Second Half Surge Lifts Aggies Past Texas Southern, 104-70
Nov 06, 2025 | Men's Basketball
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M men's basketball team started the second half on a 25-6 run to pull away from the Texas Southern Tigers in a 104-70 victory Thursday evening at Reed Arena.
The first half was a back-and-forth affair that saw 12 lead changes. The Aggies (2-0) ended the half with an 8-2 run to take a 41-36 edge at the break. Rashaun Agee led the Maroon & White with nine points, shooting 3-of-5 from the field.
Coming out of halftime, Texas A&M made five of its first six shots to build its first double-digit lead of the game 54-40. The Aggies never looked back, eventually leading by as many as 36 points late. The Maroon & White shot 60.6% from the field, sinking 20-of-33 in the second half.
Agee paced the Aggies finishing with 16 points, shooting 6-of-9 (66.7%) from the floor. Rylan Griffen produced 14 points, five assists and three steals. Rounding out the Aggies in double figures were Marcus Hill (13), Josh Holloway (12) and Ruben Dominguez (10).
The Maroon & White forced 23 turnovers, with 14 steals. The relentless work on defense resulted in a 32-5 advantage in points-off-turnovers. Texas A&M had an efficient shooting night, hitting 33-of-61 (54.1%).
The Aggies return to the court Sunday, Nov. 9 when they travel to Oklahoma State for a 1 p.m. tip on ESPN2.
POST GAME QUOTES
Head coach Bucky McMillan on the coming back from the second half…
"I think that the product of how we play is that we use a lot of guys. We play really fast, we play like this all the time, that hopefully we can keep leaning on another team so that their defense breaks down in the second half more and more. Hopefully, we have enough depth that we're coming in and we're strong and able to get to the paint more, be fresh, and get out of transition and I think that happened in the second half."
Senior guard Rylan Griffen on the team's comeback in the second half…
"We're still a new team with a new coach and players, so we are still getting used to each other. It's a long season and you're going to have ups and downs in a game, so it's just about fighting through adversity and I'm happy that this team didn't let having a subpar first half dictate our energy and our attitude. I feel like that's something great teams do."
Junior guard Josh Holloway on the team's energy in the second half…
"I thought we came out with energy and more intensity than the first half. Coach told us that would give us our best shot. We stayed with it and knew that in the second half we had to come out with aggressiveness and intensity to stretch the score out."
POSTGAME NOTES
RECORDS & SERIES NOTES
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
#0 Marcus Hill
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The first half was a back-and-forth affair that saw 12 lead changes. The Aggies (2-0) ended the half with an 8-2 run to take a 41-36 edge at the break. Rashaun Agee led the Maroon & White with nine points, shooting 3-of-5 from the field.
Coming out of halftime, Texas A&M made five of its first six shots to build its first double-digit lead of the game 54-40. The Aggies never looked back, eventually leading by as many as 36 points late. The Maroon & White shot 60.6% from the field, sinking 20-of-33 in the second half.
Agee paced the Aggies finishing with 16 points, shooting 6-of-9 (66.7%) from the floor. Rylan Griffen produced 14 points, five assists and three steals. Rounding out the Aggies in double figures were Marcus Hill (13), Josh Holloway (12) and Ruben Dominguez (10).
The Maroon & White forced 23 turnovers, with 14 steals. The relentless work on defense resulted in a 32-5 advantage in points-off-turnovers. Texas A&M had an efficient shooting night, hitting 33-of-61 (54.1%).
The Aggies return to the court Sunday, Nov. 9 when they travel to Oklahoma State for a 1 p.m. tip on ESPN2.
POST GAME QUOTES
Head coach Bucky McMillan on the coming back from the second half…
"I think that the product of how we play is that we use a lot of guys. We play really fast, we play like this all the time, that hopefully we can keep leaning on another team so that their defense breaks down in the second half more and more. Hopefully, we have enough depth that we're coming in and we're strong and able to get to the paint more, be fresh, and get out of transition and I think that happened in the second half."
Senior guard Rylan Griffen on the team's comeback in the second half…
"We're still a new team with a new coach and players, so we are still getting used to each other. It's a long season and you're going to have ups and downs in a game, so it's just about fighting through adversity and I'm happy that this team didn't let having a subpar first half dictate our energy and our attitude. I feel like that's something great teams do."
Junior guard Josh Holloway on the team's energy in the second half…
"I thought we came out with energy and more intensity than the first half. Coach told us that would give us our best shot. We stayed with it and knew that in the second half we had to come out with aggressiveness and intensity to stretch the score out."
POSTGAME NOTES
RECORDS & SERIES NOTES
- Bucky McMillan's career record moves to 101-52 all-time and to 2-0 in his first season with the Aggies.
- Texas A&M is now 11-1 against the Texas Southern Tigers.
- Texas A&M began with a starting lineup of Pop Isaacs, Rylan Griffen, Jacari Lane, Rashaun Agee, Federiko Federiko.
- The Aggies had a 32-5 advantage in points off turnovers, with a 14-3 edge in steals.
- Texas A&M saw 12 players score in the game, including five players in double-figures.
- The Aggies started the second half on a 25-6 run over 6:19 to take a 66-42 lead.
- Texas A&M scored 100 points for the first time since Dec. 27, 2021, in a 102-52 victory against Dallas Christian and their 104 points in the game were the most since defeating USC Upstate 104-64 to begin the 2015-16 season.
- With 202 total points against Northwestern State and Texas Southern, the Aggies started the season with 200-plus points through two games for just the third time in program history and the first time since scoring 204 in 2015-16.
- The Aggies opened the season with back-to-back wins by 30-plus points each for the first time since 2015-16.
- The Aggies hit on 60.6% (20-of-33) from the field in the second half.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
#0 Marcus Hill
- Scored 13 points on 4-of-6 (66.7%) shooting from the field.
- Finished with 12 points on 4-for-4 shooting from the field for his 15th career double-digit performance.
- Scored 14 points on 5-for-8 (62.5%) shooting from the field and added five assists.
- Matched a career high with three steals.
- Started his collegiate career with double-digit points in back-to-back games, scoring 10 against Texas Southern.
- Scored 16 points on 6-for-9 (66.7%) shooting from the field.
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