COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M put up triple digits again Monday night at home in College Station, Texas, pulling away from Louisiana-Monroe for a 108-67 win that kept the Aggies unbeaten at 3-0.
PJ Haggerty made 9 of his 13 shots and finished with a game-high 22 points, and Jordan Pope added 19. Off the bench, Tyshawn Archie scored 12 and Zach Clemence chipped in 10, part of a night when 13 different Aggies got on the scoreboard.
The Aggies jumped out to a 16-3 lead, never trailed and took a 54-27 advantage into the break. They finished at 52% from the floor, 38 of 73, though they made only 29% of their 3-point tries.
Pressure defense covered for the cold outside shooting. A&M forced 21 Warhawk turnovers and turned them into 24 points, giving A&M at least 19 takeaways in each of its three games. Archie had five steals by himself, and post Jalen Shelley pulled down a team-high nine rebounds.
The one worry was forward Cade Phillips, who went down four minutes into the second half when a Warhawk forward rolled into his right knee during a scramble for a loose ball. Coach Bucky McMillan said Phillips will be questionable for the next game and will have the knee imaged.
For the Warhawks, who fell to 1-2, Quaran McPherson had 16 points and reserve Khalil London had 12.
Monday was the second straight game in triple digits for A&M, which beat Northern Kentucky 104-67 on Friday and is averaging 103 points a game so far. The 108 points rank sixth-most under McMillan, and last season the program broke 100 a record six times.
Oklahoma State, 2-0, comes to College Station on Thursday at 7 p.m., the first power conference opponent of the year for the Aggies. Louisiana-Monroe plays at TCU on Wednesday.
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