Add that to a Jordan Green block + coast-to-coast layup, and the Ags were up 16 and this one was over. ![]() The game was put to bed by a 10-2 run heading into the final media timeout, as three great team passing plays led to three wide open layups. To be fair, they missed a handful of easy looks (including one possession with four missed putbacks) but our defensive pressure was fantastic. It didn't matter where they were standing on the court, the shot was contested and ball wasn't going down. Arkansas couldn't figure out how to attack this defense (1-8 3PT / 5-12 FT / 7-26 FG) in the 2nd half, and they were turning the ball over at a rapid rate. The middle portion of the second half was the Texas A&M defense show, and it's where the game started to get out of hand. We went cold for a bit shortly after (mostly due to the pace again - we were simply playing too fast), but three consecutive Caruso assists (leading to a Fitz three, a Jones three, and a Roberson layup) finally allowed us to push the lead to double digits. A&M started with a beautiful designed play for a Caruso layup and immediately followed with a Jamal Jones three for a quick 5-0 run. Second HalfĮarlier this season, I was critical of the team's response coming out of the halftime break, so I need to give credit where credit is due. Neither team was really able to separate for the remainder of the half, and our Ags went into the break up 35-33. His stretch of 7 consecutive points led an 11-0 A&M run, but Arkansas finally started hitting some shots on the other end and responded with a 9-0 run of their own. The latter portion of the first half was best summed up by the aggression of Fabyon Harris (31 minutes 15 points / 2-3 3PT / 5-8 FG), who had perhaps his best game of the season. For the first time in a while, the team was fired up. The team showed some passion during a feisty stretch of play punctuated by Davonte Fitzgerald taking offense to a hard Arkansas foul, an careless Hog intentional foul on Fabyon Harris, and the Fox Sports mic picking up an "And F***ing One!" by Roberson after a lengthy battle down low. Same old story, right? Hot start followed by extended offensive ineptitude, right? Wrong. Unfortunately, the offense went stagnant (1-11 FG) after the opening 5-5 salvo, as A&M lost their identity trying to match the Arkansas pace. ![]() Kennedy was rewarded by his decision to go small, as the Ags' quick perimeter movement led to three wide open layups/dunks, a wide open Harris three, and an early 12-6 lead. A move surely designed to counter the Razorback attack, which came into this contest first or second in just about every SEC offensive category.įull starting lineup: Harris/Caruso/Green/Jones/Roberson First Half The Aggies went small, with Fabyon Harris replacing Antwan Space. ![]() Arkansas? Would the Aggies decide to hit a few outside shots? Could they slow down the high-flying Razorback offense? Let's find out. Melvin left A&M after that infamous season to become an associate head coach at Missouri (2004-2011) and Arkansas (2012-Current), and since that day his teams have yet to record a victory in College Station. The "he" is Melvin Watkins, former A&M Head Basketball Coach and patriarch of perhaps the worst basketball season in Texas A&M history. Ladies and gentlemen, he's in the building.
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