Men's Hoops Falls at No. 24 Tennessee

Saturday, January 13

Knoxville, Tenn.

5 p.m.

Texas A&M

11-6, 0-5SEC

Tennessee

12-4, 3-2SEC

Texas A&M

Tennessee

Jan 13, 2018 | Men's Basketball

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By: Associated Press/Texas A&M Media Relations

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP)-- Jordan Bowden scored 15 points Saturday as No. 24 Tennessee defeated Texas A&M 75-62 to hand the Aggies their fifth consecutive loss.

Kyle Alexander had 14 points, Admiral Schofield scored 12 and Jordan Bone added 10 as Tennessee (12-4, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) won its third straight in Volunteers coach Rick Barnes' 1,000th career game. Barnes improved his head coaching record to 647-353.

After being ranked fifth in the nation at the start of SEC play, Texas A&M (11-6, 0-5) hasn't won since.

The Aggies have been playing at far less than full strength during SEC play.

Duane Wilson came off the bench and had six points and six assists Saturday after missing three games with a knee injury. Admon Gilder returned to action Tuesday at Kentucky after missing five games with a knee injury. This marked DJ Hogg's third game with the Aggies since serving a three-game suspension. Robert Williams had missed a loss against LSU last weekend due to illness.

Gilder scored 16 points, Hogg had 13 and Tonny Trocha-Morelos had 10 for Texas A&M, which committed 17 turnovers.

The Aggies' last two losses before this game were decided by one point each -- a 69-68 setback to LSU decided on an off-balance 3-pointer in the final second and a 74-73 decision at No. 21 Kentucky.

This one wasn't so close.

Texas A&M entered the night ranked 13th out of 14 SEC teams in turnover margin, and the Aggies' inability to take care of the basketball enabled Tennessee to grab a 36-28 halftime lead.

Tennessee forced 13 turnovers and outscored the Aggies 15-5 in points off turnovers during the first half. Texas A&M stayed within single digits because it shot 5 of 8 from 3-point range in the first 20 minutes.

Texas A&M cut the margin to six early in the second half, but Tennessee gradually extended the lead and made it 53-40 on Bowden's 3-pointer with 11:16 left. Texas A&M got within 57-51, but Tennessee answered by scoring eight straight points and capped the run on Alexander's dunk that made it 65-51 with 6:27 left.

The Aggies answered by producing their own 8-0 spurt to cut the lead to 65-59 with 3:41 remaining, but that's as close as they would get.

Postgame Notes

RECORDS / SERIES NOTES

Texas A&M dropped its fifth consecutive contest Saturday at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, falling to No. 24 Tennessee, 75-62 … A&M's record this season stands at 11-6 with an 0-5 mark in SEC play.
A&M is 2-2 vs. ranked teams this season, having carded wins over No. 11 West Virginia (Nov. 10 at Ramstein Air Base Germany) and No. 10 USC (Nov. 26 in Los Angeles) against losses vs. No. 21 Kentucky (Jan. 9 in Lexington) and No. 24 Tennessee (Jan. 13 in Knoxville).
The UT win snapped a three-game losing streak to the Aggies in Knoxville and left the all-time series at 7-5 in favor of the Volunteers.

TEAM NOTES

Texas A&M shot an impressive 44 percent from the floor against Tennessee's 41 percent, but the Volunteers attempted seven more shots from the field than the Aggies.
The Aggies faced a 36-28 deficit following the game's opening 20 minutes … the Maroon & White struggled to maintain possession the first half as they turned over the ball 13 times … for the game, A&M was guilty of 17 turnovers.
A&M used the starting lineup combination of JJ Caldwell, Admon Gilder, DJ Hogg, Robert Williams and Tyler Davis for the first time this season (0-1), this was the eighth different starting lineup for the Maroon & White this season.
With the return of Graduate transfer guard Duane Wilson to the lineup, Texas A&M featured its full complement of players with no one missing due to injury or suspension for just the fourth game this season.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Junior guard Admon Gilder led the Aggies with 16 points, marking the fourth time this season and 15^thtime in his career that he was the Maroon & White's leading scorer … Gilder also pitched in four rebounds, two assists, two steals and block.
Junior forward DJ Hogg continued to shoot the 3-pointer well this season as the Plano, Texas native, was 3-for-6 from long range against Tennessee to bring his season percentage to 45.3 percent from beyond the arc ... Hogg scored 13 points, pulled down four rebounds, dished three assists and blocked one shot in Knoxville.
Junior center Tyler Davis grabbed seven rebounds against the Volunteers to pass George Mehaffey (1954-57, 576 rebounds) on the all-time Texas A&M rebounding list, moving into in 18^th place with 578 career rebounds.
Graduate transfer guard Duane Wilson returned to the Aggie lineup after missing the previous three games following a knee injury suffered Dec. 30 at Alabama … he played 23 minutes, contributing six points, six assists and two steals.
Aggie head coach Billy Kennedy fell to 126-91 during his seven-year tenure at Texas A&M and 337-270 in 20 seasons as a head coach.

UP NEXT

The Aggies return to the friendly confines of Reed Arena where they will host Ole Miss on Tuesday ... The game will tip off at 8 p.m. (CT) be televised on SEC Network.