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No. 1 Auburn falls 83-72 to No. 22 Texas A&M behind Zhuric Phelps' 19 points

AP
Mar 04, 2025

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Zhuric Phelps scored 19 points off the bench and No. 22 Texas A&M Aggies never trailed in an 83-72 win over top-ranked Auburn Tigers on Tuesday night.

It’s Texas A&M’s first-ever win over a team ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll and ends a six-game winning streak for the Tigers, who clinched the Southeastern Conference title with a win over Kentucky on Saturday.

Texas A&M (21-9, 10-7 SEC) denied Auburn (27-3, 15-2) an undefeated conference road record after the Tigers entered the game 9-0 in SEC road games this season.

The Aggies, who snapped a season-long four-game skid, led by double digits for most of the night and were up 12 with about two minutes to go before Tahaad Pettiford made a 3-pointer to get Auburn within 79-70. But Phelps made two free throws to extend the lead.

Pettiford made three 3-pointers in less than two minutes early in the second half to power a run that got the Tigers within six, but Wade Taylor IV had a three-point play that started a 5-0 run which pushed A&M’s advantage to 62-51.

Pettiford led Auburn with 19 points, including six 3-pointers.

The Aggies got their first win since Feb. 15 against Arkansas in front of a rowdy crowd of 12,257 that included 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel and Tampa Bay receiver Mike Evans, who starred at Texas A&M together.

Auburn: The Tigers were hurt by an off night from top scorer Johni Broome, who entered the game averaging 18.4 points but managed just eight. He left the game for a couple of minutes early in the first half with what appeared to be a shoulder injury but played 32 minutes despite the problem.

Texas A&M: The Aggies rebounded from their recent struggles with the big win that should give them momentum entering the SEC tournament.

The Aggies asserted their dominance from the beginning of this one, jumping out to a 12-2 lead and controlling the game throughout.

Texas A&M, which entered the game leading the nation in offensive rebounding, had a 24-9 advantage.

Auburn hosts No. 7 Alabama Saturday and Texas A&M visits LSU.

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1st Half
AUB
Tigers
34
TXAM
Aggies
40

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Tigers gains possession)
19:41		Manny Obaseki personal foul
19:38		Miles Kelly misses three point jump shot
19:36		Wade Taylor IV defensive rebound
19:19	+2	Hayden Hefner makes two point layup (Andersson Garcia assists)	0-2
19:05		Miles Kelly misses three point jump shot
19:03		Henry Coleman III defensive rebound
18:43		Manny Obaseki misses two point layup
18:41		Henry Coleman III offensive rebound
18:39	+2	Henry Coleman III makes two point layup	0-4
18:11		Johni Broome misses two point jump shot
18:09		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
18:01	+3	Manny Obaseki makes three point jump shot	0-7
17:44	+2	Dylan Cardwell makes two point layup (Johni Broome assists)	2-7
17:31		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
17:29		Manny Obaseki offensive rebound
17:21	+3	Andersson Garcia makes three point jump shot (Manny Obaseki assists)	2-10
16:58		Johni Broome turnover
16:44	+2	Hayden Hefner makes two point layup (Andersson Garcia assists)	2-12
16:15		Hayden Hefner personal foul
16:03	+2	Chaney Johnson makes two point layup (Johni Broome assists)	4-12
15:43		Andersson Garcia misses two point layup
15:41		Henry Coleman III offensive rebound
15:39		Henry Coleman III misses two point layup
15:37		Johni Broome defensive rebound
15:23		Andersson Garcia personal foul
15:23		TV timeout
15:11	+2	Chad Baker-Mazara makes two point jump shot	6-12
14:50	+2	Pharrel Payne makes two point layup	6-14
14:28		Tahaad Pettiford turnover (Hayden Hefner steals)
14:13		Chaney Johnson blocks Pharrel Payne's two point layup
14:11		Miles Kelly defensive rebound
13:56		Miles Kelly misses three point jump shot
13:54		Chaney Johnson offensive rebound
13:54		Hayden Hefner personal foul
13:49		CJ Wilcher shooting foul (Miles Kelly draws the foul)
13:49	+1	Miles Kelly makes regular free throw 1 of 2	7-14
13:49	+1	Miles Kelly makes regular free throw 2 of 2	8-14
13:43		Wade Taylor IV turnover (Miles Kelly steals)
13:41		Miles Kelly turnover
13:27	+3	Zhuric Phelps makes three point jump shot	8-17
13:09	+3	Chad Baker-Mazara makes three point jump shot (Miles Kelly assists)	11-17
12:48	+2	Zhuric Phelps makes two point jump shot	11-19
12:29	+2	Dylan Cardwell makes two point dunk (Chad Baker-Mazara assists)	13-19
12:09		Zhuric Phelps turnover (Dylan Cardwell steals)
12:05		Miles Kelly misses two point layup
12:03		Pharrel Payne defensive rebound
11:59		Chad Baker-Mazara personal foul
11:59		TV timeout
11:42	+2	Zhuric Phelps makes two point layup	13-21
11:13	+2	Dylan Cardwell makes two point layup (Miles Kelly assists)	15-21
10:58		Andersson Garcia turnover (Miles Kelly steals)
10:55		Andersson Garcia blocks Jahki Howard's two point layup
10:53		CJ Wilcher defensive rebound
10:39		Zhuric Phelps misses three point jump shot
10:37		Miles Kelly defensive rebound
10:27		Johni Broome misses two point jump shot
10:25		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
10:20		CJ Wilcher misses three point jump shot
10:18		Johni Broome defensive rebound
10:03		Chad Baker-Mazara turnover
9:40		Jace Carter misses two point layup
9:38		Jace Carter offensive rebound
9:36	+2	Jace Carter makes two point layup	15-23
9:17	+3	Tahaad Pettiford makes three point jump shot	18-23
8:54		Zhuric Phelps misses two point jump shot
8:52		Jahki Howard defensive rebound
8:43		Tahaad Pettiford misses three point jump shot
8:41		Jahki Howard offensive rebound
8:37	+2	Jahki Howard makes two point layup	20-23
8:18		Andersson Garcia turnover (Dylan Cardwell steals)
8:02		Jahki Howard misses three point jump shot
8:00		CJ Wilcher defensive rebound
7:53		Tahaad Pettiford shooting foul
7:53		TV timeout
7:53	+1	Zhuric Phelps makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-24
7:53		Zhuric Phelps misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:53		Jahki Howard defensive rebound
7:44		Miles Kelly misses three point jump shot
7:42		Jahki Howard offensive rebound
7:38	+2	Jahki Howard makes two point jump shot	22-24
7:10		Jace Carter misses three point jump shot
7:08		Miles Kelly defensive rebound
6:53		Johni Broome misses two point jump shot
6:51		Zhuric Phelps defensive rebound
6:28		Jace Carter misses two point layup
6:26		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
6:25		Jahki Howard shooting foul
6:25	+1	Andersson Garcia makes regular free throw 1 of 2	22-25
6:25		Andersson Garcia misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:25		Johni Broome defensive rebound
6:08		Chaney Johnson misses two point layup
6:06		Johni Broome offensive rebound
6:03		Jahki Howard turnover
5:53		Hayden Hefner misses three point jump shot
5:51		Tahaad Pettiford defensive rebound
5:44		Tahaad Pettiford misses two point jump shot
5:42		Wade Taylor IV defensive rebound
5:33		Wade Taylor IV misses two point jump shot
5:31		Solomon Washington offensive rebound
5:25		Wade Taylor IV misses two point jump shot
5:23		Pharrel Payne offensive rebound
5:07		Jace Carter misses three point jump shot
5:05		Tahaad Pettiford defensive rebound
5:00		Wade Taylor IV personal foul
5:00		Tahaad Pettiford misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:00	+1	Tahaad Pettiford makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-25
4:47	+3	Wade Taylor IV makes three point jump shot (Manny Obaseki assists)	23-28
4:22		Solomon Washington personal foul
4:22	+1	Chad Baker-Mazara makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-28
4:22	+1	Chad Baker-Mazara makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-28
4:10		Dylan Cardwell personal foul
4:09		Solomon Washington misses three point jump shot
4:07		Pharrel Payne offensive rebound
4:06		Dylan Cardwell personal foul
4:05		Hayden Hefner misses three point jump shot
4:03		Chad Baker-Mazara defensive rebound
3:49		Chad Baker-Mazara misses three point jump shot
3:47		Ja'Heim Hudson offensive rebound
3:28	+2	Chris Moore makes two point jump shot (Tahaad Pettiford assists)	27-28
3:26		Tigers 30 second timeout
3:26		TV timeout
3:06	+3	Andersson Garcia makes three point jump shot (Solomon Washington assists)	27-31
2:43	+2	Johni Broome makes two point layup (Chad Baker-Mazara assists)	29-31
2:24	+2	Pharrel Payne makes two point layup (CJ Wilcher assists)	29-33
1:52		Pharrel Payne blocks Chad Baker-Mazara's two point jump shot
1:50		Tigers offensive rebound
1:50		Tigers turnover (shot clock violation)
1:32		Johni Broome personal foul
1:32	+1	Pharrel Payne makes regular free throw 1 of 2	29-34
1:32	+1	Pharrel Payne makes regular free throw 2 of 2	29-35
1:15		Chaney Johnson turnover (Solomon Washington steals)
1:11		Wade Taylor IV turnover
0:59	+2	Chaney Johnson makes two point layup (Miles Kelly assists)	31-35
0:52		Zhuric Phelps misses two point layup
0:52		Henry Coleman III offensive rebound
0:52		Chad Baker-Mazara shooting foul (Henry Coleman III draws the foul)
0:52	+1	Henry Coleman III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-36
0:52	+1	Henry Coleman III makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-37
0:32		Chad Baker-Mazara turnover (Jace Carter steals)
0:25		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
0:23		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
0:15	+3	Zhuric Phelps makes three point jump shot (Henry Coleman III assists)	31-40
0:01	+3	Chad Baker-Mazara makes three point jump shot	34-40
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
AUB
Tigers
38
TXAM
Aggies
43

Time		Play	Score
19:42	+2	Manny Obaseki makes two point layup (Andersson Garcia assists)	34-42
19:22		Johni Broome misses two point layup
19:20		Henry Coleman III defensive rebound
19:07		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
19:05		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
19:01		Wade Taylor IV misses two point jump shot
18:59		Wade Taylor IV offensive rebound
18:54	+2	Wade Taylor IV makes two point jump shot	34-44
18:38		Chad Baker-Mazara misses two point layup
18:36		Henry Coleman III defensive rebound
18:29	+2	Andersson Garcia makes two point layup (Wade Taylor IV assists)	34-46
18:18	+2	Johni Broome makes two point jump shot (Dylan Cardwell assists)	36-46
18:04	+3	Wade Taylor IV makes three point jump shot (Henry Coleman III assists)	36-49
17:38	+3	Chad Baker-Mazara makes three point jump shot	39-49
17:23		Manny Obaseki misses two point jump shot
17:21		Aggies offensive rebound
17:09		Wade Taylor IV misses three point jump shot
17:06		Chad Baker-Mazara defensive rebound
17:06		Hayden Hefner personal foul
16:36		Tigers turnover (shot clock violation)
16:27		Manny Obaseki turnover (bad pass) (Miles Kelly steals)
16:21		Chad Baker-Mazara turnover (lost ball) (Andersson Garcia steals)
16:16	+2	Manny Obaseki makes two point layup (Andersson Garcia assists)	39-51
15:54		Johni Broome misses three point jump shot
15:52		Dylan Cardwell offensive rebound
15:49		Wade Taylor IV shooting foul (Miles Kelly draws the foul)
15:49		TV timeout
15:49	+1	Miles Kelly makes regular free throw 1 of 3	40-51
15:49	+1	Miles Kelly makes regular free throw 2 of 3	41-51
15:49	+1	Miles Kelly makes regular free throw 3 of 3	42-51
15:33	+3	Manny Obaseki makes three point jump shot (Andersson Garcia assists)	42-54
15:16	+3	Tahaad Pettiford makes three point jump shot	45-54
14:48		Wade Taylor IV turnover (lost ball) (Miles Kelly steals)
14:41	+3	Tahaad Pettiford makes three point jump shot (Miles Kelly assists)	48-54
14:32		Aggies 30 second timeout
14:32		TV timeout
14:16		Pharrel Payne misses two point jump shot
14:14		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
14:06	+2	Zhuric Phelps makes two point layup	48-56
14:06		Tahaad Pettiford shooting foul (Zhuric Phelps draws the foul)
14:06	+1	Zhuric Phelps makes regular free throw 1 of 1	48-57
13:44	+3	Tahaad Pettiford makes three point jump shot	51-57
13:14	+2	Wade Taylor IV makes two point layup	51-59
13:14		Miles Kelly shooting foul (Wade Taylor IV draws the foul)
13:14	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 1 of 1	51-60
13:00		Tahaad Pettiford misses three point jump shot
12:58		Pharrel Payne defensive rebound
12:39		Wade Taylor IV misses two point layup
12:37		Pharrel Payne offensive rebound
12:35	+2	Pharrel Payne makes two point tip layup	51-62
12:13		Solomon Washington personal foul (Johni Broome draws the foul)
11:57		Wade Taylor IV shooting foul (Miles Kelly draws the foul)
11:57		TV timeout
11:57	+1	Miles Kelly makes regular free throw 1 of 3	52-62
11:57	+1	Miles Kelly makes regular free throw 2 of 3	53-62
11:57	+1	Miles Kelly makes regular free throw 3 of 3	54-62
11:46		Zhuric Phelps misses three point jump shot
11:44		Solomon Washington offensive rebound
11:37		Zhuric Phelps misses three point jump shot
11:35		Dylan Cardwell defensive rebound
11:08		Chad Baker-Mazara misses three point jump shot
11:06		Dylan Cardwell offensive rebound
11:00		Tahaad Pettiford turnover (bad pass) (Andersson Garcia steals)
10:56	+2	Pharrel Payne makes two point dunk (Wade Taylor IV assists)	54-64
10:30	+2	Dylan Cardwell makes two point dunk (Chad Baker-Mazara assists)	56-64
10:16		Chad Baker-Mazara personal foul
10:05		Zhuric Phelps misses three point jump shot
10:03		Hayden Hefner offensive rebound
9:55	+2	Zhuric Phelps makes two point layup (Hayden Hefner assists)	56-66
9:55		Chaney Johnson shooting foul (Zhuric Phelps draws the foul)
9:55		Zhuric Phelps misses regular free throw 1 of 1
9:55		Solomon Washington offensive rebound
9:51		Tahaad Pettiford personal foul (Hayden Hefner draws the foul)
9:51		Jahki Howard technical foul
9:51	+1	CJ Wilcher makes technical free throw 1 of 2	56-67
9:51	+1	CJ Wilcher makes technical free throw 2 of 2	56-68
9:40		Chaney Johnson shooting foul (Solomon Washington draws the foul)
9:40		Solomon Washington misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:40	+1	Solomon Washington makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-69
9:26	+3	Tahaad Pettiford makes three point jump shot (Dylan Cardwell assists)	59-69
8:50		Zhuric Phelps misses three point jump shot
8:47		Aggies turnover (shot clock violation)
8:30		Solomon Washington personal foul (Dylan Cardwell draws the foul)
8:24	+2	Chad Baker-Mazara makes two point jump shot	61-69
8:07	+3	Wade Taylor IV makes three point jump shot (Zhuric Phelps assists)	61-72
7:48		Tahaad Pettiford misses three point jump shot
7:46		Solomon Washington defensive rebound
7:24		Chad Baker-Mazara blocks Andersson Garcia's two point jump shot
7:22		Solomon Washington offensive rebound
7:18		TV timeout
7:15		Zhuric Phelps misses two point jump shot
7:11		Solomon Washington offensive rebound
7:06		Dylan Cardwell shooting foul (Zhuric Phelps draws the foul)
7:06		Zhuric Phelps misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:06		Zhuric Phelps misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:06		Johni Broome defensive rebound
6:45		Miles Kelly misses two point jump shot
6:43		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
6:16		Chris Moore shooting foul (Zhuric Phelps draws the foul)
6:16		Zhuric Phelps misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:16	+1	Zhuric Phelps makes regular free throw 2 of 2	61-73
5:58	+2	Johni Broome makes two point jump shot (Chad Baker-Mazara assists)	63-73
5:34		Andersson Garcia turnover (lost ball) (Chaney Johnson steals)
5:28	+2	Miles Kelly makes two point layup (Chaney Johnson assists)	65-73
5:18		Aggies 30 second timeout
5:02		Henry Coleman III misses two point jump shot
5:00		Solomon Washington offensive rebound
4:54		Solomon Washington misses three point jump shot
4:52		Johni Broome defensive rebound
4:28		Johni Broome turnover (bad pass) (Zhuric Phelps steals)
4:24		Chad Baker-Mazara blocks Zhuric Phelps's two point layup
4:22		Henry Coleman III offensive rebound
4:21	+2	Henry Coleman III makes two point tip layup	65-75
3:54		Jace Carter personal foul (Johni Broome draws the foul)
3:54		TV timeout
3:46	+2	Johni Broome makes two point layup (Tahaad Pettiford assists)	67-75
3:10		Chaney Johnson blocks Wade Taylor IV's two point layup
3:10		Aggies offensive rebound
3:06		Wade Taylor IV misses two point jump shot
3:04		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
3:04		Chaney Johnson personal foul (Andersson Garcia draws the foul)
3:04	+1	Andersson Garcia makes regular free throw 1 of 2	67-76
3:04	+1	Andersson Garcia makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-77
2:49		Andersson Garcia personal foul (Johni Broome draws the foul)
2:49		Johni Broome misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:49		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
2:29		Tahaad Pettiford blocks Zhuric Phelps's two point layup
2:27		Chad Baker-Mazara defensive rebound
2:23		Chad Baker-Mazara misses three point jump shot
2:21		Johni Broome offensive rebound
2:16		Miles Kelly misses two point layup
2:14		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
2:08	+2	Pharrel Payne makes two point dunk (Solomon Washington assists)	67-79
1:46	+3	Tahaad Pettiford makes three point jump shot (Chad Baker-Mazara assists)	70-79
1:44		Tigers 60 second timeout
1:27		Johni Broome personal foul (Zhuric Phelps draws the foul)
1:27	+1	Zhuric Phelps makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-80
1:27	+1	Zhuric Phelps makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-81
1:14		Tahaad Pettiford turnover (bad pass) (Jace Carter steals)
1:09		Jace Carter turnover (bad pass) (Miles Kelly steals)
1:06		Hayden Hefner shooting foul (Miles Kelly draws the foul)
1:06	+1	Miles Kelly makes regular free throw 1 of 2	71-81
1:06	+1	Miles Kelly makes regular free throw 2 of 2	72-81
0:47		Miles Kelly personal foul (Wade Taylor IV draws the foul)
0:47	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-82
0:47	+1	Wade Taylor IV makes regular free throw 2 of 2	72-83
0:33		Tahaad Pettiford misses three point jump shot
0:31		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
0:20		Aggies 30 second timeout
0:05		Aggies turnover (shot clock violation)
0:00		End of period

Aggies turnover (shot clock violation)