National Basketball Association
Texas A&M 104, South Carolina Upstate 64
When: 9:30 PM ET, Friday, November 13, 2015
Where: Reed Arena, College Station, Texas
Officials:
# Lee Cassell, # Kevin Fehr, # Bart Lenox
Attendance:
6552
By The Sports Xchange
Texas A&M rode 66.7 percent shooting to its lopsided 104-64 home victory South Carolina Upstate on Friday.
Billy Kennedy's squad make 13 of 24 from shots from behind the three-point arc. That sizzling shooting display allowed the Aggies to expand its slim 9-8 lead with 15:17 left in the first half into 52-32 halftime advantage over the Spartans.
Texas A&M, an SEC team, enjoyed a distinct size advantage at nearly every position over USC Upstate, an Atlantic Sun team. The Aggies started its version of Twin Towers in Tonny Trocha-Morelos, a 6-foot-10 native of Colombia, and Tyler Davis, 6-10, 275-pound prize freshman from Plano, Texas.
The Spartans' tallest starters were 6-6 senior Marvin Smith and 6-6 sophomore Jacob Schulte.
Not surprisingly, the Aggies hammered the Spartans on both backboards (46-29) in the 40-point win.
Six different Aggies scored in double figures in the lopsided opening win -- led by 6-7 freshman sharpshooter D.J. Hogg, a former Plano West High School teammate of the aforementioned Davis, who scored 20 points off the bench.
Davis and 6-3 freshman guard Admon Gilder tallied 16 points apiece, while 6-7 senior forward Danuel House (15 points), Trocha-Morelos (12 points) and 6-9 freshman power forward Elijah Thomas (11 points) also finished in double digits for the Aggies, who will next host Southeastern Louisiana on Monday.
Top Game Performances
| South Carolina Upstate |
|
Texas A&M |
|
Josh Cuthbertson 15 |
Scoring |
DJ Hogg 20 |
|
Josh Cuthbertson 4 |
Assists |
Anthony Collins 8 |
|
Josh Cuthbertson 7 |
Rebounds |
Tyler Davis 7 |
|
Mike Cunningham 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Tyler Davis 6 |
|
Mike Cunningham 1 |
Steals |
Alex Caruso 1 |
|
Michael Buchanan 2 |
Blocks |
Elijah Thomas 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| South Carolina Upstate
|
64 |
32.8 |
7-23 |
13-23 |
12 |
26 |
2 |
7 |
13 |
| Texas A&M
|
104 |
66.7 |
13-24 |
15-27 |
32 |
42 |
5 |
5 |
18 |
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