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 group 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.
“We have now gotten higher,” McMillan mentioned. “We nonetheless want to protect on the ball higher, however we’re getting higher.”
McMillan was particularly pleased with 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 certainly one of his finest video games, if not his finest sport,” McMillan mentioned. “Enjoying time and the way you play on the ground are normally based mostly off of the way you apply. It’s onerous when you have not been wholesome sufficient to apply, however he has been in a position to put collectively practices. Clearly, he’s a menace. He makes large pictures. A number of the pictures he makes, within the SEC, these are the one pictures you may get off at occasions.”
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 seeking to get the win,” Prairie View A&M coach Byron Smith informed LSUsports.web. “We performed the appropriate manner, performed onerous, performed good, 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 one of the best stored secret in faculty basketball,” Smith mentioned. “He can play numerous locations. We’re lucky to have him. He is a heck of a participant and heck of a expertise.”
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