MEMPHIS,Tenn (AP)– Kendric Davis had 23 points– consisting of a career-high 14 made complimentary tosses– and 9 helps, DeAndre Williams scored all his 15 points in the 2nd half and Memphis beat Texas A&M 83-79 Saturday night.
Davis shot simply 4 of 13 from the field however missed out on simply 2 of 16 from the free-throw line and included 3 takes. Johnathan Lawson made 3 of 3 from behind the arc and ended up with 10 points for Memphis (9-3).
The Tigers rebounded from a 91-88 loss atNo 4 Alabama on Tuesday to win for the seventh time in 8 video games.
Julius Marble scored inside to top an 8-1 spurt that offered Texas A&M a one-point lead– its very first because midway through the very first half– with 3:20 to play however the Aggies dedicated turnovers on their next 2 belongings and Williams scored 6 successive indicate offer Memphis a 74-69 lead with 2 minutes staying.
Davis made 7-of-8 complimentary tosses thereon to seal it for the Tigers.
Wade Taylor IV struck 4 3-pointers and connected his profession high with 25 points for Texas A&M (6-4). Marble included 16 points on 6-of-6 shooting, Manny Obaseki scored 14, and Henry Coleman III 12.
The Aggies made simply 9 of 27 (33%) from the field in the very first half however shot 81% from the free-throw line, where the outscored Memphis 13-7 prior to the break.
Taylor made a layup followed by a 3-pointer and included another 3 in a 12-3 run– throughout which Memphis went 4-plus minutes without a made basket– that pulled the Aggies within 3 when Obaseki tossed down a dunk to make it 53-50 with 13 minutes to play.
Tyrece Radford scored 8 points– on simply 1-of-13 shooting– however got a season-high 10 rebounds. The graduate transfer from Virginia Tech is the just active Division- I gamer that is 6-2 or much shorter with a minimum of 1,000 profession points (1,093) and 600 (608) profession rebounds.
Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu was fouled as he tossed down a dunk and made the and-1 complimentary toss that made it 18-all and stimulated 20-6 spurt that offered Memphis a 13-point lead with 5 minutes left in the very first half. The Tigers made 3 3-pointers– 2 by Johnathan Lawson and another by Davis– over a 72-second period in the middle of the spurt and Alex Lomax struck a jumper to make it 37-24.
Memphis holds a 5-4 benefit in the all-time series in between the schools with all however among the contests occurring prior to 1970.
Texas A&M set single-game season highs free of charge tosses made (27) and free-throw portion (81.8) on 33 efforts.
UP NEXT
Texas A&M begins a three-game house stand Tuesday when Wofford check outs College Station.
Memphis plays the second of successive house video games Wednesday versus Alabama State.
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