Texas A&M
15-4, 1-3
Baylor
16-2, 4-0
Baylor Outlasts A&M in Record 5 OTs, 116-110
Jan 23, 2008 | Men's Basketball
January 23, 2008
Curtis Jerrells scored a career-high 36 points, including 11 in the fifth overtime to lead No. 25 Baylor to a 116-110 win over No. 18 Texas A&M on Wednesday night.
Baylor (16-2, 4-0 Big 12) won its fifth in a row and first since entering the rankings for the first time since 1969 on Monday. It broke a 15-game home winning streak for Texas A&M and is the Aggies' third straight loss.
Three free throws by Jerrells gave Baylor a 106-103 lead in the fifth overtime. Dominique Kirk got A&M (15-4, 1-3) within a point with a layup on the next possession.
Jerrells pushed the lead back to 3 with his steal and layup with about a minute left. Aaron Bruce added a pair of free throws before a layup by Bryan Davis made it 110-107 with less than 30 seconds remaining.
Jerrells added four more free throws and LaceDarius Dunn chipped in a pair to ensure the win.
Baylor at Texas A&M Postgame Quotes & Notes
Texas A&M Head Coach Mark Turgeon: ?I?™ll state the obvious: That was one hell of a basketball game. Those teams played really well. We played five overtimes and one team had 16 turnovers and the other had 14. I was really proud of our group. There were some gutsy performances by a lot of players. I thought we got much better today. We played one heck of a basketball team with some of the best guards I?™ve ever seen. Jerrells is something else. Not only did he have 36 points, but he did a great job of guarding Josh (Carter) all night. I thought we had two overtimes won. Free throws cost us. I?™m proud of our guys for gutting it up and getting us to overtime. I thought the officiating was outstanding. I thought we followed our game plan great. It was the best we?™ve guarded in a long time. It was a heck of a team we had to guard out there. We?™re not very deep. I tried to play deep in the first half. They have five really good guards. They ran out of post players and they had to go little, then we had to go little. Bryan Davis was a warrior tonight. Some people was questioning our conditioning and toughness and our players answered that tonight. We played with tremendous toughness and had great conditioning. A five overtime game is just asking a lot when you?™re not as deep as you need to be. That?™s where our program is right now. ?
Texas A&M Senior Guard Dominique Kirk: ?Jerrells is a talented player. He goes to the hole pretty hard and can shoot the outside shot. We just tried to contain him and make the big guys beat us. He made some great plays. Coach told us to keep fighting. He was proud of our effort. We can be satisfied; we have to keep going. This is a long road that we?™ve been down before. We just have to keep competing and keep fighting.?
Texas A&M Sophomore Forward Bryan Davis: ?It was a battle. Both teams competed. We went out there and fought hard. Baylor went out there and fought hard. We just came out on the short end of the stick. We?™re going to move forward and keep playing together, try to get better and learn from this.?
Baylor Head Coach Scott Drew: ?I thought last year?™s Oklahoma State-Texas game was the best game in the Big 12 (history), but I?™m biased and I think this one takes the cake. Texas A&M deserves a lot of credit. They didn?™t go deep in their rotation and still had the stamina to keep going. They put up a valiant effort. You didn?™t want to see anyone lose a game like this, but obviously I?™m very proud of our team. I don?™t think you can come up with more of a team effort for us. We were running out of bodies and (BU assistant) coach (Jerome) Tang got excited next to me and said ?'can I go in if everybody fouls out.?™ I?™m very pleased with the effort and the togetherness of the team. Rebounding was key coming in and we did a tremendous job.?
Baylor Junior Guard Curtis Jerrells: ?That was just two determined teams going out there and fighting and giving it everything they had. I lost count of the overtimes. This just shows the will and determination of this team. When we put our mind to it, no matter how long it takes, we?™re going to get it done. I?™m tired but I?™m not really that tired. Winning takes away a lot of that. We had a couple of key guys foul out and other guys stepped up.
Baylor Senior Guard Aaron Bruce: ?We knew it was going to be an emotional time. We knew that the A&M rivalry exists and it?™s pretty heated. Our game plan was to take the emotion out of it and get to business. That?™s the character of our guys. I got asked how much longer I could have gone and the answer was ?'as long as it takes.?™?
A&M NOTES:
*Tonight?™s game was the first five-overtime game in Big 12, A&M and Baylor history.
*The loss ended A&M?™s 15-game home winning streak, which was the 10th longest in the nation.
*A&M had won 36 of its last 37 home games and 12 of its last 13 Big 12 home games.
*A&M?™s 110 points were its most ever in a loss.
*Bryan Davis scored a career-high 30 points with a career-best 14 rebounds, his first career double-double. It was a season-high for an A&M player in both categories.
*Donald Sloan tied his career high with 18 points and set a career-best with 7 rebounds. His 7 assists were one shy of his career high.
*Josh Carter scored 15 points and matched his career high with 10 rebounds, his second career double-double and his first of the year.
*Joseph Jones scored 13 points with 8 rebounds and made 9-of-11 free throws.
*Dominique Kirk scored 13 points with 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.
*DeAndre Jordan scored 8 points with 8 rebounds and 2 blocks.
*Curtis Jerrells made 20-of-24 free throws, the most by an opposing player against A&M since Baylor?™s David Wesley made 20-of-25 in 1992.
*A&M?™s 64 rebounds were their most in a game since it had 66 against UNLV in 1978-79.
*Baylor?™s 70 rebounds were the second most ever by an A&M opponent (79 by TCU in 1966-67).
*A&M?™s 36 free throws made were the third most in school history and the most since it made 40 against Arkansas in 1957-58.
*A&M?™s 59 free throw attempts were the second most in school history (67 vs. Pepperdine in 1954-55).
*Baylor?™s 39 free throws made were the fourth most ever by an A&M opponent since TCU made 40 in 1954-55.
*Baylor?™s 38 fouls were the most ever by an A&M opponent.
