After opening up SEC play with a win over Mississippi State, the Auburn women's basketball team lost at home Thursday night to Vanderbilt, who have now won 21 straight against the Tigers.
With the 74-65 loss, Auburn dropped to 10-5 on the year and 1-1 in conference play. Vanderbilt improved to 13-3 on the season.
Auburn trailed the entire second half and could not seem to stop Vanderbilt's offense or their turnovers.
With a minute and a half remaining in the game, Hasina Muhammad made a layup to make it 70-62, but that turned out to be the closest Auburn would come to catching Vanderbilt. Muhammad led all Auburn scorers with 17 points on the night.
Auburn had only one lead early in the game while being up 4-0, but once Vanderbilt's offense sparked and took over, they held the lead for the remainder of the game.
Halfway through the first half, Auburn trailed 21-11 but then went on an 8-0 scoring run to come within two points. Vanderbilt responded with an offensive run of their own and went up 38-21 with three minutes left in the half. Vanderbilt closed the half with two made free throws by leading scorer Christina Foggie to make the score 43-30.
Foggie led all scorers on the night with 26 points.
Auburn's next game is this Sunday, Jan. 12, against South Carolina at Auburn Arena at 1:30 p.m.
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