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Emmett Lifts Tech Over Aggies
January 24, 2004 | Men's Basketball
Jan 24, 2004
By MICHAEL A. LUTZ
AP Sports Writer
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Andre Emmett scored 23 points, including the go-ahead basket with 6 seconds to play, and No. 18 Texas Tech won its 12th consecutive game, an 80-78 victory over Texas A&M on Saturday night.
The Red Raiders (16-2, 4-0 Big 12) led by 12 points late in the first half, but scrapped to for a 40-37 halftime lead and the Aggies (7-8, 0-4) stayed in it in the second half.
There were seven ties in the second half, the last at 78-78 on a putback by Jesse King of the Aggies after a long miss by Leandro Garcia-Morales with 20 seconds to play.
The Raiders, coming off an impressive 67-47 victory over Oklahoma on Monday, didn't wilt.
Emmett fought his way to the basket for the winning layup. The Aggies got one more chance to tie it but Garcia-Morales missed a long shot at the buzzer.
Jarrius Jackson added 16 points and Mikey Marshall had 14 for the Red Raiders, who shot 61 percent from the field.
Acie Law had 14 points for the Aggies, who shot 50 percent.
The Aggies took a 49-46 lead with 16:11 left in the game on a three-point play by Antoine Wright. That was A&M's first lead since the opening minutes of the game and set the tone for a tight battle down to the finish.
The Red Raiders kept pulling away, but the Aggies kept rallying in a back-and-forth first half.
The Red Raiders used an 11-0 run to take a 20-9 lead midway in the first half. The Aggies cut the lead to 24-21 before Jackson hit consecutive 3-pointers to stretch the lead to 35-23 with 4:36 to play.
Then, Wright hit a 3-pointer and Andy Slocum's three-point play got the Aggies back in the game. Acie Law had two late baskets to cut Tech's lead to three at the half.
A&M won 64-59 in College Station last year, denying Texas Tech coach Bob Knight his 800th career victory.
