Texas A&M
(#15) TEXAS
(#15) Texas 78, Texas A&M 51
Jan 12, 2000 | Men's Basketball
January 12, 2000
No. 15 Texas needed a spark in the worst way and Ivan Wagner gave it to them.
Wagner and William Clay each scored 16 points and ignited sluggish Texas in the second half as the No. 15 Longhorns defeated cold-shooting Texas A&M for the 13th straight time, 78-51 Wednesday night.
Texas A&M hit only 17 percent from the field in the first half and the Longhorns still could manage only a 28-23 halftime lead. Texas built a 39-29 lead with 13:30 to play in the second half when Wagner's 3-pointer started a 20-5 run that finally gave them control of the game. Wagner got busy on defense too with seven assists and five steals.
Freshman Bernard King led all scorers with 19 points for the Aggies, but A&M shot only 29 percent from the field for the game, the seventh worst performance in school history.
Wagner and Clay each scored 14 of their 16 points in the second half. Texas center Chris Mihm finished with 12 points but had only five rebounds, far below his average of 11.0 per game.
Texas built a shaky 12-8 lead with 10:42 to go in the first half, but the Aggies used a 10-0 run to take an 18-12 lead with 7:41. The Longhorns closed the half with a 14-3 run to take a 28-23 lead.
The Aggies hit only 5-for-29 from the field in the first half and still trailed by only five.
