COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Zhuric Phelps scored 18 points in his Texas A&M debut, Manny Obaseki and Henry Coleman III each added 14 and the 13th-ranked Aggies beat East Texas A&M 87-55 on Friday night.
Texas A&M (1-1) bounced back after losing at Central Florida on Monday in its season opener. Phelps, an SMU transfer, missed that game with a hand injury.
Hayden Hefner added 13 points for Texas A&M and Wade Taylor had 10. The Aggies led 50-24 at halftime.
Scotter Williams Jr. scored 12 points for East Texas A&M, which changed its name from Texas A&M-Commerce on Thursday. The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents voted to approve the new name.
East Texas A&M: The Lions’ first game with their new name was forgettable, although facing a ranked team should help when they begin Southland Conference play in early December. The Lions wore “East Texas” on their new jerseys.
Texas A&M: The Aggies needed this one after falling 64-61 at Central Florida. Ten players saw at least 17 minutes of action against the Lions. The Aggies' nonconference schedule is one of the toughest in program history, but this wasn't one of those games.
The Aggies led 12-7 a little more than four minutes into the game when Hefner drilled a 3-pointer to start building their big lead.
The Aggies had a major height advantage and outscored the Lions 54-26 in the paint. Texas A&M nearly scored as many points inside as East Texas A&M managed overall.
East Texas A&M: Hosts Southern on Wednesday night.
Texas A&M: Hosts Lamar on Monday night.
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Texas A&M guard Zhuric Phelps (1) makes a basket over East Texas A&M guard Scooter Williams Jr. (1) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Craft)
TORONTO (AP) — Edmonton defenseman Darnell Nurse was bloodied and had to be helped to the locker room after taking a hit to the head from Toronto forward Ryan Reaves early in the second period Saturday night in the Maple Leafs' 4-3 overtime victory.
Nurse wheeled around his net and was caught high by Reaves before crashing to the ice. Nurse stayed down for a few minutes inside a hushed Scotiabank Arena as he was attended to by trainers. He didn't return to the game.
Reaves was assessed a match penalty and a game misconduct. He exchanged words with Edmonton captain Connor McDavid before heading down the tunnel.
While Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch didn’t provide an injury update, Nurse was spotted in the hallway outside the locker room with a cut over his swollen right eye.
“It’s a dangerous play,” Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said. ”(Reaves) has got to know that Nursey doesn’t see him coming and choose the right path there, and he doesn’t. It’s tough to see one of your teammates on the ice like that. Dangerous play.”
The 29-year-old Nurse has two goals and seven assists in 17 games this season.
“Penalty kill, power play, 5-on-5 minutes,” Knoblauch said. “He’s a very important piece of our team, especially how well he had been playing this last week or two.”
The 6-foot-2, 225-pound Reaves has been suspended three times in his 15-year NHL career, twice for hits, for a total of six games.
“That’s the side of the game you never want to see,” Maple Leafs winger Bobby McMann said. “Guys are playing hard. I don’t think he was trying to finish high like that — I know he wasn’t. He’s just playing it hard and trying to get through guys, trying to win a hockey game. Sometimes you clip a guy the wrong way."
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Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse (25) is attended to by medical personnel and teammates after colliding with Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Ryan Reaves (75) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 in Toronto. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)
Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse (25) is attended to by medical personnel and teammates after colliding with Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Ryan Reaves (75) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 in Toronto. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)
Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse (25) lays on the ice after colliding with Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Ryan Reaves (75) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 in Toronto. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Ryan Reaves (75) collides with Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse (25) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 in Toronto. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Ryan Reaves (75) collides with Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse (25) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 in Toronto. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)
