Greenville, S.C.-No. 13 seed Texas A&M defeated No. 12 seed Vanderbilt, 77-70, within the first spherical of the SEC Girls’s Basketball Event on Wednesday at Bon Secours Wellness Area in Greenville, South Carolina.

Texas A&M survived a number of runs by Vanderbilt, together with a late three-point barrage within the ultimate two minutes that erased its 17-point lead down to a few. 

Sydney Bowles led the Aggies with a career-high 22 factors and shot 6-of-12 from three. The All-SEC Freshman Group choice scored 11 of her factors within the fourth quarter, making 4-of-6 from the sector, together with 3-of-5 from lengthy vary.

Three different Aggies logged 12 factors, together with Sahara Jones, Jada Malone and Aaliah Patty. Malone’s dozen factors matched a profession excessive as she made 6-of-7 from the sector. Patty recorded her fourth double-double of the season with 11 rebounds.

Sacha Washington led the Commodores with 17 factors and tied for the team-high six rebounds.

By way of the primary, each groups traded back-and-forth buckets. Ciaja Harbison scored seven straight factors for Vandy, together with a reverse layup on a baseline drive, to provide the Dores a 14-11 lead halfway by the primary quarter, however Texas A&M later went on a 5-0 run to the shut the quarter, 21-16.

The Aggies continued their momentum to start out the second quarter by outscoring the Commodores 10-2 and gained their largest lead of the half, 13. Nonetheless, the Commodores had been capable of slim the deficit all the way down to eight heading into halftime, 40-33.

Texas A&M’s dominance within the paint overwhelmed Vanderbilt within the third and fourth quarters. The Aggies scored 38 factors within the paint and had 34 rebounds, whereas the Commodores solely had 26 factors within the paint with 26 rebounds. Texas A&M owned a 38-26 edge in second-chance factors., together with 20-10 within the second half.

Bowles knocked down well timed threes for the Aggies within the fourth, stretching their largest result in 17 with lower than eight minutes to go.

Nonetheless, the Commodores didn’t go away straightforward as they drained 4 from behind the arc to shut the result in three, 69-66, with two minutes remaining, however had been unable to finish the comeback try.

Texas A&M improved to 12-9 on the SEC Event.

Up Subsequent
Texas A&M will face 5-seed Mississippi State within the second spherical of the SEC Girls’s Basketball Event on Thursday at 2:00 P.M.

Vanderbilt (12-19, 3-14 SEC) is eradicated from the event.