Baylor
Texas A&M
Texas A&M Tops Baylor, 63-60
1/19/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan 19, 2002
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Matt Sayman's 3-point attempt bounced off the rim with four seconds to play, and Texas A&M won its first Big 12 game of the season Saturday afternoon, holding off Baylor 63-60.
Keith Bean led the Aggies (7-11, 1-3 Big 12) with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Bernard King added 12 points, Jesse King 11 and Bradley Jackson 10.
Wendell Greenleaf scored 23 points on 9-of-15 shooting, including 4-of-8 from 3-point range, to lead the Bears (12-6, 2-3).
Baylor made seven 3-pointers in the first half - three of them by Greenleaf - as the Bears took a 17-7 lead and led 34-28 at the half. But Bean's 7 points in the first six minutes of the second half pulled the Aggies into a 41-41 tie. Dylan Leal's 3-pointer gave A&M a 44-41 lead, its first advantage since scoring the opening basket.
Greenleaf scored baskets on back-to-back A&M turnovers, tying the game at 57-57 with four minutes to play.
Bernard King's jump shot at 3:37 put the Aggies ahead 59-57, and Jackson's two free throws extended the lead to 61-57.
Greenleaf's fourth 3-pointer made it a one-point game, but two time-outs later, the Aggies got the ball to Bean in the paint for a goal that widened the lead to 63-60 at 1:10.
Logan Kosmalski's 3-point range with 49 seconds to play missed the rim. The Aggies rebounded, but Baylor got the ball with 12.1 seconds to play on a rebound of Andy Leatherman's missed 3-point attempt.
The Bears called time out, but Sayman's attempt to send the game into overtime was off the mark, and Jackson came up with the loose ball to seal the Aggie victory.
Baylor's two leading scorers - Lawrence Roberts and John Lucas - combined for just 11 points. Both teams were 1-for-7 from the field in the game's opening minutes.
