The very first thing Texas A&M males’s basketball coach Bucky McMillan identified after the Aggies’ 118-77 win over East Texas A&M final week was the 32 assists his workforce compiled.
McMillan is aware of with SEC play proper across the nook, the Aggies could have to have the ability to transfer the ball on offense.
Texas A&M (9-3) will attempt to get even higher Monday when it hosts Prairie View A&M (5-7) in a nonconference sport in School Station, Texas.
“Now we have gotten higher,” McMillan mentioned. “We nonetheless want to protect on the ball higher, however we’re getting higher.”
McMillan was particularly proud of junior Pop Isaacs, who has battled accidents this season however got here off the bench to play 19 minutes, rating 15 factors and dish out six assists in opposition to East Texas A&M.
“He practiced nicely this previous week and coincidentally performed one among his finest video games, if not his finest sport,” McMillan mentioned. “Taking part in time and the way you play on the ground are normally primarily based off of the way you follow. It’s arduous when you have not been wholesome sufficient to follow, however he has been capable of put collectively practices. Clearly, he’s a menace. He makes huge photographs. A number of the photographs he makes, within the SEC, these are the one photographs you may get off at instances.”
The Aggies have a balanced assault with 4 of their 5 starters averaging in double figures.
Sophomore Ruben Dominguez leads the best way with 13.7 factors per sport.
Senior Marcus Hill scores 12.2 and junior Mackenzie Mgbako is scoring 10.4 per sport.
Senior Rashaun Agee leads with 7.8 rebounds per sport and is scoring 12.3 factors.
The Panthers had been up 10 with 17 minutes to go earlier than shedding 104-90 to LSU Dec. 22.
‘Clearly, we had been trying to get the win,” Prairie View A&M coach Byron Smith informed LSUsports.web. “We performed the suitable approach, performed arduous, performed sensible, performed collectively however simply got here up brief.”
Senior guard Tai’Reon Joseph led the Panthers with 34 in opposition to LSU. Joseph is averaging 22.2 factors per sport.
“He is most likely been the very best stored secret in school basketball,” Smith mentioned. “He can play a whole lot of locations. We’re lucky to have him. He is a heck of a participant and heck of a expertise.”
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