Bryan
Davis scored 21 points and grabbed 9 rebounds, Donald Sloan added 14 points, 7
assists and 6 rebounds and Chinemelu Elonu finished with 8 points and 10 boards
as the #9 Texas A&M Aggies knocked off the #8 BYU Cougars 79-66 on Thursday
to advance to the second round on West Region action.
After
opening the game with a three-pointer from Jackson Emery the Cougars went the next
eight minutes with just two field goals as the Aggies built a 26-8 advantage
and eventually settled for a 42-20 lead at the half.
The
Aggies extended their lead to 15-points in the second half when Josh Carter
buried a three-pointer but a 6-0 spurt from the Cougars cut their deficit to
single digits with 15 minutes left. Texas A&M answered with a 7-0 run to go up 54-38 and BYU was never
within single digits the rest of the way.
Texas
A&M shot an astounding 57 percent from the floor and outrebounded BYU
31-23.
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