The Aggies (17-4, 7-1) jumped out to a 22-2 lead and never trailed as they maintained their one-game SEC lead, stretched their winning streak to four games and defeated Georgia for the sixth straight time.
Texas A&M also got 15 points apiece from Marcus Hill, who was 7-for-9 from the floor, and Ali Dibba. Ruben Dominguez posted 13 points and Pop Isaacs scored 11 as the Aggies made 13 3-point attempts — three each from Isaacs and Dibba.
Georgia (16-6, 4-5), which dropped its third in a row, was led by Jeremiah Wilkinson with 17 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Blue Cain and Kanon Catchings each scored 14. Dylan James had 13 points and a career-high 13 rebounds off the bench for his first career double-double while Marcus “Smurf” Millender scored 12.
The game went the wrong way for Georgia early. The Bulldogs had to call a timeout just 40 seconds into the game when they couldn’t inbound a ball against the Texas A&M pressure. Georgia made only one of its first eight shots and the Aggies made seven of nine to take a 16-2 lead.
The barrage continued for Texas A&M as Isaacs sank back-to-back 3-pointers to complete a 20-0 run before Georgia broke a 5:42 scoring drought on a bucket by James to cut the lead to 22-4.
The Bulldogs found their footing and used a late 10-2 run to cut the lead to 44-41 on Millender’s 3-pointer with 2:31 left in the half. But Texas A&M scored the final seven points take a 51-41 lead at the half — Georgia’s biggest halftime deficit of the season.
Georgia cut the lead to 69-67 on James’ 3-point play at the 9:05 mark, only to have the Aggies’ Jacari Lane and Dibba respond with back-to-back 3-pointers to spark a 15-3 run and re-establish an 84-70 lead. The Bulldogs never got closer than nine points thereafter.
