Texas A&M spreads the wealth in blowout of Jacksonville

Rylan Griffen posted 19 points to lead a balanced scoring effort and Texas A&M overwhelmed Jacksonville 112-75 on Sunday in College Station, Texas.

Jamie Vinson scored 14 points, Mackenzie Mgbako had 13, Marcus Hill added 12, Ruben Dominguez and Ali Dibba each had 10 and a total of 14 players scored for the Aggies (8-3). Griffen made 5 of 6 3-pointers.

Jason Thirdkill Jr. tallied 19 points, Hayden Wood added 12 and Chris Lockett had 11 as the only double-figure scorers for the Dolphins (5-6), whose bench got outscored 65-47 by the Texas A&M bench. The Aggies had a 54-28 advantage in points in the paint.

Jacksonville’s Donovan Rivers made a dunk to start the second-half scoring and pull the Dolphins within 23 points, but Texas A&M embarked on a 22-5 run. Griffen scored eight points in that span, capping it with back-to-back 3-pointers for a 73-33 lead less than six minutes into the second half.

The Aggies, who lost their last game after failing to make a field goal in overtime against SMU last Sunday, went on to lead by as many as 49 points.

A layup by Mgbako produced the fourth lead change of the early going and gave the Aggies the lead for good. Six of Mgbako’s teammates scored during a 15-2 run that was completed with 10 straight points and a 23-9 lead midway through the first half.

Wood’s layup stopped the run, but a layup by Federiko Fedreiko and a 3-pointer by Dominguez pushed the lead to 28-11. Texas A&M led by 17 points a second time before Jacksonville crept within 12 points twice, the second time coming at 34-22.

Dibba scored seven points during a 12-0 run that gave the Aggies a 46-22 lead. They expanded the lead to 27 before holding a 51-26 halftime advantage as 11 players scored in the first half.

Texas A&M finished the game at 59.2% from the floor (42 of 71) The Aggies made 12 of 25 3-pointers (48%).

–Field Level Media