Men's Hoops Rolls Past Lions, 100-58

Monday, November 16

College Station

7:00 PM

Texas A&M

100

Southeastern Louisiana

Nov 16, 2015 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: Associated Press/Texas A&M Media Relations

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP)-- Texas A&M senior guard Danuel House scored 20 points and four other Aggies scored in double digits in Monday's 100-58 win over Southeastern Louisiana.

The Aggies (2-0) shot 14 of 25 (56 percent) from 3-point range, with House hitting 6 of 11 3-pointers and freshman D.J. Hogg, 3 of 5.

Tyler Davis scored 18 points for the Aggies, Admon Gilder, 14, Tonny Trocha-Morelos, 12, and Hogg, 11. Davis grabbed 12 rebounds and the Aggies outrebounded the Lions (0-2) 49-26.

Texas A&M led 10-9 four minutes into the game before outscoring the Lions 15-2 to put it out of reach midway through the first half. They led 50-28 at halftime.

The Aggies had 27 assists in making 33 field goals, with Hogg, Trocha-Morelos and Gilder contributing five assists each.

Marlain Veal scored 10 points for the Lions (0-2), who shot 35 percent from the floor.

Postgame Notes
Texas A&M 100, Southeastern Louisiana 58
Nov. 16, 2015 ? Reed Arena

RECORDS & SERIES NOTES
? Texas A&M improved to 2-0 on the season with a 100-58 victory over Southeastern Louisiana Monday night at Reed Arena.
? The Aggies are 128-13 (.908) all-time in non-conference games inside Reed Arena, which hosted its first basketball game in the fall of 1998.
? With the win, A&M extended its lead in the all-time series with Southeastern Louisiana to 4-0.

TEAM NOTES
? The 42-point win is the biggest margin of victory during the Billy Kennedy era and marked the Aggies' second win by 40-points or more following a 104-64 win over USC Upstate on Friday … The streak stands as the first back-to-back wins of 40 or more points for A&M since defeating UMKC 102-61 on Nov. 24, 1997, and Bethune-Cookman 97-53 on Nov. 29, 1997, under head coach Tony Barone.
? The scoring outburst marked the first time A&M has scored 100 or more points in back-to-back games since 1989-90 when they accomplished the feat Feb. 21 at Arkansas & Feb. 24 at Rice under interim head coach John Thornton … It also marked the first time to have 100+ in multiple games in a season since 2007-08.
? The last time Texas A&M opened the season scoring 100+ in first two games was 1975-76 when the Aggies did it four consecutive game.
? The Aggies featured five players in double-figure scoring as well as eight players who scored six or more points in the contest.
? A&M dominated the box score, owning a significant advantage in rebounding (49-26), points in the paint (36-18), second-chance points (14-4) and fast break points (21-2).
? Texas A&M used the starting lineup combination of Anthony Collins, Alex Caruso, Danuel House, Tonny Trocha-Morelos and Tyler Davis for the second time this season (2-0).

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
? Freshman Tyler Davis enjoyed the first double-double performance of his young career scoring 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the floor while pulling down a game-high 12 rebounds.
? Senior Danuel House scored a game-best 20 points in the win, connecting on 6-of-12 field goals with all of his makes coming from behind the 3-point arc … The performance marked the eight time House has reached the 20-point plateau during his time at A&M.
? Drawing his second straight start to kick off the season, sophomore big man Tonny Trocha-Morelos tied a career-high with 12 points while dishing out a personal-best five assists.
? Rookies Admon Gilder and DJ Hogg also reached double-digit points for the second straight game, finishing with 14 and 11 points, respectively.
? Texas A&M head coach Billy Kennedy improved to 73-61 in his fifth season at Texas A&M and 284-240 in 18 seasons as head coach,

UP NEXT
? The Aggies continue their season-opening four-game homestand on Thursday when Texas A&M hosts Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at 7 p.m. The game will be streamed on SEC Network PLUS.

Postgame Quotes
Texas A&M 100, Southeastern Louisiana 58
Nov. 16, 2015 ? Reed Arena

TEXAS A&M HEAD COACH BILLY KENNEDY
Opening Statement…
"I was pleased with our effort and our energy sharing the ball. Thought we were able to establish the inside presence early and it opened up a lot of opportunities from the perimeter. We shot the ball extremely well. Southeastern is rebuilding the program and believe me I know how hard that it is to do in that situation. Jay Ladner will get it going, just let him take his time."

On Tyler Davis…
"Got to love the 12 rebounds and just how unselfish he is. As good as he is offensively, he really passes well and looks for his teammates. He's a great team player as well as a great individual talent and he's going to continue to get better."

Tonny-Tyler Combo…
"Tonny is a really good passer. They both are unselfish and they look for each other. For not having played together a lot it seemed, from the last game, they started to develop a really good chemistry. Tonny continues to get better. He had three rebounds and made plays for other people. Five assists is really good for a big guy."

On senior Anthony Collins…
"He's one of the hardest workers I've ever coached. I've seen him shoot a thousand threes at about 70% in practice believe it or not. Tonight I was glad to see him make a couple shots because of how hard he's worked at it. He's really bought into this team concept. He makes hustle plays on the defensive end and has done everything we've asked him to do."

TEXAS A&M SENIOR DANUEL HOUSE
On the team having more depth…
"It makes the game a lot easier, because now our opponents have to respect each other they have to respect Tyler's post presence, Tonny's post presence, DJ's shooting ability and Admon's shooting ability. Also, Anthony and Caruso's ability to shoot the ball and drive the ball."

On what depth means to this team…
"Depth, as you've seen in the previous years in the NCAA tournament, the teams that run deep always makes it to the Final Four. Coach Kennedy did a great job of going to get players so we can be deep and compete for a title."

TEXAS A&M FRESHMAN CENTER TYLER DAVIS
On his rebounding…
"Rebounding is key for me, before games I tell myself just focus on rebounding and getting stops on the defensive end. Scoring is going to come because my teammates make it easy on me."

On Tonny Troch-Morelos' play…
"Tony is a great passer. Every time we get a chance to go high-low, we give it a look. If it's not there, we keep looking for it later on. "

On AC's big dunk…
"I love to see it the way AC (Alex Caruso) plays defense, the way he reads passing lanes and when he finishes it, obviously it got us real pumped up every time we get a big dunk or something I'm always yelling. I love playing off my teammates' energy whenever we get a big shot or a big finish like that."

SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA HEAD COACH JAY LADNER
On the game…
"We want to try and improve, only one player No. 33, Daniel Grieves, had finished the season with us last year so we've got a new basketball team with a lack of Division-I experience, but I think we're improving. Frankly, we were just overwhelmed tonight, out-manned. I thought our guys fought hard, didn't always play the best, left some points out there on the floor, but it was a bunch of young guys out there battling."

On how his team played…
"I don't think they played well, I think they played hard, but Texas A&M had a lot to do with us not playing very well."