The 2026 Texas A&M women’s basketball team isn’t in panic mode yet, but the start of SEC play has been nothing short of exasperating. The Aggies have dropped their first two conference games, and it’s not the losses themselves — it’s how they lost. Head coach Joni Taylor suddenly finds herself needing answers fast.
A&M entered SEC play with a respectable 7–2 non‑conference record. They weren’t dominating opponents, but they showed flashes of a team capable of competing in the league and maybe even stealing a few wins. And to be fair, at times against both No. 8 Oklahoma and Georgia on the road, they looked exactly like that version of themselves.
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The effort is there. The hustle is there. The defense is good enough to keep them in games. But the offense — especially late in games — has completely evaporated.
Against Oklahoma, the offensive struggles were at least understandable. The Sooners are long, athletic, and disruptive, and A&M hung around until midway through the third quarter before OU pulled away for a 72–50 win. The shooting numbers were rough, but there were still identifiable building blocks.
Sunday in Athens was different. Sunday was the kind of loss that sticks to a program.
Texas A&M opened the game with confidence, shooting 50% in the first quarter and jumping out to a 20–8 lead. They carried a 53–44 advantage into the fourth quarter and looked well on their way to their first SEC win.
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Then the bottom fell out.
The Aggies scored one point — yes, one — in the entire fourth quarter, going 0-for-14 from the field while allowing Georgia to claw back and force overtime. And unbelievably, it got worse. A&M followed their one‑point fourth quarter with a two‑point overtime, finishing the final 15 minutes of basketball with three total points on 0-for-24 shooting and 3-for-7 from the free‑throw line, ultimately losing 64-56.
There’s no sugarcoating that. It’s unacceptable basketball at this level.
Now the pressure shifts squarely onto Joni Taylor. Fair or not, she is sitting on one of the hottest seats in NCAA women’s basketball, and performances like Sunday’s only intensify the scrutiny. If the Aggies can’t stabilize — and quickly — Texas A&M leadership will soon face a difficult decision: make a move, or let Taylor finish out her contract and hope the program can weather the storm.
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