Texas A&M
JACKSONVILLE
Texas A&M 97, Jacksonville 58
Dec 16, 2006 | Men's Basketball
December 16, 2006
Josh Carter scored 16 points, and Acie Law and Antanas Kavaliauskas had 15 apiece to help No. 13 Texas A&M roll to a 97-58 victory over Jacksonville on Saturday night.
Joseph Jones had 14 points and Marlon Pompey added 11 for the Aggies (9-2), whose wins have all come at home this season. Texas A&M has won 14 straight games at Reed Arena dating to last season.
Texas A&M's two losses were on the road to then-No. 9 LSU and No. 1 UCLA last week.
Jesse Kimbrough, a former Texas A&M football player, led Jacksonville (4-6) with 19 points. Jacksonville shot 33 percent from the field.
Kavaliauskas was 7-of-11 from the field and Carter hit three 3-pointers for the Aggies, who shot 51 percent from the field.
Postgame Quotes and Notes
Billy Gillispie:
"Tonight was a good win for us. Jacksonville is a hard team to guard especially off the dribble. We made some really good plays tonight but we also made some mistakes. I did not expect them to get 20 offensive rebounds but when you guard the dribbler like we do that happens. We also had nine blocks which kind of evens that out. We are still a work in progress, we have a long way to go but we are getting better every day. We are still trying to figure out who will play and when and what the rotation will be. Joe (Jones) looked as healthy as he has all year tonight so that's a good thing."
(on Marlon Pompey) "He maybe forces too much, just needs to slow down a little. He is very vital to us offensively and defensively. He is probably even a better offensive player than he thinks he is.
(on Derrick Roland) "Roland has really improved. He has a very good work ethic, he always works before practice and after practice. He has already come a long way. He should be a very good defender he's just still trying to figure out where screens are coming from and those kinds of things. He's good in the open court, and he's a good shooter. I would like to have about 10 of him if I could."
A&M Notes:
*The Aggies have won 14 straight home games.
*The Aggies have won 31 straight regular-season non-conference games.
*The Aggies are 42-5 at home under Billy Gillispie.
*The Aggies are 9-0 at home this season.
*A&M had five players score in double figures for the first time this season.
*Joseph Jones scored 14 points, giving him 1,009 in his career. Jones is the 28th Aggie to reach 1,000 career points.
*Josh Carter scored 16 points and made 3-of-5 three-pointers. In the last two games, Carter has averaged 20.0 points and made 70.0 percent (7-of-10) from three-point range.
*Acie Law IV played in his 100th career game tonight. Law scored 15 points with 6 assists. For his career, Law has scored 1,211 points with 431 assists.
*A&M shot 51.4 percent from the field. The Aggies have shot at least 49 percent from the field in 10 of 11 games.
*A&M had a season-high 30 assists, tying for the 10th most in school history.
*A&M had a season-high 9 blocked shots.
*JU shot 33.3 percent from the field, the 8th time in 11 games that the Aggies have held their opponents under 38 percent.
*Marlon Pompey scored a season-high 11 points with 2 blocks and made 7-of-7 free throws.
*Donald Sloan scored a career-high 9 points with a career-best 7 assists and made 3-of-3 three-pointers.
*Antanas Kavaliauskas scored 15 points with 7 rebounds and made 7-of-11 from the field.
*A&M has a +9 rebounding margin. In the last three games, the Aggies have posted an average margin of +10.7.
*A&M made 10-of-24 three-pointers, the third time this season the Aggies have made at least 10 in a game.
