Cinmeon Bowers added 10 points and eight rebounds for Auburn (14-19), which has won back-to-back SEC tourney games for the first time since 2000 to set up a Friday quarterfinal date with fourth-seeded LSU. The Tigers, who also received eight points and four assists from K.C. Ross-Miller and seven points off the bench from Malcolm Canada, shot only 34 percent from the field but hit eight 3-pointers and finished with a 24-14 advantage in made free throws.

Alex Caruso scored 11 points but also had 10 turnovers for Texas A&M (20-11), which has lost its last three games and likely lost any remaining shot it had of earning an NCAA Tournament bid. The Aggies, who played their third straight game without leading scorer Danuel House (foot sprain), also received 11 points off the bench from Alex Robinson and a game-high 12 rebounds from Kourtney Roberson, but shot 29.2 percent from the floor in the second half and finished with 19 turnovers.

After trailing 33-23 at halftime, Auburn connected on four 3-pointers in the first four minutes of the second half as part of a stunning 16-1 run that gave the Tigers a 39-34 advantage. Texas A&M immediately closed to within 39-37, but Auburn answered with a 14-9 run to take its first double-digit lead at 53-43 with 8:13 to play and the Aggies got no closer than seven points the rest of the way.

Auburn jumped out to a 10-4 lead to open the game, carrying over the momentum from its first-round win the previous night. Texas A&M, though, stormed ahead with a 20-4 run en route to the 10-point advantage at the break.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Auburn had lost its final six regular-season games before beating 12th-seeded Mississippi State 74-68 in Wednesday’s opening round. … The Tigers finished 8-of-25 from long range after hitting only 9-of-38 3-pointers in losing twice to Texas A&M during the regular season. … The Aggies dropped to 1-3 all-time in the SEC tourney since joining the conference for the 2012-13 season.