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East Texas A&M Lions at Texas A&M Aggies

· NCAA Men's Basketball
East Texas A&M Lions
0-3, 0-3 Away
Final
55 - 87
Texas A&M Aggies
1-1, 1-0 Home

Phelps scores 18 in debut for No. 13 Texas A&M in 87-55 over newly renamed East Texas A&M

Wade Taylor IV makes a sweet dish

Texas A&M (1-1) bounced back after losing at Central Florida on Monday in its season opener. Phelps, an SMU transfer, missed that game with a hand injury.

Hayden Hefner added 13 points for Texas A&M and Wade Taylor had 10. The Aggies led 50-24 at halftime.

Scotter Williams Jr. scored 12 points for East Texas A&M, which changed its name from Texas A&M-Commerce on Thursday. The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents voted to approve the new name.

Takeaways East Texas A&M: The Lions’ first game with their new name was forgettable, although facing a ranked team should help when they begin Southland Conference play in early December. The Lions wore “East Texas” on their new jerseys.

Texas A&M: The Aggies needed this one after falling 64-61 at Central Florida. Ten players saw at least 17 minutes of action against the Lions. The Aggies' nonconference schedule is one of the toughest in program history, but this wasn't one of those games.

Key moment The Aggies led 12-7 a little more than four minutes into the game when Hefner drilled a 3-pointer to start building their big lead.

Key stat The Aggies had a major height advantage and outscored the Lions 54-26 in the paint. Texas A&M nearly scored as many points inside as East Texas A&M managed overall.

Up next East Texas A&M: Hosts Southern on Wednesday night.

Texas A&M: Hosts Lamar on Monday night.

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Matchup Prediction

Texas A&M: 99.3%
East Texas A&M: 0.7%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 55 - 87
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 55 - 87
2nd 0:02 Camerin James Defensive Rebound. 55 - 87
2nd 0:06 Manny Obaseki missed Jumper. 55 - 87
2nd 0:30 Camerin James made Layup. Assisted by TJ Thomas. 55 - 87

Statistics

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20-52 FG 34-61
38.5 Field Goal % 55.7
7-24 3PT 5-15
29.2 Three Point % 33.3
8-11 FT 14-24
72.7 Free Throw % 58.3
24 Rebounds 41
8 Offensive Rebounds 15
16 Defensive Rebounds 26
12 Assists 16
6 Steals 11
3 Blocks 6
18 Turnovers 10
0 Team Turnovers 0
18 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
11 Points Off Turnovers 25
4 Fast Break Points 15
26 Points in Paint 54
14 Fouls 15
0 Largest Lead 35

Game Information

Reed Arena

Location: College Station, TX
Attendance: 8,673 | Capacity:

2024-25 Southland Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Nicholls 2-0 - 7-5
Lamar 2-0 - 6-6
Northwestern State 2-0 - 5-6
UT Rio Grande Valley 1-1 1 8-4
Incarnate Word 1-1 1 7-5
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1-1 1 7-6
Houston Christian 1-1 1 4-9
McNeese 0-0 1 6-5
SE Louisiana 0-1 1.5 6-6
New Orleans 0-1 1.5 2-9
Stephen F. Austin 0-2 2 6-6
East Texas A&M 0-2 2 2-11

2024-25 Southeastern Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Florida 0-0 - 12-0
Oklahoma 0-0 - 12-0
Tennessee 0-0 - 12-0
Auburn 0-0 - 11-1
Georgia 0-0 - 11-1
Ole Miss 0-0 - 11-1
Mississippi State 0-0 - 11-1
Vanderbilt 0-0 - 11-1
Alabama 0-0 - 10-2
Arkansas 0-0 - 10-2
Kentucky 0-0 - 10-2
LSU 0-0 - 10-2
Missouri 0-0 - 10-2
Texas 0-0 - 10-2
Texas A&M 0-0 - 10-2
South Carolina 0-0 - 9-3
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