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Photo by: Ethan Mito/Texas A&M Athletics
Aggies Escape Auburn with a 90-88 Victory
Jan 06, 2026 | Men's Basketball
AUBURN – The Texas A&M men's basketball team erased a 16-point deficit in the final 13 minutes for a 90-88 victory over the Auburn Tigers Tuesday evening inside Neville Arena.
A raucous crowd of 9,121 at Neville Arena thought the home team triumphed when Keshawn Murphy drained a 30-foot shot at the buzzer, but video replay overturned the outcome giving Texas A&M (12-3, 2-0) the well-earned win.
A 33-6 run midway through the second half powered Texas A&M to its fifth consecutive victory. Pop Isaacs scored 16 of his season-high 21 points in the second half. The Maroon & White shot 18-of-31 (58.1%) from the field in the second stanza, including 9-of-17 (52.9%) from long range.
Jacari Lane added 17 points and seven rebounds. Rubén Domiguez and Rashaun Agee logged 14 points apiece.
While the Aggies landed 43.3% (13-of-30) of their punches from beyond the arc, the defense held Auburn (9-6, 0-2 SEC) to 26.9% (7-of-26), including 15.4% (2-of-13) in the second half.
Four steals in the opening 3:22 gave the Aggies the upper hand early and they built their largest advantage of the first half, 20-12, at the 12:40 mark. Auburn responded with six consecutive made field goals to wrangle a 21-20 edge. The teams traded blows and knotted the contest on five occasions before a 12-2 run in the final 2:50 of the stanza gave the Tigers a 47-37 advantage at the intermission.
With Auburn drifting out to a 61-45 edge at the 13:29 mark, the Maroon & White scored 11 points in 31 seconds, including 3-pointers by Rylan Griffen and Lane to trim the deficit to 61-56. The Aggies' onslaught continued and they reclaimed the lead, 72-62, with 7:52 remaining when Isaacs drained three consecutive 3-pointers. Texas A&M would ultimately open a 12-point lead on two occasions.
Keyshawn Hall, who scored a game-high 32, clawed Auburn back into the contest, scoring nine points in a span of 1:54 to cut the deficit to 88-87 with seven seconds remaining. Isaacs made two from the charity stripe to stretch the margin back to three points. Hall hit one of two from the line on the other end to set up the late game dramatics which included a handful of video reviews and tenths of seconds added to the clock on multiple occasions.
UP NEXT
Texas A&M returns home to host Oklahoma Saturday, Jan. 10 at 2:30 p.m. on SEC Network.
POSTGAME QUOTES
To hear from Texas A&M head coach Bucky McMillan about the game, click here.
POSTGAME NOTES
TEAM NOTES
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
#2 Pop Isaacs
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A raucous crowd of 9,121 at Neville Arena thought the home team triumphed when Keshawn Murphy drained a 30-foot shot at the buzzer, but video replay overturned the outcome giving Texas A&M (12-3, 2-0) the well-earned win.
A 33-6 run midway through the second half powered Texas A&M to its fifth consecutive victory. Pop Isaacs scored 16 of his season-high 21 points in the second half. The Maroon & White shot 18-of-31 (58.1%) from the field in the second stanza, including 9-of-17 (52.9%) from long range.
Jacari Lane added 17 points and seven rebounds. Rubén Domiguez and Rashaun Agee logged 14 points apiece.
While the Aggies landed 43.3% (13-of-30) of their punches from beyond the arc, the defense held Auburn (9-6, 0-2 SEC) to 26.9% (7-of-26), including 15.4% (2-of-13) in the second half.
Four steals in the opening 3:22 gave the Aggies the upper hand early and they built their largest advantage of the first half, 20-12, at the 12:40 mark. Auburn responded with six consecutive made field goals to wrangle a 21-20 edge. The teams traded blows and knotted the contest on five occasions before a 12-2 run in the final 2:50 of the stanza gave the Tigers a 47-37 advantage at the intermission.
With Auburn drifting out to a 61-45 edge at the 13:29 mark, the Maroon & White scored 11 points in 31 seconds, including 3-pointers by Rylan Griffen and Lane to trim the deficit to 61-56. The Aggies' onslaught continued and they reclaimed the lead, 72-62, with 7:52 remaining when Isaacs drained three consecutive 3-pointers. Texas A&M would ultimately open a 12-point lead on two occasions.
Keyshawn Hall, who scored a game-high 32, clawed Auburn back into the contest, scoring nine points in a span of 1:54 to cut the deficit to 88-87 with seven seconds remaining. Isaacs made two from the charity stripe to stretch the margin back to three points. Hall hit one of two from the line on the other end to set up the late game dramatics which included a handful of video reviews and tenths of seconds added to the clock on multiple occasions.
UP NEXT
Texas A&M returns home to host Oklahoma Saturday, Jan. 10 at 2:30 p.m. on SEC Network.
POSTGAME QUOTES
To hear from Texas A&M head coach Bucky McMillan about the game, click here.
POSTGAME NOTES
TEAM NOTES
- Texas A&M finished the game shooting 52-percent from the field (32-61), marking the eighth time this year the team has shot over 50-percent.
- The Aggies started SEC play 2-0 for the second straight season and the seventh time since joining the league.
- Texas A&M used the starting lineup of Marcus Hill, Jacari Lane, Rubén Dominguez, Rylan Griffen and Rashaun Agee for the third consecutive game and third time this season.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
#2 Pop Isaacs
- Registered his first 20-point game as an Aggie and 15th of his career with 21 points, knocking down four 3-pointers.
- Is averaging 4.5 assists the last four games after logging 1.9 per game in his first 10 appearances.
- Brought down a season-high six rebounds and has recorded at least three steals in each of the last four games, finishing with three.
- Scored a season-high 17 points, landing three 3-pointers for the second time this season.
- Matched career high with seven rebounds, including six in the second half.
- Posted his 12th double-digit scoring performance of the season with 14 points.
- Drained 4-plus 3-pointers for the sixth time this season including both SEC contests.
- Recorded his fourth consecutive double-digit scoring performance and his 11th of the season with 14 points.
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Team Stats
AM
AU
FG%
.525
.446
3FG%
.433
.269
FT%
.650
.742
RB
34
40
TO
14
13
STL
11
5
Game Leaders
Pts
21
FGM
7
3FGM
4
FTM
3
Pts
17
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
6
Pts
14
FGM
4
3FGM
4
FTM
2
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
2
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