Auburn falls in Aggies' first win over No. 1 team

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

It's Texas A&M's first 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 that pushed A&M's advantage to 62-51.

The Aggies are the second team this season to defeat an AP No. 1-ranked team in wire-to-wire fashion, joining Creighton, which beat then-No. 1 Kansas on Dec. 4.

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

Tigers forward Johni Broome was held to eight points, his third fewest this season and the second straight game he has scored in single digits.

Information from ESPN Research and The Associated Press was used in this report.