Texas basketball (14-6, 3-4 SEC) rallied back from down 22 points to defeat the No. 13 ranked Texas A&M Aggies (15-5, 4-3 SEC) and even up the season series at the Moody Center on Saturday afternoon.
30 points from Tre Johnson lifts Texas basketball to a last-second victory over No. 13 Texas A&M
Amid a busy day in Austin on UT's campus today, multiple Longhorns football current and former players, coaches, and visiting recruits during Junior Day watched the Longhorns pull off the huge comeback in the second half.
Longhorn legendary coach Mack Brown came over to shake the players hands during a timeout #HookEm | #Texas https://t.co/5k87PA6cN6 pic.twitter.com/9Mc7qTy4vf
— Cory Mose (@Cory_Mose) January 25, 2025
The last time these two teams met on the hardwood, Texas lost control of the game against Texas A&M in the second half of the SEC opener in College Station in early January.
Texas fell behind early in this game, largely thanks to Texas A&M opening up a wide margin advantage on the offensive glass and with second-chance points. Nearly winning the battle on the offensive boards by double digits led to Texas trailing A&M by a whopping 18 points at halftime.
This game pretty much flipped the script on the narrative for the Longhorns in the second half. Texas started out sluggish in this game but fell really far behind for the second half during the stretch run.
Texas found its offensive groove down the stretch, going on a 10-0 lead to close A&M's lead to a couple of possessions in the game's final 20 minutes.
TRAMON CALLED GAME 💪🤘#HookEm | @RealBuckets11 pic.twitter.com/6xtszhMmcF
— Texas Men’s Basketball (@TexasMBB) January 25, 2025
By the final minute of the game in the second half, the Longhorns had narrowed Texas A&M's lead to only one point. Senior guard Tramon Mark hit a game-winning lay-up in the dying seconds of the game to give the Longhorns their first lead.
That game-winning bucket from Mark lifted the Longhorns past the Aggies, 70-69, in a miraculous win at the Moody Center. Here are four takeaways from Texas's thrilling last-second win over No. 13 Texas A&M at the Moody Center on Jan. 25.
Blasted on the glass again
Winning the battle on the glass has been a massive issue for the Longhorns early in conference play in the SEC. The win this past Tuesday over the No. 22 Mizzou Tigers at the Moody Center was the first time Texas won the rebounding battle in an SEC game.
Texas A&M ranked No. 1 in the nation in offensive rebounding, coming into this game today against Texas. The Aggies showed its dominance on the glass from the very start of this game, winning the battle on the boards 24-11 and the offensive rebounds 6-1 in the first half.
The dominance the Aggies had on the offensive glass led to the Longhorns getting mauled in terms of second-chance points. Texas A&M was the more physical team, and it led to the Aggies building a pretty much insurmountable lead by early in the second half.
Despite the Longhorns being more competitive on the scoreboard in the second half to get the score much closer in the final minutes, Texas was still outrebounded by double digits in both halves against the Aggies.
Second-chance points were also a major theme in the second half, with the Aggies getting two second-chance buckets after offensive rebounds in the game's final three minutes.
It's amazing that the Longhorns were able to win this game despite being outrebounded by double digits and giving up a plethora of second-chance points on the defensive end.