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Aggies Beat Auburn Tigers 67-62: SEC Tournament Live Game Log

Coming off an overtime win over the Florida Gators, A&M looks to upset No. 4 Auburn in Round 3.

Timm Hamm

For much of the season, the Auburn Tigers were one of the best teams in college basketball, even holding the No. 1 overall spot. But the Aggies are hot now and have won five in a row, including an 83-30 overtime thriller in Round 2 of the SEC Tournament on Thursday.

A&M played like one of the better teams in college basketball at times and started the season 15-2. But an eight-game losing streak seemingly dashed their hopes of an NCAA Tournament bid. However, if they can continue their run through the SEC Tournament, they can still get in. 

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Aggies vs Florida 3/10/22

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Aggies vs Florida 3/10/22

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Aggies vs Florida 3/10/22

Auburn has only lost three games all season and has already handled the Aggies once this season. The Tigers look to extend their modest two-game winning streak and punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament

MATCHUP: Texas A&M Aggies (21-11) vs Auburn Tigers (27-4)

WHERE: Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida

WHEN: Friday, March 11, 2022, 11 a.m. CT

HOW TO WATCH: ESPN, online with fuboTV: Start with a 7-day free trial!

HOW TO LISTEN: Radio (Texas A&M Sports Network), 1620 AM / 94.5 FM (Locally)

BETTING (SI Sportsbook)

SPREAD: Auburn -9.5

TOTAL: 140.5 (o -110, u -118)

MONEYLINE: Texas A&M +360, Vanderbilt -475

SERIES: Texas A&M leads 12-6

LAST TIME: Feb. 12, 2022, Auburn beat A&M 75-58 at home

SERIES TREND: The Aggies are 7-3 against Auburn in their last 10 meetings

A&M wins the tip.

13:24 First Half: Aggies 11, Tigers 7

Quenton Jackson opened the scoring for the Aggies with a layup. Jabari Smith answered at the Tigers' end with a 3-pointer. A&M's Wade Taylor IV hit a mid-range jumper.

The teams exchanged misses and defensive rebounds until Jackson hit another jumper giving A&M an early 6-3 lead with 16:03 left in the first.

Henry Coleman III made a layup assisted by Jackson and Smith hit another 2-pointer at the other end. A&M's Tyrece Radford made a 3-pointer off an assist from Coleman, and Smith made another bucket for the Tigers.

11:32 First Half: Aggies 11, Tigers 9

Auburn's Walker Kessler slammed home a dunk off a nice dish from Wendell Green Jr. 

The Tigers missed five consecutive shots in one series after getting the four rebounds before Ethan Henderson finally found a defensive rebound for A&M.

7:40 First Half: Aggies 22, Tigers 13

Walker Kessler fouled Wade Taylor IV who made both foul shots. Wendell Green Jr. hit a 3-pointer at the Tigers' end that was answered by a Henry Coleman III layup for a 15-12 Aggies lead with 10:40 on the clock.

Coleman hit a layup off an assist by Andre Gordon, then Hassan Diarra, the hero of Thursday's win over Florida, made a 3-pointer assisted by Quenton Jackson. The 20-12 Aggies lead prompts a timeout by Auburn with 9:29 left in the first half. 

Quenton Jackson fouled Auburn's Allen Flanigan who made one-of-two free throws before Coleman hit a jumper on the other end.

3:23 First Half: Aggies 30, Tigers 18

Both teams have gone cold late in the first half as Auburn is shooting just 16.1 percent from the field and 11.8 percent from 3-point range at the 5-minute mark.

Tyrece Radford fouled Jabari Smith who made both foul shots. Radford then answered with a 3-pointer assisted by Henry Coleman III.

Radford and Zep Jasper traded 3s and Radford added a layup for a 30-18 Aggies lead with 3:23 remaining in the half.

HALFTIME: Aggies 37, Tigers 21

Walker Kessler made one-of-two free throws after a Manny Obaseki foul and Henry Coleman III made a couple of consecutive layups.

Zep Jasper hit a couple of free throws off a Manny Obaseki foul that brought Auburn back to within 13 at 34-21 with 1:09 left in the half. Wade Taylor IV hit a 3-pointer assisted by Tyrece Radford and Auburn's Dylan Cardwell missed a layup to end the half.

14:57 Second Half: Aggies 44, Tigers 29

Walker Kessler opened the scoring in the second half for the Tigers with a mid-range jumper. Henry Coleman III made a dunk and Allen Flanigan hit a short-range jumper. Quenton Jackson made a layup for a 41-25 score with 17:54 on the clock.

Kessler made one-of-two foul shots after a Jackson foul. Tyrece Radford and Jabari Smith traded 3s for a 44-29 score.

10:52 Second Half: Aggies 53, Tigers 33

Walker Kessler made a layup that was answered by a Wade Taylor IV layup. Tyrece Radford hit a 3-pointer and a mid-range jumper giving the Aggies their largest lead at 20.

8:30 Second Half: Aggies 56, Tigers 39

Walker Kessler hit two foul shots after an Aaron Cash foul and then made a layup. Andre Gordon made a 3-pointer assisted by Hassan Diarra. Jaylin Williams made a dunk off a dish from Wendell Green Jr. 

Wade Taylor IV made a 3-pointer assisted by Quenton Jackson.

4:28 Second Half: Aggies 58, Tigers 49

Allen Flanigan drained a mid-range jumper to get the Tigers to within 15 at 56-41. Wendell Green added a 3-pointer for the Tigers and Zep Jasper made a layup as the Tigers are on a current 9-0 run.

Quenton Jackson halted the Auburn run with a layup. Green added another 3 that brought the Aggie lead down to 58-49 with 4:28 left to play. The Aggies called timeout.

FINAL: Aggies 67, Tigers 62

Quenton Jackson made two-of-three free throws after a K.D. Johnson foul, but Wendell Green nailed a pair of 3s at the other end for a 60-55 Aggie lead with 2:17 left in the game prompting an Aggies timeout.

Quenton Jackson stopped the bleeding at least momentarily with a dunk and the Aggies grabbed a defensive rebound after a missed Green 3-pointer.

Jabari Smith hit a 3-pointer shrinking the Aggies lead to 62-58 with 37 seconds left.

Jackson was fouled by Zep Jasper and hit both foul shots. Zep Jasper fouled Jackson again and Jackson made both free throws again. 

Auburn called a timeout with 20 seconds left and down eight at 66-58.

Walker Kessler hit a layup assisted by Smith, who stole the ball from Andre Gordon but missed a 3. Auburn's xx with the offensive rebound but a foul on the Aggies by Jackson. Smith made both foul shots.

Jackson was fouled by Smith and made one-of-two free throws for a score of 67-62. Jasper missed a 3 to end the game.

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