Aggies Lose to Lobos -- with VIDEO
HOUSTON, TX (Toyota Center) -- Two slow starts at the beginning of each half proved to be much to overcome for the Texas A&M Aggies Saturday evening as the 16th-ranked Aggies lost to the New Mexico Lobos 84 to 81 in the 2009 Houston Holiday Shootout in front of 7,757 fans.
Aggies' senior center Bryan Davis gave the Aggies a 2-0 lead; however, after New Mexico's Darington Hobson answered with a three-point bucket, the Aggies never led the rest of the ball game.
The Lobos (10-0) blitzed the Aggies with a 15 to 4 start before B.J. Holmes and Donal Sloan helped the Ags pull within one point (19 to 18) with a 14 to 4 scoring run.
The Lobos carved up the Aggies' defense in the first half shooting 48.1% (13 for 27) from the field to take a 40 to 29 lead into halftime.
"We came out sluggish the first four minutes of the second half," said B.J. Holmes after the game.
The Aggies (8-2) started the second half slowly as their defense allowed Lobos' senior Roman Martinez to put on a shooting clinic during the 5:02 of the second half. Martinez scored 13 of New Mexico's first 15 second half points. Martinez began the half with a layup; then drained a jumper; before canning three straight three-pointers to put the Aggies behind 55 to 42 with 14:58 remaining in the second half.
"We were about as bad as we can be the first 28 minutes," said Aggies head coach Mark Turgeon. "Then, we decided to play. We showed a little heart a little effort down the stretch; but, we just couldn't get over the hump."
The Aggies' deficit would increase to as much as 18 points (62-44) before Khris Middleton, Sloan, and Holmes keyed a 34 to 15 run to pull within five points (80-75) with just 36 seconds remaining.
Lobos freshman guard Jamal Fenton put the Lobos up by five by making a tough driving layup; however, Sloan drained a three-point shot to trim the Aggies' deficit to two (80-78) with 22 seconds left.
Fenton was fouled and went to the foul line; however, Fenton missed both free throws to give the Ags life. After the second miss, a loose ball foul was called on New Mexico which sent Nathan Walkup to the line with a chance to tie the game.
Walkup missed both foul shots; and, Bryan Davis was called for a loose ball foul which sent Lobos' big man A.J. Hardeman to the line. Hardeman hit both free throws for an 82-78 Lobos lead.
With 10 seconds remaining, Middleton drained a three-pointer from the corner to pull the Aggies within one point.
Martinez was fouled by Sloan (Sloan's fifth foul); and, Martinez swished both free throws.
Holmes first three-point shot attempt was blocked by Hobson ("I guess the guy knew that it was coming because he tipped it," Holmes said.) Then, with 0.7 second remaining, Holmes received an inbound pass, but his desperation shot was wide right and the Lobos pulled out the victory.
Aggies' senior center Bryan Davis gave the Aggies a 2-0 lead; however, after New Mexico's Darington Hobson answered with a three-point bucket, the Aggies never led the rest of the ball game.
The Lobos (10-0) blitzed the Aggies with a 15 to 4 start before B.J. Holmes and Donal Sloan helped the Ags pull within one point (19 to 18) with a 14 to 4 scoring run.
The Lobos carved up the Aggies' defense in the first half shooting 48.1% (13 for 27) from the field to take a 40 to 29 lead into halftime.
"We came out sluggish the first four minutes of the second half," said B.J. Holmes after the game.
The Aggies (8-2) started the second half slowly as their defense allowed Lobos' senior Roman Martinez to put on a shooting clinic during the 5:02 of the second half. Martinez scored 13 of New Mexico's first 15 second half points. Martinez began the half with a layup; then drained a jumper; before canning three straight three-pointers to put the Aggies behind 55 to 42 with 14:58 remaining in the second half.
"We were about as bad as we can be the first 28 minutes," said Aggies head coach Mark Turgeon. "Then, we decided to play. We showed a little heart a little effort down the stretch; but, we just couldn't get over the hump."
The Aggies' deficit would increase to as much as 18 points (62-44) before Khris Middleton, Sloan, and Holmes keyed a 34 to 15 run to pull within five points (80-75) with just 36 seconds remaining.
Lobos freshman guard Jamal Fenton put the Lobos up by five by making a tough driving layup; however, Sloan drained a three-point shot to trim the Aggies' deficit to two (80-78) with 22 seconds left.
Fenton was fouled and went to the foul line; however, Fenton missed both free throws to give the Ags life. After the second miss, a loose ball foul was called on New Mexico which sent Nathan Walkup to the line with a chance to tie the game.
Walkup missed both foul shots; and, Bryan Davis was called for a loose ball foul which sent Lobos' big man A.J. Hardeman to the line. Hardeman hit both free throws for an 82-78 Lobos lead.
With 10 seconds remaining, Middleton drained a three-pointer from the corner to pull the Aggies within one point.
Martinez was fouled by Sloan (Sloan's fifth foul); and, Martinez swished both free throws.
Holmes first three-point shot attempt was blocked by Hobson ("I guess the guy knew that it was coming because he tipped it," Holmes said.) Then, with 0.7 second remaining, Holmes received an inbound pass, but his desperation shot was wide right and the Lobos pulled out the victory.
posted by Kris G @ 9:12 PM
1 Comments:
At December 13, 2009 12:21 PM,
Anonymous said…
Apparently, this could be a trend, starting slow at the beginning of games and the second half. Hopefully this will corrected by the time conference play starts. Brian Davis, as one of the leaders of this team, had better start to man up. Getting in foul trouble is not beneficial to the team.
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