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NCAA tournament: Bryan Davis leads Texas A&M over BYU

Published 11:53 am Thursday, March 19, 2009

PHILADELPHIA — With Bryan Davis leading the way, Texas A&M beat Brigham Young 79-66 in the first round of the West Regional on Thursday.

Davis scored 21, Donald Sloan had 14 and the ninth-seeded Aggies handed the Cougars their seventh straight opening-round loss in a rematch from last year. Both teams drew the same seeds last March when A&M won 67-62.

The Aggies (24-9) will meet the Connecticut-Chattanooga winner Saturday.

Jimmer Fredette scored 18 and Lee Cummard added 17 for BYU (25-8).