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FORT WORTH -- No. 22 Texas A&M and Texas Tech hadn't met before Sunday since the Aggies left the Big 12 in 2012. It turns out that A&M still has Tech's number.
Wade Taylor scored 19 points, Jace Carter added 16 and the Aggies (8-2) were able to ward off repeated Red Raider comeback attempts to win 72-67 before a heavily Tech-favoring crowd at Dickies Arena. Tech (7-2) shot 45% from the field and made 12 of 31 three-point attempts, but A&M forced 18 turnovers and pulled down 18 offensive rebounds to the Red Raiders' nine.
The Aggies jumped out to a 13-2 lead in the first five minutes, but Tech started clawing back on the back of KJ Overton, who hit four threes in his first five attempts. A&M was able to push their lead to as much as 11 behind the sharp shooting of an unlikely source: Carter, who came into the game averaging just 3.9 points a game and an anemic 2-18 from three-point range. He turned those stats on their head, hitting his first four shots, including three straight corner three-pointers, on his way to 13 first half points.
But Tech hit three three-pointers in the final 50 seconds of the half to cut A&M's halftime lead to 34-31. The Red Raiders quickly tied the game to start the second half with a three from Chance McMillan (23 points), then took their first lead with 18:22 remaining. Tech would push their lead to as much as five with just under 14 minutes to go before A&M found their footing.
The game would quickly flip in A&M's favor with an 9-0 run in just one minute, 14 seconds. Forward Henry Coleman (5 points, 5 rebounds) cut the Tech lead to 52-51 with 8:08 to go, then guard Zhuric Phelps (12 points) hit a three to put A&M back on top. While the ball was in the air, Overton closelined Carter and drew a flagrant foul, giving A&M two free throws and the ball. Carter made one of two free throws, then Coleman was fouled on the next possession and he made one of two shots.
The Aggies then forced another turnover, but Coleman's contested shot missed badly. Carter, however, grabbed the offensive rebound and laid it back in to put the Aggies up 58-52 with 6:55 to go in the game.
A&M built its lead back up to eight with just over five minutes left on a basket by Phelps, but Tech ripped off a 6-0 run in just a minute and 10 seconds to make it 60-58. Taylor took over from there, making a driving basket high off the glass to put the Aggies back up four; the All-SEC point guard then hit another jumper to put A&M up 64-58 with 2:32 remaining.
The Aggies would hold Tech scoreless for more than three minutes down the stretch, but McMillan broke that dry spell with a three with 50 seconds remaining. Taylor and Coleman then sunk four straight free throws to make it 68-61 with 14 seconds left, but Tech hit another quick three to extend the game. Solomon Washington (8 points) and Taylor hit another four free throws to finish A&M's scoring, but a three by McMillan in the final seconds kept the game interesting until the end.
Notes
Aggie forward Andersson Garcia fouled out of the game with 9.58 remaining, scoring no points and only grabbing three rebounds.
Washington had nine rebounds for A&M, including six offensive boards, and hit a pair of three-pointers in the second half to help the Aggies' cut into Tech's lead.
The Aggies' bench outscored Tech's 28-19, behind Carter's 16 and six points each from forward Pharrel Payne and guard Manny Obaseki.
A&M had 16 more shot attempts than Tech, 67-51. A&M shot 37.3% from the field and 37.5% from three-point distance.
