Texas A&M
TENNESSEE
Aggies' Late Surge Dumps Vols
Dec 04, 2002 | Men's Basketball
December 04, 2002
Kevin Turner scored all of his 16 points in the second half and hit four straight three-pointers in the final 3:05 to lift A&M to an 83-66 victory over Tennessee.
Bernard King added 19 points and 11 assists to lead the Aggies (4-1) and hit a final three-pointer with three seconds remaining to cap off a 14 point second half. After being held to a pair of free throws in the first half, Turner never missed in the second half shooting 5-5 on the floor.
Tennessee (2-1) trailed by as much as 15, but cut the lead to 63-62 with 5:26 remaining. Ron Slay scored 21 of his game high 24 points in the second half to bring the Vols back into the game before the Aggies three-point barrage. Slay also added a game high 12 rebounds.
Texas A&M scored on its last six possessions, hitting five three-pointers to blow past Tennessee in the final three minutes.
Turner came off the bench and turned three Tennessee turnovers on four possessions into 12 straight points down the stretch.
Texas A&M never trailed and took a 12 point lead three times in the opening half to take a 39-27 lead at halftime.
King scored on A&M's first two possessions of the second half to give A&M a 44-29 lead. But Slay answered right back with 11 of the Vols first 15 points to cut the lead back into single digits.
The Vols went on a 12-4 run with eight minutes left capped off with four straight free throws by Slay and Crump to cut the Aggies lead to 63-62 with 5:26 remaining.
The Vols were limited to four points on four Slay free throws in the final five minutes.
Antoine Wright added a double-double for the Aggies with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
