COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 15 Texas A&M men's basketball team took down Ohio State for a 73-66 road victory in a back-and-forth affair on Friday at the Schottenstein Center.
The hard-fought game featured 19 lead changes and the score was tied seven times, but the Aggies made the plays down to the stretch to grab a rare non-conference Power 5 road victory.
Three Aggies scored 20 or more points as last year's top SEC guard scoring tandem of graduate Tyrece Radford and junior Wade Taylor poured in 21 points apiece and senior forward Henry Coleman III bullied his way to 20 points. Coleman also grabbed 11 rebounds as he tallied the 11th double-double of his career.
The Aggies took the lead for good at the 7:16 mark of the second half on a Taylor jumper followed by a bucket from Coleman, and the Buckeyes never got closer than three for the remainder of the contest. The Aggies' final point of the game on a free throw from sophomore Solomon Washington gave them a seven-point advantage, which their largest lead of the night in the tight game.
Led by senior forward Andersson Garcia's game high 13 rebounds, Texas A&M was dominant on the glass with a 45-35 rebound advantage. A 16-to-12 bulge in offensive boards led to a 19-9 advantage in second chance points.