Auburn women's basketball selected for 2017 NCAA Tournament
The Auburn women’s basketball team is going dancing.
The Auburn women’s basketball team is going dancing.
Auburn will now await its NCAA Tournament fate following its quick exit in Greenville.
Auburn women's basketball senior Katie Frerking was honored with three awards from the Southeastern Conference as the league announced its annual women’s basketball awards Tuesday . The senior from Johns Creek, Georgia, was named the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in addition to being named to the All-SEC Second Team and the SEC All-Defensive Team. After the regular season, Frerking leads Auburn in scoring (16.0 points/game), rebounding (6.4/game), steals (2.5/game) and is tied for the team lead in blocks (0.9/game). In SEC games, she finished the conference regular season 10th in scoring (16.3), 12th in blocks (0.9/game), 14th in assists (3.0/game), 12th in field goal percentage (.404) and fourth in steals (2.0/game). Frerking has six double-doubles this season and two games where she topped the 30-point mark.
Auburn took to the road Sunday afternoon for their final game of the 2017 campaign, defeating the Arkansas Razorbacks, 70-64 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Strong senior night performances from Katie Frerking and Brandy Montgomery propelled Auburn past LSU Thursday night inside Auburn Arena.
Heading into Monday night’s contest against Alabama, the Auburn Tigers found themselves amid an unsatisfactory tailspin.
The Tigers fell on the road to the No. 6 Gamecocks.
There’s just been something special about 17-point deficits for Coach Flo’s Auburn squad. On the road on January 12th, the Tigers overcame a 17-point lead and defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores in Nashville.
After an ugly performance at Missouri on Thursday, the Auburn women's basketball Tigers were able to bounce back against rival Alabama.
The Tigers shot 30 percent from the field, falling on the road to Missouri.
It was a tremendously close finish inside Auburn Arena on Sunday afternoon.
After trailing by 17 in the first period, Auburn dismantled the Vols the rest of the game.
The Tigers overcame a 17-point second half deficit to move to 13-5, 3-1 on the season.
Brandy Montgomery scored 25 points to lead the Tigers to their second SEC win.
The No. 5 Gamecocks jumped out to a 23 point first half lead that buried the Tigers early.
Jessica Jones scored a career-high 15 points.
Auburn could not overcome a 20-point first half in the Tulane Classic championship game.
The Tigers scored 62 points in the second half and survived a late Drake run.
Sophomore point guard Janiah McKay scored a career-high 28 points in the loss.
The Tigers defeated Louisiana Tech 76-66 Wednesday night.