National Basketball Association
Texas A&M 71, Southern 54
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Where: Reed Arena, College Station, Texas
Officials:
# Doug Shows, # Garrick Shannon, # Bart Lenox
Attendance:
7061
By Field Level Media
Wade Taylor IV scored 17 points and helped spur a huge Texas A&M second half turnaround as the 23rd-ranked Aggies came from behind to beat Southern 71-54 on Wednesday in College Station, Texas.
Texas A&M (4-1) trailed by 16 points in the first half and entered the second half down 39-25 before mounting a rousing comeback over the final 15 minutes. The Aggies held Southern scoreless for more than nine minutes and turned a 10-point deficit into a 53-44 advantage when Manny Obaseki hit a layup with 7:25 to play.
The hosts never looked back, holding Southern to 21.7 percent shooting after halftime and outscoring the Jaguars 46-15 in the second half.
Zhuric Phelps added 16 points for Texas A&M, while Henry Coleman III hit for 11 points and Solomon Washington grabbed 11 rebounds.
Jordan Johnson had a game-high 19 points for the Jaguars (1-4). He was the only Southern player in double figures.
Southern roared in front with a 17-3 run capped by a tip-in layup by Joe Manning that gave the Jaguars a 21-11 lead at the 10:58 mark of the first half. Texas A&M cut its deficit to five points when Coleman hammered home a dunk with 8:28 to play.
Southern then ran off a 10-1 spurt to build a 31-17 lead after a 3-pointer by Johnson with 3:41 remaining in the half. The Jaguars pushed their lead to as many as 16 points after AJ Barnes' layup with 1:32 left and carried a 14-point cushion into the break.
Johnson led all scorers with 12 points before halftime as the Jaguars outshot Texas A&M 51.6 percent to 22.9 percent over the first 20 minutes.
Taylor led the anemic Aggies offense with just six points in the first half as A&M went just 3-of-15 from beyond the arc and were outscored 22-8 in the paint.
Texas A&M turned around the game in the middle of the second half after Barnes' 3-pointer gave Southern a 44-34 lead with 15:16 left. The Aggies ripped off the next 19 points and engineered another 8-0 run after Jayce Depron scored five straight points for Southern.
The Jaguars went 2-of-15 from the floor over the first 12 minutes of the second half and never recovered.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Southern |
|
Texas A&M |
|
Jordan Johnson 19 |
Scoring |
Wade Taylor IV 17 |
|
Michael Jacobs 4 |
Assists |
Wade Taylor IV 6 |
|
Derrick Tezeno 5 |
Rebounds |
Solomon Washington 11 |
|
Jordan Johnson 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Henry Coleman III 3 |
|
Tidjiane Dioumassi 3 |
Steals |
Jace Carter 4 |
|
Puoch Dobuol 2 |
Blocks |
Jace Carter 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Southern
|
54 |
38.9 |
6-25 |
6-11 |
11 |
27 |
8 |
8 |
18 |
| Texas A&M
|
71 |
37.7 |
5-26 |
14-26 |
11 |
49 |
4 |
14 |
11 |
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