Aggies Can't Keep Up With No. 22 Vols; Live Game Log

It doesn't get any easier for Texas A&M, which takes a four-game losing streak to Knoxville on Tuesday to take on No. 22 Tennessee

Author:
Timm Hamm
Publish date:
Feb 1, 2022 6:58 PM EST

The Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team has dropped four in a row and looks to make things right as it takes on the No. 22 Tennessee Volunteers at 6:00 p.m. CT on Tuesday at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee.

The Aggies (15-6, 4-4 SEC) are now 4-4 against SEC opponents after starting the SEC schedule with four straight wins over Georgia, Arkansas, Ole Miss, and Missouri.

No. 22 Tennessee (14-6, 5-3 SEC) is unbeaten at home (11-0) and is allowing just 62.5 points per contest, good for second in the SEC, holding opponents to 41.7 percent shooting.

Stay with AllAggies.com during the game for all the live updates from Knoxville as the Aggies face the Volunteers in SEC men's basketball play.

PREGAME:

The Aggies and Volunteers are warming up and Thompson-Boling Arena seats are filling up. According to ESPN's BPI, the Aggies have a 9.4 percent chance at the win before the start of the game to Tennessee's 90.6 percent.

In-game updates will be posted here after tip-off... Please refresh your browser every few minutes to follow along in real-time...

Aggies win the tip.

15:49 First Half: Aggies 6, Volunteers 11

Josiah-Jordan James scores the first five points of the game for the Vols with a 3-pointer and a dunk off an assist by Kennedy Chandler. Andre Gordon hit a 3-pointer for the Aggies to get on the board at the 18:02 mark of the first half.

Tennessee's Uvos Plavsic hit one-of-two free throws after a foul by Ethan Henderson, then Manny Obaseki hit a 3-pointer for the Aggies to tie the game at 6.

Santiago Vescovi hit a 3 for th3e Vols off an assist by Plavsic, then James hit a mid-range jumper for the Vols to extend the Tennessee lead to 11-6. Both teams have two early turnovers apiece.

11:31 First Half: Aggies 13, Volunteers 19

Josiah-Jordan James hit a foul shot after a foul by Manny Obaseki, then Victor Bailey, Jr. made a layup to extend the Vols lead to 14-6. The Aggies are just 2-for-8 from the field while Tennessee is 6-of-9 early.

Tennessee's Zakai Zeigler hit another 3-pointer for the Volunteers extending the lead further to 17-6.

A&M's leading scorer on the year, Henry Coleman III made a layup but the Vols' Bailey Jr. answered with a dunk at the other end. Wade Taylor IV nailed a long 3-pointer off an assist by Andre Gordon just before a Marcus Williams layup that brought the Aggies to within 19-13 at the 11:56 mark of the first half.

Almost mid-way through the first half, A&M is shooting 41.7 percent from the field compared to Tennessee's 50.0 percent. It's 6-5 turnovers to the Aggies, and both teams are shooting 42.9 percent from beyond the arc.

7:40 First Half: Aggies 21, Volunteers 31

Tennessee's John Fulkerson hit both foul shots off the Marcus Williams foul, the Wade Taylor IV made two free throws after a Josiah-Jordan James foul. Taylor IV hit another jumper that was answered by Olivier Nkamhoua on the other end of the floor with a short-range jumper.

Tennessee's Kennedy Chandler hit a long 3-pointer that was answered at the Aggies' end of the floor with a Henry Coleman III layup making the score 26-19 in favor of Tennessee with 8:48 remaining in the first half.

Nkamhoua slammed home a dunk off an assist by Chandler, but A&M's Aaron Cash answered with a layup off a Hayden Hefner missed 3 that was rebounded by Quenton Jackson. Nkamhoua hit another 3-pointer off a Chandler assist prompting an Aggies timeout with 7:40 remaining and Tennessee leading 31-21.

3:37 First Half: Aggies 25, Volunteers 36

Coming out of the Aggies timeout, Andre Gordon missed two 3-pointers while Kennedy Chandler missed one at the other end for the Vols. Hayden Hefner hit two free throws after a foul by Tennessee's Uros Plavsic, making the score 31-23.

Tyrece Radford added a layup with 5:51 left in the half that helped inch the Aggies to within six points at 31-25. But Olivier Nkamhoua hit a mid-range jumper at the other end to extend the lead again.

The two teams traded misses in consecutive possessions before Santiago Vescovi nailed a long 3-pointer, assisted by Zakai Zeigler, extending the Tennessee lead to 11 points at 36-25.

The Aggies are shooting 36 percent from the field on 9-of-25 shooting while Tennessee is hitting 48.1 percent of its shots on 13-of-27 shooting. Tennessee holds an advantage from 3-point range with 42.9 percent on 6-of-14 shooting as the Aggies are struggling from beyond the arc with 23.1 percent on 3-of-13 shooting.

HALFTIME: Aggies 35, Volunteers 43

A&M's Ethan Henderson hit one-of-two foul shots right out of the timeout after a foul by Tennessee's Jahmai Mashack, but Zakai Zeigler answered with a 3 at the other end, assisted by Santiago Vescovi. Zeigler fouled Wade Taylor IV who hit just one free throw making the score 39-28 with 2:41 remaining in the half.

Marcus Williams fouled Zeigler who hit both foul shots for a 41-28 Tennessee lead with 2:25 left.

Hassan Diarra missed a 3-pointer for the Aggies before both Zeigler and Vescovi missed long-range shots for the Vols. Nkamhoua fouled Henry Coleman III, who hit both free throws with 1:17 left to play in the first half. Ethen Henderson then fouled Nkamhoua, and he hit both charity shots for a 43-30 Vols lead.

With 49 seconds remaining in the first half, Jahmai Mashack fouled Wade Taylor IV. Taylor made both shots to get the Aggies back to within 11.

Taylor IV hit a 3-pointer with 31 seconds prompting a Tennessee timeout on the court. Tennessee attempted a play on the inbounds pass but the Aggies defense broke it up as time expired in the first half.

A&M is shooting 35.7 percent from the floor compared to Tennessee's 45.2. Tennessee still holds the edge from beyond the arc, 38.9 percent to 26.7. A&M is just 4-of-15 from 3-point range. The Aggies hold the edge in turnovers, however, at 7-6.

15:06 Second Half: Aggies 44, Volunteers 53

Tyrece Radford opens up the second half scoring with a mid-range jumper for the Aggies, that's answered by the Vols' Olivier Nkamhoua with a layup at the other end. Tennessee's Kennedy Chandler hit a layup off an assist by Uros Plavsic followed by another Vols layup by Josiah-Jordan James to extend the Volunteers lead back to 12 at 49-37, causing Aggies coach Buzz Williams to call a timeout with 17:49 left in the half.

Out of the A&M timeout, Tyrece Radford turned the ball over to Kennedy Chandler who nailed a long-range jumper. Henry Coleman III was then fouled at the other end by James and Coleman III nailed both foul shots for a 51-39 Vols lead.

Uros Plavsic made a layup for Tennessee but Marcus Williams went the distance on the inbounds pass and hit a 3-pointer. On Tennessee's next possession, Williams stole the ball from Plavsic and missed a layup that was rebounded by Radford who laid it in making the score 53-44 Tennessee.

11:52 Second Half: Aggies 53, Volunteers 59

After the television timeout, Tennessee's Zakai Zeigler made a layup and was fouled by Ethan Henderson. Zeigler made the extra shot. Quenton Jackson answered with a 3-pointer followed by a layup after a Tennessee turnover making the score 56-49 Volunteers.

Tennessee's Santiago Vescovi made a 3-pointer off an assist by John Fulkerson before an Ethan Henderson layup got the Aggies back to within eight at 59-51 with 12:29 left in regulation. Marcus Williams got fouled by Kennedy Chandler and made both foul shots just before the television timeout.

7:21 Second Half: Aggies 59, Volunteers 64

Quenton Jackson made a jumper out of the TV timeout to make the score 59-55 with 11:42 remaining, but Victor Bailey Jr. hit a free throw off of a foul by Marcus Williams to push the lead back to five at 60-55.

The teams traded misses and defensive rebounds until Tyrece Radford hit a jumper at the 9:44 mark to get the Aggies to within three at 60-57. Kennedy Chandler missed a 3-pointer at the other end but Olivier Nkamhoua snagged the offensive rebound and tossed it to Justin Powell who missed a 3. Henry Coleman III grabbed the defensive rebound and Andre Gordon hit a jumper on the A&M side of the floor to get the Aggies to within one.

Nkamhoua answered with a mid-range jumper off the Justin Powell assist pushing the lead back to three at 62-59.

Williams missed a chance to tie the game with a 3 but Josiah-Jordan James got the defensive board and John Fulkerson hit a layup with 7:30 left.

5:21 Second Half: Aggies 61, Volunteers 72

Marcus Williams made a layup with 7:08 left before Hassan Diarra missed a 3-point attempt that was rebounded by Tennessee. Ethan Henderson fouled Josiah-Jordan James on the play. Jordan made both foul shots pushing the Volunteers' lead back to five at 66-61.

Tennessee's Justin Powell hit consecutive 3-pointers that pushed the Vols lead back to 11 with 5:21 left in regulation, and A&M called a timeout.

FINAL: Aggies 80, Volunteers 90

Marcus Williams turned the ball over right out of the timeout and Kennedy Chandler hit another layup. Quenton Jackson fouled Josiah-Jordan James with 4:54 left and James made both foul shots pushing the Vols lead back to 15 as the Volunteers have rattled off 12 unanswered points since the 6:37 mark of the half.

Henry Coleman III made two free throws after a foul by James, then Coleman stole the ball from Powell and Jackson threw home a dunk off the assist by Coleman III. Tennessee called a timeout with 4:28 remaining with a 76-65 lead.

Olivier Nkamhoua turned the ball over right out of the timeout and Wade Taylor IV made a layup. Taylor IV then fouled Santiago Vescovi, who missed one foul shot. Taylor IV then made a layup and was fouled by John Fulkerson. Taylor made one free throw before Kennedy Chandler was fouled by Quenton Jackson. Chandler made one-of-two free throws that gave Tennessee a 10 point lead again at 80-70.

Chandler fouled Coleman III with 2:53 on the clock and Coleman hit both foul shots.

Zakai Zeigler and Tyrece Radford traded layups with 1:51 left and Tennessee still leading by eight at 82-74. After a foul by Vescovi on Radford, Radford hit a free throw but Vescovi answered on the other end with a 3-pointer that gave the Vols a 10 point lead.

Chandler hit two foul shots and Jackson made a 3-pointer with 1:09 to play. Zeigler hit a free throw and Chandler added two more with 27 seconds remaining and Tennessee leading 90-78.

Jackson made an uncontested layup with 16 seconds and Tennessee ran out the clock to end the game.