Texas A&M dealing with illness but likely at full strength Wednesday

Texas A&M Aggies (14-4, 4-1 SEC) The Texas A&M Aggies (14-4, 4-1 SEC) are one of the hottest teams in the conference, winners of seven of their last eight and fresh off their Lone Star Trophy claim with a 74-70 road victory over Texas. They now return to Reed Arena to face one of the SEC’s most explosive scorers, Josh Hubbard, as Mississippi State (10-8, 2-3 SEC) comes to town Wednesday night.

After Saturday’s win, head coach Bucky McMillan mentioned that they were a bit shorthanded with Zach Clemence still recovering from an illness, which played a major role in his limited minutes against Texas. Turns out he’s still suffering from some lingering effects and remains on the availability report heading into the game against the Bulldogs.

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A new name on the report is sophomore forward Jamie Vinson, who is also battling an illness. The positive news for the Aggies is that Clemence and Vinson are listed as Likelywhich gives them about a 75% chance of playing. And with the way Bucky runs his system, they need as many hot bodies as possible to keep pace, maintain turnovers and match Mississippi State’s physicality for a full 40 minutes.