GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Colorado 103, Texas A&M 75
(AP Photo/John Amis)
Associated Press
CONWAY, S.C. - KJ Simpson had career-highs of 30 points and six steals and Colorado beat No. 24 Texas A&M 103-5 at the Myrtle Beach Invitational.
It was the second ranked opponent Colorado (3-2) has beaten in a five-day span after topping then-No. 11 Tennessee 78-66 on Sunday.
Simpson's sixth steal led to a fast-break dunk with 1:18 left. He was subbed out after making 11-of-17 shots, including four 3-pointers, and grabbing seven rebounds.
Colorado made just six 3-pointers on 25 attempts in its tournament-opening loss to UMass on Thursday. But the Buffaloes responded by going 16 of 32 from distance against Texas A&M, with five makes by Ethan Wright.
Wright finished with 15 points, missing just one shot, Javon Ruffin added 14 points and Nique Clifford had 11 for Colorado (3-2). Simpson's previous high was 23 points.
Colorado led 54-33 at halftime behind 10-of-19 shooting from 3-point range and Simpson's 14 points. Texas A&M only made 10 field goals in the first half.
Hayden Hefner scored 13 points for Texas A&M (2-2). Solomon Washington and Julius Marble each added 12 points. Wade Taylor IV, who entered averaging 18.3 points per game, was held to six points on 1-for-8 shooting.
Both teams have the day off on Saturday before the placing games on Sunday. Texas A&M will try to snap a two-game losing streak after making its first appearance this week in The Associated Press Top 25 since Jan. 1, 2017.
November 18, 2022
| Colorado | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| T. da Silva | F | 15 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| L. Lovering | C | 25 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| K. Simpson | G | 31 | 11-17 | 4-4 | 4-8 | 0-7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 30 |
| J. Gabbidon | G | 30 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| N. Clifford | G | 25 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| J. Ruffin | 22 | 4-6 | 4-4 | 2-3 | 1-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | |
| L. O'Brien | 20 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| J. Hammond III | 16 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| E. Wright | 15 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
| Totals | 199 | 34-59 (.576) |
19-24 (.792) |
16-32 (.500) |
10-35 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 103 | |
| Texas A&M | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| H. Coleman III | F | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| S. Washington | F | 14 | 2-7 | 7-8 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| W. Taylor IV | G | 21 | 1-8 | 3-4 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| D. Dennis | G | 20 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| T. Radford | G | 20 | 0-5 | 4-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| A. Gordon | 23 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| J. Marble | 21 | 6-9 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |
| H. Hefner | 20 | 4-8 | 4-4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |
| K. Robinson | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| A. Garcia | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| M. Obaseki | 9 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| E. Pratt | 8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| J. Brown | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 24-60 (.400) |
20-25 (.800) |
7-20 (.350) |
13-28 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 75 | |
