Texas A&M kept the offense rolling and the scoreboard humming Tuesday night, cruising past Louisiana-Monroe 108-67 at Reed Arena for its second straight 100-point outing.
The Aggies did it with the same starting five again, as Bucky McMillan stuck with guards Jordan Pope and PJ Haggerty and forwards Jalen Shelley, Cade Phillips, and Mackenzie Mgabko. McMillan said the plan was as much about the long haul as the night in front of him.
"It's good to play a lot of guys in the game," McMillan said. "We wanted to space out the minutes.
We want to build the depth of our team. You go through the season with injuries and sicknesses, so you want to build the depth."
Haggerty led the way with 22 points, five rebounds, and three assists, finishing 9 of 13 from the field, 1 of 2 from deep, and 3 of 3 at the line. It was his third double-digit scoring game of the season.
Texas A&M’s first-half shooting from long range was rough. Mgabko opened 0-for-5 from three, and the rest of the Aggies weren’t much better early, with only three triples falling in the first 20 minutes. Even so, the home team still went to the locker room with a 54-27 lead thanks to defense, pace, and a steady stream of points off turnovers.
The Aggies forced 14 turnovers in the first half and turned those into 17 points. They shot 47 percent from the field before halftime, though the start was a grind. With 11:56 left in the half, A&M was still sitting at 33 percent overall and 14 percent from three, with just one of its first seven attempts from deep going down.
Then the run came. A 12-0 burst from 16:58 to 13:06 flipped the game early and pushed Texas A&M in front 16-3.
Mgabko started it with a jumper, Haggerty and Rylan Griffen added fastbreak baskets, and Neiko Mundey drew a foul on a layup and knocked down his free throw. Tyshawn Archie then chipped in the next five points, and Pope took over after that, scoring seven of the Aggies’ next nine as the lead grew to 40-15 with five minutes left in the half.
Texas A&M closed the first half with another 6-0 stretch, getting layups from Archie and Haggerty before Griffen went to the line for his first two free throws of the night.
The second half brought more of the same. Haggerty got inside for a layup, the defense gave up a couple of fastbreak points, and the Aggies answered with another quick 6-0 run. Four of the next eight points came at the free-throw line, and Clemence added three free throws before hitting his first 3-pointer of the night.
Mundey and Archie then drilled back-to-back threes to stretch the margin to 81-48. The highlight reel kept filling up from there. Josh Irving found room in the lane and threw down a hammer, then Archie followed with a dunk of his own.
"Once I got my feet right, I knew I was going to dunk it," Archie said.
Irving wasn’t finished either. A lob from Jalen Shelley set him up for another emphatic finish, pushing Texas A&M’s lead to its largest point of the night at 93-54.
LSU transfer Jalen Reece later added a three to move the Aggies within two points of 100, and Griffen got them there by sinking both free throws. Texas A&M scored eight more after that and kept the margin comfortable all the way to the final buzzer.
The Aggies now turn to their biggest challenge yet, with Oklahoma State coming to Reed Arena on Thursday. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. on SEC Network+.
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