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Aggies blister Longhorns
Carter, who had 10 rebounds, has scored at least 10 points in 15 straight games and helped A&M break a threegame winning streak for rival Texas (16-4, 3-2 Big 12), continuing a four-year tradition of the home team winning each game in this series. The Longhorns played the Aggies even in the second half but it wasn't enough to overcome a poor first half where they made just 9-of-30 shots and at times seemed off-balance and confused. Texas A&M (17-4, 3-3) shot 64 percent in the first half to make the Longhorns' lackluster offensive start even more difficult to overcome. Texas never led in this one, trailed by as many as 22 points in the first half and shot 34 percent. The Aggies led 46-28 at halftime. D.J. Augustin's 3-pointer with about nine minutes left got Texas within 59-48 before this fast-paced game was slowed down by a wild series of events on the next possession. The already emotionally charged rivalry got even more amped up on a play that began with Augustin being knocked to the floor when he ran into a screen by Bryan Davis and ended when Alexis Wangmene threw an elbow into the back of DeAndre Jordan while the pair fought for a rebound. Wangmene then crashed to the court into a group of cameramen. Wangmene was given a flagrant technical foul for the hit and ejected from the game. He sat at the end of the bench, causing the referees to approach the bench and make him leave the court with a police escort. Texas cut the lead to 11 points two times after that, but would get no closer and the Aggies got the redeeming win after losing two of their last three games. Joseph Jones and Dominique Kirk scored 14 points each. A&M led by 22 points with 1:06 left when coach Mark Turgeon sat all his starters, drawing a standing ovation from the crowd. Dexter Pittman and Augustin lead Texas with 14 points apiece. |
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