Texas A&M
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Ole Miss
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Texas A&M Snaps Skid with 71-56 Win Over Ole Miss
Feb 16, 2016 | Men's Basketball
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- Danuel House scored 13 points to lead four Texas A&M players in double figures, and the Aggies snapped a four-game skid with a 71-56 win over Mississippi on Tuesday night.
The Aggies trailed by double digits in the first half before rallying to take the lead.
They led by 5 at halftime and were still up by that amount before scoring the next eight points to extend their advantage to 53-40 with about 15 1/2 minutes remaining. House got A&M going in that stretch with a 3-pointer and Jalen Jones added a dunk to help Texas A&M (19-7, 8-5 Southeastern Conference) push the lead.
Mississippi (16-10, 6-7) missed six shots in that span, with four coming on layups and never threatened again.
The Rebels were led by Stefan Moody's 17 points.
Tyler Davis added 11 points for A&M and Anthony Collins and D.J. Hogg had 10 apiece.
Ole Miss couldn't do much in the second half offensively and made just 2 of 20 shots in a stretch in the second half that ended with about one minute remaining. The Aggies used a 6-0 run at the end of that span to stretch the lead to 71-54.
Texas A&M dropped out of the top 25 this week after a loss at LSU that was its fifth in six games. Their last three games had been close, with the losses coming by a combined nine points. Early on it looked like they might be headed for another defeat with Ole Miss jumping out to a 20-11 lead after a 3-pointer by Moody with about 12 minutes left in the first half.
The Aggies found their offense soon after that, using a 13-5 run to cut the lead to 25-24. Admon Gilder opened that spurt with a 3-point play and House capped it with another one.
Tomasz Gielo made a 3-pointer for the Rebels, but A&M responded with three consecutive dunks to take a 30-28 lead about 4 1/2 minutes before halftime.
The game was tied a couple of minutes later when the Aggies scored eight straight points, with the first six on free throws, to make it 40-32.
But Moody hit a 3 at the buzzer to cut the lead to 5 at halftime.
After Texas A&M built the big lead in the second half both teams went on scoring droughts. The Aggies finally broke theirs on a jump shot by Tavario Miller about two minutes after their last basket.
Mississippi scored for the first in almost 3 1/2 minutes after that on a bucket by Sebastian Saiz that cut the lead to 56-46.
Jones collected his fourth foul with about eight minutes left and went to the bench. He returned with about 3 1/2 minutes left and finished with six points and nine rebounds.
Moody was shaken up with about 10 minutes left when he was knocked to the ground on a foul by Hogg. He remained on the ground for a couple of minutes before getting up and making both free throws and he seemed to be OK after that.
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Postgame Notes
Texas A&M 71, Ole Miss 56
Feb. 16, 2016 Reed Arena (College Station, Texas)
RECORDS & SERIES NOTES
- Texas A&M improved to 19-7 on the season with an 8-5 mark in SEC play following a 71-56 victory over Ole Miss Tuesday night inside Reed Arena.
- A&M leads the series 4-2 over Ole Miss and holds a 3-0 record at Reed Arena. TEAM NOTES
- The Aggies outrebounded Ole Miss, 50-36, in the contest led by Jalen Jones' nine … Four Aggies recorded seven or more boards.
- A&M's bench scored 27 points to Ole Miss' 12 and outscored the Rebels 40-18 in the paint.
- Texas A&M used the starting lineup combination of Anthony Collins, Alex Caruso, Danuel House, Jalen Jones and Tyler Davis for the 12th time this season (8-4).
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Senior Anthony Collins recorded 10 points, eight assists and a season-high six rebounds.
- Freshman DJ Hogg scored 10 points off the bench for his first double-digit performance since January 6 against Mississippi State and his fifth of the season.
- Senior Alex Caruso became the 35th member of Texas A&M's 1,000-Point Club, hitting the mark on a dunk put-back with 4:39 remaining in the first period.
- Fellow senior Danuel House also hit a milestone, eclipsing 1,500 career points between his time at the University of Houston and Texas A&M … The Fresno, Texas, product notched 13 points on the night, leaving him with 1,511 points for his career.
- Texas A&M head coach Billy Kennedy is now 90-68 in his fifth season at Texas A&M and 301-247 in 18 seasons as head coach.
UP NEXT
- ESPN's College GameDay will pay a visit to Aggieland in advance of Saturday's highly-anticipated matchup with No. 14 Kentucky … GameDay will broadcast live inside Reed Arena from 10-11 a.m. in advance of the game, which is slated for a 5:30 p.m. tipoff.
