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Auburn men's basketball victories vs. Kentucky used to be a once-in-a-blue moon event. Under Bruce Pearl, they've become an annual occurrence. For the fourth consecutive season, the Tigers took down the Wildcats, beating Kentucky 66-59 Saturday at Auburn Arena to give Auburn a 5-4 series lead in the past nine meetings. "To beat Kentucky is historic," said Pearl, who is 4-1 vs. Kentucky at Auburn Arena. "You're judged by how you do against the best teams on your schedule and certainly Kentucky's going to always be as good as anybody on our schedule. It matters, and we want to make history. Our program has been one of the top five programs in the SEC over the last four years." Allen Flanigan led Auburn with 21 points and nine rebounds. Devan Cambridge scored 13 points and Sharife Cooper added 11 points and a game-high eight assists to give the Tigers back-to-back SEC wins.
Sharife Cooper posted a double-double. Six players scored in double figures. Auburn blocked 14 shots. It was a complete performance from the Tigers on Wednesday as they cruised to a 95-77 victory at Georgia, notching their first win in SEC play. "It was an exciting game, very up-tempo, two teams that like to run," Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl said. "I think the biggest thing for us was Georgia really attacks the rim – we blocked 14 shots, and they shot 41 percent. I thought our defense was really good. "Offensively, we had six guys in double figures because (Cooper) just shares it. He's hard to guard and makes what we do harder to guard." After putting up 26 points and nine assists in his Auburn debut on Saturday, Cooper one-upped his performance with 28 points, 12 assists, five rebounds and two steals Wednesday night.
OXFORD, Miss. – Jaylin Williams scored a career-high 24 points on Wednesday night, but Auburn couldn't overcome another slow start and suffered a 72-61 road loss at Ole Miss. Williams scored the first five points for the Tigers and had 16 in the first half, including four triples, but the rest of the team scored only 13 points in the first 20 minutes. Auburn went more than seven minutes without a field goal and trailed 43-29 at the break. The Tigers battled back in the second half and cut the lead to single digits with five minutes left. Junior Jamal Johnson knocked down three 3-pointers and Williams connected with fellow sophomore Devan Cambridge on an alley-oop dunk during what was a 14-4 Auburn run.
Auburn trailed by as many as 14 in the second half and erased a 9-point deficit in the final five minutes, but Texas A&M made a game-winning basket with less than two seconds remaining to prevail, 68-66, on Saturday. "I'm proud of my kids and the way they battled," Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl said. After struggling offensively in the first half, Auburn caught fire in the second half. Led by junior Jamal Johnson, the Tigers connected on 10 of 20 shots from deep and scored 44 points in the final 20 minutes. They shot 17 of 31 (54.8 percent) from the floor in that span and only turned it over five times.
Jamal Johnson scored a career-high 21 points but Auburn fell to unbeaten Arkansas 97-85 Wednesday in the SEC opener at Auburn Arena, snapping the Tigers’ five-game win streak. “Arkansas was fast and quick and we just couldn’t keep them in front,” Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said. “We did not do a very good job with our individual defense and struggled to turn them over.” Arkansas (9-0, 1-0) used a late 10-0 run to take control after a pair of Allen Flanigan free throws tied the game at 74-74 with 7:30 to play. Flanigan scored 19 points and grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds.
Extending its non-conference regular season home win streak to 33, Auburn tuned up for SEC play with a 67-53 victory over Appalachian State Tuesday at Auburn Arena. "We're not a household name in the SEC nor do we deserve to be," Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said. "But we're also not a one-trick pony. It wasn't just the Final Four team. This team did what they needed to do. Part of the non-conference is preparing for the league. Ready or not, here it comes." The Tigers (6-2) used a 12-0 run down the stretch to pull away after the Mountaineers (6-3) pulled within two points.
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."
It was a back-and-forth game all night, but Auburn made the plays down the stretch to take down Memphis and secure a 74-71 victory at Holiday Hoopsgiving in Atlanta. "It's a good win for us," Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl said. "Memphis is an NCAA Tournament team. But we had a couple guys really step up. It was a good team victory. We've got a long way to go to become a good basketball team, but this was a good win."
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