Men's basketball falls to Vanderbilt, 75-57
The Tigers shot just 32.8 percent from the field as the Commodores raced out to an early double-digit lead that Auburn couldn't close.
The Tigers shot just 32.8 percent from the field as the Commodores raced out to an early double-digit lead that Auburn couldn't close.
Tyler Harris led Auburn with 21 points on six of 12 shooting, but turnovers, foul trouble and poor shooting led to a 76-61 Auburn loss in Columbia.
Pearl will take his team on the road for the first time in SEC play this Saturday when the Tigers travel to Missouri, and he is hopeful the experience gained in Cincinnati and Hawaii will pay dividends in Columbia.
Canty and Tyler Harris, who spent a combined 75 out of 80 minutes on the court, led a furious second-half comeback against No. 22 South Carolina, but the Tigers ran out of gas down the stretch and fell to the undefeated Gamecocks, 81-69.
The Gamecocks, whose starters are all taller than 6-foot-5, will roll into Auburn Arena on Tuesday undefeated and boasting the No. 22 ranking in this week’s AP poll.
Injuries have ravaged the Auburn backcourt throughout the season, and the Tigers could be left with only two scholarship guards available for Tuesday’s matchup versus undefeated South Carolina.
Kareem Canty and Bryce Brown scored 20 apiece and combined for ten three-pointers, and Tyler Harris recorded his sixth double-double of the season to lead Auburn over Tennessee, 83-77, in the SEC opener for both teams on Saturday.
The Tigers held a lead late, but couldn't repel the Rainbow Warriors down the stretch.
The Tigers fell to the Crimson, 69-51, and saw their third-leading scorer, T.J. Dunans, go down with a knee injury.
Auburn bounced back with a win over the Lobos following a disappointing loss to Xavier over the weekend.
Kareem Canty led Auburn with 25 points, but the Tigers fell, 85-61, to Xavier in Cincinnati.
After stunning Xavier in double overtime in Auburn Arena last season, Auburn will travel to Cincinnati on Saturday to face the Musketeers on their home floor.
Canty missed only 52 seconds of game time, and he went on to lead the Tigers in scoring for the second consecutive game. Cinmeon Bowers and Tyler Harris added a double-double each to help Auburn stave off a late Mercer comeback, winning 78-71.
The Tigers withstood a furious Chanticleer rally to escape Myrtle Beach with a win Wednesday night.
Auburn dropped the fourth-most points and second-most three-point field goals in program history Friday night, downing Northwestern State 119-81.
Cinmeon Bowers was back to his double-double ways on Friday night, but his points came from the unlikeliest of places. Bowers picked up nine of his team-leading 15 points from the free throw line against Georgia Southern, as Auburn cruised to a 92-62 victory. “I’ve really improved,” Bowers said.
Kareem Canty propelled Auburn to a 15-point lead in the first half, but Buffaloes clawed back to win as the Tigers cooled off in the final period.
The goal of the revamped Jungle Leadership Team, comprised of 11 students who love Auburn basketball, is to be more organized in 2015.
TJ Lang knocked down the game-winning three-pointer, and Horace Spencer preserved Auburn's 75-74 win with a blocked shot with 1.8 seconds left.
Five-star Mustapha Heron, a 6-foot-5, 210-pound guard from Waterbury, Connecticut, signed a national letter of intent to attend Auburn University on Thursday.