Arkansas
Surging Texas A&M seeks a dose of revenge on Arkansas
Texas A&M appears to be like to construct on its spectacular house document when it will get a rematch with Arkansas on Wednesday night time in Southeastern Convention play in Faculty Station, Texas.
The Aggies are 12-1 at house and reside in second place within the SEC. Texas A&M has received its previous three video games since shedding 81-70 at Arkansas on Jan. 31.
The Aggies (18-7, 10-2 SEC) stay unranked regardless of placing collectively their finest 12-game begin in SEC play. After a shaky 6-5 total begin, Texas A&M has received 12 of its previous 14 video games.
The latest triumph occurred Saturday, when the Aggies by no means trailed throughout a 74-62 highway win over LSU.
Texas A&M put collectively a dominant first half and led by as many as 29. The Aggies had been up 41-17 coming into the break.
“We had been locked into what we had been doing,” Aggies coach Buzz Williams stated afterward. “We knew what they had been doing and at the same time as they started to make changes to their plan, our guys had been sensing it. We wanted to lock in and do that.”
Wade Taylor IV scored 23 factors and matched his profession excessive of 5 3-pointers for Texas A&M, which dedicated simply seven turnovers.
Taylor leads the Aggies in scoring (15.2 factors per recreation) and assists (4.1 per recreation).
Arkansas (17-8, 6-6) has been a disappointment after being ranked as excessive as No. 9 early within the season.
The Razorbacks had been turning issues round with 5 wins in six video games earlier than falling 70-64 at house to Mississippi State on Saturday. Arkansas trailed by 9 at halftime and by 16 early within the second half throughout a disappointing setback.
The Razorbacks did have extremely touted freshman guard Nick Smith Jr. out there, and he performed 17 minutes off the bench. Smith had 5 factors on 2-of-7 taking pictures.
Smith has been affected by a season-long knee problem and hadn’t performed since Dec. 17. He’s averaging 11.5 factors in six video games (4 begins).
Arkansas coach Eric Musselman stated some roles will change with Smith again within the combine.
“We knew that any time a participant comes again there’s an adjustment for not simply the participant that is been sitting out however for the opposite guys as effectively,” Musselman stated after the loss. “So you realize, I imply, not lots of groups are making that adjustment this late within the yr and clearly we’re.”
Ricky Council IV leads Arkansas with a 16.9 scoring common.
Council and Davonte Davis every scored 19 factors when the Razorbacks posted the wire-to-wire victory over the Aggies two weeks in the past. Henry Coleman III had 18 factors and matched his profession excessive of 15 rebounds for Texas A&M.
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