Texas A&M
3-3,0-0SEC
Temple
5-1,0-0AAC
Aggies Fall to Temple, 65-42, at Orlando Invitational
Nov 29, 2019 | Men's Basketball
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Quinton Rose scored 19 points and Temple used an 11-0 second-half run to pull away from cold-shooting Texas A&M for a 65-42 victory in the Orlando Invitational on Friday.
Alani Moore II had 14 points and Monty Scott finished with 11 for the Owls (5-1), who rebounded from a seven-point loss to fifth-ranked Maryland to advance to the fifth-place game of the eight-team tournament at Disney World.
Texas A&M (3-3) trailed 32-18 at halftime and trimmed the double-digit deficit to 38-32 before Temple pulled away for good with help from the 11-0 surge that Moore finished with a 3-pointer to put the Owls up 51-35 with 5:46 remaining.
The Aggies missed 16 of their last 17 shots down the stretch, finishing 13 of 58 from the field, including 6 of 33 on 3-point attempts. Josh Nebo was the only Texas A&M player in double figures with 12 points.
RECORDS & SERIES NOTES
- Texas A&M dropped to 3-3 on the season following a 65-42 loss to Temple Friday at the Orlando Invitational.
- The Aggies are now 1-2 all-time against Temple.
TEAM NOTES
- The Aggies shot 76.9% (10-13) from the free-throw line, marking their best percentage from the charity stripe this season.
- Texas A&M tied their season-low of 13 turnovers offensively.
- The Aggies used the starting lineup of Savion Flagg, Quenton Jackson, Wendell Mitchell, Mark French and Josh Nebo for the second time this season (0-2).
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Josh Nebo led the Maroon & White with 12 points and six rebounds. The Houston native has scored in double figures in four consecutive games.
- Wendell Mitchell hauled in a season-high six rebounds.
- Jay Jay Chandler dished out three assists, notching a new season high.
- Buzz Williams is 3-3 in his first season at Texas A&M and 256-158 in his 13 seasons as a head coach.
UP NEXT
- The Aggies face either Davidson or Fairfield at 9:30 a.m. Sunday in the final game of the Orlando Invitational.
Texas A&M Quotes
Head Coach Buzz Williams
On today's game…
"One of the things that we talked about before the game was, kind of like football, time of possession. We wanted to win time of possession and too many times, we didn't take that opportunity. Other than the last three minutes of the second half I thought our fight was much better. Lowest number of turnovers thus far this season, highest number of offensive rebounds this season. And I think in an unspoken way those are byproducts of how hard we were fighting."
