Jaxson Robinson hit for 22 points and No. 8 Kentucky won the battle of the boards and the paint in an 81-69 victory over No. 11 Texas A&M on Tuesday in a key early-season Southeastern Conference clash in Lexington, Ky.Kentucky (14-3, 3-1 SEC) had a three-point lead at halftime that it expanded to a dozen less than four minutes into the second half. Short-handed Texas A&M (13-4, 2-2) whittled that margin to six with just under seven minutes to play, but the Wildcats pushed their lead to 63-53 less than a minute later and maintained at least an eight-point cushion the rest of the way.The Wildcats outrebounded A&M 40-30, earned a 28-22 edge in points in the paint and forged a 24-16 advantage in made free throws in a gritty game.Andrew Carr added 13 points for Kentucky while Otega Oweh had 11 and Amari Robinson grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds. Robinson had eight boards and Lamont Butler dished out a game-high seven assists.Zhuric Phelps led Texas A&M with 21 points, with Pharrel Payne adding 15 and Manny Obaseki scoring 12. The Aggies dropped their second straight contest after a nine-game winning streak.Texas A&M played its third straight game without leading scorer Wade Taylor IV, who is nursing a left groin injury.After an early A&M lead, Kentucky swung back, tying the game at 22 when Ansley Almonor canned a 3-pointer with 4:56 left. The Aggies regained the lead by as many as four before Kentucky surged answered again, getting a pair of free throws by Butler with 52 seconds remaining to knot the game at 32.