COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Wade Taylor IV had 25 points and tied his career high with seven 3-pointers as No. 13 Texas A&M held off South Carolina 76-72 on Saturday night.
The Aggies (17-5, 6-3 Southeastern Conference) looked like they had this one going away after Taylor’s sixth 3 early in the second half gave them a 49-36 lead. But the Gamecocks scored the next 11 points to tighten things up.
South Carolina was still down just 74-72 after Collin Murray-Boyles’ bucket with 1.8 seconds left.
But A&M’s Henry Coleman III followed with two free throws to end things.
Taylor matched his best showing from outside, set last March in an NCAA Tournament win over Nebraska.
Murray-Boyles had 22 points to lead the Gamecocks (10-12, 0-9).
Texas A&M: The Aggies have averaged seven 3-pointers a game this season, but hit nine in the opening half to take a double-digit lead. If they can keep that up, they’ll continue to make noise in the SEC.
South Carolina: The Gamecocks have faced six ranked SEC opponents so far in their 0-9 league start. They’ll play five more Top 25 teams in league play over the next month.
Coleman tipped back a miss with the Aggies up by two with less than six minutes to play. Taylor soon followed with a 3-pointer and Texas A&M had a nine-point lead.
All nine players for Texas A&M had at least one basket.
Texas A&M has a week off before playing at No. 20 Missouri on Feb. 8.
South Carolina also has a week off before playing at No. 12 Kentucky on Feb. 8.
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TOP SCORERS | |||||
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W. Taylor IV G | 25PTS | 2REB | 2AST | |
30
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C. Murray-Boyles F | 22PTS | 7REB | 6AST |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
W. Taylor IV | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
H. Coleman III | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Z. Phelps | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
P. Payne | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
M. Obaseki | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
A. Garcia | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
C. Wilcher | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
H. Hefner | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
J. Carter | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
J. Lee | – | – | – | – |
A. Mills | – | – | – | – |
C. McDermott | – | – | – | – |
G. Turkson Jr. | – | – | – | – |
J. Ratowski | – | – | – | – |
Total | 76 | 31 | 9 | 11 |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
C. Murray-Boyles | 22 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
J. Thomas | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Z. Davis | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
N. Pringle | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
J. Wright | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
M. Ugusuk | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
J. Butler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
A. Conyers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
B. Bosmans-Verdonk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
A. Herro | – | – | – | – |
L. Piper | – | – | – | – |
C. Scott | – | – | – | – |
O. Federiko | – | – | – | – |
W. Coggeshall | – | – | – | – |
Total | 72 | 27 | 19 | 20 |