National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas A&M 67, Missouri 64
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, February 8, 2025
Where: Mizzou Arena, Columbia, Missouri
Officials: # Pat Adams, # Vladimir Voyard-Tadal, # Todd Austin
Attendance: 15061

Wade Taylor IV's 3-point jumper with 2.1 seconds left lifted No. 10 Texas A&M past No. 15 Missouri 67-64 Saturday in Southeastern Conference play in Columbia, Mo.

Pharrel Payne led the Aggies (18-5, 7-3 SEC) with 20 points. Taylor scored 15, Zhuric Phelps added 14 and Henry Coleman III pulled down 16 rebounds.

Tamar Bates scored 16 points for the Tigers (17-6, 6-4), whose 15-game home winning streak ended. Jacob Crews scored 14 points off the bench for Missouri and Mark Mitchell added 12.

The tenacious Aggies held the Tigers to 5-for-21 3-point shooting and blocked six shots.

Texas A&M bolted to a 12-0 lead by pressuring Missouri into turnovers and missed perimeter shots. Phelps led that surge by scoring twice at the rim.

Bates stopped that Aggies run with a 3-point jumper and a fast break layup, but Texas A&M pushed its lead to 18-7.

Crews hit three straight 3-point jumpers to stabilize the Tigers. then Mitchell scored twice inside to tie the game 20.

The Aggies responded with a 12-2 run, with Coleman creating second-chance points with offensive rebounds.

Missouri cut its deficit to seven points late in the first half, but Payne's dunk off an inbounds play put Texas A&M up 38-29 at halftime.

The Aggies outrebounded the Tigers 19-12 in the first 20 minutes and outscored them 24-8 in the paint.

After Texas A&M extended its lead to 11 points, Missouri cut that lead to 44-41 with Tony Perkins and Mitchell attacking the basket.

Taylor hit a 3-point jumper off Andersson Garcia's offensive rebound to extend the Aggies' lead back to eight, but the Tigers surged ahead 53-49 with an 10-0 run fueled by fast-break dunks by Bates and Caleb Grill.

Taylor scored in the lane to put the Aggies up 61-60 with 3:06 left. Bates put Tigers up 64-63 with an alley-oop transition basket with 53 seconds left, but Taylor's late 3-pointer decided the game.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Texas A&M   Missouri
Pharrel Payne 20 Scoring Tamar Bates 16
Andersson Garcia 3 Assists Marques Warrick 4
Henry Coleman III 16 Rebounds Marcus Allen 6
Pharrel Payne 6 Free Throws Made Tamar Bates 4
Zhuric Phelps 2 Steals Jacob Crews 2
Pharrel Payne 2 Blocks Mark Mitchell 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Texas A&M 67 45.3 5-19 14-23 8 31 6 7 13
Missouri 64 39.6 5-21 17-20 10 29 4 10 14