HOUSTON (AP) — Texas A&M’s Bryan Davis is such an unselfish player he didn’t realize he’d scored what were probably the four most important points in Saturday’s game. Josh Carter scored 19 points and Davis added 16, including two key baskets down the stretch, and the Aggies beat LSU 72-61. The Aggies fought off a late surge from the Tigers, who got within two points with about 3 minutes to play. Davis scored two straight baskets after that to stretch the lead to 63-57. When asked about the baskets after the game, Davis seemed stumped. “Uh … uh,” he said before coach Mark Turgeon interrupted with: “You scored.” That jogged his memory, but he didn’t care to elaborate much on his big game, saying he was just focused on helping his team win. Turgeon did though, pointing out how impressed he was with the second basket. “I thought the play of the game was his offensive rebound when he goes through about two or three guys and puts us up 6. You actually scored back-to-back Bryan, just so you know,” Turgeon said, ribbing his player. It was the sixth straight win for the Aggies (10-1) and the first loss of the season for the Tigers. The game was the second half of a doubleheader at the Toyota Center and was the first away from home for LSU (8-1). No. 19 Michigan State beat fifth-ranked Texas 67-63 in the first game. The Tigers were led by Marcus Thornton, who had 23 points and Tasmin Mitchell added 16. Thornton led the comeback attempt, scoring six straight points capped by a short jumper in the middle of the lane. But he crashed to the court with a cramp after that shot and had to leave the game. By the time first-year coach Trent Johnson could get him back in, Texas A&M had pushed the lead to 6. “I felt like it was a momentum swing,” Thornton said. “We had possession and we could get back in the game. Then I cramped. That was a big turn of events.” The Aggies used a 12-0 run to take a 12 point lead with about 11 minutes left, but LSU outscored them 20-10 in the next eight minutes to get within 59-57, but scored just four points the rest of the game. “I thought what hurt us … was we broke down and we had one or two guys trying to make plays and we got out of kilter defensively,” Johnson said. The Aggies led by as many as eight in the first half after a 3-pointer by B.J. Holmes about six minutes before halftime. Then LSU went on a 9-4 run to cut A&M’s lead to 30-27 at halftime. The Aggies were listed as the home team in this neutral site game, which was fitting as six of their players are from the Houston area and the crowd was overwhelmingly rooting for Texas A&M. Texas A&M hasn’t lost since a 67-56 loss to Tulsa on Nov. 28. Turgeon is impressed with his team’s growth since that defeat. “I think this was the best we played start to finish this year,” he said. “We’re still a work in progress (but) we beat a really good team.”