It was all KT Harrell in Auburn Arena Friday, and that wasn't enough to give Auburn the win.
In a 58-54 loss to Coastal Carolina, the senior guard finished with nearly half of Auburn's points, putting up 25.
On the night, Harrell was 8-15 shooting, including seven threes on eight attempts.
"A guy like KT, he knows that every night he's got to carry us," head coach Bruce Pearl said. "He gets so much attention, and yet every night he does."
The seven threes were a career high for Harrell, but after the game, he was focused at getting better as a team.
"It hurts," Harrell said. "This one hurts just like the last one, but we're going to continue to get better."
The Tigers jumped out to a quick lead, leading by 14 just eight minutes into the game. But some poor ball handling and ugly turnovers allowed Coastal Carolina to hang around, and the Auburn lead was just four at halftime.
In the second half, Coastal Carolina continued to hang around, and ended up stealing the game late after the Tigers went cold.
Auburn didn't score a point in the final 1:21 of the game.
Coastal Carolina led the game for only 2:54.
Overall, the Tigers shot 17-50 and 11 of 28 from three, shooting only 28 percent in the second half.
Forward Cinmeon Bowers continued his recent funk, scoring just one point and grabbing five rebounds. This comes after Bowers started the season off with four straight double-doubles.
"This is three games in a row now that Cinmeon has played poorly," Pearl said. "If I had the answer for it or if he had the answer for it we would have fixed it by now. He was better at the beginning than I thought he would be and I didn't think it was possible for him to be so inconsistent."
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