National Basketball Association
Texas A&M 81, St. Francis (PA) 58
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Where: Reed Arena, College Station, Texas
Officials:
# Marc Ellard, # Tim Gaddis, # Brian Shay
Attendance:
9207
By The Sports Xchange
Using superior size and balanced scoring, Texas A&M rolled to an 81-58 non-conference victory Wednesday night over St. Francis (Pa.) at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas.
Five players reached double figures for the Aggies (8-3), led by DJ Hogg with 15 points, five rebounds and five assists. Tyler Davis played only 17 minutes but still managed 14 points and six rebounds. Admon Gilder, JC Hampton and Robert Williams each scored 10 points.
Josh Nebo and Keith Braxton paced the Red Flash (3-8) of the Northeast Conference with 11 points apiece. St. Francis never led in the game, falling behind 13-2 in the first five minutes and never displaying the ability to push its Southeastern Conference foe.
Texas A&M rolled to a 46-19 lead at halftime, sinking nearly 50 percent of its field goal attempts and canning 7 of 12 from the 3-point line. Meanwhile, the Red Flash could only convert 7 of 29 field goal attempts while getting owned on the boards 27-11.
The Aggies expanded their lead to 67-35 with 12:12 left when Hogg stroked a 3-pointer, and spent the game's remainder resting starters and cruising to the finish line. The lead was still at 31 with just under five minutes left before St. Francis ended the game with a 12-4 run that made the final score more respectable.
Texas A&M finished at 50.9 percent from the field and 10 of 19 from 3. The Red Flash hit 21 of 55 field goals on the night, boosting that number largely on the strength of a 14 of 26 second half, and were outrebounded 42-26 for the game.
The Aggies drew assists on 21 of their 29 field goals.
Top Game Performances
| St. Francis (PA) |
|
Texas A&M |
|
Keith Braxton 11 |
Scoring |
DJ Hogg 15 |
|
Jamaal King 3 |
Assists |
DJ Hogg 5 |
|
Josh Nebo 7 |
Rebounds |
Robert Williams 10 |
|
Daniel Wallace 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Tyler Davis 4 |
|
Keith Braxton 2 |
Steals |
Admon Gilder 2 |
|
N/A |
Blocks |
Robert Williams 4 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| St. Francis (PA)
|
58 |
38.2 |
8-25 |
8-10 |
12 |
22 |
0 |
4 |
16 |
| Texas A&M
|
81 |
50.9 |
10-19 |
13-20 |
21 |
37 |
8 |
6 |
15 |
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