Nov 27, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Texas A&M Aggies guard Wade Taylor IV (4) dribbles in opposition to Creighton Bluejays guard Pop Isaacs (2) throughout the first half at MGM Grand Backyard Area. Necessary Credit score: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Photographs Anticipate loads of fouls and battles within the paint when No. 20 Texas A&M squares off with Wake Forest on Tuesday in an SEC-ACC Problem conflict in School Station, Texas.
The Aggies (6-2) headed residence after an 81-77 victory over Rutgers within the fifth-place recreation of the Gamers Period Competition in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Wade Taylor IV paced Texas A&M with a season-high 24 factors (16 within the second half), with Solomon Washington, Henry Coleman III and Manny Obaseki including 11 factors every.
Down 77-76 late in a recreation that featured 10 lead modifications and 7 ties, Washington grabbed a rebound and fed Obaseki for a fastbreak dunk with 2:12 to play, and the Aggies had the lead for good. Taylor added a pair of late free throws and Washington blocked a Rutgers’ shot with 9 seconds left within the Aggies’ second straight win.
Texas A&M misplaced to Oregon within the opening spherical of the match earlier than beating then-No. 21 Creighton and Rutgers, every by 4 factors.
“I believe that our response to adversity (in opposition to Oregon) was actually poor contemplating our expertise and our maturity, and I believe the response from Tuesday going into Wednesday was excellent,” Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams mentioned.
“(Towards Rutgers) at halftime, I assumed there have been some issues we might have been higher at. However our maturity and our expertise collectively the final 8-to-10 minutes was most likely the swing vote for us.”
Texas A&M beat Rutgers regardless of going 2 for 15 from past the arc and being outrebounded 42-35. The Aggies had simply 12 offensive boards.
“This was the worst we have been on the glass offensively and the worst we have been on the glass defensively, and that is a credit score to Rutgers,” Williams mentioned. “However a portion of that’s we weren’t simply superb within the zone to complete the possession.”
The Demon Deacons are coming off a 57-51 victory over Minnesota on Friday within the third-place recreation of the ESPN Occasions Invitational in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Tre’Von Spillers scored 18 factors and grabbed 16 rebounds, whereas Cameron Hildreth added 13 factors for Wake Forest (7-2). Hildreth made a driving reverse layup with 14 seconds left to develop the result in 5 factors.
Efton Reid III hit for 10 factors and eight rebounds because the Demon Deacons responded properly after a 75-58 loss to No. 18 Florida to open the match. Wake Forest held Minnesota scoreless over the ultimate 2:34.
“We did a extremely good job defensively down the stretch,” Wake Forest coach Steve Forbes mentioned. “We had 4 stops in a row to finish the sport — I imagine 4 out of the final 5 possessions. We executed what we ran on offense. We did not make the entire performs we referred to as, however we had attractiveness.
“On the offensive glass, we did a superb job and acquired additional pictures out of that once we weren’t making pictures. We switched up positioning a bit bit at the moment, and it actually helped our rebounding.”
Anticipate a bounce-back efficiency from Wake Forest’s Hunter Sallis. He entered the Minnesota recreation averaging 18.4 factors per recreation, however scored simply 4 factors on 1-of-11 capturing from the ground, together with misses on all 5 of his 3-point makes an attempt.
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