With A.J. Abrams held in check for most of the night, Damion James picked up the slack.

James recorded a season-high 28 points along with six rebounds to lead No. 14 Texas (14-4, 3-1 Big 12) to a 67-58 victory over Texas A&M Saturday.

A&M (15-5, 1-4) kept the score close throughout most of the game, but an 11-3 Texas run – with James scoring all 11 Texas points – in the middle of the second half put the Longhorns out of the Aggies’ reach.

Gary Johnson played as James’ sidekick throughout the first half. The two combined to score 21 of Texas’ first half points, including the team’s first 15 points. Johnson finished with 12 points and three rebounds.

Donald Sloan and Chinemelu Elonu kept A&M in the game during the first half. Both shot five-for-seven from the field while Sloan finished with 17 points and Elonu tallied 12.

The defense of A&M’s Derrick Roland, who proved able to fight through Texas’ screens, held Abrams to only nine points on three-for-10 shooting.

A&M shot 56 percent in the first half but fell off in the second, shooting 36 percent. Elonu was only able to shoot one shot in the second half thanks to a double team from Texas.