National Basketball Association
Vanderbilt 63, Texas A&M 56
When: 6:30 PM ET, Saturday, February 16, 2013
Where: Memorial Gymnasium, Nashville, Tennessee
Officials:
# Anthony Jordan, # Patrick Adams, # Lamar Simpson
Attendance:
11269
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Vanderbilt 63, Texas A&M 56: Rod Odom scored 19 points and Dai-Jon Parker added 17 as the host Commodores won for only the second time in their last seven games.
Vanderbilt (10-14, 4-8 SEC) led 25-21 at halftime on the strength of Parker’s 3-point shooting. He hit all three of his tries in the first half and finished 5-of-7 from deep.
Odom has scored 59 points in his last four games. He went 4-of-9 from beyond the arc, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out four assists. Vanderbilt center Josh Henderson had 11 points and five rebounds off the bench.
Texas A&M (15-10, 5-7) got 14 points from Elston Turner and 12 from Ray Turner, who aren’t related.
The Aggies shot 3-of-12 on 3-pointers and finished with just 10 assists.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Aggies G Fabyon Harris failed to score in double figures for only the fourth time in the last 16 games, finishing with nine points on 3-of-9 shooting. … Texas A&M has alternated wins and losses the past six games. … This was the first meeting between the schools as SEC members. Vanderbilt won the only previous meeting, in 1955.
Top Game Performances
| Texas A&M |
|
Vanderbilt |
|
Elston Turner 14 |
Scoring |
Rod Odom 19 |
|
Alex Caruso 4 |
Assists |
Kyle Fuller 6 |
|
Kourtney Roberson 8 |
Rebounds |
Rod Odom 7 |
|
Fabyon Harris 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Kyle Fuller 5 |
|
Alex Caruso 1 |
Steals |
Kevin Bright 2 |
|
Kourtney Roberson 3 |
Blocks |
Josh Henderson 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Texas A&M
|
56 |
44.2 |
3-12 |
7-11 |
10 |
31 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
| Vanderbilt
|
63 |
45.8 |
10-26 |
9-15 |
15 |
29 |
5 |
4 |
9 |
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