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Radford and Taylor combine for 52 points as Texas A&M gets 85-69 win over No. 6 Tennessee

AP
Feb 10, 2024

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Tyrece Radford had 27 points and Wade Taylor IV added 25 as Texas A&M never trailed in an 85-69 win over No. 6 Tennessee on Saturday night.

The victory is the third straight and fifth in the last six games for Texas A&M (15-8, 6-4 Southeastern Conference). It’s A&M’s second win this season over a top-10 team after the Aggies outlasted then-No. 6 Kentucky in a 97-92 overtime victory Jan. 13.

“We always talk about throwing the first punch, and we were able to do that in both halves tonight,” Taylor said.

The Aggies were up by 20 or more for much of the second half after a big opening half. But Dalton Knecht, who had been on the bench for several minutes after collecting his fourth foul, came in and made 3-pointers on consecutive possessions to cut the lead to 12 points with less than four minutes to go.

A layup by Taylor started a 6-2 run, capped by an alley-oop dunk by Solomon Washington, to push it to 81-65 with just over two minutes remaining to end the rally attempt.

“We got ourselves in a hole. ... We just never seemed like we were in sync and playing the way we wanted to play,” Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said.

It’s the second poor offensive showing in four outings for Tennessee (17-6, 7-3), which managed just 59 points in a loss to No. 15 South Carolina on Jan. 30.

Knecht had 22 points to lead the Volunteers, his ninth straight game with at least 16 points. He made just 6 of 15 shots, but each of his made shots was a 3-pointer.

“They were willful drivers and they did a good job of finishing at the rim,” Barnes said. “We didn’t execute the way we needed to.”

Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams raved about the work of Andersson Garcia, who is from the Dominican Republic. Garcia, the SEC rebounding leader, had 17 rebounds Saturday after pulling down 16 in the last game.

“He’s the D.R. Dennis Rodman,” Williams said. “I’ve said it before. That’s what I wrote for him today and my pregame note.”

Texas A&M led by 14 at halftime and scored the first six points of the second half to stretch the advantage to 48-28. Taylor wowed the rowdy crowd of 12,995 in that span when he crashed to the ground after being fouled as he made a layup.

THE TAKEAWAY

Tennessee: The Volunteers will need to solve the scoring woes that plagued them Saturday if they hope to compete with South Carolina and 16th-ranked Alabama for the SEC title.

Texas A&M: The Aggies have played their most consistent basketball of the season in the last six games, with their only loss in that span coming in a loss to Ole Miss on Jan. 27. But they’ll have to continue to improve if they hope to build on this success as three of their next five games are against ranked opponents.

NEXT UP

Tennessee: Visits Arkansas Wednesday night.

Texas A&M: Visits Vanderbilt Tuesday night.

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1st Half
TENN
Volunteers
28
TXAM
Aggies
42

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Jonas Aidoo vs. Wildens Leveque (Dalton Knecht gains possession)
19:43		Dalton Knecht misses three point jump shot
19:41		Aggies defensive rebound
19:20	+3	Tyrece Radford makes three point jump shot (Wade Taylor IV assists)	0-3
19:12	+2	Jonas Aidoo makes two point layup (Zakai Zeigler assists)	2-3
18:56		Jace Carter misses three point jump shot
18:54		Solomon Washington offensive rebound
18:51		Josiah-Jordan James blocks Solomon Washington's two point layup
18:49		Solomon Washington offensive rebound
18:38	+2	Solomon Washington makes two point jump shot (Wade Taylor IV assists)	2-5
18:14		Santiago Vescovi turnover (lost ball) (Wildens Leveque steals)
18:14		Santiago Vescovi personal foul
18:12		Solomon Washington turnover (bad pass) (Zakai Zeigler steals)
18:07	+2	Zakai Zeigler makes two point layup	4-5
17:54		Wade Taylor IV misses two point jump shot
17:52		Dalton Knecht defensive rebound
17:45		Zakai Zeigler misses three point jump shot
17:43		Wildens Leveque defensive rebound
17:19	+3	Wade Taylor IV makes three point jump shot (Tyrece Radford assists)	4-8
16:58	+2	Josiah-Jordan James makes two point jump shot (Zakai Zeigler assists)	6-8
16:47		Josiah-Jordan James blocks Wade Taylor IV's two point jump shot
16:45		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
16:35		Tyrece Radford misses two point jump shot
16:33		Volunteers defensive rebound
16:23		Jonas Aidoo misses two point jump shot
16:21		Jonas Aidoo offensive rebound
16:18	+2	Jonas Aidoo makes two point layup	8-8
16:08	+3	Wade Taylor IV makes three point jump shot	8-11
15:51		Santiago Vescovi misses two point jump shot
15:49		Tyrece Radford defensive rebound
15:39		Dalton Knecht blocks Andersson Garcia's two point layup
15:37		Dalton Knecht defensive rebound
15:37		TV timeout
15:16		Dalton Knecht misses two point jump shot
15:14		Tyrece Radford defensive rebound
15:04		Tyrece Radford misses three point jump shot
15:02		Dalton Knecht defensive rebound
14:57		Dalton Knecht turnover (lost ball) (Wade Taylor IV steals)
14:53		Jace Carter misses two point layup
14:51		Zakai Zeigler defensive rebound
14:45		Dalton Knecht misses two point layup
14:43		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
14:18	+2	Tyrece Radford makes two point hook shot	8-13
13:55		Jordan Gainey turnover (bad pass)
13:39	+3	Wade Taylor IV makes three point jump shot (Solomon Washington assists)	8-16
13:24	+2	Tobe Awaka makes two point layup (Zakai Zeigler assists)	10-16
13:24		Andersson Garcia shooting foul (Tobe Awaka draws the foul)
13:24	+1	Tobe Awaka makes regular free throw 1 of 1	11-16
13:01	+2	Henry Coleman III makes two point dunk (Tyrece Radford assists)	11-18
12:48		Zakai Zeigler misses two point jump shot
12:46		Wade Taylor IV defensive rebound
12:46		Jahmai Mashack shooting foul (Wade Taylor IV draws the foul)
12:30		Wade Taylor IV misses two point jump shot
12:28		Jonas Aidoo defensive rebound
12:22	+3	Dalton Knecht makes three point jump shot (Zakai Zeigler assists)	14-18
12:22		Wildens Leveque shooting foul (Dalton Knecht draws the foul)
12:22	+1	Dalton Knecht makes regular free throw 1 of 1	15-18
12:01	+3	Manny Obaseki makes three point jump shot (Wade Taylor IV assists)	15-21
11:48		Manny Obaseki personal foul
11:48		TV timeout
11:41		Manny Obaseki blocks Dalton Knecht's two point jump shot
11:39		Henry Coleman III defensive rebound
11:14		Manny Obaseki misses three point jump shot
11:12		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
11:05		Jonas Aidoo shooting foul (Manny Obaseki draws the foul)
11:05		Manny Obaseki misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:05	+1	Manny Obaseki makes regular free throw 2 of 2	15-22
10:45		Dalton Knecht misses three point jump shot
10:43		Solomon Washington defensive rebound
10:31		Tyrece Radford misses two point jump shot
10:29		Jonas Aidoo defensive rebound
10:29		Henry Coleman III personal foul
10:16		Santiago Vescovi misses three point jump shot
10:14		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
9:45	+2	Tyrece Radford makes two point jump shot	15-24
9:27		Josiah-Jordan James misses three point jump shot
9:25		Wade Taylor IV defensive rebound
9:13	+3	Wade Taylor IV makes three point jump shot	15-27
9:09		Wade Taylor IV technical foul
9:09		Zakai Zeigler misses technical free throw 1 of 2
9:09	+1	Zakai Zeigler makes technical free throw 2 of 2	16-27
8:52		Santiago Vescovi misses two point layup
8:50		Henry Coleman III defensive rebound
8:45	+3	Wade Taylor IV makes three point jump shot	16-30
8:33		Josiah-Jordan James turnover (bad pass) (Henry Coleman III steals)
8:29		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
8:27		Volunteers defensive rebound
8:06	+3	Dalton Knecht makes three point jump shot (Santiago Vescovi assists)	19-30
7:38	+3	Jace Carter makes three point jump shot (Tyrece Radford assists)	19-33
7:28	+3	Dalton Knecht makes three point jump shot (Josiah-Jordan James assists)	22-33
7:10		Dalton Knecht blocks Solomon Washington's two point jump shot
7:08		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
6:58	+2	Andersson Garcia makes two point layup	22-35
6:49	+2	Josiah-Jordan James makes two point jump shot (Zakai Zeigler assists)	24-35
6:30		Tyrece Radford misses two point layup
6:28		Jonas Aidoo defensive rebound
6:11		Josiah-Jordan James misses three point jump shot
6:09		Tyrece Radford defensive rebound
5:57		Aggies 30 second timeout
5:57		TV timeout
5:43		Jace Carter misses three point jump shot
5:41		Dalton Knecht defensive rebound
5:22		Dalton Knecht misses three point jump shot
5:20		Josiah-Jordan James offensive rebound
5:13		Zakai Zeigler turnover (lost ball) (Jace Carter steals)
4:48	+2	Tyrece Radford makes two point layup	24-37
4:38		Josiah-Jordan James misses two point jump shot
4:36		Jonas Aidoo offensive rebound
4:33	+2	Jonas Aidoo makes two point layup	26-37
4:08		Solomon Washington turnover (bad pass) (Zakai Zeigler steals)
4:08		Jace Carter personal foul
3:54		Zakai Zeigler misses three point jump shot
3:52		Wade Taylor IV defensive rebound
3:48	+2	Tyrece Radford makes two point layup (Wade Taylor IV assists)	26-39
3:36		Wade Taylor IV personal foul (Santiago Vescovi draws the foul)
3:36		TV timeout
3:36	+1	Santiago Vescovi makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-39
3:36	+1	Santiago Vescovi makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-39
3:14	+2	Manny Obaseki makes two point jump shot	28-41
2:42		Zakai Zeigler misses three point jump shot
2:40		Henry Coleman III defensive rebound
2:11		Tyrece Radford misses three point jump shot
2:09		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
2:08		Dalton Knecht personal foul
1:51		Manny Obaseki misses three point jump shot
1:49		Santiago Vescovi defensive rebound
1:44		Jace Carter blocks Santiago Vescovi's two point layup
1:43		Aggies defensive rebound
1:22		Jonas Aidoo shooting foul (Tyrece Radford draws the foul)
1:22		Tyrece Radford misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:22	+1	Tyrece Radford makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-42
1:14		Solomon Washington blocks Zakai Zeigler's two point layup
1:14		Aggies defensive rebound
0:45		Jace Carter misses two point jump shot
0:43		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
0:43		Zakai Zeigler personal foul
0:39		Jace Carter misses two point layup
0:37		Zakai Zeigler defensive rebound
0:30		Jordan Gainey misses three point jump shot
0:28		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
0:04		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
0:02		Zakai Zeigler defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
TENN
Volunteers
41
TXAM
Aggies
43

Time		Play	Score
19:49		Solomon Washington blocks Dalton Knecht's two point layup
19:47		Solomon Washington defensive rebound
19:44		Josiah-Jordan James blocks Wade Taylor IV's two point layup
19:42		Santiago Vescovi defensive rebound
19:38		Jace Carter shooting foul (Dalton Knecht draws the foul)
19:38		Dalton Knecht misses regular free throw 1 of 2
19:38		Dalton Knecht misses regular free throw 2 of 2
19:38		Jace Carter defensive rebound
19:16		Jace Carter misses two point layup
19:14		Josiah-Jordan James defensive rebound
18:58		Zakai Zeigler turnover (Jace Carter steals)
18:32		Andersson Garcia turnover (bad pass)
18:10		Josiah-Jordan James misses two point jump shot
18:08		Tyrece Radford defensive rebound
17:56		Tyrece Radford misses three point jump shot
17:54		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
17:50	+3	Solomon Washington makes three point jump shot (Wade Taylor IV assists)	28-45
17:42		Dalton Knecht misses three point jump shot
17:40		Josiah-Jordan James offensive rebound
17:36		Volunteers 30 second timeout
17:36		TV timeout
17:22		Josiah-Jordan James turnover (lost ball)
17:03		Dalton Knecht personal foul
16:52		Wade Taylor IV turnover (Jonas Aidoo steals)
16:41		Zakai Zeigler misses three point jump shot
16:39		Jace Carter defensive rebound
16:28		Santiago Vescovi shooting foul (Tyrece Radford draws the foul)
16:28	+1	Tyrece Radford makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-46
16:28		Tyrece Radford misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:28		Dalton Knecht defensive rebound
16:04		Jonas Aidoo misses two point hook shot
16:02		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
15:45		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
15:43		Solomon Washington offensive rebound
15:33	+2	Wade Taylor IV makes two point jump shot	28-48
15:33		Dalton Knecht shooting foul (Wade Taylor IV draws the foul)
15:33		TV timeout
15:33		Wade Taylor IV misses regular free throw 1 of 1
15:33		Jordan Gainey defensive rebound
15:27	+3	Santiago Vescovi makes three point jump shot (Jordan Gainey assists)	31-48
14:55		Solomon Washington misses three point jump shot
14:53		Tyrece Radford offensive rebound
14:51		Santiago Vescovi personal foul
14:51		Jordan Gainey personal foul (Tyrece Radford draws the foul)
14:35	+2	Tyrece Radford makes two point jump shot	31-50
14:21		Andersson Garcia personal foul (Zakai Zeigler draws the foul)
14:08		Josiah-Jordan James misses two point jump shot
14:06		Jahmai Mashack offensive rebound
14:04		Jahmai Mashack misses two point layup
14:02		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
13:51	+3	Tyrece Radford makes three point jump shot (Wade Taylor IV assists)	31-53
13:39		Jace Carter shooting foul (Zakai Zeigler draws the foul)
13:39		Zakai Zeigler misses regular free throw 1 of 2
13:39	+1	Zakai Zeigler makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-53
13:35		Wade Taylor IV turnover (Zakai Zeigler steals)
13:30	+2	Jordan Gainey makes two point dunk (Zakai Zeigler assists)	34-53
13:20		Zakai Zeigler personal foul
13:06		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
13:04		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
12:54		Josiah-Jordan James personal foul (Wade Taylor IV draws the foul)
12:54	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-54
12:54	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 2 of 2	34-55
12:48	+2	Zakai Zeigler makes two point layup	36-55
12:23	+2	Tyrece Radford makes two point layup	36-57
12:06		Zakai Zeigler turnover (Manny Obaseki steals)
11:36		Tyrece Radford turnover
11:31		Andersson Garcia shooting foul (Dalton Knecht draws the foul)
11:31		TV timeout
11:31	+1	Dalton Knecht makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-57
11:31	+1	Dalton Knecht makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-57
11:25		Henry Coleman III turnover (lost ball)
11:11		Manny Obaseki shooting foul (Zakai Zeigler draws the foul)
11:11	+1	Zakai Zeigler makes regular free throw 1 of 2	39-57
11:11		Zakai Zeigler misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:11		Jahmai Mashack offensive rebound
11:08		Jordan Gainey misses three point jump shot
11:06		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
10:40		Solomon Washington misses two point jump shot
10:38		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
10:37		Jahmai Mashack personal foul (Andersson Garcia draws the foul)
10:37	+1	Andersson Garcia makes regular free throw 1 of 2	39-58
10:37		Andersson Garcia misses regular free throw 2 of 2
10:37		Tobe Awaka defensive rebound
10:24	+2	Jahmai Mashack makes two point jump shot	41-58
10:02		Dalton Knecht personal foul (Andersson Garcia draws the foul)
10:02	+1	Andersson Garcia makes regular free throw 1 of 2	41-59
10:02		Andersson Garcia misses regular free throw 2 of 2
10:02		Tobe Awaka defensive rebound
9:46	+2	Tobe Awaka makes two point layup (Jahmai Mashack assists)	43-59
9:17	+2	Tyrece Radford makes two point layup	43-61
9:17		Jordan Gainey shooting foul (Tyrece Radford draws the foul)
9:17	+1	Tyrece Radford makes regular free throw 1 of 1	43-62
9:05		Wildens Leveque personal foul
8:57		Jahmai Mashack misses two point jump shot
8:55		Solomon Washington defensive rebound
8:35		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
8:33		Zakai Zeigler defensive rebound
8:24		Wildens Leveque personal foul (Jahmai Mashack draws the foul)
8:24	+1	Jahmai Mashack makes regular free throw 1 of 2	44-62
8:24	+1	Jahmai Mashack makes regular free throw 2 of 2	45-62
8:18	+2	Jace Carter makes two point dunk (Solomon Washington assists)	45-64
8:18		Tobe Awaka shooting foul (Jace Carter draws the foul)
8:18		Jace Carter misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:18		Wildens Leveque offensive rebound
8:16		Wildens Leveque turnover (Zakai Zeigler steals)
8:12	+2	Zakai Zeigler makes two point layup	47-64
8:12		Tyrece Radford shooting foul (Zakai Zeigler draws the foul)
8:12		TV timeout
8:12	+1	Zakai Zeigler makes regular free throw 1 of 1	48-64
7:48	+2	Wade Taylor IV makes two point layup	48-66
7:43		Tyrece Radford shooting foul (Jordan Gainey draws the foul)
7:43	+1	Jordan Gainey makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-66
7:43	+1	Jordan Gainey makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-66
7:28		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
7:26		Tobe Awaka defensive rebound
7:25		Jordan Gainey misses three point jump shot
7:13		Jahmai Mashack offensive rebound
7:13	+2	Jahmai Mashack makes two point layup	52-66
6:44		Tyrece Radford misses three point jump shot
6:42		Zakai Zeigler defensive rebound
6:37	+2	Zakai Zeigler makes two point layup	54-66
6:08	+3	Jace Carter makes three point jump shot (Wade Taylor IV assists)	54-69
6:02		Aggies 30 second timeout
5:55	+3	Zakai Zeigler makes three point jump shot (Santiago Vescovi assists)	57-69
5:51		Volunteers 30 second timeout
5:48		Tyrece Radford turnover (bad pass)
5:44		Zakai Zeigler misses three point jump shot
5:42		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
5:30		Tobe Awaka personal foul (Solomon Washington draws the foul)
5:30	+1	Solomon Washington makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-70
5:30	+1	Solomon Washington makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-71
5:15		Tobe Awaka misses two point jump shot
5:13		Solomon Washington defensive rebound
5:04		Tobe Awaka shooting foul (Tyrece Radford draws the foul)
5:04	+1	Tyrece Radford makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-72
5:04	+1	Tyrece Radford makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-73
4:56		Solomon Washington blocks Zakai Zeigler's two point layup
4:54		Santiago Vescovi offensive rebound
4:53		Jordan Gainey misses three point jump shot
4:51		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
4:35		Aggies 30 second timeout
4:32		Zakai Zeigler personal foul (Wade Taylor IV draws the foul)
4:32	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-74
4:32	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-75
4:25	+3	Dalton Knecht makes three point jump shot	60-75
3:57		Jace Carter misses three point jump shot
3:55		Dalton Knecht defensive rebound
3:45	+3	Dalton Knecht makes three point jump shot	63-75
3:15	+2	Wade Taylor IV makes two point layup	63-77
3:04		Zakai Zeigler misses three point jump shot
3:02		Jace Carter defensive rebound
2:49		TV timeout
2:45		Josiah-Jordan James shooting foul (Tyrece Radford draws the foul)
2:45	+1	Tyrece Radford makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-78
2:45	+1	Tyrece Radford makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-79
2:36		Dalton Knecht misses three point jump shot
2:34		Jahmai Mashack offensive rebound
2:29	+2	Jahmai Mashack makes two point layup	65-79
2:19	+2	Solomon Washington makes two point dunk (Tyrece Radford assists)	65-81
2:12		Solomon Washington shooting foul (Dalton Knecht draws the foul)
2:12		Dalton Knecht misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:12	+1	Dalton Knecht makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-81
2:10		Jump ball. (Aggies gains possession)
2:01	+2	Solomon Washington makes two point layup (Tyrece Radford assists)	66-83
1:45		Zakai Zeigler misses three point jump shot
1:43		Jahmai Mashack offensive rebound
1:41		Solomon Washington shooting foul (Jahmai Mashack draws the foul)
1:41		Jahmai Mashack misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:41		Jahmai Mashack misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:41		Jace Carter defensive rebound
1:32		Jahmai Mashack personal foul (Andersson Garcia draws the foul)
1:32	+1	Andersson Garcia makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-84
1:32	+1	Andersson Garcia makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-85
1:21		Jahmai Mashack misses three point jump shot
1:19		Dalton Knecht offensive rebound
1:16		Henry Coleman III shooting foul (Dalton Knecht draws the foul)
1:16		Dalton Knecht misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:16		Dalton Knecht misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:16		Zakai Zeigler offensive rebound
1:09		Santiago Vescovi misses three point jump shot
1:07		Henry Coleman III defensive rebound
0:37		Tyrece Radford misses three point jump shot
0:35		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
0:14		Aggies turnover (shot clock violation)
0:11	+3	Dalton Knecht makes three point jump shot	69-85
0:11		Volunteers 30 second timeout
0:00		End of period

Volunteers 30 second timeout