National Basketball Association
Vanderbilt 57, Texas A&M 54
When: 1:30 PM ET, Saturday, February 15, 2014
Where: Memorial Gym, Nashville, Tennessee
Officials:
# James Barker, # Tim Clougherty, # Ron Groover
Attendance:
9059
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Vanderbilt 57, Texas A&M 54
(OT): James Siakam had 16 points and 10 rebounds as the Commodores
rallied late in regulation and pulled away for a home win in
overtime.
Rod Odom, who came into the game
averaging 15 points, scored just eight on 3-of-18 shooting, but his
jumper with four seconds to play in regulation tied the game for
Vanderbilt (14-10, 6-6 SEC) and sent the contest to overtime. Kyle
Fuller scored 12 points while Damian Jones had 10 points and 13
rebounds.
Jamal Jones led Texas A&M
(14-11, 5-7) with 17 points — including five 3-pointers — and 13
rebounds. Kourtney Roberson added 11 points and four steals for the
Aggies, who finished 9-of-20 from the free-throw line.
Texas A&M jumped on top
from the get-go, scoring the game's first 10 points to take a lead it
would hold throughout the half. Vanderbilt got the lead down to one
with just under two minutes to play on Odom's 3-pointer, but the
Aggies scored the last three points for a four-point
advantage going to the break.
It was more of the same in the
second half, with the lead reaching 11 on Jordan Green's 3-pointer
with just over six minutes to play before the Commodores closed on a
16-6 run, capped by four points in the final nine seconds. Jones'
layup with one minute gone in the extra period gave Vanderbilt its
first lead of the game, and it never gave it up, hitting six free
throws the rest of the way.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Commodores
shot 30.9 percent from the field, including 3-of-26 shooting from
3-point range. … Vanderbilt won the rebound battle, 41-38. …
Roberson and Jones combined to shoot 10-of-19 from the field, while
the other eight Aggies that played combined to shoot 8-for-30.
Top Game Performances
| Texas A&M |
|
Vanderbilt |
|
Jamal Jones 17 |
Scoring |
James Siakam 16 |
|
Alex Caruso 5 |
Assists |
Kyle Fuller 4 |
|
Jamal Jones 13 |
Rebounds |
Damian Jones 13 |
|
Alex Caruso 3 |
Free Throws Made |
James Siakam 12 |
|
Kourtney Roberson 4 |
Steals |
Dai-Jon Parker 3 |
|
Alex Caruso 2 |
Blocks |
James Siakam 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Texas A&M
|
54 |
36.7 |
9-19 |
9-20 |
16 |
35 |
5 |
8 |
16 |
| Vanderbilt
|
57 |
30.9 |
3-26 |
20-31 |
8 |
38 |
4 |
7 |
13 |
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