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Auburn gymnastics moves to 3-0 with road victory over Mizzou
By Henry Zimmer | Sports Writer | January 20In the first road meet for the undefeated Auburn gymnastics team, the No. 13 Tigers defeated No. 10 Missouri with a score of 195.825-194.975 on Saturday. With this victory, the Tigers move to 3-0 for the first time since 2002. “Everything we wanted to accomplish, we got done today,” Auburn ...
Bryce Brown explodes in second half in Tigers' loss to Kentucky
By Ian Bivona | Sports Writer | January 20“I just tried to encourage my guys... we just tried to chip away at the lead, little by little, every chance we got.”
'They took it away': Inside the final seconds of Auburn's narrow loss to Kentucky
By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 19In crunch time, Jared Harper made the right call, according to his head coach. With under 10 seconds to play, down 81-80, Jared Harper went to his left and got past Kentucky freshman guard Ashton Hagans. Wildcats forward PJ Washington was waiting at the rim, but by that point, Harper’s runner was ...
Everything Bruce Pearl said after Auburn's 82-80 loss to Kentucky
By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 19OPENING STATEMENT We’re disappointed in the outcome. It was a great environment tonight. I appreciate the energy that Auburn Arena had tonight. I’m sure the kids talked about it. It had a lot with us staying engaged. I thought the kids didn’t panic. We got down in the second half and took it one ...
Auburn starting center Austin Wiley out vs. Kentucky with leg injury
By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 19Auburn starting center Austin Wiley is out for No. 14 Auburn's matchup with No. 14 Kentucky today, and is expected to miss "a couple of weeks" with a lower leg injury, a team spokesperson told reporters Saturday afternoon. Wiley, who has started the past seven games for Auburn at center, is averaging ...
Behind Enemy Bylines: Previewing Auburn vs. UK with the Kentucky Kernel
By Nathan King | Sports Editor | January 19Ahead of No. 14 Auburn's matchup with No. 12 Kentucky (3 p.m. CST, ESPN), The Plainsman posed questions for Chase Campbell, assistant sports editor for the Kentucky Kernel. Here's how sees the action playing out inside Auburn Arena. 1. What should Kentucky's biggest advantage in this game be? UK's ...
No. 14 Auburn vs. No. 12 Kentucky: Players to watch, keys to victory
By Zach Tantillo | Sports Reporter | January 18Here are some players to watch and keys to victory for Saturday's top-15 contest between Kentucky and Auburn.
Auburn hoping to make national statement with 'amazing opportunity' against Kentucky
By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | January 18No. 14 Auburn hopes to make a national impression against a familiar Kentucky team tomorrow. This is only the fifth time the teams have face each other when both were ranked in the top 15 at the time of the game. Auburn is 0-4 in the previous four games. “What an amazing opportunity for our ...
Projecting Auburn football's 2019 depth chart: Defense, special teams
By Sumner Martin | Sports Writer | January 18Plainsman sports writer Sumner Martin gives a sneak peek at who could be starting for the Tigers in 2019 as Gus Malzahn enters his seventh season as head coach.
Preview: How Auburn matches up with Kentucky in pivotal SEC throwdown
By Bryce Johnson | Sports Writer | January 18Every conference has one school where the road to a conference championship must go through it. In the SEC, that school is Kentucky, the proverbial blue-blood, filled with NBA-level talent that strikes fear their opponents when they appear on the schedule. Beating the Wildcats is more than just ...
Robyn Benton's game-winner lifts Auburn to comeback win over Vanderbilt
By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | January 18The Tigers came back from a 20-point deficit with about 18 minutes to play, and two buckets from freshman Robyn Benton in the last 8.6 seconds of the game lifted them to the win in Nashville over Vanderbilt, 72-20. When the Commodores took a 49-29 lead with 7:53 minutes left in the third quarter, the ...
Auburn and Akron announce non-conference game in 2021
By Jake Weese | Sports Writer | January 17Auburn and Akron will play a football game in 2021, the schools announced on Thursday. The two schools will meet on Sept. 4, 2021, at Jordan-Hare Stadium in the season opener. "We are very excited to take on one of the iconic football programs in college athletics," said Akron director of ...
Projecting Auburn football's 2019 depth chart: Offense
By Sumner Martin | Sports Writer | January 17Plainsman sports writer Sumner Martin gives a sneak peek at who could be starting for the Tigers in 2019.
Bryce Brown's blazing first half distances Auburn from Texas A&M in win
By Annagail Holton | Sports Writer | January 17Bryce Brown's dominant first half was the difference. Brown contributed 20 points in the first half and finished the game with 22 points overall in Auburn's Wednesday win over Texas A&M on the road. Before the half, Brown went scored 18 straight points for the Tigers offense, included three ...
Auburn dominates Texas A&M 85-66 to earn first road victory
By Tyler Roush | Assistant Sports Editor | January 16There’s no place like home — sometimes. Through a 85-66 win at Texas A&M Wednesday night, No. 14 Auburn earned its first road victory with No. 12 Kentucky on the horizon. Bryce Brown finished tied for a game-high 22 points, with 19 of his total coming as Auburn’s final points going into halftime. "I ...
Auburn looks to avoid road woes with trip to Texas A&M
By Ben Key | Sports Writer | January 16Auburn is off to a hot start this season with a 12-3 record while avoiding multiple losses in the same month. The first loss of the season came early during the Maui Jim Maui Invitational, with a late-game stretch against then-No. 1 Duke before losing 78-72. In the loss, Auburn would post its second-highest ...
No. 14 Auburn at Texas A&M: Players to watch, keys to victory
By Zach Tantillo | Sports Reporter | January 16With notable players missing from last year's teams on both squads, here a few players to watch and some keys to victory.
Auburn softball picked to finish 9th in SEC
By Annagail Holton | Sports Writer | January 16Auburn softball will look to prove itself against SEC competition after being picked to finish ninth in SEC preseason coaches poll Wednesday morning. In Mickey Dean’s first season on The Plains, the Tiger’s record slipped from their past dominant performances; in conference play, Auburn fell to ...
