Rice scores career-high 25, Boise State tops Texas A&M 86-71

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Max Rice scored a career-high 25 factors, Marcus Shaver Jr. had 16 of his 20 factors within the second half and Boise State beat Texas A&M 86-71 on Saturday evening.

The Broncos (6-2) by no means trailed within the first assembly between the colleges, which got here within the Battleground 2k22 sequence at Dickies Area in Fort Value, about 175 miles from the Texas A&M campus.

Wade Taylor IV was one among 5 gamers in double figures for the Aggies with 16 factors.

Boise State went forward for good at 16-13 on freshman Sadraque NgaNga’s 3-pointer in a fast-paced opening six minutes. It was NgaNga’s solely shot of the sport.

Texas A&M (5-3) stayed inside putting distance within the second half earlier than a 7-1 Boise State run put the Broncos up 77-63 with 2:15 remaining. Rice scored the primary 5 factors within the run.

Texas Tech switch Chibuzo Agbo had his first double-double of the season for Boise with 13 factors and 11 rebounds.

Rice was 8 of 12 from the sector and three of 6 on 3-pointers, whereas Shaver was 3 of 4 from deep and made 11 of 12 free throws.

Boise State shot a season-best 44% from lengthy vary (11 of 25) to 24% for the Aggies (5 of 21).

After a dunk from Solomon Washington pulled Texas A&M inside six early within the second half, Shaver hit a 3-pointer. He had one other to revive a double-digit lead later within the second half.

Henry Coleman III scored 12 factors for the Aggies, Tyrece Radford had 11 and Washington and Dexter Dennis added 10 apiece.

Boise’s Naje Smith scored 11 factors and shared the group lead in assists at 4 with Shaver and Tyson Degenhart.

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