Auburn defense makes a difference in 65-60 victory over No. 21 Georgia
This is the Tigers' second Top-25 win this season.
This is the Tigers' second Top-25 win this season.
The losing streak in Gainesville has reached 14. No. 2 Auburn overcame an anemic first half on offense to take a second half lead, but a barrage of threes late in the second half led by Tyree Appleby gave Florida a late lead and the Gators were able to get a last second stop to preserve a 63-62 win in the Swamp.
Suni Lee was asked about winning her fourth straight all-around with a 39.775. She answered, “I knew I wanted to come to Auburn to make history and give all the other girls an opportunity to be great, too”.
“We took some quick shots that were not in our plan, then we took some bad shots. We have very little room for error, and we made a lot of those errors tonight” Auburn head coach Johnnie Harris said.
Despite a star studded performance from Scotty Pippen Jr., the Tigers were still able to pull out a 94-80 win thanks to a combination of great performances from Jabari Smith and Walker Kessler, and domination from the second half.
Coach Johnnie Harris and the Auburn Women’s Basketball Team welcomed the Florida Gators into Auburn Arena tonight for the 15th game and 12th conference game of the season.
Walker Kessler shrugged off some early first half foul trouble to record his second triple-double of the season. Kessler becomes one of just five players in the history of the SEC to record multiple career triple-doubles.
The No. 7 Auburn Tigers hosted the No. 9 Missouri Tigers in Auburn Arena tonight. Auburn came into this meet off a tough loss to No. 5 LSU in Baton Rouge last Saturday. Missouri’s previous meet resulted in a loss to No. 4 Florida at home in Columbia last Friday night.
Auburn’s leading scorer was Jabari Smith with 20 points. Wendell Greene JR. led the Tigers in assists with five.
Suni Lee was able to pick up the all-around victory and set a program record.
Auburn (22-1, 10-0 SEC) led by as many as 15 in the first half, but the Bulldogs shot the ball at a 58.1% clip in the final 20 minutes to get back in it and neither team led by more than four points for the final 15:52 of the game.
Auburn just did not have victory in the cards, even after winning the rebound war 39-34 and having less turnovers, the true Achilles heel of this Auburn team came down to struggles at the three-point line, as they lost 70-65.
This win came due to a stellar job from the Auburn big men, including a two-block shy triple-double from Walker Kessler, and the Tigers were also helped with support from a packed Auburn Jungle.
Vanderbilt used a 22-2 run in the first quarter to take a double-digit lead, stretched their lead to 25 by halftime, and cruised in the second half to an 81-66 win.
Great big man play from Walker Kessler, and a first pick performance from Jabari Smith, taking home both point and rebound leader with 23 points and 12 rebounds led to a 86-68 Auburn win.
Suni Lee, in her all-around debut, led all scorers in the meet.
Auburn improves to 9-10 (1-7 SEC) on the season, while Tennessee falls to 18-2 (7-1 SEC). Following the Tigers biggest home win in years, the Jungle stormed the court to celebrate with their team at midcourt.
K.D. Johnson ended up being Auburn’s leading scorer tonight with 17 points. Walker Kessler led the team in rebounds with 12, followed closely by Jabari Smith with 10.
This was due to a combination of Alabama’s Khyla Wade-Warren with 24 points, eight rebounds and three assists, and a lack of production in the second half, because of a “lot of kids playing a lot of minutes” according to Auburn Head coach Johnie Harris.
The night before the game, people had begun living in tents in order to secure a seat for this blockbuster matchup, creating the nickname “Jungle City”. The inhabitants of Jungle City were treated to an Auburn win thanks to a first-pick caliber performance by Jabari Smith, and dominance from Walker Kessler with 17 points.