Texas A&M is 16-2 and in the top 10 for the first time since 2008, but the way the Aggies carry themselves you’d think Billy Kennedy has brought them here before.
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Texas A&M hosts LSU, which is gaining momentum after an up-and-down nonconference run, tonight at Reed Arena.
Jalen Jones scored 20 points and Davis tied a season-high with 18 to lead No. 10 Texas A&M to a 71-57 victory over LSU, extending the Aggies’ winning streak to nine games.
Flawless execution was but a dream when LSU’s guards consistently took bad angles trying to feed passes to the post, resulting in a nice chunk of the Tigers’ 19 turnovers vs. A&M that sailed untouched out-of-bounds. The Aggies took advantage from there led by Jalen Jones 20 points.
Tim Quarterman led LSU (11-7, 4-2 SEC) with 12 points.
In each of LSU’s past two games, the Tigers have overcome late second-half deficits.
The LSU basketball team heads back on the road after a successful home stand last week, in which the Tigers (11-6, 4-1) picked up a pair of comeback victories over the Ole Miss Rebels and Arkansas Razorbacks.
So when Victor spends the majority of the game in foul trouble, as he did against A&M when he had just 10 points and 2 rebounds in a mere 23 minutes, LSU is in trouble unless outside shots start dropping and all hands on deck are playing well. He finished with 10 points and four rebounds. During the Tigers’ comeback victory over Arkansas last Saturday, they erased a five-point deficit with 6:27 remaining by finishing the game on a 16-9 run.
Jones averages 17.2 points and 7.0 rebounds, while House gets 15.9 points and 4.8 rebounds.
At the start of the Southeastern Conference schedule 2½ weeks ago, the LSU men’s basketball team faced a six-game stretch in which it played the top three teams in the league’s preseason poll.
“He’s grown up some, but he came in here pretty good, ” Kennedy said. His selections are Texas A&M as a No. 3 seed, Kentucky as a No. 5 seed, SC as a No. 7 seed, and Florida as a No. 10 seed. Texas A&M mounted a mild rally late to take a 38-34 halftime lead. They know he has no confidence in his outside shot, even a mid-range jumper.
Guard Admon Gilder came off the bench to add 13 points for A&M. Totals 28-58 9-15 71. He had 10 points in the first half, including a dunk midway through the first period to put LSU up by five.
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Quarterman was 5-of-10 from the field and Antonio Blakeney was 3-of-6, but the rest of the team was 14-of-43. “But the second half, we were shooting the ball a little early and not allowing ourselves to get into the clock to force their defense to have to work. He had to play cautious with four fouls, and that’s not a good recipe for us”.
