Aggies Rally Past Oregon State Beavers, 72-54 – Texas A&M Athletics

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M men’s basketball team bludgeoned the Beavers on the boards en route to Sunday’s 72-54 victory over Oregon State inside Reed Arena. The Aggies owned a 39-25 advantage in rebounding, including a 21-13 edge in the second half.
 

Texas A&M outscored Oregon State 46-24 in the second half. The Aggies played stifling defense coming out of halftime, holding Oregon State to 29.6% (8-of-27) shooting from the field. On the offensive end, the Maroon & White hit 50.0% (13-of-26) from the field, 42.9% (6-of-14) from 3-point range and 87.5% (14-of-16) from the foul line in the stanza. Texas A&M took its biggest lead of the game at the 9:06 mark with Manny Obaseki making a layup to inflate the cushion to 60-40.
 
Four Aggies registered double digits in the scoring column paced by Dexter Dennis’s season-high 16 points. He hit 5-of-9 from the field, including 4-of-7 from 3-point range, and added four rebounds and two assists.
 
Tyrece Radford scored all 12 of his points in the second half, including A&M’s first eight in the stanza. The burst sparked a 19-5 run by the Aggies in the opening five minutes of the half, giving the Maroon & White a 45-35 edge. Radford chipped in with seven rebounds and three assists for the game.
 
Julius Marble logged 11 points and seven rebounds with eight points and all his boards coming in the second half. Obaseki tallied 11 points, hitting 5-of-8 from the field.
 
Oregon State led 30-26 at the intermission despite the Aggies leading for most of the action. The Beavers closed out the half with an 8-0 run over the last 2:12 of the opening act, including a pair of 3-point field goals by Dzmitry Ryuny.
 

The Aggies made their first three field goals of the game, building a 9-3 edge at the 17:14 mark. Texas A&M claimed its biggest lead of the first half when Dennis made two free throws, staking the Maroon & White to a 22-14 margin at the 7:37 mark.
 
 
Texas A&M Men’s Basketball Postgame Notes/Quotes
Texas A&M 72, Oregon State 54
Reed Arena (Bryan-College Station, Texas)
 
Head Coach Buzz Williams
On the key to the stellar second half performance…
“One of the things that I thought was a huge difference was that we had nine turnovers in the first half and only three in the…