College Station, TX (Sports Network) - Cole Aldrich scored 12 points, pulled down 10 rebounds and had five blocks, and top-ranked Kansas used a sparkling defensive stand down the stretch to take a 59-54 win over No. 24 Texas A&M, stopping the Aggies' 16-game home winning streak.  Xavier Henry also had 12 points and made some key free throws in the late going for the Jayhawks (25-1, 11-0 Big 12), who have won 11 in a row since their lone defeat - January 10 at Tennessee. Marcus Morris also scored 12 in the victory.  Kansas held the Aggies without a point for the final 4:08 of the game and finished the contest on an 11-2 spurt.  "We won the game muddy," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "We've shown we can win the game when we make shots. That's probably a good thing for us to know that we can win a game away from home when it was a muddy, ugly, as far as an offensive standpoint game."  David Loubeau had 17 points and Donald Sloan added 15 for Texas A&M (18-7, 7-4), which had won its previous four games.  "Our defense was phenomenal," Aggies coach Mark Turgeon said. "I think we just let it slip away because we had them."  Sloan's jumper gave the Aggies a 54-52 edge with just over four minutes left, but Morris tied the game by making two foul shots.  Henry then went 1-of-2 at the charity stripe with 3 1/2 minutes remaining, and the Jayhawks widened their lead when Aldrich was credited with a bucket about a minute later thanks to a goaltending call on Bryan Davis.  The Jayhawks were called for a shot clock violation with 59 seconds to go, but Sloan turned the ball over after driving into the lane. that allowed Henry to seal the victory with a pair of foul shots with 26.8 showing on the clock.  There was a scary moment in the first half for Texas A&M guard Dash Harris. He raced in for a breakaway layup try after an A&M steal, but was fouled by Aldrich and landed hard on his left side under the basket. He remained on the floor for a couple of minutes before being carried off the court to the locker room. He returned to the game with 2:24 left in the first half.  It was a back-and-forth contest in that half, but the Aggies held a 32-30 edge at the break thanks to Loubeau's jumper in the final minute.
Preview, Summary and Individual and team statistics for the matchup on Monday, February 15, 2010  between the Kansas Jayhawks and Texas A&M Aggies