Despite sophomore guard Tahj Shamsid-Deen leaving the game with five fouls with a little less than three minutes to go in the game, Auburn's men's basketball team (6-5) pulled out a nail-bitter against Texas-Southern (2-9) by a score of 61-60.
Senior guard KT Harrell led all Tigers in scoring with 14 points including two three pointers.
Junior Cinmeon Bowers ended the game with 13 points and 15 rebounds, five of which came on the offensive end. This marks Bowers' seventh double-double of the season.
In addition to Bowers' and Harrell's offensive presence, senior guard Antoine Mason and graduate student K.C. Ross-Miller put up 13 and 11 points respectively. Ross-Miller also had four assists in a game where he saw extended minutes most likely because of foul trouble by Shamsid-Deen.
Despite shooting only 35.7 percent from the field, the Tigers grab a great win to follow up the double overtime victory over Xavier last Saturday, December 13.
Auburn's next matchup is scheduled for December 29 against Middle Tennessee State.
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