Aggies Can't Hang On Late vs. Vanderbilt As Poor Shooting Bites Again: Men's Hoops Live Game Log

The Aggies take on the Commodores in Nashville attempting to start a new winning streak

Author:
Timm Hamm
Updated:
Feb 19, 2022 8:14 PM EST
Original:
Feb 19, 2022

The Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team travels north to Nashville to take on the Vanderbilt Commodores at 5 p.m. CT at Memorial Gymnasium in an SEC matchup that A&M hopes will be the beginning of a shiny new winning streak.

Vanderbilt, which boasts the SEC's leading scorer in Scottie Pippen Jr., lost on the road 94-80 to No. 2 Auburn on Wednesday night while Wade Taylor IV’s three free throws with 19 seconds left helped the Texas A&M Aggies break their eight-game losing streak and beat the Florida Gators, 56-55, on Tuesday night.

Pippen Jr. leads the Commodores and the SEC averaging 19.3 points per game while also leading his team in assists (3.9) and steals (1.9). Jordan Wright pulls down a team-best 6.2 rebounds and Quentin Millora-Brown swats 1.2 blocks per contest.

The Aggies are led by points-leader Quenton Jackson who scores 13.1 points per game, Marcus Williams who tosses 3.5 assists, and Henry Coleman III who grabs 6.2 rebounds while Andre Gordon nabs 1.6 steals.

Stay with AllAggies.com during the game for all the live updates from Nashville as the Aggies face the Commodores in SEC men's basketball play.

PREGAME:

The Aggies and Commodores are warming up and the Memorial Gymnasium seats are filling up. According to ESPN's BPI, the Aggies have a 36.2 percent chance at the win before the start of the game to Vandy's 63.8 percent.

Vandy wins the tip ...

14:05 First Half: Aggies 5, Commodores 10

Drew Weikert got the Commodores on the board first with a mid-range jumper to open the scoring. Andre Gordon tied the game for the Aggies with a short jumper off an assist from Marcus Williams. A&M's Tyrece Radford fouled Liam Robbins who made both foul shots. Vanderbilt's Jordan Wright hit one-of-two free throws after a foul on Ethan Henderson, but Radford makes up for it with a 3-pointer for the Aggies.

Wright hit a layup for the Commodores followed by a 3-pointer by Scotty Pippen Jr that pushed the Vandy lead to 10-5.

11:52 First Half: Aggies 10, Commodores 15

A&M's Aaron Cash hit a layup assisted by Hayden Hefner and was fouled by Myles Stute. Cash hit the free throw. Quenton Jackson added a jumper for the Aggies and Scotty Pippen Jr was fouled by Tyrece Radford on a made layup.

Stute hit a 3-pointer assisted by Gabe Dorsey.

7:45 First Half: Aggies 16, Commodores 17

Terren Frank made a layup for the Commodores to extend their lead. Hayden Hefner answered with a layup for the Aggies, then added a free throw after a Shane Dezoie foul.

Andre Gordon nailed a 3-pointer to get the Aggies to within one at 17-16. Both teams are shooting 31.6 percent on 6-of-19 shooting.

3:04 First Half: Aggies 22, Commodores 23

Liam Robbins made a layup for Vandy before Hassan Diarra missed an open 3-pointer for the Aggies.

The Aggies are playing tough defense and have forced five turnovers.

Quentin Millora-Brown made a layup assisted by Scotty Pippen Jr. and Ethan Henderson made a dunk off a great pass from Marcus Williams. Robbins made a short jumper that was answered by a Henderson dunk. Manny Obaseki scored for the Aggies to reduce the Vandy lead to one at 23-22.

HALFTIME: Aggies 27, Commodores 28

Liam Robbins made one-of-two free throws for the Commodores off a foul by the Aggies' Ethan Henderson. Dhane Dezoie fouled A&M's Hassan Diarra who made one foul shot.

Diarra gave the Aggies a very brief lead with a jumper but on the next possession, Scotty Pippen Jr. answered with a pair of buckets of his own regaining the lead for the Commodores with 1:25 left in the half.

Diarra hit a pair of free throws with 13 seconds remaining off a Myles Stute foul making the score 28-27. Pippen Jr. missed a 3-pointer as the half ended.

15:53 Second Half: Aggies 27, Commodores 37

Ethan Henderson turned the ball over to open the half resulting in two Jordan Wright free throws. Wright added a layup and another free throw off another Henderson foul extending the Commodores' lead to six.

Tyrin Lawrence added a bucket for Vandy just before a Scotty Pippen Jr. layup before the TV timeout. Vanderbilt has opened the half on a 10-0 run.

Texas A&M is shooting just 27.8 percent from the field having made just 10 of 36 shots.

11:33 Second Half: Aggies 42, Commodores 44

Tyrece Radford made a layup right out of the timeout followed by consecutive buckets by Hassan Diarra and Quenton Jackson to get A&M to within four.

Vanderbilt's Jordan Wright was fouled by Henry Coleman III and hit one-of-two free throws,

Quenton Jackson hit two foul shots for the Aggies after a foul by Tyrin Lawrence, and Quentin Millora-Brown hit a mid-range jumper off a pass from Wright. Jackson hit a long jumper for the Aggies that got them back to within five at 42-37 with 13:26 left in the game.

Scottie Pippen Jr. answered Jackson's jumper with a layup but then Jackson hit a pair of free throws. Pippen Jr. made a layup but Jackson then hit a 3-pointer for the Aggies to get within a bucket at 44-42.

7:32 Second Half: Aggies 56, Commodores 52

Drew Weikert hit a 3-pointer to extend Vandy's lead but Quenton Jackson hit a pair of foul shots after a Scottie Pippen Jr. foul.

Trey Thomas nailed a 3-pointer but Jackson hit two more free throws to get the Aggies back to within three.

Hassan Diarra hit a pair of free throws off a Liam Robbins foul and Tyrece Radford his a 3-pointer to give the Aggies the lead at 52-50. Radford then hit a jumper to extend the Aggies lead and prompting a Vanderbilt timeout.

The A&M shooting percentage is up to 39.5 as its started hot in the second half. The Aggies have also collected 20 Vanderbilt turnovers.

Pippen Jr and Diarra traded layups before the TV timeout.

3:52 Second Half: Aggies 61, Commodores 60

Scottie Pippen Jr. hit a pair of free throws after being fouled by Hassan Diarra but Quenton Jackson answered with two Aggies points on free throws after being fouled by Quentin Millora-Brown.

Jordan Wright hit a layup to get the Commodores back to within two. Pippen Jr. tied the game at 58 on two foul shots.

Wright hit two more foul shots but they were answered by a 3-pointer by Jackson giving the Aggies the lead again at 61-60.

FINAL: Aggies 67, Commodores 72

Liam Robbins regained the lead for Vanderbilt with a pair of foul shots and a short-range jumper. Aaron Cash hit for A&M then Tyrece Radford gave the Aggies the lead again with a layup.

Scotty Pippen Jr. hit two foul shots off a Hassan Diarra foul with just 1:59 remaining.

Robbins extended the lead to 68-65 on a layup with 1:13 on the clock. The Aggies have gone cold and are missing shots on the inside now.

Diarra finally hit from the inside for A&M but it was followed immediately by a Jordan Wright layup with just 26 seconds remaining. Aaron Cash fouled with 9 seconds on the clock and with the Aggies trailing by three.

Pippen Jr. hit one-of-two but was fouled again with 3 seconds on the clock and the Aggies down by four.