November 07, 2000
The Texas A&M men?â„¢s basketball team opened the preseason portion of the 2000-2001 schedule with a 79-77 win over Team Ezybonds, a club team from Australia, in front of 2,663 at Reed Arena.
The Aggies went on a 13-4 scoring run in the last 4:12 minutes to take a 40-38 lead to the break. Leading scorers at the half were Ben Hunt of Team Ezybonds with 13 points and Keith Bean and Carlton Brown of Texas A&M with 10 points each.
Following an A&M timeout, Bernard King hit a running jumper from the left side of the lane to tie the score, 77-77.
With 9.5 seconds remaining, Team Ezybond commited a turnover to put the ball back in the Aggies?â„¢ possession. Bernard King dribbled the length of the floor and hit a jumper from the right side of the free throw line with 2.6 seconds left on the clock to give the Aggies the win.
Bean was the leading scorer for the Aggies with 20 points while King finished with 19. Hunt led Team Ezybond with 15 points.
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Texas A&M Post Game Quotes:
A&M Head Coach Melvin Watkins: "Overall we were not pleased with our defensive effort. Lately, practice has not been as good but that has been partly due to all of the injuries. Tonight we had some guys playing in different spots and that caused some confusion. Overall, we got the job done. We will have top go back and look at the tape. There were some good things out there. I saw some offensive continuity. We got some scoring but we could not stop them."
A&M guard Bernard King: "It is great to have a gut like Keith (Bean) inside. When teams double up on him it opens up things on the perimeter."
A&M forward Keith Bean: "I was a little tentative at first tonight. It has been a while since I have played. I just need to get used to it and make some adjustments."