The Auburn women's basketball team got back on track Sunday, snapping a four-game losing streak with a 56-48 win against Arkansas in Fayetville.
Senior forward Tyrese Tanner was the tigers leading scorer with a total of 13 points, with 7 coming from the free-throw line.
The Auburn bench stepped up in a big way, contributing 23 points while both Tanner sisters were in foul trouble.
The first half was close most of the way, but Auburn found itself on the wrong side of 27-20 score at the break.
Auburn tied the game at 46 with 2:30 left in the game on two Tyrese Tanner free throws, then took the lead at 48-46 less than a minute later at the 1:52 mark.
Arkansas would score their last bucket of the game on the next possession, tying the game, but Auburn would end the game on an 8-0 run, sparked by a Khady Dieng three.
Dieng, a freshman guard came off the bench and contributed 10 points, the second-most points for the tigers, and only player other than Tanner to reach double digits for Auburn,
The win moved Auburn to a 12-10 overall record, with a 3-6 mark in Southeastern Conference play with seven games left for the season.
The tigers will face off against the Mississippi State Bulldogs next Sunday in Auburn Arena, then head to Nashville on Feb. 13 to take on Vanderbilt.
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