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Texas A&M tops Missouri 69-60 for fifth straight victory

AP
Feb 18, 2023

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Wade Taylor IV scored 21 points, Dexter Dennis added a double-double and Texas A&M beat Missouri 69-60 on Saturday for its fifth straight victory.

Taylor made 4 of 7 shots with three 3-pointers for the Aggies (20-7, 12-2), who are off to their best start in Southeastern Conference play since becoming a member in 2012. Taylor was also 10 for 10 at the free-throw line. Dennis hit three 3-pointers, scoring 17 points and grabbing 10 rebounds, while Tyrece Radford pitched in with 12 points.

Kobe Brown finished with 24 points to pace the Tigers (19-8, 7-7), who have lost two straight and saw a three-game win streak at home end. Brown hit 8 of 13 shots, including 5 of 7 from beyond the arc. D'Moi Hodge added 12 points and six steals.

Texas A&M scored the first five points, but Missouri, which missed eight of its first nine shots, battled back to grab an 11-9 lead on a 3-pointer by Hodge with 13:07 remaining. Taylor made two free throws to tie the game. Dennis followed with a 3-pointer and a jumper to give the Aggies a 16-11 lead at the 9:17 mark. They never trailed again.

Dennis and Taylor both had 14 points by halftime as the Aggies upped their lead to 39-25. Texas A&M made half of its 26 shots, while the Tigers hit only 9 of 30. The Aggies, who lead the nation in free throws made and attempted, sank all eight of their first-half attempts.

Taylor hit a 3-pointer to give the Aggies a 44-27 lead with 18:47 left to play. Brown answered with a 3-pointer for Missouri and a layup by Sean East II capped a 26-17 run as the Tigers closed to within 61-53 at the 7:04 mark. Radford followed with a layup, Taylor hit two free throws and the Aggies pushed their lead back to double digits and cruised to the finish.

Aggies coach Buzz Williams improved to 5-2 against Missouri with a 3-0 record on the Tigers' home floor. Texas A&M leads the all-time series 24-20 after sweeping the Tigers this season. The Aggies beat then-No. 10 Missouri 82-64 in November.

UP NEXT

Texas A&M: The Aggies host No. 10 Tennessee on Tuesday.

Missouri: The Tigers host Mississippi State on Tuesday.

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1st Half
TXAM
Aggies
39
MIZZ
Tigers
25

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Tigers gains possession)
19:41		Nick Honor misses three point jump shot
19:39		Julius Marble defensive rebound
19:16		Julius Marble misses two point jump shot
19:14		Dexter Dennis offensive rebound
19:12	+2	Dexter Dennis makes two point layup	2-0
18:59		DeAndre Gholston misses two point jump shot
18:57		Dexter Dennis defensive rebound
18:49	+3	Tyrece Radford makes three point jump shot (Wade Taylor IV assists)	5-0
18:27		D'Moi Hodge misses three point jump shot
18:25		Dexter Dennis defensive rebound
18:11		Tyrece Radford misses three point jump shot
18:09		Kobe Brown defensive rebound
18:06		Noah Carter misses three point jump shot
18:04		Dexter Dennis defensive rebound
17:53		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
17:51		Julius Marble offensive rebound
17:32		Wade Taylor IV turnover (D'Moi Hodge steals)
17:15		Julius Marble shooting foul
17:15		Kobe Brown misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:15	+1	Kobe Brown makes regular free throw 2 of 2	5-1
17:15		Aggies turnover
17:10		Noah Carter misses two point layup
17:08		Noah Carter offensive rebound
17:05	+2	Noah Carter makes two point layup	5-3
16:40		Dexter Dennis turnover (Nick Honor steals)
16:37		Nick Honor misses three point jump shot
16:35		Tyrece Radford defensive rebound
16:21		Tyrece Radford offensive foul
16:21		Tyrece Radford turnover (offensive foul)
16:08		Noah Carter misses three point jump shot
16:06		Wade Taylor IV defensive rebound
16:01		Wade Taylor IV turnover (D'Moi Hodge steals)
15:55		DeAndre Gholston misses two point layup
15:53		Julius Marble defensive rebound
15:47	+2	Henry Coleman III makes two point layup (Tyrece Radford assists)	7-3
15:17		Wade Taylor IV shooting foul
15:17		TV timeout
15:17	+1	Kobe Brown makes regular free throw 1 of 2	7-4
15:17	+1	Kobe Brown makes regular free throw 2 of 2	7-5
14:54		Henry Coleman III turnover (Kobe Brown steals)
14:30	+3	Kobe Brown makes three point jump shot (DeAndre Gholston assists)	7-8
13:48		Aggies turnover
13:40		Noah Carter misses two point jump shot
13:38		Henry Coleman III defensive rebound
13:19	+2	Wade Taylor IV makes two point jump shot	9-8
13:04	+3	D'Moi Hodge makes three point jump shot (Noah Carter assists)	9-11
12:43		Sean East II shooting foul
12:43	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 1 of 2	10-11
12:43	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 2 of 2	11-11
12:15		Kobe Brown misses two point layup
12:15		Tigers offensive rebound
12:15		Tigers turnover
11:53		Andersson Garcia misses two point jump shot
11:51		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
11:50		Andersson Garcia turnover (Kobe Brown steals)
11:47		Kobe Brown misses two point layup
11:45		Mohamed Diarra offensive rebound
11:43		Sean East II misses three point jump shot
11:41		Dexter Dennis defensive rebound
11:25		Mohamed Diarra personal foul
11:25		TV timeout
11:10		Andre Gordon misses two point jump shot
11:08		Mohamed Diarra defensive rebound
10:49		Kobe Brown misses two point layup
10:47		Andre Gordon defensive rebound
10:39	+3	Dexter Dennis makes three point jump shot (Andre Gordon assists)	14-11
10:09		Tigers turnover
9:53		Hayden Hefner misses three point jump shot
9:51		Kobe Brown defensive rebound
9:46		Mohamed Diarra misses two point layup
9:44		Julius Marble defensive rebound
9:36		Mohamed Diarra personal foul
9:28		Dexter Dennis misses three point jump shot
9:26		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
9:25		Andersson Garcia turnover (D'Moi Hodge steals)
9:21		D'Moi Hodge misses two point dunk
9:19		Julius Marble defensive rebound
9:16	+2	Dexter Dennis makes two point jump shot (Wade Taylor IV assists)	16-11
8:59		Tre Gomillion turnover
8:57		Hayden Hefner turnover
8:38		Tigers turnover
8:38		Sean East II personal foul
8:21		Hayden Hefner turnover (D'Moi Hodge steals)
8:01	+2	Sean East II makes two point jump shot	16-13
7:59		Wade Taylor IV turnover
7:59		TV timeout
7:49		Sean East II misses two point jump shot
7:47		Tyrece Radford defensive rebound
7:27	+2	Julius Marble makes two point jump shot	18-13
7:04	+3	DeAndre Gholston makes three point jump shot	18-16
6:44		Tyrece Radford misses three point jump shot
6:42		Aggies offensive rebound
6:38		Wade Taylor IV turnover (Sean East II steals)
6:23		Dexter Dennis blocks Sean East II's two point dunk
6:21		Tyrece Radford defensive rebound
6:11	+2	Dexter Dennis makes two point layup	20-16
6:04	+3	D'Moi Hodge makes three point jump shot (DeAndre Gholston assists)	20-19
5:46		DeAndre Gholston shooting foul
5:46	+1	Henry Coleman III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-19
5:46	+1	Henry Coleman III makes regular free throw 2 of 2	22-19
5:29		DeAndre Gholston turnover (Wade Taylor IV steals)
5:29	+2	Dexter Dennis makes two point layup (Wade Taylor IV assists)	24-19
5:07		Aidan Shaw misses three point jump shot
5:05		Henry Coleman III defensive rebound
4:56		Wade Taylor IV misses two point jump shot
4:54		DeAndre Gholston defensive rebound
4:44	+2	DeAndre Gholston makes two point dunk	24-21
4:34	+3	Wade Taylor IV makes three point jump shot	27-21
4:29		TV timeout
4:08		Nick Honor misses three point jump shot
4:06		Wade Taylor IV defensive rebound
4:01		Aidan Shaw shooting foul
4:01	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-21
4:01	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 2 of 2	29-21
3:43		Aidan Shaw offensive foul
3:43		Aidan Shaw turnover (offensive foul)
3:20		Mohamed Diarra blocks Andersson Garcia's two point layup
3:18		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
3:18		Mohamed Diarra blocks Andersson Garcia's two point layup
3:18		Andre Gordon offensive rebound
3:18		D'Moi Hodge shooting foul
3:18	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 1 of 2	30-21
3:18	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-21
2:48		DeAndre Gholston misses two point jump shot
2:46		Kobe Brown offensive rebound
2:35	+2	Kobe Brown makes two point dunk	31-23
2:25	+3	Dexter Dennis makes three point jump shot (Tyrece Radford assists)	34-23
2:15		Nick Honor turnover
1:52		Dexter Dennis misses three point jump shot
1:50		Kobe Brown defensive rebound
1:42		D'Moi Hodge misses three point jump shot
1:40		Dexter Dennis defensive rebound
1:20		Tyrece Radford misses three point jump shot
1:18		Wade Taylor IV offensive rebound
0:59	+2	Tyrece Radford makes two point jump shot	36-23
0:56		Tigers 30 second timeout
0:32	+2	Kobe Brown makes two point layup (Nick Honor assists)	36-25
0:03	+3	Wade Taylor IV makes three point jump shot (Dexter Dennis assists)	39-25
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
TXAM
Aggies
30
MIZZ
Tigers
35

Time		Play	Score
19:46		Julius Marble misses two point jump shot
19:44		Henry Coleman III offensive rebound
19:32	+2	Henry Coleman III makes two point layup	41-25
19:18	+2	D'Moi Hodge makes two point layup (Noah Carter assists)	41-27
19:18		Tyrece Radford shooting foul
19:17		D'Moi Hodge misses regular free throw 1 of 1
19:17		Julius Marble defensive rebound
18:49	+3	Wade Taylor IV makes three point jump shot	44-27
18:24	+3	Kobe Brown makes three point jump shot (Noah Carter assists)	44-30
17:56		Julius Marble misses two point layup
17:54		Julius Marble offensive rebound
17:49		Noah Carter shooting foul
17:49	+1	Henry Coleman III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	45-30
17:49		Henry Coleman III misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:49		Kobe Brown defensive rebound
17:42		Kobe Brown misses three point jump shot
17:40		Dexter Dennis defensive rebound
17:30		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
17:28		D'Moi Hodge defensive rebound
17:25		Dexter Dennis shooting foul
17:25	+1	Noah Carter makes regular free throw 1 of 2	45-31
17:25	+1	Noah Carter makes regular free throw 2 of 2	45-32
17:09		Tyrece Radford misses three point jump shot
17:07		Aggies offensive rebound
16:57		Julius Marble misses two point jump shot
16:55		Noah Carter defensive rebound
16:55		Tyrece Radford personal foul
16:36		Mohamed Diarra turnover
16:16		Andre Gordon misses three point jump shot
16:14		Mohamed Diarra defensive rebound
16:04		DeAndre Gholston misses two point layup
16:04		Mohamed Diarra offensive rebound
16:04	+2	Mohamed Diarra makes two point layup	45-34
16:04		Dexter Dennis shooting foul
16:04	+1	Mohamed Diarra makes regular free throw 1 of 1	45-35
15:50		Julius Marble offensive foul
15:50		Julius Marble turnover (offensive foul)
15:50		TV timeout
15:22		D'Moi Hodge misses three point jump shot
15:20		Aggies defensive rebound
14:51	+2	Julius Marble makes two point dunk (Wade Taylor IV assists)	47-35
14:51		Nick Honor shooting foul
14:51	+1	Julius Marble makes regular free throw 1 of 1	48-35
14:32		Sean East II turnover (Dexter Dennis steals)
14:21	+3	Dexter Dennis makes three point jump shot (Andersson Garcia assists)	51-35
14:16		Tigers 30 second timeout
14:16		TV timeout
13:48		Sean East II misses three point jump shot
13:46		Dexter Dennis defensive rebound
13:16	+2	Julius Marble makes two point layup (Dexter Dennis assists)	53-35
12:57	+3	Kobe Brown makes three point jump shot (Mohamed Diarra assists)	53-38
12:50		Mohamed Diarra blocks Julius Marble's two point jump shot
12:48		Andre Gordon offensive rebound
12:26		Dexter Dennis misses two point jump shot
12:24		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
12:16		Kobe Brown personal foul
12:07		Tyrece Radford misses two point jump shot
12:05		DeAndre Gholston defensive rebound
11:57		DeAndre Gholston misses three point jump shot
11:55		Mohamed Diarra offensive rebound
11:43	+2	Mohamed Diarra makes two point layup	53-40
11:22		Tyrece Radford misses three point jump shot
11:20		Dexter Dennis offensive rebound
11:20		Sean East II personal foul
11:20		TV timeout
11:10		Dexter Dennis misses two point layup
11:08		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
11:07	+2	Andersson Garcia makes two point layup	55-40
11:07		Kobe Brown shooting foul
11:07	+1	Andersson Garcia makes regular free throw 1 of 1	56-40
10:29	+3	Kobe Brown makes three point jump shot (Nick Honor assists)	56-43
10:21		Andersson Garcia turnover (Sean East II steals)
10:20		Andersson Garcia shooting foul
10:20	+1	Sean East II makes regular free throw 1 of 2	56-44
10:20	+1	Sean East II makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-45
10:07		Jump ball. Wade Taylor IV vs. D'Moi Hodge (Tigers gains possession)
10:07		Wade Taylor IV turnover (lost ball) (D'Moi Hodge steals)
9:45		Sean East II misses two point jump shot
9:43		Sean East II offensive rebound
9:21	+3	D'Moi Hodge makes three point jump shot (DeAndre Gholston assists)	56-48
9:03		Aggies 30 second timeout
8:41		Sean East II personal foul
8:32	+3	Tyrece Radford makes three point jump shot (Wade Taylor IV assists)	59-48
8:05	+3	Kobe Brown makes three point jump shot	59-51
7:39		Dexter Dennis misses three point jump shot
7:37		DeAndre Gholston defensive rebound
7:29		DeAndre Gholston turnover (Wade Taylor IV steals)
7:26	+2	Henry Coleman III makes two point layup (Wade Taylor IV assists)	61-51
7:26		Mohamed Diarra shooting foul
7:26		TV timeout
7:26		Henry Coleman III misses regular free throw 1 of 1
7:26		Mohamed Diarra defensive rebound
7:03	+2	Sean East II makes two point layup (Mohamed Diarra assists)	61-53
6:58		Aggies 30 second timeout
6:34		Dexter Dennis misses two point jump shot
6:32		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
6:22		Henry Coleman III turnover (Mohamed Diarra steals)
5:51		Tigers turnover
5:23	+2	Tyrece Radford makes two point layup	63-53
5:14		Kobe Brown misses three point jump shot
5:12		Dexter Dennis defensive rebound
5:07		D'Moi Hodge personal foul
5:07	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-53
5:07	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-53
4:41		Julius Marble personal foul
4:39		Mohamed Diarra misses regular free throw 1 of 1
4:39		Tyrece Radford defensive rebound
4:11		Dexter Dennis turnover (D'Moi Hodge steals)
3:48		Nick Honor misses three point jump shot
3:46		Mohamed Diarra offensive rebound
3:46		TV timeout
3:32		Wade Taylor IV personal foul
3:26		DeAndre Gholston misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:26		Julius Marble defensive rebound
3:14		DeAndre Gholston shooting foul
3:14	+1	Tyrece Radford makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-53
3:14	+1	Tyrece Radford makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-53
2:57		Wade Taylor IV shooting foul
2:57		D'Moi Hodge misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:57	+1	D'Moi Hodge makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-54
2:27		Dexter Dennis misses three point jump shot
2:25		Kobe Brown defensive rebound
2:20		Andre Gordon shooting foul
2:20	+1	DeAndre Gholston makes regular free throw 1 of 2	67-55
2:20	+1	DeAndre Gholston makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-56
1:59		Dexter Dennis turnover (Kobe Brown steals)
1:45		Noah Carter misses three point jump shot
1:43		Wade Taylor IV defensive rebound
1:43		Nick Honor personal foul
1:43	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-56
1:43	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-56
1:30		D'Moi Hodge misses three point jump shot
1:28		Noah Carter offensive rebound
1:20	+2	Noah Carter makes two point layup	69-58
0:47		Dexter Dennis misses two point jump shot
0:45		D'Moi Hodge defensive rebound
0:38		D'Moi Hodge turnover
0:32		Wade Taylor IV turnover (Noah Carter steals)
0:22	+2	Kobe Brown makes two point dunk (D'Moi Hodge assists)	69-60
0:01		Aggies turnover (shot clock violation)
0:00		End of period

Aggies turnover (shot clock violation)