Reese scores 20, leads South Carolina over Texas A&M 74-63
Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 1/29/2022 FROM SPORTS INFORMATION POSTED BY GCF STAFFHTML clipboard COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) – James Reese V scored 20 points to lead four in double figures and South Carolina pulled away about midway through the second half to beat Texas A&M 74-63 on Saturday night.
South Carolina (13-7, 4-4 Southeastern Conference) has won three straight while Texas A&M (15-6, 4-4) has lost four consecutive games since ending an eight-game win streak.
Jermaine Couisnard and Erik Stevenson added 13 points apiece for the Gamecocks. Keyshawn Bryant had 12 points.
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Game Recap: Men's Basketball |
Reese scores 20, leads South Carolina over Texas A&M 74-63
COLLEGE
STATION, Texas (AP) – James
Reese V scored 20 points to lead four in double
figures and South Carolina pulled away about midway through the second half
to beat Texas A&M 74-63 on Saturday night.
South
Carolina (13-7, 4-4 Southeastern Conference) has won three straight while
Texas A&M (15-6, 4-4) has lost four consecutive games since ending an
eight-game win streak.
Jermaine Couisnard and Erik
Stevenson added 13 points apiece for the Gamecocks. Keyshawn
Bryant had 12 points.
The
Gamecocks used a 19-2 run for a 59-47 lead with 6:12 remaining. Couisnard
made consecutive 3s and Stevenson scored five points during the stretch. The
Aggies then pulled within six points three times but didn't get closer.
Andre Gordon
scored 14 points to lead the Aggies, which shot 34% (22 of 64) and missed 20
of their 25 3-point attempts. Henry Coleman III had 15 rebounds to go with
10 points. Quenton Jackson added 12 points.
Texas A&M
had a Reed Arena-record 14,036 fans during its last home game, a 64-58 loss
against 12th-ranked Kentucky, and had nearly 13,000 in attendance against
the Gamecocks.
South
Carolina plays at Mississippi State on Tuesday. Texas A&M is on the road
against No. 18 Tennessee on Tuesday.
KEY STATS
> James
Reese V led the Gamecocks in scoring with 20 points.
Saturday night's performance marks the fifth time in the Gamecocks' last
seven games that Reese V has scored 10 or more points.
> The Gamecocks went on a 17-1 run from 13:48 to the 9:13 mark of the second
half to take the lead. After gaining the lead with 12:31 remaining, Carolina
didn't surrender the lead.
> The Gamecocks perimeter defense limited the Aggies to just 20 percent
(5-for-25) from beyond the arc.
> Despite losing the offensive rebounding battle, the Gamecocks scored 20
second chance points off of 13 offensive rebounds compared to the Aggies' 12
second chance points off of 20 offensive rebounds.
NOTABLES
> James
Reese V's 20 points sets a new season high and is the
first time he has score 20 points or more in a Gamecock uniform.
> The Gamecocks had four players score in double figures. It's the first
time since Dec. 22 (vs. Army) that Carolina has had four players score 10 or
more points.
> Texas A&M's Henry Coleman III earned a double-double (10 points, 15
rebounds). It is the first time since Jan. 11 that the Gamecocks have
allowed a double-double.
UP NEXT
> South Carolina will head to Mississippi State (Feb. 1) on Monday from
College Station for a 7 p.m. matchup on Tuesday night at The Hump. Kevin
Fitzgerald (pxp) and Jimmy Dykes (color) will be on the call remotely for
the ESPNU broadcast.