Texas A&M
20-8, 9-5
TEXAS
22-7, 8-6
Texas A&M Topples Texas, 74-58
Feb 27, 2010 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 27, 2010
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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS (AP) - Donald Sloan scored 19 points to lead No. 22 Texas A&M to a 74-58 win over No. 21 Texas on Saturday in a game that saw Longhorns guard J'Covan Brown injured after a hard fall late in the game.
Texas A&M (20-8, 9-5 Big 12) never trailed and went up 10 points before scoring six in a row to push the lead to 66-50 with about three minutes remaining.
The Longhorns (22-7, 8-6) finished with their lowest scoring output of the season. Leading scorer Damion James, who entered the game averaging 17.7 points and 10.7 rebounds, finished with 12 points and one rebound.
Brown was taken off the court on a board with his neck stabilized after falling hard on a drive to the basket late in the game. Texas officials said he had a neck injury, likely a stinger, and was being taken to a local hospital for evaluation.
He was conscious as he was wheeled out of the arena on a stretcher about 20 minutes after the game.
Texas A&M led 72-58 when Brown collided with Texas A&M's B.J. Holmes as he went to the basket. Both players were injured in the collision, but Brown remained on the court after Holmes was carried off with an apparent ankle injury.
Play was stopped for about 10 minutes while Brown was looked at. Medical personnel were called to the court after a couple of minutes and he was taped to the board and taken off the court.
Loubeau added 15 points for the Aggies, who improved to 17-1 this season in games where they held an opponent to less than 70 points.
The Aggies outrebounded Texas 40-29.
Texas A&M fought off a rally by Texas by scoring five straight points to extend its lead to 58-46 with seven minutes left. The Aggies led by 16 points before Texas went on a 10-1 run, highlighted by a four-point play by Brown, to get within 53-46 about a minute earlier.
The Aggies were up by five points before going on a 16-5 run that including three 3-pointers to extend their lead to 52-36 with about 10 minutes remaining. A highlight of that run came on a two-handed putback dunk by Loubeau that brought the Reed Arena record crowd of 13,717 to its feet.
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Postgame Quotes
Texas Coach Rick Barnes:
"I'm disappointed. I am embarrassed to be honest. Playing with three freshmen makes it tough at times, especially on defense. We don't have choice but to play the freshmen. Even our older guys need to step up. We are better than we are playing. I have been saying that for a while, but time is running out. We can be better, we just need somebody to flip the switch. I don't want to take anything away from A&M. I have great respect for Coach Turgeon and how he handles things here. It seems like their guys really enjoy playing together, and they know what it takes to win. "
Texas A&M Coach Mark Turgeon:
"That was great team win. I am very proud of our guys. We had a great game on the boards, which is something we focused on after we got outrebounded by Baylor. I was very pleased with our young guys. They gave us some very good minutes. I don't think we get enough credit for how young we are. I know we have a toughness about us, and we have good chemistry. I am pleased with the way Ray Turner is playing for us. I wasn't expecting this level of play from him so soon. But we could not do this without him. I loved the crowd today. I think really enjoy watching us play."
Texas A&M Guard Donald Sloan:
"We are a pretty tough group, and we know it. We did everything we needed to do to win today. Getting 20 wins is good, especially with the schedule we have had. It was tough seeing those guys go down. I have known both of them for a while, and I just wanted them to be ok. We have a lot of season left, and we just need to take care of business."
Texas A&M Notes
*Today's crowd of 13,717 was a Texas A&M record for a home game. The old record was 13,657 against No. 1 Kansas on Feb. 15. A&M has set its single game attendance record three times in its last four games and has had at least 13,000 in four straight home games.
*A&M held Texas to a season-low 58 points. The Aggies are 17-1 this season when their opponent scores fewer than 70 points.
*A&M improves to 20-8, its sixth straight 20-win seasons. Prior to this run, A&M had six 20 win seasons in its entire history.
*A&M's +11 rebounding margin (40-29) matched the best by a Texas opponent this season (Kansas). The Aggies are 61-11 under Turgeon when out-rebounding their opponent, including a 17-2 mark this season.
*A&M is 14-1 at home this season with the only loss to top-ranked Kansas (59-54) on Feb. 15. The Aggies have won 16 of their last 17 home games, including nine of their last 10 in Big 12 play. A&M is 30-3 at home in the last two seasons.
*A&M is 15-5 in its last 20 Big 12 games, second best in the league in that span behind Kansas, which was 18-1 in that span going into today's game vs. Oklahoma State.
*A&M has played 10 nationally-ranked teams this season, the most in school history. That doesn't include New Mexico, which was unranked at the time but is now No. 10 in the AP poll. The Aggies have played four teams ranked in the top 10 in this week's AP poll.
*A&M has posted four wins against ranked teams this season, which ties the 2006-07 team for the second most in school history. The 1978-79 team posted five wins against ranked opponents.
*A&M has posted six straight wins against Texas at Reed Arena. The Longhorns were 6-0 at Reed Arena going into the 2004-05 season. The home team has won every game in the series in the last six seasons.
*Senior Bryan Davis tied his career high with 4 blocked shots.
*Freshman Ray Turner scored a career-high 9 points.
*A&M is 46-5 under Mark Turgeon when it scores at least 70 points, including a 12-1 mark this season.
*A&M's 15 fast break points were a season-high for a Big 12 game. A&M is 28-1 under Turgeon when it scores at least 8 fast break points, including a 9-0 mark this season.
*A&M had a 21-14 advantage in points off turnovers and is 33-1 at home under Turgeon when it outscores its opponent in points off turnovers.
