Texas A&M Falls Just Short at Arkansas, 73-62

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Mardracus Wade scored 14 points as Arkansas secured its first unbeaten run through the Southeastern Conference at home since the 1997-98 season with a 73-62 win over Texas A&M on Saturday.

62 – 73 Bud Walton Arena • Fayetteville, Arkansas Attendance: 15,423 Boxscore: HTML  |  PDF

1 2   A&M (17-14, 7-11) 26 37 63 Arkansas (19-12, 10-8) 33 39 72  Stats at a Glance A&M ARK FG Percentage 51.2 38.0 3-Pt FG Percentage 54.5 31.8 FT Percentage 70.0 77.8 Rebounds 24 31 Turnovers 23 12 Points in the Paint 30 22 Points off Turnovers 15 22 Second Chance Points 9 14 Fast Break Points 4 8 Bench Points A&M Leaders ARK Harris, 16 Pts Wade, 14 R Turner, 7 Reb Clarke, 8 Caruso, 5 Ast Bell, 3 Caruso, 2 Stl three with 3 – Blk five with 1

The Razorbacks (19-12, 10-8) also secured their first overall winning mark in the SEC in five years, the last time the school reached the NCAA tournament. Arkansas closed out the regular season 18-1 at home, with its only loss coming to then-No. 6 Syracuse on Nov. 30.

Wade was one of five players in double figures for the Razorbacks.

The loss was the fourth in five games for Texas A&M (17-14, 7-11), which played without leading scorer Elston Turner because of a hand injury.

Fabyon Harris led the Aggies with 16 points.

Story courtesy of Texas A&M Athletics

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Posted by Zach Taylor on Mar 9 2013. Filed under Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry