National Basketball Association
Southern California 65, Texas A&M 63
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, November 18, 2016
Where: Reed Arena, College Station, Texas
Officials:
# Randall McCall, # Mike Reed, # Mike Scyphers
Attendance:
8749
By The Sports Xchange
Southern California erased a nine-point deficit in the final four minutes to take a 65-63 road victory over Texas A&M on Friday night.
The Trojans trailed by three points with 58 seconds left.
USC (3-0) was led by Chimezie Metu with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Jordan McLaughlin added 13 points and Elijah Stewart had 11 points and 10 boards.
Texas A&M (2-1) was led by D.J. Hogg with 17 points. He was 5 of 9 from 3-point range. Tonny Trocha-Morelos added 15 points and Robert Williams had 11.
The second half was back and forth throughout. USC opened a 40-33 lead early, but A&M scored eight quick points to take back the lead. The teams traded the lead for the next several possessions before Hogg hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give A&M a five-point lead.
The lead stayed between three and seven points for most of the rest of the half until USC's De'Anthony Melton hit a 3-pointer with 2:07 left. Devin Fleming had a tip-in to cut the lead to 62-60 with 1:52 left.
A free throw by Admon Gilder gave A&M a three-point lead, but two freebies by Bennie Boatright cut it to 63-62. After a miss by A&M, McLaughlin fed Metu for an alley-oop dunk and a 64-63 lead.
Melton then stole the ball and was fouled. He made the first and missed the second free throw, giving the Aggies a chance. Hogg had an open 3-pointer just before the buzzer but missed the shot and the Trojans escaped.
Texas A&M used an 18-2 run in 9:18 of the first half to open a 20-10 lead. Williams and Hogg each netted five points in the run.
But USC reeled off a 16-4 run to assume a 31-29 lead at halftime.
After missing their first 12 three-point shots, the Trojans hit their last four attempts from beyond the arc to tie the score at 31-all. A long jumper by McLaughlin at the buzzer gave the Trojans the halftime lead.
Top Game Performances
| Southern California |
|
Texas A&M |
|
Chimezie Metu 14 |
Scoring |
DJ Hogg 17 |
|
Jordan McLaughlin 4 |
Assists |
Admon Gilder 4 |
|
Elijah Stewart 11 |
Rebounds |
Tyler Davis 8 |
|
Chimezie Metu 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Admon Gilder 4 |
|
De'Anthony Melton 3 |
Steals |
Admon Gilder 4 |
|
Shaqquan Aaron 1 |
Blocks |
Tyler Davis 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Southern California
|
65 |
35.8 |
5-26 |
12-15 |
10 |
39 |
5 |
6 |
11 |
| Texas A&M
|
63 |
38.1 |
6-23 |
9-16 |
13 |
38 |
6 |
7 |
12 |
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