Baylor
8-1
Texas A&M
6-2
Motley Leads MBB Over Texas A&M, 77-63
12/9/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
 63TEXAS A&M (6-2) |
Box Score | Quotes | Notes | Baylor Photos Waco, Texas ? Attendance: 7,265 |  77BAYLOR (8-1) |
| THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas (AP) - Freshman Johnathan Motley had 22 points and Baylor overcame a slow start to beat Texas A&M 77-63 on Tuesday night when the former Big 12 and Southwest Conference rivals played for the first time in three seasons.
Rico Gathers had 13 points and 10 rebounds for his 11th career double-double at Baylor (8-1), which won its ninth straight home game.
Kourtney Roberson and Alex Robinson each had 11 points for the Aggies (6-2), who had won five in a row. They shot a season-best 58 percent (22 of 38), but were outrebounded 36-17.
This was the 206th meeting in the Battle of the Brazos, referring to the river that touches both college towns only about 90 miles apart. It is the second-longest played rivalry for both teams behind Texas, but hadn't been played since Texas A&M left for the SEC after the 2011-12 season.
HIGHLIGHTS
? Baylor used a 9-0 run from the 12:38 mark of the 1st half to the 10:29 mark to take its 1st lead (15-14).
? Baylor used a 16-6 run in the last 5:52 of the 1st half to take its largest lead (36-29) of the 1st half.
? Baylor used a 43-18 run from the 5:52 mark of the 1st half to the 6:56 mark of the 2nd half to take its largest lead of the game (63-41, 22-point lead).
? Baylor dominated Texas A&M in offensive rebounds (15-0) and second chance points (18-0).
? Kenny Chery returned after missing the last four games with a foot injury - he finished with 7 points, 2 assists and tied a season-high of 3 steals.
? Rico Gathers (13 points) had his 4th double-figure scoring game of the season and 18th of his career.
? Gathers (10 rebounds) had his 7th double-figure rebounding game of the season and 21st of his career.
? Gathers earned his 4th double-double of the season and 11th of his career.
? Lester Medford (11 points) had his 5th double-figure scoring game of the season.
? Taurean Prince (11 points) has a career-best streak of 7-straight games scoring in double figures and is averaging 14.6 points per game during that stretch. His longest previous double-figure scoring streak was 2 games.
? Prince has scored in double figures 7 times this season and 18 times in his career.
? Al Freeman (career-high 10 points) had his 1st career double-figure scoring game and has led the team in bench scoring in the last five games.
? Johnathan Motley (career-high 22 points) had his 3rd double-figure scoring game of the season and his career. It's his first since doing so in back-to-back games to start the season - he failed to score in his previous 2 games.
? Motley had a career-high 11 rebounds to finish with his first career double-double.
STAT OF THE GAME
O: Offensive rebounds for Texas A&M, the first SEC team in the last 19 seasons to record zero offensive rebounds in a game.
TWEET OF THE GAME
Updated stat: Motley didn't get credit for two tip-ins, so Baylor actually had 17 offensive rebounds. Compared to A&Ms 17 TOTAL rebounds.
-- Shehan Jeyarajah (@ShehanJeyarajah) December 10, 2014
TOP QUOTE
"I thought that rebounding-wise, as a coach, you could not be more pleased with what we were able to do on the glass and with second chance points. With the rivalry and the hype going into the game I thought that is why it is good to play this type of game because that is what conference games are like and it is good for our guys to get in that environment." - Baylor head coach Scott Drew
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor hosts New Mexico State Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 8 p.m. CT on ESPNU.
