Buzz Williams critical of bench's performance in win

Texas A&M‘s men’s basketball team picked up their sixth win of the season on Sunday at home against Oregon State. The Aggies won in convincing fashion 72-54, but head coach Buzz Williams was not pleased with the contribution he received from his bench. After the game, Williams aired out his grievances with his bench’s performance despite the victory.

“In the first half, every player off the bench was a negative in the plus/minus category, and every starter was a positive. In the second half, well for the game, I thought Solo played his best game. And then every other player that came off the bench finished with a negative. That is not always the indicator, but it is for sure an indicator in the plus/minus category,” said Williams.

Texas A&M was able to overcome a four-point deficit at the half out-scoring Oregon State 46-24. The Aggies also finished with four players in double figures, one of which was off the bench. And although Soloman Washington did have a good game, finishing with seven points on a perfect night shooting from the field; the top scorer off the bench was guard Manny Obaseki with 11 points.

The Aggies bench will need a better performance in their next game if they want to add to their win total. Up next for Texas A&M is a road matchup against the Memphis Tigers.

Williams shares key to dominant second half

Texas A&M bounced back from their upset loss to Boise State with a dominant win over Oregon State, defeating the Beavers 72-54 at home on Sunday. The Aggies’ night was highlighted by an impressive second-half performance, and head coach Buzz Williams shared what the key was to their strong finish.

“I think one of the things that I think was a huge difference is we had nine turnovers in the first half and only three in the second half, five of those nine were live ball,” Williams said.

The Aggies did take better care of the basketball, but that wasn’t the only area they improved upon in the second half of Saturday’s game. Texas A&M actually entered halftime down four points to the Beavers, but looked like a completely different team in the second half.

The Aggies also cleaned the glass in the second half, out-rebounding the Beavers 21-13, seeing production from their front and back court by forward Julius Marble and guard Tyrece Radford who finished the game with seven rebounds each.