Auburn facing No. 24 Georgia on Thursday
Auburn makes the trip to Athens, Georgia, on Thursday to face its fourth Top 25 team in its last five games.
Auburn makes the trip to Athens, Georgia, on Thursday to face its fourth Top 25 team in its last five games.
Auburn baseball is looking to increase its pitching stamina and depth at catcher ahead of its first game of the season next Friday.
Jamal Johnson and Sharife Cooper both scored 19 points to help Auburn take down Vanderbilt 73-67 on Tuesday night.
On Tuesday, Derrian Gobourne was named SEC Specialist of the Week following her performance against No. 2 LSU last Friday. She’s the first Auburn gymnast to earn a Gymnast of the Week honor this season.
Despite a career-day from Honesty Scott-Grayson on Sunday, Auburn could not contain Missouri's offense in the 85-75 loss. “Our defense wasn’t there,” Williams-Flournoy said. “Missouri is a very good offensive team, but to give up 85 points was just way too many.”
With 13 seconds left in overtime and Auburn down by three, Sharife Cooper's 3-pointer hit the rim and bounced up in the air. Silence fell over the crowd as the ball hovered around the rim before bouncing and falling through the net to tie the game. Auburn Arena erupted in cheers, which was soon followed by silence when Ole Miss point guard Devontae Schuler knocked down a game-winning jumper as time expired.
“They're No. 2 (in the SEC) in forcing turnovers, so we have historically turned it over against them,” Pearl said. “They get a lot of offense out of their defense. We’ve got to be locked in defensively.”
“I’m pretty happy with the girls, we still have a lot of young people that are finding their feet out there, but I’m really proud with the way they handled it,” said head coach Jeff Graba. “First 197 in almost two years, pretty big deal for me."
Tyrone Truesdell and Grant Loy are returning to Auburn in 2021. The pair are using the extra year of eligibility that the NCAA granted to its athletes because of the pandemic affected season.
“We took advantage of the bye week,” Graba said. “We did give them one day off and tried to let them rest up. We got some people back, partially back or hopefully on the way to getting fully back from being on the outside looking in. I think we’re stronger this week."
Auburn soccer announced its schedule for the 2021 spring season on Friday. Auburn will open its season on Feb. 19 against Kennesaw State at the Auburn Soccer Complex.
Auburn added some depth to its running back room on Friday with the signing of 3-star running back Jarquez Hunter. Hunter is the 18th signee in Auburn's 2021 recruiting class.
“You can definitely see why South Carolina is the [No. 2] team in the country,” said head coach Terri Williams-Flournoy. “They’re very good, and they get you at so many positions. They’re tough to guard, and starting out in the first quarter like we did, that doesn’t really help you plan against the [No. 2] team in the country.”
On Wednesday, Bryan Harsin and Auburn signed six players to its 2021 recruiting class. The Tigers now have signed 17 total players to their 2021 class. Here’s some info on each player that signed on Wednesday and what Harsin had to say about them.
Follow along for live updates throughout the day as Auburn receives National Letters of Intent from players in the class of 2021 on National Signing Day.
“Very frustrating," Pearl said. "They were beating us with their dominant hands. We weren’t locked into the scouting report. So it was very, very frustrating."
After taking the first matchup of the season, Bruce Pearl and Auburn are searching for a season sweep with Georgia coming into town on Tuesday night.
Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin has added another player to his arsenal. Joko Willis, a 3-star JUCO linebacker in the class of 2021, has committed to Auburn.
On Monday, Auburn added another piece to its 2022 recruiting class in 3-star quarterback Holden Geriner.
On Sunday, Auburn landed its first high school commitment in the Bryan Harsin era with 2021 3-star offensive tackle Colby Smith.