Aggies Mount Tremendous Comeback, Beat Tigers Late: Live Game Log
The Texas A&M men's basketball team travels north to Columbia, Missouri to face the Tigers on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. CT inside Mizzou Arena. The Aggies are unbeaten in SEC play this season and seek to extend their overall winning streak to eight.
The current seven-game winning streak is A&M's longest since the 2017-18 season and they're off to their best start since 2015-16. The Aggies (14-2, 3-0 SEC) lead the league in 3-point shooting at 38.1 percent and in field goal percentage at 53.9.
Last time out, the Aggies enjoyed a 68-51 win over Ole Miss in College Station and Henry Coleman III scored 18 points on 9-of-10 shooting and tied for the team lead with Tyrece Radford by pulling down six rebounds. Radford also contributed 12 points.
Missouri (7-8, 1-2 SEC) looks for a rebound game after being humiliated by Arkansas on Wednesday, 87-43. Kobe Brown leads the team in scoring (14.7) and rebounds (8.6) while Amari Davis adds another 9.6 points per game.
Stay with AllAggies.com during the game for all the live updates from Columbia as the Aggies face the Tigers in SEC men's basketball play.
PREGAME:
The Aggies and Tigers are warming up and the Mizzou Arena seats are filling up. According to ESPN's BPI the Aggies have a 78.3 percent chance at the win before the start of the game to Missouri's 21.7 percent.
Missouri wins the tip.
15:51 First Half: Aggies 0, Tigers 10
Missouri won the tip but the teams exchange turnovers early before DaJuan Gordon finally gets the Tigers on the board with a 3-pointer assisted by Trevon Brazele. The Aggies missed their first three shots as Missouri also hit a Javon Pickett layup and another Gordon 3-pointer. Kobe Brown laid the ball in from under the basket giving the Tigers an early 10-0 lead. Mizzou is outrebounding A&M 5-2 early.
11:35 First Half: Aggies 0, Tigers 12
Both teams are cold after the first television timeout while both defenses are playing aggressively, and Missouri is 0-3 from beyond the arc since the teams returned from the break. Jarron Coleman extends the run for Missouri with two free throws off a Wade Taylor IV foul for a 12-0 lead. The Aggies have missed their first 13 shots from the floor.
8:04 First Half: Aggies 12, Tigers 18
A&M finally gets on the board at the 11:07 mark of the game on a Marcus Williams layup, followed by a Henry Coleman III put-back for a 12-4 Tigers lead. A&M's Ethan Henderson made one-of-two free throws and Jarron Coleman made a layup for the Tigers. Henry Coleman III hit a jumper for the Aggies but Yaya Keita answered for the Tigers. Jarron Coleman grabbed a defensive rebound and passed to Ronnie DeGray III for a layup.
Tyrece Radford hit a 3-pointer followed by a Coleman put-back and just like that the Aggies were back to within six at 18-12.
3:55 First Half: Aggies 19, Tigers 24
Javon Pickett made a layup for the Tigers out of the television timeout for a 20-12 lead. The Aggies are shooting 20.8 percent from the field and just 14.3 percent from 3-point range.
Ronnie DeGray III and Hassan Diarra exchanged short-range buckets for a 22-14 score. The teams traded turnovers and defensive rebounds until Tyrece Radford hit a 3-pointer to get A&M to within five at 22-17. But DeGray III answered with a short jumper, 24-17.
Quenton Jackson got on the board for the Aggies with two free throws off an Amari Davis foul.
HALFTIME: Aggies 24, Tigers 34
Jarron Coleman hit two free throws and a 3-pointer just out of the break, and Trevon Brazile made a dunk to push the Tigers' lead to 31-19 with 1:55 to play in the half.
Javon Pickett hit one-of-two foul shots for a 32-19 score before A&M's Andre Gordon hit a jumper to stop the bleeding, 32-21. Pickett answered with his own short-range jumper. Henry Coleman III hit one-of-two foul shots for a 12-point lead for Missouri.
Coleman III also hit a layup with 20 seconds remaining in the half for a 34-24 score.
The Aggies are shooting just 26.5 percent from the floor on 9-of-34 shooting in the first half compared to the Tigers' 44.8 on 13-of-29 shooting. Turnovers are 6-5 Missouri.
15:22 Second Half: Aggies 34, Tigers 41
DaJuan Gordon and Henry Coleman III traded missed jumpers out of the break before Tyrece Radford made a short jumper making the score 34-26 Tigers. But Missouri's Kobe Brown answered with a layup assisted by Jarron Coleman. Brown was fouled by Coleman III and Brown hit his extra foul shot.
Coleman III then was fouled on a made layup and made his free throw for a 37-29 score, and Ronnie DeGray hit a short jumper with 16:24 left on the clock. Andre Gordon his a 3-pointer for A&M and DaJuan Gordon answered with a 2-point jumper for Missouri before Coleman III made a layup before the television timeout.
10:12 Second Half: Aggies 41, Tigers 51
Henry Coleman hit a short jumper out of the timeout but Amari Davis was fouled by Andre Gordon and hit both foul shots for a 43-36 score.
Kobe Brown scores on a dunk on the other end but Amari Davis fouls Coleman III who makes both free throws for a 45-38 score as A&M inches closer. A&M is shooting just 31.1 percent from beyond the 3-point line on 3-of-13 shooting.
Quenton Jackson gets the Aggies to within five on an uncontested layup inside and draws the foul from Kobe Brown. Jackson hits his free throw and A&M is within four at 45-41. Trevon Brazile hit a jumper and Jacon Pickett made a layup to extend the Tigers' lead back to eight at 49-41.
Missouri pushed the lead to 10 on an Amari Davis layup with 10:30 left in the half.
8:47 Second Half: Aggies 48, Tigers 51
Marcus Williams and Tyrece Radford hit jumpers followed by a Hassan Diarra 3-pointer to get the Aggies to within three at 51-48 heading into another television timeout.
5:48 Second Half: Aggies 53, Tigers 56
Amari Davis hit a jumper for the Tigers and was fouled by Quenton Jackson. Davis hit the extra shot for a 54-48 Missouri lead. Tyrece Radford made a free throw off a foul and Jackson hit a layup but Jarron Coleman answered for Missouri.
Hassan Diarra made a layup for the Aggies with 6:27 remaining to get the Aggies back to within three points at 56-53.
3:20 Second Half: Aggies 57, Tigers 58
Marcus Williams hit two free throws out of the timeout bringing A&M to within one point at 56-55. Kobe Brown missed a jumper for the Tigers but Jarron Coleman got the rebound and passed back to Brown who lost the ball.
Marcus Williams hit a layup to give the Aggies their first lead of the game at 57-56, but Javon Pickett gave Missouri the lead on a layup at 58-57 Tigers with 3:20 to play.
FINAL: Aggies 67, Tigers 64
Quenton Jackson got the lead back for the Aggies on a layup with 3:14 on the clock at 59-58. DaJuan Gordon and Marcus Williams traded baskets with 2:30 left and A&M still held a one-point lead at 61-60.
Gordon tied the game for Missouri with a free throw after being fouled by Aaron Cash. Tyrece Radford got the lead back for the Aggies with 51 seconds remaining on a made jumper at 63-61.
A&M called a timeout with 41 seconds remaining to regroup.
A&M inbounded the ball and DaJuan Gordon fouled Andre Gordon who hit both free throws with 31 seconds remaining as the Aggies held their largest lead of the game at 65-61.
Amari Davis missed a jumper, and Kobe Brown got the rebound and missed his layup. Henry Coleman III got a block on DaJuan Gordon with 10 seconds left and Marcus Williams was fouled but missed his free throw. Missouri's Jarron Coleman hit a 3-pointer with six seconds left and the Aggies clinging to a one-point lead at 65-64.
Missouri called a timeout with just four seconds left, and Ronnie Gray III fouled Hassan Diarra who made both foul shots for a 67-64 lead. Missouri called another timeout with three ticks left, but could do nothing offensively as the Aggies hang on, 67-64.
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