Aggies Fall to Saint Louis at CBE Classic

KANSAS CITY (AP)-- Dwayne Evans matched a career high with 21 points, Mike McCall Jr. added 13 and Saint Louis posted a 70-49 victory over Texas A&M on Monday night in the semifinals of the CBE Classic.

Cory Remekin added 13 points and Cody Ellis finished with 10 for the Billikens (2-1), who will play No. 12 Kansas or Washington State in the championship game Tuesday night.

Elston Turner had 16 points and Ray Turner added 10 for the Aggies (3-1), but Fabyon Harris was just 2 for 10 from the field and Texas A&M committed 19 turnovers while getting out-rebounded 31-25.

Texas A&M Basketball

Postgame Notes

Saint Louis 70, Texas A&M 49

Nov. 19, 2012 - Sprint Center (Kansas City, Mo.)

TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

• Texas A&M saw its season-opening winning streak snapped at three games and fell to 3-1 on the year ... Saint Louis, meanwhile, improved to 2-1 on the season.
• The Billikens improved to 5-1 in the all-time series against Texas A&M in men's basketball.

TEAM NOTES

• The Aggies were guilty of a season-high 19 turnovers on the night, leading to 26 Billiken points.
• Texas A&M came into the game ranked second in the SEC in free throw percentage at .822 as a team but shot just 8-of-18 from the charity stripe in Monday night's contest.
• Saint Louis held a 31-25 advantage in the rebounding column.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

• Senior Elston Turner led the Aggies in scoring for the 14^th time in his career, notching 16 points on 5-of-12 shooting from the floor ... Turner also pulled down five rebounds in the contest to tie for the team lead with sophomore Kourtney Roberson, who also collected five.
• Senior Ray Turner scored 10 points in the game, giving him the 19^th double-figure scoring game of his A&M career.
• Fellow senior Jarod Jahns set career highs in minutes played (6), points (6), rebounds (2) and assists (1).

FIRST HALF NOTES

• The Billikens took a 32-23 lead into the intermission.
• Texas A&M shot .417 (10-of-24) during the opening period while SLU shot .393 (11-of-28) from the floor.
• SLU's Cory Remekun led all scorers with nine points at the break, while Ray Turner made all three of his first half shots to pace Texas A&M with seven points.
• The Aggies were guilty of seven first half turnovers, leading to a 12-2 Billiken advantage in points off turnovers.

SECOND HALF NOTES

• The Saint Louis lead reached its apex at the 4:14 mark of the second half as it took a 65-41 advantage.
• Texas A&M shot .474 (9-of-19) during the second period while SLU shot a sizzling .667 (14-of-21).
• Elston Turner scored 10 of his 16 points after intermission.

UP NEXT

• The Aggies return to the court at the Sprint Center on Tuesday to face the loser of tonight's Kansas-Washington State contest. Tip-off is set for 6:00 p.m. and the game will be streamed live on ESPN3.
• Saint Louis, meanwhile, will face the winner of the Kansas-Washington State contest on ESPNU at 8:30 p.m.