Road-weary Tigers knock off Aggies

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MEMPHIS 81, NO. 21 TEXAS A&M 75

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — David Jones scored 29 points and tied a career-high with five three-pointers to lead Memphis to an 81-75 win over No. 21 Texas A&M on Sunday.

Jones scored 21 points in the first half as Memphis (72) built a nine-point lead by halftime and didn’t trail in the second half.

“David was phenomenal,” Memphis Coach Penny Hardaway said. “He came to play. He made big shot after big shot. Can’t say enough about him.”

The Aggies scored five quick points, with a three-pointer from Manny Obaseki, to get within four with seven seconds left. But Jones made two free throws with five seconds to go to seal the win.

Memphis was up by eight with about eight minutes remaining when Caleb Mills made two three-pointers in a 6-2 run that extended the lead to 69-58 a couple minutes later.

It’s the second consecutive win for the Tigers, after they lost their previous two, and wraps up a stretch of six on the road.

“We’re excited because we know what we just accomplished … but man its our sixth game on the road, we’re kind of exhausted,” Hardaway said.

Obaseki had 21 points to lead Texas A&M (7-3), which lost for the third time in five games after opening the season 5-0. Aggies’ star Wade Taylor IV, the Southeastern Conference preseason player of the year, had a tough day and finished with nine points. He made just 3 of 14 shots and missed all nine of his 3-point attempts.

“We weren’t terrible at anything,” Coach Buzz Williams said. “We just weren’t good enough.”

COLORADO 90, NO. 15 MIAMI 63

NEW YORK — Tristan da Silva scored 16 of his 22 points during a decisive second half to help Colorado pull away from No. 15 Miami in an NABC Brooklyn Showcase game at Barclays Center.

KJ Simpson scored 20 points while Luke O’Brien scored all 13 of his points during the game-ending 47-17 run for Colorado (7-2). J’Vonne Hadley, Eddie Lampkin Jr. and Julian Hammond III all added 11 points apiece.

The Buffaloes won without star freshman guard Cody Williams, who is day-to-day with a wrist injury.

Matthew Cleveland scored 17 points, Norchad Omier had 12 points and Wooga Poplar added 11 points for Miami (7-2).

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