National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas A&M 104, South Carolina Upstate 64
When: 9:30 PM ET, Friday, November 13, 2015
Where: Reed Arena, College Station, Texas
Officials: # Lee Cassell, # Kevin Fehr, # Bart Lenox
Attendance: 6552

Texas A&M rode 66.7 percent shooting to its lopsided 104-64 home victory South Carolina Upstate on Friday.

Billy Kennedy's squad make 13 of 24 from shots from behind the three-point arc. That sizzling shooting display allowed the Aggies to expand its slim 9-8 lead with 15:17 left in the first half into 52-32 halftime advantage over the Spartans.

Texas A&M, an SEC team, enjoyed a distinct size advantage at nearly every position over USC Upstate, an Atlantic Sun team. The Aggies started its version of Twin Towers in Tonny Trocha-Morelos, a 6-foot-10 native of Colombia, and Tyler Davis, 6-10, 275-pound prize freshman from Plano, Texas.

The Spartans' tallest starters were 6-6 senior Marvin Smith and 6-6 sophomore Jacob Schulte.

Not surprisingly, the Aggies hammered the Spartans on both backboards (46-29) in the 40-point win.

Six different Aggies scored in double figures in the lopsided opening win -- led by 6-7 freshman sharpshooter D.J. Hogg, a former Plano West High School teammate of the aforementioned Davis, who scored 20 points off the bench.

Davis and 6-3 freshman guard Admon Gilder tallied 16 points apiece, while 6-7 senior forward Danuel House (15 points), Trocha-Morelos (12 points) and 6-9 freshman power forward Elijah Thomas (11 points) also finished in double digits for the Aggies, who will next host Southeastern Louisiana on Monday.
Top Game Performances
 
South Carolina Upstate   Texas A&M
Josh Cuthbertson 15 Scoring DJ Hogg 20
Josh Cuthbertson 4 Assists Anthony Collins 8
Josh Cuthbertson 7 Rebounds Tyler Davis 7
Mike Cunningham 4 Free Throws Made Tyler Davis 6
Mike Cunningham 1 Steals Alex Caruso 1
Michael Buchanan 2 Blocks Elijah Thomas 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
South Carolina Upstate 64 32.8 7-23 13-23 12 26 2 7 13
Texas A&M 104 66.7 13-24 15-27 32 42 5 5 18