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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tennessee 75, Texas A&M 62
When: 6:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 13, 2018
Where: Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee
Officials: # Terry Oglesby, # Bart Lenox, # Doug Sirmons
Attendance: 19612
No. 24 Tennessee sent visiting Texas A&M Aggies to its fifth consecutive loss, 75-62 on Saturday night at Thompson-Boling Arena in career game No. 1,000 for Volunteers coach Rick Barnes.

Barnes' 647 wins rank eighth among active Division I coaches.

Texas A&M (11-6, 0-5 Southeastern Conference) was ranked as high as No. 5 two weeks ago. However, the Aggies, who got 16 points from Admon Gilder, 13 from DJ Hogg and 10 from Tonny Trocha-Morelos, have since gone into a slump.

Meanwhile, Tennessee, which is ranked in the Top 25 for the first time since December 2010, has won three games in a row. The Volunteers (12-4, 3-2) were led by Jordan Bowden (15 points), Kyle Alexander (14), Admiral Schofield (12) and Jordan Bone (10).

Tennessee sophomore forward Grant Williams, who was coming off a career-high 37-point game on Tuesday night at Vanderbilt, was relatively quiet with nine points and five rebounds. He made just 3 of 13 shots from the field and didn't come close to duplicating his Vanderbilt performance, which was the highest-scoring Vols game in 15 years.

Texas A&M, which fell to 2-2 against ranked teams this season, got positive news with the return of guard Duane Wilson, a graduate transfer from Marquette. He scored six points and handed out six assists after missing three straight games due to a knee injury.

Wilson is the fourth Texas A&M player to return since last Saturday. Hogg came back from suspension, and Gilder (injury) and Robert Williams (illness) were the others to return.

Tennessee, which was plus-eight in turnovers at the half, went into intermission with a 36-28 lead. The Vols scored the final five points of the first half, including a three-point play by Bowden and a Bone jumper with six seconds left.

The Vols never trailed in the second half, putting the Aggies away to improve to 7-2 at home.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Texas A&M   Tennessee
Admon Gilder 16 Scoring Jordan Bowden 15
Duane Wilson 6 Assists Jordan Bone 4
Tyler Davis 7 Rebounds Admiral Schofield 8
Tonny Trocha-Morelos 2 Free Throws Made Jordan Bowden 5
Admon Gilder 2 Steals Jordan Bowden 3
Robert Williams 3 Blocks Kyle Alexander 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Texas A&M 62 44.4 8-20 6-10 17 26 6 6 17
Tennessee 75 41.0 5-17 20-23 16 34 6 10 10