On the backs of Jalen Jones and Danuel House, Texas A&M stormed back from a halftime deficit to top Missouri and gather its third win in a row.
The scoring tandem of Jones and House continued a hot streak with 16 points each in the 62-50 win at Reed Wednesday.
Jones, who leads the team in scoring and rebounding, also added nine rebounds.
“We knew that we couldn’t let this one slip away from us,” Jones said. “Missouri played a lot of close games this year and we knew that they were going to come at us hard. They gave us the first punch and we knew that we had to him them back.”
Texas A&M opened the second half on a 15-5 run with back-to-back three pointers by House and Jones. The Aggies caught the three-point bug in the second half and never looked back, shooting 46 percent from behind the arc and leading by as many as 15 points.
Alex Caruso, the SEC leader in assists and assists per game, chipped in 11 points and dished out three assists in the win.
For the Tigers, guard Wes Clark was all over the court with 18 points, six assists and five steals. Texas A&M managed to keep leading scorer Johnathan Williams III in check, holding him to nine points and 10 rebounds.
The Aggies next head to Knoxville for a noon matchup with Tennessee Saturday.