No. 8 Men Fall at Vanderbilt

Thursday, February 4

Nashville, Tenn.

6:00 PM

Texas A&M

18-4, 7-2SEC

Vanderbilt

13-9, 5-4SEC

Texas A&M

Vanderbilt

Photo by: Vanderbilt Athletics

Feb 04, 2016 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: Associated Press/Texas A&M Media Relations

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)-- Jeff Roberson scored a career-high 20 points to help Vanderbilt upset No. 8 Texas A&M 77-60 on Thursday night for the Commodores' first win over a ranked team in four years.

Vanderbilt (13-9, 5-4 SEC) had lost its previous 13 games against ranked opponents, including six this season. The Commodores last win over a ranked opponent was in 2012 when it upset No. 1 Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference tournament final.

Texas A&M (18-4, 7-2) lost for the second time in three games, including a 74-71 defeat at Arkansas on Jan. 27.

Wade Baldwin IV had 17 points, Luke Kornet 14 and Damian Jones 13 for Vanderbilt, which tied its season high with 13 3-pointers.

Tonny Trocha-Morelos led the Aggies with 13 points. Alex Caruso added 11 points. Danuel House scored 10. Jalen Jones, one of the nation's top players, was held to four points as he missed 10 of his 11 shots. Texas A&M shot just 37 percent from the field.

Vanderbilt got off to a great start by taking a 14-1 lead as the Commodores hit six of their first seven shots from the floor. Damian Jones and Luke Kornet scored 16 of Vanderbilt's first 18 points.

Texas A&M responded with a 25-9 run that gave the Aggies as 26-23 lead on Admon Gilder's 3-pointer with 9:17 left. Vanderbilt finished the first half with a strong push taking a 40-33 lead on a 3-pointer by Wade Baldwin IV with three seconds left in the half.

Texas A&M's Jalen Jones missed eight of his first nine shots from the floor in the first 20 minutes.

The Commodores remained hot opening the second half with a 7-0 spurt that caused Aggies coach Billy Kennedy to call a timeout after Luke Kornet's 3-pointer from the top of the key stretched Vanderbilt's lead to 47-3 with 18:05 left.

Jeff Roberson's layup capped a 17-1 run, giving Vanderbilt a 49-33 lead with 17:15 left.

Texas A&M Basketball
Postgame Notes
Vanderbilt 77, No. 8 Texas A&M 60
Feb. 4, 2016 ? Memorial Gym (Nashville, Tenn.)

RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

Texas A&M fell 77-60 at Vanderbilt on Thursday, dropping the Aggies' record this season to 18-4 with a 7-2 mark in SEC play.
The all-time series between the schools now stands at 5-1 in favor of Vanderbilt.

TEAM NOTES

Vanderbilt made 13 3-point baskets in the contest (13-for-29), the most allowed by Texas A&M this season … For the game, the Commodores shot 50.8 percent (30-for-59) from the field which also stood out as the highest by an A&M foe during the 2015-16 campaign.
Texas A&M, conversely, shot just 32 percent from the floor (21-of-57).
The Commodores jumped out to a hot start in the contest, racing out to a 13-point lead (14-1) with 16:47 to play in the opening period … Vandy made seven of its first nine field goal attempts.
Texas A&M used the starting lineup combination of Anthony Collins, Alex Caruso, Danuel House, Jalen Jones and Tyler Davis for the ninth time this season (7-2).

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Sophomore Tonny Trocha-Morelos came off the Aggie bench to score a team-high 13 points on 4-of-9 shooting … It stood out as the third highest career point total for the Cartagena, Columbia, native, who also added a career-best two blocked shots.
Seniors Alex Caruso and Danuel House each reached double-digit scoring, recording 11 and 10 points, respectively.
Texas A&M head coach Billy Kennedy is now 89-65 in his fifth season at Texas A&M and 300-244 in 18 seasons as head coach.

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