Women's basketball suffers worst defeat of the season at Tennessee
Auburn suffered its worst loss of the year to Tennessee on Sunday, falling 79-52.
Auburn suffered its worst loss of the year to Tennessee on Sunday, falling 79-52.
The Tigers cut a double-digit halftime deficit to five before the Bulldogs pulled away behind 15 free throws and a double-double from Victoria Vivians.
The senior is the first Auburn player to receive the honor since Husina Muhammad in the 2013-14 season.
The Tigers knocked off a top-10 opponent for the first time since the 2009-10 season with a come-from-behind victory against the No. 7 Wildcats on Sunday.
The Auburn Tigers stumbled in their final game before heading into conference play, dropping a close one to Florida Gulf Coast University, 52-45.
Auburn knocked off George Mason Wednesday night, taking them to (10-2) with one game remaining before conference play.
Auburn brought its weekend road trip to an end Sunday, Dec. 20, with a 74-52 win against the Towson University Tigers.
Auburn tipped off its two-game road stretch in Baltimore Saturday, Dec. 19 with a 69-54 win against Coppin State University, which improved the Tigers to 8-2 on the year.
Auburn forced 35 turnovers, which translated into 39 Auburn points, to down Winthrop, 76-33.
Despite holding a lead in the fourth quarter, Auburn fell to Marquette in overtime, 70-69, on Sunday.
The Auburn women's basketball team picked up its sixth win of the season Saturday as the Tigers toppled the East Carolina Pirates, 83-69, at the Auburn Arena.
The Tigers used a big comeback to overcome an early deficit to the Broncos, and Tra'Cee Tanner scored her 1,000th point at Auburn in the win.
The Virginia Cavaliers handed Auburn's women's basketball team its first loss Thursday night, 69-52.
The Tigers got the season started on the right foot behind a balanced scoring effort across the board.
The WMBA announced late Tuesday night that former Auburn women’s basketball player DeWanna Bonner was named to the the league's Western Conference All-Star Team. Bonner, who plays for the Phoenix Mercury, will appear in the 2015 WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday, July 25, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, and will be televised by ABC at 2:30 p.m.
Phoenix Mercury forward DeWanna Bonner has been named the WNBA Player of the Week for her performance in the first week of the WNBA season.
The 5-foot-8 guard from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, will sit out for the 2015-16 season due to NCAA transfer rules, but will have two years of eligibility remaining starting with the 2016-17 season.
Tra'Cee Tanner led the Tigers with 14 points and nine rebounds in the loss. Katie Frerking posted a double-double with 13 points and ten rebounds.
Following their 80-73 win over Alabama on Sunday, Terri-Williams Flournoy told the media that her girls had no intention of slowing down after winning three straight games to end the season.
Auburn (12-17, 3-13 SEC) enters the SEC Tournament on fire as winners of three straight games. They are set to take on the Florida Gators (13-16, 5-11 SEC) led by freshman phenom Haley Lorenzen on Wednesday, March 4, at the Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Each year, there’s a team that shocks the nation and makes a Cinderella run into the NCAA Tournament.