Texas A&M
MISSOURI
Tigers Hold off Late A&M Rally for 97-90 Win
Feb 17, 2001 | Men's Basketball
February 17, 2001
Clarence Gilbert scored 24 points for Missouri, which held on to beat Texas A&M 97-90 on Saturday.
Gilbert made 6-of-13 shots from 3-point range before fouling out. The Tigers shot 40-percent from the 3-point line.
Missouri (17-8, 8-4 Big 12) captured its first road win since Jan. 10, and only the second in league play, while ending A&M's three-game winning streak.
Bernard King scored six unanswered points to pull the Aggies within four with 70 seconds remaining. A&M (9-16, 2-10) trailed by as much as 18 points during the game. King scored a season-high 31 points with five assists. Nick Anderson added 22 points for A&M.
An 81-percent performance from the free throw line sealed the victory for the Tigers. Missouri scored 25 points from the line on 31 attempts as A&M committed 30 fouls.
Missouri's Wesley Stokes, who made a pair of key free throws with 6 seconds left, scored seven of his 12-points from the line. Tajudeen Soyoye scored 16 and Brian Grawer added 12.
Missouri finished with 36 of their 97 points from 3-point range, while shooting 51 percent from the field.
