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Texas A&M snaps three-game losing streak with win over Vanderbilt

RECORDS / SERIES NOTES

● Texas A&M snapped a three-game losing streak Saturday by defeating Vanderbilt 89-81 at Memorial Gym in Nashville … the victory improved A&M’s record on the season to 18-11 with a 7-9 mark in SEC play.

● The win also gave Texas A&M its first-ever victory inside Memorial Gym (1-4) and cut Vandy’s lead in the all-time series down to 8-3.

TEAM NOTES

● Texas A&M scored over 80 points for the 12th time this season as well as the sixth time in the team’s last eight games.

● The Aggies shot an impressive 58.8 percent from the field, their second-highest percentage in a game this season (61.1 percent vs. Penn State on Nov. 11).

● A&M’s second half lead swelled to as many as 24 with 6:52 to play but the Commodores made a late push that whittled the advantage down to just four on two occasions (:35 and :22) … A&M converted its last eight attempts from the free throw line in the game’s final 35 seconds to seal the win with both Admon Gilder and DJ Hogg each going 4-of-4.

● A&M used the starting lineup combination of TJ Starks, Admon Gilder, DJ Hogg, Robert Williams and Tyler Davis for the ninth time this season (5-4).

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

● Junior Tyler Davis scored a team-high 22 points to register his 12th career 20-point win (sixth this season) … Davis fell just one rebound short of his 17th career double-double, grabbing a game-high nine boards.

● Davis was joined in double-figure scoring by TJ Starks (18 points), DJ Hogg (16) and Admon Gilder (11).

Starks dished out a career-best six assists in the win.

● Aggie head coach Billy Kennedy improved to 133-96 during his seven-year tenure at Texas A&M and 344-275 in 20 seasons as a head coach.

UP NEXT

● The Aggies hit the road for the final time during the regular season, taking on Georgia in Athens on Wednesday ... The game will tip off at 7:30 p.m. and be televised by SEC Network.

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