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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas A&M 69, Mississippi 61
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Where: The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss, Oxford, Mississippi
Officials: # Owen Shortt, # Anthony Jordan, # K.B. Burdett Jr.
Attendance: 6008

Tyrece Radford scored 13 points and No. 24 Texas A&M held off Ole Miss 69-61 on Tuesday night in Oxford, Miss.

Wade Taylor IV scored 12 points and Julius Marble added 10 for the Aggies (22-8, 14-3 Southeastern Conference), who clinched at least the No. 2 seed in the SEC tournament. Texas A&M finishes the regular season at home against No. 2 Alabama -- the top team in the conference -- on Saturday.

Matthew Murrell scored a season-high 26 points, making a career-high eight 3-pointers (on 11 attempts) to lead the Rebels (11-19, 3-14) in their final home game of the season.

Radford made a 3-pointer and another basket to help Texas A&M open a 41-31 lead early in the second half.

Murrell and TJ Caldwell each made a 3-pointer during an 8-0 run that pulled Ole Miss within 42-40.

The Aggies scored the next seven points before the Rebels got within seven points three times in a 1:11 span.

Texas A&M pushed the lead to 11 before Ole Miss got within six three times before the four-minute mark.

Murrell's 3-pointer got the Rebels within 63-59 before the game was scoreless for more than two minutes.

Andersson Garcia's dunk ended the drought and extended the Aggies' lead to 65-59 with 1:23 left, and Ole Miss scored just two more points.

Robert Allen scored the first five points of the game and Murrell added two 3-pointers and another jumper as Ole Miss took a 15-6 lead.

Murrell made another 3-pointer to give the Rebels their biggest lead at 20-8 before they went cold.

Hayden Hefner and Solomon Washington scored four points apiece to spark a 14-0 run that gave Texas A&M a 22-20 lead.

Myles Burns and James White made back-to-back 3-pointers for Ole Miss before Marble had baskets to start and complete a 9-0 Aggies run that helped them take a 34-28 halftime lead.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Texas A&M   Mississippi
Tyrece Radford 13 Scoring Matthew Murrell 26
Wade Taylor IV 7 Assists Jaemyn Brakefield 6
Andre Gordon 8 Rebounds Robert Allen 5
Wade Taylor IV 6 Free Throws Made Myles Burns 2
Tyrece Radford 3 Steals Robert Allen 1
Julius Marble II 1 Blocks Theo Akwuba 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Texas A&M 69 37.9 5-22 14-20 15 38 2 11 5
Mississippi 61 37.3 12-29 5-9 19 32 2 2 18