National Basketball Association
Alabama 65, Texas A&M 44
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Where: Coleman Coliseum, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Officials:
# Keith Kimble, # Antinio Petty, # Ted Valentine
Attendance:
10264
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Alabama 65, Texas A&M 44: Ricky Tarrant scored
15 points as the host Crimson Tide held off the short-handed Aggies in the SEC opener
for both teams.
Retin Obasohan added 12 points off the bench, and
Michael Kessens and Levi Randolph had 10 points and nine rebounds apiece for
Alabama (11-3, 1-0 SEC), which won its fifth straight home conference opener and
improved to 10-0 at home. The Crimson Tide enjoyed an 18-6 advantage at the free-throw
line to survive a 5-of-23 3-point shooting performance.
Peyton Allen hit a trio of 3-pointers and
finished with 13 points to pace Texas A&M (9-4, 0-1), which played without
leading scorer and rebounder Jalen Jones (ankle). Second-leading scorer Danuel House shot 1-of-9 from the field and finished
with five points for the Aggies, who hit season lows in scoring and
field-goal shooting (30.8 percent) while committing 14 turnovers.
House headed to the bench after picking up two
fouls in the first four minutes, and Texas A&M hit only five of its first
20 shots in falling behind 25-12. The Aggies, though, regrouped and outscored
the hosts 12-2 during the final four minutes of the half to cut Alabama’s lead to
27-24 at the break.
It was tight for the opening 7:30 of the second
half with Alabama clinging to a 36-33 lead before Obasohan scored eight
points to fuel a 17-3 run and give the Crimson Tide a 53-36 advantage with 4:51 left.
Texas A&M wasn’t able to get any closer down the stretch in
losing for the fourth time in six games outside of College Station.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Alabama, which entered the game
ranked 32nd nationally with 74 percent free-throw shooting, hit 18-of-25
at the line. … Texas A&M had won four of the last five in the series. … The Crimson
Tide is 17-2 in SEC home games since the start of the 2012-13 season.
Top Game Performances
| Texas A&M |
|
Alabama |
|
Peyton Allen 13 |
Scoring |
Ricky Tarrant 15 |
|
Alex Caruso 6 |
Assists |
Levi Randolph 3 |
|
Tavario Miller 8 |
Rebounds |
Michael Kessens 9 |
|
Peyton Allen 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Ricky Tarrant 6 |
|
Alex Caruso 1 |
Steals |
Ricky Tarrant 2 |
|
N/A |
Blocks |
Michael Kessens 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Texas A&M
|
44 |
30.8 |
6-22 |
6-7 |
11 |
31 |
0 |
1 |
14 |
| Alabama
|
65 |
44.7 |
5-23 |
18-25 |
10 |
36 |
4 |
8 |
8 |
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