National Basketball Association
Texas A&M 69, Vanderbilt 58
When: 4:30 PM ET, Saturday, January 31, 2015
Where: Reed Arena, College Station, Texas
Officials:
# Kevin Fehr, # Rick Hartzell, # Joe Lindsay
Attendance:
12722
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Texas A&M 69, Vanderbilt 58: Alex Caruso scored 14 points and tied a season high with 10 assists while also contributing eight rebounds and four steals to lead the host Aggies past the Commodores in SEC play.
Jalen Jones recorded 15 points for Texas A&M (15-5, 6-2), which won its sixth straight game. Danuel House scored 13 points off the bench and Kourtney Roberson collected 11 rebounds for the Aggies, who were 7-for-12 from 3-point range.
Wade Baldwin IV scored a team-high 12 points as Vanderbilt (11-10, 1-7) lost its seventh straight game. Riley LaChance and James Siakam registered 11 points apiece and Luke Kornet added 10.
Vanderbilt hung around and received back-to-back 3-pointers from Baldwin to pull within 56-47 with nine minutes to play before Kornet’s shot from beyond the arc cut the deficit to seven with 7:37 left. A fast-break basket by Jones gave Texas A&M a 10-point lead with 1:34 remaining and the Commodores missed seven consecutive field-goal attempts until LaChance converted a layup with 15 seconds to go.
The Aggies scored the first 13 points, and a 3-pointer by Caruso pushed the lead to 28-12 with five minutes left in the first half. A 3-pointer by Davonte Fitzgerald with 14 seconds to go before intermission made it 39-23 before the Commodores started the second half with an 8-1 run to pull within nine points with 16:45 to play.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Caruso has recorded 10 assists three times this season. … Vanderbilt was 10-for-17 from the free-throw line and outrebounded 32-23. … House didn’t start due to being late for a team meeting.
Top Game Performances
Vanderbilt |
|
Texas A&M |
Wade Baldwin IV 12 |
Scoring |
Jalen Jones 15 |
Wade Baldwin IV 5 |
Assists |
Alex Caruso 10 |
Jeff Roberson 7 |
Rebounds |
Kourtney Roberson 11 |
James Siakam 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Jalen Jones 5 |
Riley LaChance 3 |
Steals |
Alex Caruso 4 |
Damian Jones 4 |
Blocks |
Kourtney Roberson 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Vanderbilt
|
58 |
42.0 |
6-16 |
10-17 |
17 |
18 |
6 |
10 |
16 |
Texas A&M
|
69 |
53.2 |
7-12 |
12-21 |
19 |
31 |
3 |
10 |
15 |