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It was a terrific weekend for each Florida Atlantic and Texas A&M — for FAU as a result of it received the ESPN Occasions Invitational with a 84-50 victory over Virginia Tech, for Texas A&M as a result of it bounced-back from a loss to FAU with a shorthanded 73-69 win over Iowa State. So the Owls and Aggies at the moment are No. 13 and No. 14, respectively, in Monday morning’s up to date CBS Sports activities Prime 25 And 1 day by day school basketball rankings. Purdue stays No. 1 for the sixth consecutive day and must also be No. 1 when the Related Press Prime 25 ballot and USA Right now Coaches ballot every replace later Monday.
The Texas A&M-Iowa State recreation was wild.
Down two of their high three scorers due to accidents —particularly Henry Coleman III and Tyrece Radford — the Aggies fell behind by 21 factors Sunday, 35-14, and appeared on the verge of dropping to 1-2 within the eight-team occasion. However Texas A&M minimize ISU’s result in 12 by the tip of the primary half after which began the second half on a 24-8 run to take management.
“I assumed we performed extremely arduous,” mentioned Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams. “I assumed we have been unselfish. I assumed we have been related. I assumed we performed with phenomenal combat.”
That “phenomenal combat” allowed the restricted Aggies to complete third within the ESPN Occasions Invitational after shedding to FAU on Friday. On Sunday, FAU blasted Virginia Tech by 34 factors to win this occasion that is beforehand been received by huge manufacturers like Gonzaga, Kansas, Villanova and Maryland.
“These guys are consumed with taking part in basketball the precise method,” FAU coach Dusty Could mentioned of his gamers. “They seem to be a pleasure to educate and a pleasure to observe.”
The Owls have now received 4 straight video games since shockingly shedding at house to Bryant 9 days in the past. Up subsequent is Thursday’s recreation towards Liberty, which is 6-0 and ranked thirty ninth at KenPom.com. In order that’ll be a possibility for FAU so as to add a fourth top-70 victory simply 4 weeks into the season.
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