National Basketball Association
Texas A&M 70, Missouri 68
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, February 7, 2013
Where: Reed Arena, College Station, Texas
Officials:
# Ted Valentine, # Leslie Jones, # Roger Ayers
Attendance:
5484
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Texas A&M 70, No. 20 Missouri 68: Fabyon Harris scored a game-high 17 points, including the winning 3-pointer with 11.1 seconds left, as the Aggies held on to keep the Tigers winless on the road.
Elston Turner scored 15 points, Kourtney Roberson added 14 and Ray Turner chipped in 12 for Texas A&M (14-8, 4-5 SEC), which snapped a three-game home losing streak.
Alex Oriakhi had 15 points and eight rebounds and Phil Pressey scored 13 for Missouri (16-6, 5-4), which dropped to 0-5 on the road and has lost its first four conference road games.
The Aggies hit eight of their first 10 shots while racing to a 19-8 lead and kept the Tigers on their heels all night. Texas A&M led 36-30 at halftime and extended the margin to 52-37 on J'Mychal Reese's layup with 14:06 left before Missouri rallied.
The Tigers chipped away and took their first lead of the game - 68-67 with 50.8 seconds left - on Laurence Bowers' 3-pointer from the left corner off an inbounds pass. Missouri got a stop and had the ball back with a chance to ice it, but a wild pass from Pressey gave it back to the Aggies to set up Harris' go-ahead 3 from the right wing. Pressey misfired on a 3-pointer at the other end, and Turner blocked Keion Bell's follow at the buzzer.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Pressey needed seven assists to pass Anthony Peeler (497) as Missouri's career leader. He finished with four assists and seven turnovers. … The Aggies had their highest scoring total since an 83-71 win at Kentucky on Jan. 12. … Texas A&M has won nine of the last 11 meetings between the former Big 12 rivals.
Top Game Performances
Missouri |
|
Texas A&M |
Alex Oriakhi 15 |
Scoring |
Fabyon Harris 17 |
Phil Pressey 4 |
Assists |
Alex Caruso 6 |
Alex Oriakhi 8 |
Rebounds |
Kourtney Roberson 6 |
Keion Bell 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Elston Turner 4 |
Keion Bell 2 |
Steals |
Kourtney Roberson 3 |
Alex Oriakhi 3 |
Blocks |
Ray Turner 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Missouri
|
68 |
45.7 |
4-12 |
22-24 |
10 |
27 |
3 |
5 |
16 |
Texas A&M
|
70 |
50.0 |
6-12 |
8-12 |
17 |
19 |
5 |
7 |
12 |