No. 13 Texas A&M wants to keep growing vs. Lamar

No. 13 Texas A&M will look to continue its accelerated growth path when it squares off against Lamar on Monday in College Station, Texas.The Aggies (1-1), who sport one of the most experienced teams in the nation, rebounded from a season-opening loss on the road to UCF with a definitive 87-55 victory at home over East Texas A&M on Friday.Five players scored in double figures for Texas A&M, led by Zhuric Phelps’ 18 points off the bench. Henry Coleman III and Manny Obaseki added 14 points apiece, Hayden Hefner had 13 and Wade Taylor IV hit for 10 for the Aggies in the win.”There’s a lot of good players on this team,” Obaseki said. “I don’t really find it surprising when I see five, six guys in double figures.”Texas A&M shot 55.7 percent from the floor while getting 54 points in the paint. The Aggies’ reserves scored 50 of the team’s points. Texas A&M forced 18 turnovers, never trailed in Friday’s game and led by as many as 35 points in the second half as the Aggies bounced back in a big way.”We have to use our maturity and our experience and our wisdom to our advantage,” Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams said after the win. “Our growth rate has to be really fast relative to the schedule we’re going to play.”Some of the things we practiced, that we’ve shown and that we’ve talked about since Monday night was much more prominent (against East Texas A&M), which is a positive thing.”Every player that saw the court for Lamar hit at least one shot from the floor as the Cardinals shot 56.1 percent from the field for the game and 67 percent in the second half. Lamar forced 31 turnovers — 21 of them were steals.

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