{"id":180608,"date":"2026-02-26T03:07:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T03:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/180608\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T03:07:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T03:07:41","slug":"aggies-down-in-2nd-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/180608\/","title":{"rendered":"Aggies down in 2nd half"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite taking an early lead,\u00a0Texas A&M men’s basketball<\/a> struggled for most of the first 20 minutes and entered the second half trailing Arkansas 37-28.<\/p>\n

The Aggies entered the first media timeout leading 9-2; since then, they’ve been chasing the Razorbacks on the road, falling behind by as much as 14 points, largely because of struggles to protect the basketball<\/p>\n

There were only two lead changes in the first half, with A&M ahead for just 5 minutes and 36 seconds.<\/p>\n

The Aggies turned the ball over 13 times, shot 44% from the field, and were outscored 20-14 in the paint. They won the rebound battle 19-18 and the bench points battle 11-10.<\/p>\n

A&M\u2019s forward Rashaun Agee scored a team-high 13 points in the half, shooting 4-for-4 from the field. He also led the Aggies in rebounding with six rebounds.<\/p>\n

For the Razorbacks, forward Billy Richmond III led all scorers, finishing the period with 15 points on 6-for-9 shooting from the field. Forward Trevon Brazile grabbed a team-high six rebounds.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for updates from the action:<\/p>\n

Arkansas is running away with this game early, taking a 14-point lead at one point. A&M has struggled with turnovers, committing 10 compared to the Razorbacks’ one.<\/p>\n

Arkansas extends its lead to four at the third media timeout of the period. A&M is battling, shooting 44% from the field with five scorers and Agee up to 10 points.<\/p>\n

The Razorbacks stormed back and entered the second media timeout, erasing a seven-point deficit. Arkansas has made all four of its free-throw attempts and has hit two shots from beyond the arc, compared with A&M’s one.<\/p>\n

Great start for the Aggies, who jump out to a seven-point lead. Agee has been hot early with five points, two assists and one rebound.<\/p>\n

When: 8 p.m. Wednesday\u00a0at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Ark.<\/p>\n

TV\/radio: ESPN2, 1370 AM in Austin; 1150 AM, 93.7 FM in College Station.<\/p>\n

Moneyline: Texas A&M +275, Arkansas -350<\/p>\n

Spread: Texas A&M is a 7\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":"Despite taking an early lead,\u00a0Texas A&M men’s basketball struggled for most of the first 20 minutes and entered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[41549,2747,2692,48876,3112,5277,27,16771,6096,6095,29,28,9228],"class_list":["post-180608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-arkansas-basketball","tag-arkansas-razorbacks","tag-college-basketball","tag-march-madness","tag-ncaa-tournament","tag-sec-basketball","tag-texas","tag-texas-a-m-aggies-men-s-basketball","tag-texas-am-aggies-basketball","tag-texas-am-basketball","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-ttp-live-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180608","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=180608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}