GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Texas A&M 79, Auburn 63
Associated Press
AUBURN, Ala. - Tyrece Radford had 30 points and nine rebounds and Texas A&M beat No. 15 Auburn 79-63, ending the nation's longest active home winning streak at 28 games.
The Aggies (14-6, 6-1 Southeastern Conference) used a strong offensive start to hand Auburn its first loss at Neville Arena since Feb. 23, 2021. Texas A&M shot 58.6% from the field in the first half to build a 45-30 lead.
Wade Taylor IV made all three of his 3-point attempts in the first half and finished with 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting for the Aggies. Texas A&M had only made a combined six 3-pointers in its previous two games, but it matched that total inside the first 14 minutes and finished 7 of 19 from long range.
Johni Broome and Wendell Green Jr. each scored 16 points for the Tigers (16-4, 6-2), who had won five straight games overall.
The Aggies closed the first half on a 13-2 run. Auburn tried to rally but got no closer than eight points after halftime.
BIG PICTURE
Texas A&M: The Aggies' strong start to SEC play has been built on a strong interior presence and team defense. Their hot shooting on Wednesday is a great sign for coach Buzz Williams' team moving forward.
Auburn: The end to the Tigers' win streak came with a familiar problem: defending high-scoring guards. Bruce Pearl's squad struggled to slow down strong backcourts in its previous three losses, and Radford and Taylor were superb on Wednesday.
January 25, 2023
| Texas A&M | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| H. Coleman III | F | 30 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| J. Marble | F | 22 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| T. Radford | G | 38 | 8-17 | 11-12 | 3-7 | 3-9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| D. Dennis | G | 26 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| W. Taylor IV | G | 21 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| A. Garcia | 26 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| A. Gordon | 22 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| H. Hefner | 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| K. Robinson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 26-55 (.473) |
20-24 (.833) |
7-19 (.368) |
9-32 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 79 | |
| Auburn | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Broome | F | 33 | 6-12 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2-7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| J. Williams | F | 28 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| W. Green Jr. | G | 33 | 4-9 | 7-9 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| A. Flanigan | G | 30 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Z. Jasper | G | 22 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| K. Johnson | 18 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |
| C. Moore | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| L. Berman | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| D. Cardwell | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| T. Donaldson | 7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 200 | 21-48 (.438) |
18-24 (.750) |
3-16 (.188) |
7-28 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 63 | |
