Auburn 77, Troy 41

From the AU logo, J.T. Thor caught a pass, dribbled twice and threw down a thunderous left-hand dunk to punctuate one of the best halves in Auburn's Bruce Pearl Era. Twenty less artistic minutes remained, but Auburn's 43-10 halftime advantage essentially decided the outcome early in Saturday's 77-41 victory over Troy at Auburn Arena. "That's probably as good of a first half as I can remember," Pearl said. "We were firing on all cylinders. Every offensive possession was clean and it looked like we knew what we were doing. Defensively, we were disruptive."