Missouri suffers 10th straight loss, falls to Texas A&M 79-60 at home
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Southeastern Conference victory continues to elude the Missouri Tigers, who fell to the Texas A&M Aggies 79-60 Wednesday night at Mizzou Arena.
You can watch the full press conference with Missouri Men's Basketball coach Dennis Gates in the video player below.
Missouri (8-15, 0-10 SEC) was able to come within three points at one point in the second half, but ended up getting blown away for its 10th straight loss.
Texas A&M (14-8, 5-4 ) led 38-25 at halftime and the Tigers were able to cut the lead down to 46-43 with 13 minutes, 4 seconds remaining before the Aggies went on a 20-4 run over the next five minutes. Aggies senior guard Tyrece Radford knocked down eight points during the run.
Junior guard Tamar Bates paced the Tigers with 20 points, while senior guard Nick Honor tallied 19 and senior forward Noah Carter provided 11. Missouri went 46% (22-of-48) from the field.
Radford finished with a game-high 22 points, while Aggies junior guard Wade Taylor IV totaled 18 and junior guard Jace Carter came up with 12 as Texas A&M shot 48% (30-of-63). Senior forward Andersson Garcia pulled down a game-high 16 rebounds as the Aggies dominated the boards 40-22.
Missouri hosts Mississippi State (14-8, 4-5) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Mississippi State took down Georgia 75-62 on Wednesday.
