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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas A&M 85, Central Arkansas 59
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Where: Reed Arena, College Station, Texas
Officials: # Mike Nance, # John Hampton, # Todd Austin
Attendance: 7674

Senior Quenton Jackson scored a career-high 31 points and Texas A&M broke away over the final 8 1/2 minutes to post an 85-59 victory over Central Arkansas on Wednesday night at College Station, Texas.

Marcus Williams matched season highs of 16 points and four steals and recorded a season-best eight assists for the Aggies (11-2), who won their fourth straight game. Andre Gordon added 12 points for Texas A&M.

Jackson shot 11 of 18 from the field and also collected seven rebounds for the Aggies, who completed the game with a 31-6 burst.

Camren Hunter registered 12 points and four blocked shots for Central Arkansas (2-10), which lost for the seventh time in eight games. Collin Cooper also scored 12 on four 3-pointers.

The Bears committed 23 turnovers, which Texas A&M converted into 34 points. The Aggies had just six giveaways.

Texas A&M made 50 percent of its field-goal attempts and was 8 of 20 (40 percent) from 3-point range.

Central Arkansas connected on 41.7 percent of its shots, including 12 of 27 (44.4 percent) from behind the arc.

Texas A&M held a 47-42 lead after Williams made a jumper with 12:53 left in the contest.

Central Arkansas scored 11 of the next 18 points to move within 54-53 on Jared Chatham's 3-pointer with 9:16 remaining.

However, Aaron Cash drove in for a thunderous dunk with 8:29 left for the Aggies to start runs of 9-0 and 23-2.

Williams followed with a steal and made a layup with 8:14 to play. Hassan Diarra knocked down a 3-pointer and Tyrece Radford scored on a dunk for a 10-point lead with 6:14 to play.

After Darious Hall dunked for the Bears, Texas A&M rattled off 14 more in a row. Jackson scored seven straight in one stretch, including a dunk with 3:59 left that allowed him to surpass his previous career best of 28 set against New Orleans last season.

Williams' fastbreak layup with 2:46 remaining capped the run and gave the Aggies a 77-55 advantage en route to capping the victory.

Radford's last-second dunk gave Texas A&M a 35-34 halftime lead.

The Aggies scored the first six points of the game before Central Arkansas ripped off an 18-0 surge. Hunter capped it with a 3-pointer to give the Bears a 12-point lead with 13:27 remaining in the half.

Central Arkansas led 26-13 after Hall's layup with 9:05 remaining before Texas A&M went on its own 18-0 burst. Jackson's fastbreak layup ended it and gave the Aggies a five-point lead with 4:05 left before intermission.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Central Arkansas   Texas A&M
Collin Cooper 12 Scoring Quenton Jackson 31
Collin Cooper 3 Assists Marcus Williams 8
Darious Hall 8 Rebounds Aaron Cash 8
Carmen Hunter 3 Free Throws Made Quenton Jackson 7
Jared Chatham 3 Steals Marcus Williams 4
Carmen Hunter 4 Blocks Henry Coleman III 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Central Arkansas 59 41.7 12-27 7-10 15 28 4 4 23
Texas A&M 85 50.0 8-20 13-25 17 34 2 12 6