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College Station, Texas (12/6/05) - The Mean Green plays its third road game of the season today, catching Texas A&M at 7:05 p.m. at Reed Arena in men's basketball action. The outing marks the only road game for the Mean Green during December, while it plays six games at the Super Pit this month. Every North Texas game can be heard live on KWRD (100.7 FM) in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

North Texas improved to 2-0 at home this season after picking up an 83-76 victory over Chattanooga its last time out. The Mean Green is now 2-2 through its first four games for the fourth consecutive year and if it can defeat Texas A&M will be 3-2 through five games for the fourth straight year.

Texas A&M is off to a 4-0 start and is receiving votes the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll. The Aggies defeated its first three opponents (Southern, Mississippi Valley State, Tulane) by an average of 33 points per game before edging Penn State 60-55 in its last outing. While the Tulane game was treated as a home game for the Green Wave, it was played at Reed Arena as the Aggies play their first 10 games at home. Junior Acie Law leads two players averaging double-figure points for the Aggies with 17.0 points per game. They are led on boards by Joseph Jones with 5.5 rebounds per game. The Aggies are No. 67 in the Sagarin Ratings.

North Texas is 8-8 all-time against Texas A&M with its last victory over the Aggies coming 91-88 on Nov. 29, 1999, in Denton. A&M won the last meeting, 77-74 in College Station.

While Michael Sturns was unable to reach double figures in the scoring column last season, he has done in each of his first three games played this year. The sophomore guard is North Texas’ leading scorer off the bench and second leading scorer on the team. Sturns posted a career-high 19 points in 16 minutes against Chattanooga.

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