National Basketball Association
Texas A&M 85, Central Arkansas 59
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Where: Reed Arena, College Station, Texas
Officials:
# Mike Nance, # John Hampton, # Todd Austin
Attendance:
7674
By Field Level Media
Senior Quenton Jackson scored a career-high 31 points and Texas A&M broke away over the final 8 1/2 minutes to post an 85-59 victory over Central Arkansas on Wednesday night at College Station, Texas.
Marcus Williams matched season highs of 16 points and four steals and recorded a season-best eight assists for the Aggies (11-2), who won their fourth straight game. Andre Gordon added 12 points for Texas A&M.
Jackson shot 11 of 18 from the field and also collected seven rebounds for the Aggies, who completed the game with a 31-6 burst.
Camren Hunter registered 12 points and four blocked shots for Central Arkansas (2-10), which lost for the seventh time in eight games. Collin Cooper also scored 12 on four 3-pointers.
The Bears committed 23 turnovers, which Texas A&M converted into 34 points. The Aggies had just six giveaways.
Texas A&M made 50 percent of its field-goal attempts and was 8 of 20 (40 percent) from 3-point range.
Central Arkansas connected on 41.7 percent of its shots, including 12 of 27 (44.4 percent) from behind the arc.
Texas A&M held a 47-42 lead after Williams made a jumper with 12:53 left in the contest.
Central Arkansas scored 11 of the next 18 points to move within 54-53 on Jared Chatham's 3-pointer with 9:16 remaining.
However, Aaron Cash drove in for a thunderous dunk with 8:29 left for the Aggies to start runs of 9-0 and 23-2.
Williams followed with a steal and made a layup with 8:14 to play. Hassan Diarra knocked down a 3-pointer and Tyrece Radford scored on a dunk for a 10-point lead with 6:14 to play.
After Darious Hall dunked for the Bears, Texas A&M rattled off 14 more in a row. Jackson scored seven straight in one stretch, including a dunk with 3:59 left that allowed him to surpass his previous career best of 28 set against New Orleans last season.
Williams' fastbreak layup with 2:46 remaining capped the run and gave the Aggies a 77-55 advantage en route to capping the victory.
Radford's last-second dunk gave Texas A&M a 35-34 halftime lead.
The Aggies scored the first six points of the game before Central Arkansas ripped off an 18-0 surge. Hunter capped it with a 3-pointer to give the Bears a 12-point lead with 13:27 remaining in the half.
Central Arkansas led 26-13 after Hall's layup with 9:05 remaining before Texas A&M went on its own 18-0 burst. Jackson's fastbreak layup ended it and gave the Aggies a five-point lead with 4:05 left before intermission.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Central Arkansas |
|
Texas A&M |
Collin Cooper 12 |
Scoring |
Quenton Jackson 31 |
Collin Cooper 3 |
Assists |
Marcus Williams 8 |
Darious Hall 8 |
Rebounds |
Aaron Cash 8 |
Carmen Hunter 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Quenton Jackson 7 |
Jared Chatham 3 |
Steals |
Marcus Williams 4 |
Carmen Hunter 4 |
Blocks |
Henry Coleman III 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Central Arkansas
|
59 |
41.7 |
12-27 |
7-10 |
15 |
28 |
4 |
4 |
23 |
Texas A&M
|
85 |
50.0 |
8-20 |
13-25 |
17 |
34 |
2 |
12 |
6 |