Texas A&M Downed by Arkansas, Suffers Second Conference Loss

Junior ahead Henry Coleman III was a nightmare for Arkansas Tuesday evening.

Taking part in in all however 5 minutes of recreation time for Texas A&M, Coleman stuffed the stat sheet, scoring 18 factors, together with 80 p.c from the free throw line, 4 steals and 15 rebounds. Regardless of his all-around evening, Arkansas had the Aggies’ quantity, incomes an 81-70 win at residence.

From the get go, the Aggies have been enjoying from behind. Arkansas junior guard duo Davonte Davis and Ricky Council IV led the best way for the Razorbacks, each ending with 19 factors. However that wasn’t all. Substitutions proved key for Arkansas, who scored 17 factors off the bench — one thing the Aggies have been fully unable to match.

Taking an eight level halftime lead, Arkansas confirmed its means to attain and defend, amassing 13 blocked photographs by the top of the sport.

The lead solely continued to balloon for the Razorbacks within the second half, who constructed off of their guards and freshman Anthony Black’s team-high eight assists. However with 7:38 to play, the Aggies started a 15-4 run to carry the lead inside 4 factors with below 4 minutes to play behind Coleman and sophomore guard Wade Taylor IV.

From that time on nonetheless, 9 of Arkansas’ final 13 factors got here from free throws — the Razorbacks drawing fouls to increase their lead.

Regardless of two desperation 3s made by Taylor to attempt to reduce the lead down late, Texas A&M couldn’t fairly recover from the hump, and a ultimate dunk on the buzzer by Davis put the sport away because the Razorbacks handed the Aggies their second convention loss.

The following recreation for the Aggies comes on Saturday, the place A&M will return to Reed Area for a two-game residence stand in opposition to Georgia and Auburn. There, the Aggies look to earn their eighth and ninth SEC victories to place them again on monitor in convention play. Tipoff in opposition to Georgia will probably be at 7:30 p.m.

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