Texas A&M
COLORADO
Texas A&M 74, Colorado 69
Feb 12, 2000 | Men's Basketball
February 12, 2000
Bernard King scored 34 points, setting a Big 12 Conference freshmen scoring record, to lead Texas A&M to a 74-69 victory against Colorado on Saturday night at Reed Arena.
The Aggies (7-14, 3-7 in Big 12) trailed by 10 points at 48-38 with 11:37 left, but King scored 22 of his points in the final 10 minutes to rally the Aggies. The previous Big 12 freshman scoring record was 32 by Texas' Luke Axtell (now with Kansas) against Liberty in 1997-98. King's total also eclipsed Texas A&M's freshman scoring record of 33 points set by Vernon Smith against Southwestern Louisiana in 1977-78.
King's point total was the most by any A&M player since Joe Wilbert scored 38 against Texas Tech in 1994-95. The last time an A&M guard scored more was when Lynn Suber scored 37 points against Long Island in 1989-90. King made 4-of-7 three-pointers, running his season total to 56 and breaking the A&M freshman record of 54 set by Jerald Brown in 1996-97.
The Aggies led by as many as nine points midway through the first half, but the Buffaloes came back to take the lead before allowing A&M to take a 33-32 halftime lead, only the fourth time this season the Aggies have led at intermission.
Colorado (13-10, 4-7 in Big 12) opened the second half with a 16-5 run to the 10-point lead before King ignited the A&M comeback. The victory was A&M's first against the Buffaloes, which now lead the series, 4-1.
A&M freshman point guard Jamaal Gilchrist also had a strong performance, scoring 15 points and tying his career highs in rebounding with eight and assists with seven.
Jaquay Walls led Colorado with 19 points and nine assists while Jamahl Mosley added 16 points and eight rebounds.
The Aggies play at Baylor on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Waco, while Colorado plays host to Texas-Pan American in a non-conference game Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Boulder.
