Texas A&M
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M
Aggie Men Improve to 3-0 With Win Over Panthers
Nov 29, 2003 | Men's Basketball
November 29, 2003
Antoine Wright scored 23 points, including five 3-pointers and a key dunk with just over a minute left, as Texas A&M beat Prairie View A&M 88-79 on Saturday.
Texas A&M (3-0) led for most of the game but Prairie View (0-3) kept it close, pulling to within 81-75 with just more than a minute left. A&M's Bobby Leach stole the ball and threw it down the court to Wright, whose dunk put the Aggies up 83-75 with 1:01 left. The play elicited an outburst from the Panthers' bench and a technical foul helped A&M seal the game.
Andy Slocum had 21 points and a career-high 16 rebounds for the Aggies. Jesse King, A&M's leading scorer and rebounder, had all 15 points and six of his seven rebounds after halftime.
Kevin Cooper led Prairie View with 25 points and Roderick Riley added 15 points and 11 rebounds.
The Panthers took a 21-15 lead midway through the first half, but Wright answered with a trio of 3-pointers in the next three minutes to put A&M up 38-28. He hit his first five 3-pointers and finished 5-of-6.
Prairie View cut the lead to four on two occasions, but Slocum's 16 points and 12 rebounds in the first half helped A&M extend its lead to 51-41 lead at halftime.
