Mississippi State Bulldogs vs Texas A&M Aggies Match Player Stats On Mar 05, 2022

Quenton Jackson scored 18 points, and Henry Coleman III and Andre Gordon each sank two clutch foul shots down the stretch as host Texas A&M held off Mississippi State 67-64 in an SEC game Saturday in College Station, Texas.

Coleman scored 12 points, Tyrece Radford had 11 and Wade Taylor IV scored 10 for Texas A&M (20-11, 9-9 SEC), which nearly squandered a 15-point second-half lead. The Aggies have won four straight games.

Tolu Smith scored 18 points, Iverson Molinar had 15 and Andersson Garcia 14 for Mississippi State (17-14, 8-10).

Coleman made two foul shots with 26 seconds left for a 65-60 A&M lead. Smith, who shot 8-for-8 from the floor, then scored on a driving layup to cut the deficit to three. After Gordon made two free throws with 14 seconds to go, Molinar scored on a short jumper to cut the lead to 67-64 with 8 seconds left.

The Aggies then ran out the clock.

Mississippi State curiously didn't attempt any 3-pointers in the waning seconds and went only 1-for-4 during the game. The Bulldogs were 1-for-33 from beyond the arc in their three previous games.

The Aggies began the second half with an 8-2 run for a 41-24 lead with 16:20 to go. A&M's lead grew to 19, its biggest of the night, when Taylor made two foul shots with 14:19 left for a 44-25 advantage.

But the Bulldogs responded with an 8-0 run, capped by Garcia's putback, trimming the lead to 44-33 with 11:55 left.

The Aggies eventually built their lead to 56-41 on a three by Taylor with 7:51 left.

But a 9-0 run capped by two free throws by Smith with 4:51 to go cut MSU's deficit to 56-50. Taylor then found Coleman in the paint for a basket, briefly extending the lead back to eight.

After Jackson made one of two foul shots with 1:43 to go for a 61-56 lead, Molinar scored on a jumper in the lane to cut MSU's deficit to 61-58 with 1:28 left.

Radford scored on a driving lefty layup for A&M. However, Molinar responded by feeding Smith for a dunk to cut the lead to 63-60, setting up the final 30 seconds.

--Field Level Media