National Basketball Association
Arkansas 73, Texas A&M 62
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 9, 2013
Where: Bud Walton Arena, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Officials:
# Joe Lindsay, # John Heatly, # Tim Gattis
Attendance:
15423
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Arkansas 73, Texas A&M 62: Mardracus Wade scored 14 points as the host Razorbacks closed the regular season with their fifth victory in their past eight games.
Arkansas (19-12, 10-8 SEC) will open the SEC tournament on Thursday in Nashville, Tenn. The seventh-seeded Razorbacks will play No. 10 Vanderbilt in their opening game.
Fabyon Harris scored 16 points to lead Texas A&M (17-14, 7-11 SEC). The Aggies will be the 11th seed and will face Auburn in Wednesday's tournament opener.
The Razorbacks used a 21-8 second-half run to build a 59-43 advantage on Marshawn Powell’s layup with 8:39 to play. Harris scored 11 consecutive points as Texas A&M rallied to within 64-58, but Wade’s layup and two free throws pushed the Arkansas lead back to 68-58 with 1:02 to go.
Arkansas finished 28-for-36 from the free-throw line, finishing the season 18-1 at home.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Arkansas led by 18 points in the first half before the Aggies cut it to 33-26 at halftime. … Texas A&M’s Elston Turner, third in the SEC in scoring (17.7), did not play with a left pinkie injury. … The two former Southwest Conference foes split the season series in Texas A&M’s first season in the SEC.
Top Game Performances
| Texas A&M |
|
Arkansas |
|
Fabyon Harris 16 |
Scoring |
Mardracus Wade 14 |
|
Alex Caruso 5 |
Assists |
Anthlon Bell 3 |
|
Ray Turner 7 |
Rebounds |
Coty Clarke 8 |
|
Jordan Green 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Michael Qualls 8 |
|
Alex Caruso 2 |
Steals |
Coty Clarke 3 |
|
N/A |
Blocks |
Coty Clarke 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Texas A&M
|
62 |
51.2 |
6-11 |
14-20 |
12 |
21 |
0 |
4 |
23 |
| Arkansas
|
73 |
38.0 |
7-22 |
28-36 |
11 |
28 |
5 |
14 |
12 |
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