National Basketball Association
Texas A&M 62, South Carolina 52
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 21, 2015
Where: Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, South Carolina
Officials:
# Marc Ellard, # Tony Greene, # Jeff Smith
Attendance:
12390
By SportsDirect Inc.
Texas A&M 62, South Carolina 52: Danuel House hit a career-high seven 3-pointers en route to matching a personal-best 25 points as the visiting Aggies led from start to finish against the Gamecocks.
Jalen Jones added 12 points and eight rebounds for Texas A&M (19-7, 10-4 SEC), which has won 10 of its last 12 games. Kourtney Roberson tallied eight points and 10 rebounds while Alex Caruso handed out a game-high eight assists for the Aggies, who finished 10-of-21 from 3-point range.
Michael Carrera led the way with 17 points to go along with nine rebounds for South Carolina (13-13, 4-10), which couldn't survive 27.1 percent shooting. Duane Notice collected 13 points and five assists while Laimonas Chatkevicius corralled 11 rebounds for the Gamecocks.
House scored eight points as Texas A&M sped out to a 12-2 lead after South Carolina missed 10 of its first 11 shots from the floor. Caruso, Peyton Allen and Jordan Green each connected from beyond the arc as part of a 9-2 run to put the Aggies in front 26-15 and they buried eight 3-pointers - including five by House - in the first half to take a 34-21 lead into the break.
Notice drained a 3-pointer to pull the Gamecocks within 41-36 before House replied with a triple of his own to push the margin back to eight with just under nine minutes remaining. House continued to have the hot hand from downtown as he nailed his seventh 3-pointer to put Texas A&M on top 50-42 and Roberson scored at the rim to restore the Aggies' double-digit cushion as they won for the fifth time in their last six road games.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Texas A&M has given up 62 points or less in its last eight victories. … House has scored 20 or more points in six games this season. … South Carolina G Tyrone Johnson was limited to two points on 1-of-12 shooting after scoring 17 in Tuesday's win over Georgia.
Top Game Performances
Texas A&M |
|
South Carolina |
Danuel House 25 |
Scoring |
Michael Carrera 17 |
Alex Caruso 8 |
Assists |
Duane Notice 5 |
Kourtney Roberson 10 |
Rebounds |
Laimonas Chatkevicius 11 |
Jalen Jones 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Michael Carrera 6 |
Jalen Jones 2 |
Steals |
Duane Notice 3 |
Danuel House 2 |
Blocks |
Mindaugas Kacinas 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Texas A&M
|
62 |
39.5 |
10-21 |
18-25 |
12 |
34 |
5 |
5 |
14 |
South Carolina
|
52 |
27.1 |
7-26 |
13-18 |
12 |
34 |
3 |
6 |
11 |