After a strong second-half performance the women's basketball team defeated Florida A&M 92-55 on Sunday night at Auburn Arena.
Florida A&M got off to a strong start hitting six 3-point shots in the first half helping push the Rattlers to a six-point lead before the Tigers were able to get going in the second half and take control of the game.
In the second half Auburn was able to keep Florida A&M from scoring for more than 10-minutes of play and cruised to the 92-55 final score.
"I thought we did a much better job in the second half controlling them at the 3-point line," head coach Terri Williams-Flournoy said. "They still shot a lot of threes. They hit six in the first half. We really talked at half time about running them off the 3-point line a bit more and pushing the ball a bit more in transition as well. It was a good night."
Peyton Davis and Tyrese Tanner both led the Tigers in scoring with 19 points each. Hasina Muhammad also had a good night by scoring 18 points of her own.
Davis said the defense was the reason for the strong showing in the second half and being able to score 30 unanswered points.
"Apparently we kept them scoreless for 10 minutes," Davis said. "That is what our defense does. We rely on our defense, and we do it right. That is what is supposed to happen."
Williams-Flournoy's stuck to her press style defense in the second half, which was able to wear down the Florida A&M players preventing them from hitting the outside shots and forced them to make mistakes.
"We can tell if we are wearing them down with our press, especially their point guards," Tanner said. "I know they get tired of us in their face all the time. They get more careless when they get tired, and we got a lot of steals during that time."
The Tigers will return to Auburn Arena Wednesday, Dec. 18 when they take on Presbyterian at 6 p.m.
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