though Kentucky is a ranked team, this game will be exciting since it will happen at the Aggies’ home court. A close thriller can be expected.

Injuries

The Kentucky Wildcats guard Adou Thiero last played a game against the Louisville Cardinals. He has been out of the game due to “general soreness” as per On3. It remains to be seen if he will be back in this game.

As per Covers.com, the Aggies forward Solomon Washington has been out of the game for the past two games and it remains to be seen if he will participate in the game against the Kentucky.

Similarly, the Aggies guard Bryce Lindsay has been out of the game for an unspecified amount of time and his injury hasn’t been disclosed.

Starting Five

Texas A&M Aggies: Henry Coleman III, Wildens Leveque, Wade Taylor IV, Hayden Hefner, Tyrece Radford

Kentucky Wildcats: Aaron Bradshaw, Tre Mitchell, Rob Dillingham, D.J. Wagner,  Antonio Reeves

It will be a delight for the fans to watch their favorite teams battle coast to coast.

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