Northern Kentucky Norse vs Texas A&M Aggies Match Player Stats On Dec 19, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Dec 19, 2017

Duane Wilson scored 16 points, and Tyler Davis added 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 9 Texas A&M to a 64-58 victory over Northern Kentucky on Tuesday night at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas.

Texas A&M led just 61-58 after Northern Kentucky's Jordan Garnett made a 3-pointer with 21 seconds remaining. Wilson hit a free throw with 16 seconds to play before the Aggies' J.J. Caldwell sank two foul shots with four seconds left to ice the game.

Texas A&M led by as many as nine points and never trailed after the game's opening basket.

Savion Flagg added 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Aggies (10-1). Texas A&M played for the first time this season without Admon Gilder, who is sidelined due to a knee injury.

Texas A&M outrebounded Northern Kentucky 48-39 and won despite making just 2 of 20 3-point shots. The Norse made 7 of 28 shots from beyond the arc.

Drew McDonald led the Norse (7-5) with 16 points, Garnett added 15 and Lavone Holland scored 12. Northern Kentucky ended just 5 of 12 from free-throw line, a key stat in a game decided by six points.

Texas A&M led 29-23 at the half behind seven points from Wilson and six each from Davis and Tonny Trocha-Morelos, but the Aggies shot just one free throw in the first half.

McDonald led the Norse with nine points at intermission.

Northern Kentucky hit just 1 of 15 shots from behind the arc and shot just 32.4 percent overall in the half.

NOTES: Texas A&M faced a team that was in the 2017 NCAA Tournament for the fifth time this season. ... Northern Kentucky entered the game leading the nation in 2-point field-goal percentage (.623). The Norse shot just 45.7 percent from inside the arc on Tuesday. ... Texas A&M sophomore Robert Williams and freshman Isiah Jasey each missed a second consecutive game after bumping heads in practice prior to the Savannah State game. According to Aggies coach Billy Kennedy, the two 6-foot-10 towers are being evaluated on a day-to-day basis. ... The meeting was the first ever between the schools, and it was the final of six first-time opponents this year for Northern Kentucky. The Norse went 2-4 in those games, defeating Iona and James Madison but falling to Memphis, Vermont, UMBC and Texas A&M.