January 09, 2007
Joseph Jones had six points and three rebounds in the stretch that finally put No. 8 Texas A&M ahead to stay, and Acie Law IV drove for consecutive layups late to push the Aggies to their seventh straight victory, 61-51 over Baylor on Tuesday night.
Jones made two free throws with 11 1/2 minutes left to tie the game at 41. After Baylor regained the lead on two free throws by Patrick Fields, Jones hit two more free throws and then grabbed a rebound that led to Donald Sloan's driving baseline layup with 10 minutes left.
Law finished with 20 points while Jones had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Jones was only 2-of-7 from the field, but went 10-of-11 from the line.
The Aggies (14-2, 2-0 Big 12) led for good after that, extending the lead to 47-43 when Jones scored on a putback after Law missed a shot.
Texas A&M's second seven-game winning streak of the season has come since consecutive losses to No. 13 LSU and No. 4 UCLA. The Aggies are off to their best start since opening 16-2 in 1959-60.
Kevin Rogers had 19 points and nine rebounds to lead Baylor (10-5, 0-2), which has lost 25 straight games against ranked teams since a win at Oklahoma State on Feb. 15, 2003.
The Bears were within 50-47 with 3 minutes left until Law drove for the consecutive layups, the second after a rebound by Jones.