Associated Press

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Zhuric Phelps scored a career-high 34 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer, with 19 seconds left, and No. 10 Texas A&M rallied for 18 second-half points to beat No. 17 Oklahoma 80-78 on Wednesday night.

The Aggies (13-2, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) won their ninth straight while leading scorer Wade Taylor IV was sidelined with an undisclosed injury.

Oklahoma reserve Brycen Goodine scored a season-best 34 points in 27 minutes. Jeremiah Fears scored 13 points and Jalon Moore added 11 points for the Sooners (13-2, 0-2), who have lost two straight after a 13-0 start.

Goodine, a transfer from Fairfield who hadn’t scored more than 12 points in a full game in his first season at Oklahoma, scored 21 first-half points and made six 3-pointers to help the Sooners to a 39-30 lead -Leadership to help break.

Moore’s 3-pointer gave Oklahoma a 51-33 lead, and Texas A&M called a timeout to slow the surge. It worked – the Aggies scored the next eight points and the Sooners were suddenly the ones calling a timeout.

Phelps’ fast-break layup cut Oklahoma’s lead to 70-69. Solomon Washington’s thunderous two-hander with five minutes left finally gave the Aggies the lead, and the game remained close from then on.

Takeaways

Texas A&M: The Aggies shot 44.3% in the first half but 53.1% in the second. They had just enough shots to supplement their swarm defense.

Oklahoma: Last season, Oklahoma was great in non-conference play and collapsed once league play began. There is reason to worry that coach Porter Moser could go down the same path, especially after the home loss to a team missing its star player.

Key moment

Oklahoma’s Duke Miles missed a shot that would have tied the score with two seconds left, and the Sooners fouled on the rebound.

Key statistics

The Aggies scored 30 points off Oklahoma’s 18 turnovers.

Next

Texas A&M hosts Alabama on Saturday.

Oklahoma plays Georgia on Saturday.

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