{"id":155669,"date":"2026-02-08T03:20:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T03:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/155669\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T03:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T03:20:06","slug":"aggies-trail-gators-in-2nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/155669\/","title":{"rendered":"Aggies trail Gators in 2nd"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLLEGE STATION \u2014 In what was its worst shooting half of the season,\u00a0Texas A&M men’s basketball<\/a> trails Florida at the break, 30-19.<\/p>\n

The Aggies called for a blackout crowd, and the 12th Man responded with the best crowd of the season. However, the Aggies started the game 1-for-27 from the field and hit just 1-of-14 shots from beyond the arc. They went over 10 minutes without scoring a bucket in the half.<\/p>\n

Florida’s height and sound defense have been the difference, as A&M has been unable to establish any sustained offense in the first 20 minutes of action.<\/p>\n

A&M outrebounded Florida 26-24, but lost the turnover battle 6-4 and was crushed in the paint 16-8.<\/p>\n

Aggies\u2019 forward Rashaun had a team-high five\u00a0points, shooting 1-for-6\u00a0from the field. He also paced A&M on the boards with seven rebounds.<\/p>\n

For the Gators, guard Urban Klavzar led all scorers, finishing the period with nine\u00a0points while shooting 3-for-5\u00a0from the field. Center Micah\u00a0Hanlogten led them in rebounding with\u00a0five.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for updates from Saturday’s action:<\/p>\n

As the offense continues to struggle, A&M finds itself slipping away from contention. The Aggies are shooting 23.7% from the field and 23.3% from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

Florida made eight shots in a row and went on a 14-1 run to extend its lead over A&M.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Things have gotten worse for the Aggies coming out of the break. The Gators are 5-for-5 coming out of halftime and have forced an A&M timeout as they pushed their lead to 19.<\/p>\n

A&M just looks outmatched in every way. It’s being outscored, outrebounded and out-hustled. The result is a 14-point deficit at the final media timeout of the first half.<\/p>\n

The Aggies missed 23 consecutive shots and have not made a basket in over 10 minutes of game action. The Gators haven’t been much better, shooting just 33.3% from the field, but because of A&M’s inept offense, they lead by 10.<\/p>\n

A&M’s offense is nonexistent, scoring zero points since the first media timeout and shooting 5.6% from the field in the first eight minutes of the game. It is 0-for-10 from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

Offense has been a struggle for A&M early on, scoring just two points in the first four minutes of action. Florida’s size and defensive pressure have made it hard for the Aggies in every way.<\/p>\n

When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Reed Arena<\/p>\n

TV\/radio: SEC Network, 1370 AM in Austin; 1150 AM, 93.7 FM in College Station.<\/p>\n

Moneyline: Texas A&M +230, Florida -295<\/p>\n

Spread:Texas A&M is a 6\u00bd point underdog<\/p>\n

Reach Texas A&M beat reporter Tony Catalina via email at Anthony.Catalina@statesman.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COLLEGE STATION \u2014 In what was its worst shooting half of the season,\u00a0Texas A&M men’s basketball trails Florida…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,64014,63614,5277,6096,6095,9228],"class_list":["post-155669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-florida-basketball","tag-florida-gators-basketball","tag-sec-basketball","tag-texas-am-aggies-basketball","tag-texas-am-basketball","tag-ttp-live-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}