AUBURN | Auburn has been a pretty good team over the last five years, but that doesn’t always show against Texas A&M.

The Aggies have won five of the last seven games in the series going back to 2020.

Tuesday night, the top-ranked Tigers will try to buck that trend, finish the season undefeated in conference away games and set new program records for overall and SEC wins in a regular season.

“A&M will be one of the more physical teams we've played against,” said AU coach Bruce Pearl. “Let's just say three of the most physical teams we've played against: Duke and Florida were two losses, and Tennessee was a close game.”

Senior guard Wade Taylor IV leads TAMU averaging 15.1 points and 4.6 assists and per game, and has made a team-best 61 3-pointers. He’s 25 points from setting the school career record in scoring.

The 22nd-ranked Aggies lead the country averaging 15.9 offensive rebounds per game led by a trio of big men — Pharrel Payne, Solomon Washington and Anderson Garcia — who combine to average 16.1 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game.

TAMU comes into the matchup with four consecutive losses in road games at No. 25 Mississippi State and No. 5 Florida, and home games against No. 4 Tennessee and Vanderbilt.

“We know we’ve got a tough matchup against a team that is as athletic and as deep as any team in our league,” said Pearl. “They play as hard as anybody in the league. They turn you over. They’re the best offensive rebounding team in the league and one of the best in the country.

“They do a phenomenal job in transition and getting to the foul line. There’s a lot of challenges to this matchup.”

Auburn is one of the nation’s most explosive offensive teams this season averaging 85.4 points per game. But in the last seven games against TAMU, AU has averaged just 69.2.

“They switch a lot,” said Pearl. “They change things up between zone pressure and full-court, three-quarter looks. They'll drop back in man or zone. They try to confuse you as a play-caller. And I don't think we've done a very good job, offensively, against them.”

Tip-off at Reed Arena is scheduled for 8 p.m. CT on ESPN.