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Wade Taylor IV’s late 3-pointer helps Texas A&M hold off Mizzou on road
By Sydney Hunte
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Wade Taylor IV made sure Texas A&M didn’t let a road win slip away.
Taylor’s 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left — just his 3rd of the day on 9 tries — lifted No. 10 Texas A&M to a 67-64 win over No. 15 Mizzou on Saturday, the Aggies’ 3rd win in a row and 5th in 6 outings.
Taylor, the Aggies’ leading scorer, finished with 15 points, none bigger than his game-winning triple with just shy of 2 seconds left in regulation that improved A&M to 18-5 overall and 7-3 in SEC play. The Tigers fell to 17-6 (6-4 SEC).
Texas A&M got off to a quick start, opening up a 12-0 lead 5-and-a-half minutes into the contest. Their lead, though, dwindled to 20-18 with 9 minutes to go in the frame before a 12-4 run put them up 32-22 with 4 minutes to go.
Mizzou, who went into the half trailing 38-29, responded, eventually taking a 56-51 lead with 7:18 left. But the Aggies punched back, taking a 63-60 lead with 1:43 to go before the Tigers went up 64-63 with 53 seconds on the clock.
Then, after Andersson Garcia went 1-of-2 at the line to tie it at 64 with 42 seconds to go, Taylor drilled a 3-pointer with 2.1 on the clock — the eventual game-winner.
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Overall, the Aggies were 45.3% from the floor — 5-of-19 from 3-point range — while making good on just 14 of 23 trips to the line. Pharrel Payne led all scorers with 20 points, including 7-of-9 from the field. Zhuric Phelps joined Payne and Taylor in the double-digit club with 14, while Henry Coleman III totaled 6 points and pulled down 16 rebounds. Tamar Bates posted 16 points and Jacob Crews added 14 in a losing cause for the Tigers.
The Aggies return home on Tuesday to face Georgia. Mizzou, losers of two straight, hosts Oklahoma on Tuesday.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
