March 10, 2011
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TURGEON MILESTONE
- Texas A&M coach Mark Turgeon recorded the 250th win of his career on Thursday night ... Turgeon is 250-157 in 13 years as a head coach and 97-38 in his fourth season at A&M.
- The Aggies recored their fifth victory at the Big 12 Championship ... four of those five have come under Mark Turgeon ... Turgeon is 4-3 at the event.
BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP
- A&M advanced to the Big 12 semifinals for the fourth time in history and the third in the last four seasons (2008, 2010, 2011).
- Texas A&M's 86 points matched a school Big 12 Championship record (86 vs Colorado, 2006).
- Texas A&M shot 57.8 percent from the floor, setting a new school Big 12 Championship record ... the previous high was 55.3 percent in the win over CU in 2006.
- The Aggies matched a school tourney record with 20 assists (20 vs Colorado, 2006).
- A&M's 46 first-half points were two shy of the school tourney record for points in a half (48, 1st half vs Texas Tech 2009; 48, 2nd half vs Colorado, 2006).
SERIES
- The victory was A&M's eighth in a row over Missouri ... MU's last win over Texas A&M came in the 2004 Big 12 Tournament in Dallas.
- The Aggies recorded their first win in three tries over the Tigers in Big 12 Championship matchups.
NOTABLES
- The Aggies shot 57.8 percent from the floor, a season high (previous was 54.3 at Oklahoma on Jan. 8) ... it's A&M's highest FG percentage since shooting 62.0 percent against Missouri on March 7, 2009.
- A&M held Missouri to 33.9 percent shooting, the second lowest by a Big 12 foe this year (33.3 by Oklahoma on Feb. 23) ... Mizzou shot 52.2 percent in the team's other meeting back on Jan. 15 (91-89 A&M OT victory in College Station).
- It was the sixth time this season an Aggie foe has shot under 35 percent from the field.
- A&M improved to 9-5 away from home this year and 4-1 in neutral-site games.
- Texas A&M is now 4-2 all-time at the Sprint Center.
WIN NO. 24
- Texas A&M recorded its 24th victory of the year, matching the total for each of the last two seasons (24-10 in 2008-09, 24-10 in 2009-10).
- The 24 wins ties for the fourth most in school history in a single season ... the record is 27, set in the 2006-07 campaign.
TRENDS
- Texas A&M is 16-1 this season when leading (or tied) heading into the locker room (led 46-33) ... the Aggies' 13-point halftime edge was the largest against a Big 12 foe this season and largest since holding a 20-point lead at the break over Wagner (Dec. 21).
- The Aggies are a perfect 20-0 this year when having the lead with 5 minutes to play.
- The Aggies had 20 assists on the night, one shy of their season high (21 vs Pacific) ... A&M is 23-3 this year when totaling 10 or more assists.
INDIVIDUAL
- Bryan Davis 22, Donald Sloan 20) ... it was the first time in Big 12 tourney history that A&M featured two 20-point scorers.
- David Loubeau's 20 points were two shy of his career high (22 at Oklahoma State) ... Loubeau has posted back-to-back 20-point outings (21 vs Texas Tech on Saturday) for the first time in his career.
- BJ Holmes' 20 points were a season high and four shy of his career best (24 vs Texas Tech in 2009).