Texas A&M may be a 9 seed, but they have three solid players who the Panthers struggle with right from the start. PG Reinke would score 13 pts and 14 assists. SG Keith scored 35 pts. And PF Stanford Davis had 17 pts an 18 rebounds. Still, the Panthers fight hard and it is tied at 51 with 10:43 left. However, the Aggies dominate the boards with a 43-25 edge and start to pull away late in the 2nd half. A 10-2 run with 6:30 left gives the Aggies an 11 pt lead and the Panthers are unable to pull closer than 9 the rest of the way. A great season for the Panthers, but they come up just short.
Code:
Texas A&M 84, Prairie View A&M 73
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Texas A&M (28-10, 12-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Thaddeus Morales C 35 3-6 0-0 5 7 2 3 6
Stanford Davis PF 35 8-16 1-1 6 18 2 1 17
David Switzer SF 35 2-6 0-0 3 7 3 0 4
Kermit Keith SG 35 13-23 4-5 1 2 1 4 35
Grant Reinke PG 33 4-7 5-7 1 6 14 3 13
Julian Hankins SG 16 3-8 1-2 1 1 1 1 9
Mathis Debuine C 9 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
Jarvis Johnson PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Charles Cordoba PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Benner SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 13 (T.Morales 2, S.Davis 1, D.Switzer 2,
K.Keith 5, G.Reinke 2, J.Hankins 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (T.Morales 1, S.Davis 1, D.Switzer 1,
K.Keith 1, M.Debuine 1)
Steals: 2 (T.Morales 1, G.Reinke 1)
3P FGs: 7-17 (T.Morales 0-1, D.Switzer 0-2, K.Keith
5-8, G.Reinke 0-2, J.Hankins 2-4)
Prairie View A&M (36-2, 18-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Emmett Walther C 26 2-8 0-0 3 6 2 2 4
Ronnie Bolden PF 27 3-7 1-2 2 5 2 2 8
Scott Marshall SF 23 5-11 0-0 0 0 3 0 13
Rodrick Wray SG 32 6-10 0-0 0 2 3 5 15
Jeffrey Keith PG 28 6-8 1-2 0 3 4 5 13
Samuel Hayes PG 11 1-5 0-0 1 3 0 1 2
Herman Freitas SF 16 3-10 2-2 2 3 0 1 8
Rudolf Seibold C 20 2-3 1-1 0 2 1 1 6
Alejandro Calvo SF 11 1-1 1-2 0 0 2 0 4
Thomas Ostrander SG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Gary Bordelon PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Turnovers: 9 (E.Walther 2, R.Wray 5, J.Keith 1, A.Calvo
1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (E.Walther 1, R.Bolden 1, H.Freitas 2,
R.Seibold 3)
Steals: 9 (R.Wray 4, J.Keith 4, H.Freitas 1)
3P FGs: 9-28 (E.Walther 0-2, R.Bolden 1-4, S.Marshall
3-7, R.Wray 3-6, S.Hayes 0-3, H.Freitas 0-4, R.Seibold
1-1, A.Calvo 1-1)
Player of Game: SG Kermit Keith (TX AM)