ZHURIC Phelps scored 19 points and No. 22 Texas A&M defeated a No. 1 team for the first time in program history with an 83-72 victory over Auburn on Tuesday night (Wednesday in Manila) in Southeastern Conference play in College Station, Texas.
Wade Taylor IV added 16 points and Pharrel Payne had 12 points as the Aggies (21-9, 10-7 SEC) snapped a four-game losing streak. Andersson Garcia scored 11 points and Manny Obaseki had 10 for Texas A&M, which had lost nine previous games against top-ranked teams—the most recent at Auburn in 2022.
Tahaad Pettiford made six 3-pointers and scored 19 points for Auburn (27-3, 15-2), which had a six-game winning streak halted. Chad Baker-Mazara scored 15 points and Miles Kelly had 12 points and a career-high five steals. National Player of the Year candidate Johni Broome had just eight points for his second straight single-digit scoring output.
Texas A&M made 43.1 percent of its shots and hit 9 of 25 from 3-point range. Auburn shot 50 percent—9 of 22 from behind the arc. Kelly made just 1 of 8 field-goal attempts and missed all four 3-point tries after scoring a season-high 30 points and sinking a career-best nine 3-pointers Saturday in a win over Kentucky.
In other games, it was No. 23 BU 88, No. 10 Iowa State 85 (2 OT); No. 16 Memphis 75, UTSA 70; No. 18 Purdue 100, Rutgers 71; No. 19 Kentucky 95, LSU 64; No. 24 Arizona 113, Arizona State 100; and Texas 87, No. 25 Mississippi State 82 (OT).
No. 23 BYU 88, No. 10 Iowa State 85 (2 OT)
Richie Saunders scored 23 points and grabbed six rebounds as the Cougars beat the Cyclones in Ames, Iowa.
The Cougars’ Dallin Hall finished with 22 points on 7-for-13 shooting, which included 4-for-9 success from beyond the 3-point arc. EgorDemin added 12 points for BYU (22-8, 13-6 Big 12), which won its seventh game in a row.
Joshua Jefferson scored 19 points to lead Iowa State (22-8, 12-7). Milan Momcilovic contributed 18 points, and Curtis Jones chipped in with 16 off the bench as the Cyclones lost for the third time in four games.
No. 16 Memphis 75, UTSA 70
Dain Dainja scored a game-high 19 points and the Tigers survived a performance rife with turnovers to edge the Roadrunners in San Antonio, clinching at least a share of the American Athletic Conference regular-season title.
PJ Haggerty added 18 points, including six free throws in the final 10.7 seconds as the Tigers (25-5, 15-2 AAC) held on for their fourth straight win despite a whopping 22 turnovers, including 13 in the second half. The Tigers will win the conference title outright with one more win or a North Texas loss.
Four players scored in double figures for UTSA (11-18, 5-12), led by reserve Jonnivius Smith with 18 points. Marcus Millender added 16, while Primo Spears chipped in 14 points and a game-high seven assists. Tai’Reon Joseph came off the bench to notch 12 points.
