Texas A&M women's basketball finally leaves home and neutral floors behind Sunday, traveling to Athens for a 1 p.m. CT tip against Georgia at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Georgia, for a matchup that feels like an early-season gut check for both programs.
The Aggies enter at 7-3 (0-1 SEC) looking to bounce back after their conference-opening loss to No. 8 Oklahoma, and they'll do it leaning on their two most consistent engines: Ny'Ceara Pryor and Fatmata Janneh.
Pryor is coming off a full-stat-line performance with 20 points, six assists, and four steals, while Janneh carries a four-game double-double streak into Sunday's trip.
Pryor has quietly put herself into rare national territory.
She's the only player in the country sitting top 10 in both assists and steals per game, averaging 7.5 assists and 3.8 steals, marks that rank sixth and fourth nationally. She doesn't just run the offense; she turns defense into offense by wrecking possessions and forcing teams to play faster than they want.
After posting 16 points and 10 rebounds against Oklahoma, Janneh is now averaging 11.6 rebounds through 10 games, fifth in the nation and first in the SEC.
If Texas A&M wants a real chance in Athens, the rebounding battle can’t be close. It has to be an Aggies advantage, because Georgia's home floor isn't the place you want to live on one-and-done possessions.
Sunday also marks Texas A&M's first true road game since Nov. 16 at Kansas State, so there's a real new test element here in a hostile gym, SEC intensity, and with a Georgia team that has been perfect at home.
The Lady Bulldogs are 14-1 (0-1 SEC), unbeaten in Stegeman, and coming off their first loss of the season to Ole Miss, which usually means you're catching a proud team in response mode.
Historically, Texas A&M has had the edge, holding an 11-6 all-time series lead over Georgia and splitting the last four meetings 2-2.
But the numbers that matter most Sunday are the ones that travel ... Pryor's control and disruption, Janneh's rebounding dominance, and whether the Aggies can handle their first true road environment in nearly two months.
If A&M can turn Pryor's pressure into easy points and let Janneh own the glass, this gets interesting fast. If Georgia dictates tempo and keeps the Aggies out of transition, Stegeman stays a house of horrors.