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The Aggies (4-1) used a 19-0 run that lasted more than eight minutes to erase a 14-point halftime advantage to pull away from Southern (1-4) for a 71-54 win Wednesday night before a crowd of 7,061 at Reed Arena. The Aggies were led offensively — and during their long run — by Wade Taylor and Zhuric Phelps, who scored 16 and 12 points, respectively. Henry Coleman III added 11 points and six rebounds.

The first half was an utter disaster for A&M, as they shot less than 23% from the field, 20% from three-point range and just 50% from the free throw line. The Aggies turned the ball over seven times and had six shots blocked, while Southern hit one ridiculous shot after another while shooting 52% from the field.

The crowd was stunned into silence after Southern scored right at the buzzer ending the first half to go into the locker room with a 39-25 lead. Any confidence Southern had, however, vanished after Jordan Johnson (17 points) hit a three to put the Jaguars up 42-29 with 16:49 in the game.

The Aggies then started an avalanche of scoring with Phelps sprinting to the other end for a layup. After a Southern miss, Phelps scored again to cut the lead to nine. Southern’s AJ Barnes would hit a jumper after a free throw from Solomon Washington (5 points) to put the Jaguars back up 10, but they would then go ice cold.

Taylor then went on a personal 7-0 run, hitting a pair of threes and a a free throw to cut the deficit to 44-41 with 12:35 remaining. Phelps made another layup to cut the lead to one, then Jace Carter made a layup in transition -- his only points of the night -- to give the Aggies a 45-44 lead with 11:12 to remaining.

The two teams would go nearly two minutes without scoring, but Manny Obaseki (9 points) broke the drought in A&M’s favor with an acrobatic layup and a foul, giving A&M a four-point lead.

Southern racked up fouls at a rapid rate after halftime, and the Aggies took advantage. Phelps hit a pair of free throws, followed by one from Coleman. After another missed three by Southern, Obaski drove to the basket for another layup to give A&M a nine-point lead at 53-44.

Freshman Jace Debron hit a long three for Southern with 6:08 to go in the game to make it a six-point game — the Jaguars’ first points in eight minutes, nine seconds. Before that make, the Aggies had been not only on a 19-0 run, but had outscored the visitors 25-5 to after intermission. Even though they continued to shoot poorly from three-point distance, A&M would shoot 53% from the field after halftime.

Depron made another jumper to cut the lead to four with 4:43 left, which simply set up another big A&M scoring run. Dominating at the rim, A&M got two layups from Coleman, a dunk from Obaseki and a tip-in from Washington as part of a quick 8-0 run to put A&M up 12 with three minutes left.

Phelps would add six more points, all on dunks or layups, in the final one minute, 45 seconds to put the game firmly away.