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No. 2 Auburn hosts Vandy, looks to stay perfect at home

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AUBURN, Ala. – When No. 2 Auburn tips off Wednesday night vs. Vanderbilt at Auburn Arena, the Tigers will be well-rested.

The gap between Saturday’s 11 a.m. tip and Wednesday’s 8 p.m. start – combined with not having to travel – allowed the Tigers to rest and recharge Sunday after beating Texas A&M 75-58 Saturday before turning their attention to the Commodores. 

“This is as long a gap as we’ve had,” Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said. “I think it’s important.”

In Vanderbilt, the Tigers will face an opponent that won Jan. 4 at Arkansas and has won three of its past five SEC games while losing close road games at Kentucky and Tennessee.

“They’re playing with confidence,” said Pearl, noting Vanderbilt’s depth.  “They’re going to play till the end. Because they can shoot the 3-ball, they’re dangerous.”

Auburn has won four straight in the series since ending Vanderbilt’s 13-game series win streak. The Commodores still lead the overall series 88-55 but Auburn holds a 36-31 advantage on the Plains.

“One of the best college basketball programs in the SEC,” Pearl said. “Jerry Stackhouse does a great job coaching them.”

Vandy’s Scotty Pippen Jr. leads the SEC in scoring, averaging 18.9 points per game.

“A really dangerous player with the ball,” Pearl said. 

Auburn’s Zep Jasper will be tasked with guarding Pippen. Jasper returned vs. Texas A&M after missing two games with an illness.

“Zep is one of the best defensive guards in the country,” Pearl said. “He’s an extremely efficient player with a great assist-to-turnover ratio. He makes a great deal of difference on our team. We don’t have great depth at that position.”

Looking to improve to 14-0 at home, No. 2 Auburn (23-2, 11-1) hosts Vanderbilt (13-11, 5-7) Wednesday at 8 p.m. CT on SEC Network. Andy Burcham and Sonny Smith will call the action on the Auburn Sports Network.

“The key I think for us offensively would be to make more frees and more 3’s,” Pearl said. “If we can do that along with what we’re doing from two, we’ll be better.”

Jeff Shearer is a Senior Writer at AuburnTigers.com. Follow him on Twitter: @jeff_shearer

 





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Ramirez, Hogs, Down Auburn at the Buzzer

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas Women’s Basketball (15-8, 5-5) pulled out a huge win on Thursday night in Bud Walton Arena, downing the Auburn Tigers (9-13, 1-10), 68-66. Redshirt senior Amber Ramirez hit a layup with 0.4 seconds remaining to send the Razorback faithful into a frenzy and seal the win in a massively important comeback win for the Hogs. The win snapped a two-game skid for Arkansas, and the Hogs did it without starting guards Makayla Daniels and Samara Spencer, as well as Jersey Wolfenbarger, who had started 13 straight games down low.

Ramirez was crucial for Arkansas on Thursday night, accounting for 30 of the Razorbacks’ 68 points, her first 30 point game this season. The San Antonio native was a menace on the offensive side of the ball, scoring from all areas of the floor, and she posted a very clean 5-11 clip from deep and 5-6 mark from the free throw line. She also added four rebounds and two steals to her 40-minute effort.

TURNING POINT

Arkansas struggled with the three-point shot in the first half, managing only one make out of 10 tries. That created an opening for the visiting Tigers who, behind some strong play from junior guard Honesty Scott-Grayson, showed why they were able to upset No. 4 Tennessee just a couple weeks ago.

Auburn had the momentum heading into the second half of play, but the Razorbacks were not willing to go down easy in front of their home crowd, matching each Auburn blow with one of their own to stay within reach of the Tigers. Auburn ramped up its game in response to Arkansas’ energy, expanding the lead to 10 in the third quarter. But that is when the Hogs flipped the script, as back-to-back three-point makes by Ramirez and Elauna Eaton in the fourth quarter brought Arkansas to within two, and Sasha Goforth earned a putback to tie the game, an eight-point swing in two minutes. With six minutes left in the fourth quarter, Arkansas drew even for the first time since the opening tip. The Hogs then gained their first lead of the game with just over five minutes to play after Ramirez made a pair of technical foul free throws. An acrobatic layup by Goforth followed, giving Arkansas a three-point, 61-58 lead.

In a game that was very physical down the stretch, the Hogs and Tigers duked it out to the end. The two teams exchanged the lead four times in the final two minutes of play, but Ramirez’s layup was the final blow that left Arkansas victorious in an instant classic.

HOG HIGHLIGHTS

  • Ramirez garnered the offensive spotlight with a ruthless scoring onslaught. Her 30 points were a season-high and she matched her season best in field goals made (10) and three-pointers made (5).
  • Goforth provided some support for Ramirez, tallying 16 points of her own, with five rebounds in 34 minutes.
  • Erynn Barnum was key on the glass, snatching nine rebounds.
  • Emrie Ellis was awesome off the pine – the freshman scored a career-best 11 points, pulled down a career-best five rebounds, and blocked two shots.

 NEXT TIME OUT

The Razorbacks will continue SEC play on Sunday when they travel to Columbia to take on the Missouri Tigers. The game is scheduled to tip at 2:00 p.m. CT and can be streamed on the SEC Network+.

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Harris, Auburn Shock the Country with Upset Over No.4 Lady Vols

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AUBURN, Ala. (EETV) – Coach Johnnie Harris and the Auburn Tigers pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Auburn Arena history, defeating the No. 4 Tennessee Lady Vols 71-61. Going into the game Auburn had not defeated a top-five team in almost 25 years.

With the win, the Tigers break a 23 game losing streak in conference play. The win also comes as Johnnie Harris’ first conference win as Auburn’s head coach.

“I’m really proud of this team,” Auburn head coach Johnnie Harris said. “We’ve been right there in so many ballgames. We’ve been talking to them about finishing. Once you experience what it feels like to break through and win that ballgame, to give everything you have for four quarters, then you understand that it’s not insurmountable.

Aicha Coulibaly led the Tigers, scoring 26 points and pulling down seven rebounds to lead the Tigers. Three other Tigers scored in double-figures, Sania Wells scored 13 points, Jala Jordan added 11 points and Annie Hughes scored 10.

Turnovers were the deciding factor of the match with the Tigers forcing 22 turnovers while only giving the ball up nine times. Auburn would go on to score 25 of their 71 points off turnovers.

The Tigers were able to hold their own against the nation’s best rebounding team, Auburn was outrebounded by 13 but was able to generate 11 second-chance points compared to Tennessee’s nine.

“We were not afraid,” said Harris. “We didn’t want them to be afraid. We wanted to go out and have fun, but we wanted to go to war. We wanted to put pressure on them, we wanted to make them uncomfortable, and I feel like we did that.”

The team entered the second quarter in a one-point ball game but thanks to a 20-4 Auburn run the Tigers would take an 11 point lead heading into the half.

Tennessee answered in the third, opening up on a 14-2 run and taking the lead back from the Tigers with 5:08 left in the third quarter. The Lady Vols would outscore Auburn 23-11, the exact same margin they had been outscored by in the second.

The teams would enter the fourth quarter in a one-point ball game. The squads would trade baskets and with three minutes left in the game, it was still a one-possession contest. From there Annie Hughes hit a three to put the Tigers up 65-59 and the Lady Vols could never recover.

Auburn will be back in action Sunday afternoon when they travel to Nashville to take on Vanderbilt. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT at Memorial Gym. The game will be available to stream on SEC Network +.



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Witnesses: Traveling Auburn fans ‘instrumental in our road wins’

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OXFORD, Miss. – Four hours into a five-hour bus ride, the Auburn Tip-Off Club stopped Saturday at Chick-fil-A in Tupelo, Mississippi.

With one eye on their waffle fries and the other on the weather forecast, which featured a winter storm warning for Oxford, the 43 club members reloaded for the drive’s last hour, arriving at the team hotel in time for Tiger Walk, joining hundreds of fellow Auburn fans in the lobby. 

“I want to hear you thls loud tonight! War Eagle!” Auburn coach Bruce Pearl shouted to fans on his way to Auburn’s bus.

 

“We do two or three a year now, and people are asking, ‘When is the next one?’ said Tip-Off Club president Jason Harbison. “That something that’s new, but we love it.”

Wearing her pearls in honor of Auburn’s head coach, Sally Bingham has been a fan of Auburn football since her childhood in the late 1950s, becoming a basketball fan when Pearl arrived on the Plains in 2014.

“He’s a wonderful man,” Bingham said. “He has embraced Auburn and we are very thankful to have him. It is so much fun. Fun, fun, fun. Auburn is electric.”

“He is so enthusiastic it makes all of us enthusiastic,” said lifelong Auburn fan Elizabeth Grant on the 1.5-mile bus ride from the Graduate Oxford hotel to the Ole Miss basketball venue, the SJB Pavilion. “He’s such a promoter of Auburn, all of Auburn, not just basketball. Having experienced being on the bus with a bunch of Auburn fans for five hours has been exciting.”

Auburn MenÕs Basketball vs Ole Miss at The SJB Pavilion in Oxford, MS on January 15, 2022. Photo by Petre Thomas
Witnesses: Auburn fans make their voices heard at the SJB Pavilion 




During Auburn’s road wins last week at Alabama and Ole Miss, fans of the visiting team could frequently be heard over the home crowds, with shouts of “Let’s go Auburn!” and “It’s great to be an Auburn Tiger!”

 

“To me, they’re the No. 1 fans in the world. I love them,” Auburn guard K.D. Johnson said. “They travel with us. Before the game, they were in our lobby and they introduced us before we got on the bus. I just love the War Eagle family, for them to come out all the way to Oxford in this weather and come support us.”

“I think it’s unbelievable,” said Pearl, who shared text messages with Auburn football coach Bryan Harsin about fan support on the road. “I said we’re starting to travel like Auburn football. What a difference that makes.”

Auburn MenÕs Basketball vs Ole Miss at The SJB Pavilion in Oxford, MS on January 15, 2022. Photo by Petre Thomas
Road trippers: Auburn fans support the TIgers in Oxford, Mississippi 




When the Tigers won at South Carolina on Jan. 4, Gamecocks coach Frank Martin noticed how many Auburn traveled to Columbia.

“Instrumental in our road wins,” Pearl said. “Road wins are hard to come by. League road wins are even harder to come by. When you’ve got witnesses on the road, it gives our kids a little bit more courage.

“We want to reward our fans who made that treacherous journey, especially home from Oxford. They all went to Oxford knowing they could get snowed in but they still went to support this team. We owed them everything we could do to pull out a victory.”

 

Tiger Walk for Auburn MBB at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta November 2021
Walker Kessler greets Auburn fans during TIger Walk in Atlanta in December




Jeff Shearer is a Senior Writer at AuburnTigers.com. Follow him on Twitter: @jeff_shearer

 

 

 

 

 





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Witnesses: Traveling Auburn fans ‘instrumental in our road wins’

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OXFORD, Miss. – Four hours into a five-hour bus ride, the Auburn Tip-Off Club stopped at Chick-fil-A in Tupelo, Mississippi.

With one eye on their waffle fries and the other on the weather forecast, which featured a winter storm warning for Oxford, the 43 club members reloaded for the drive’s last hour, arriving at the team hotel in time for Tiger Walk, joining hundreds of fellow Auburn fans in the lobby. 

“I want to hear you thls loud tonight! War Eagle!” Auburn coach Bruce Pearl shouted to fans on his way to Auburn’s bus.

 

“We do two or three a year now, and people are asking, ‘When is the next one?’ said Tip-Off Club president Jason Harbison. “That something that’s new, but we love it.”

Wearing her pearls in honor of Auburn’s head coach, Sally Bingham has been a fan of Auburn football since her childhood in the late 1950s, becoming a basketball fan when Pearl arrived on the Plains in 2014.

“He’s a wonderful man,” Bingham said. “He has embraced Auburn and we are very thankful to have him. It is so much fun. Fun, fun, fun. Auburn is electric.”

“He is so enthusiastic it makes all of us enthusiastic,” said lifelong Auburn fan Elizabeth Grant on the 1.5-mile bus ride from the Graduate Oxford hotel to the Ole Miss basketball venue, the SJB Pavilion. “He’s such a promoter of Auburn, all of Auburn, not just basketball. Having experienced being on the bus with a bunch of Auburn fans for five hours has been exciting.”

Auburn MenÕs Basketball vs Ole Miss at The SJB Pavilion in Oxford, MS on January 15, 2022. Photo by Petre Thomas
Witnesses: Auburn fans make their voices heard at the SJB Pavilion 




During Auburn’s road wins last week at Alabama and Ole Miss, fans of the visiting team could frequently be heard over the home crowds, with shouts of “Let’s go Auburn!” and “It’s great to be an Auburn Tiger!”

 

“To me, they’re the No. 1 fans in the world. I love them,” Auburn guard K.D. Johnson said. “They travel with us. Before the game, they were in our lobby and they introduced us before we got on the bus. I just love the War Eagle family, for them to come out all the way to Oxford in this weather and come support us.”

“I think it’s unbelievable,” said Pearl, who shared text messages with Auburn football coach Bryan Harsin about fan support on the road. “I said we’re starting to travel like Auburn football. What a difference that makes.”

Auburn MenÕs Basketball vs Ole Miss at The SJB Pavilion in Oxford, MS on January 15, 2022. Photo by Petre Thomas
Road trippers: Auburn fans support the TIgers in Oxford, Mississippi 




When the Tigers won at South Carolina on Jan. 4, Gamecocks coach Frank Martin noticed how many Auburn traveled to Columbia.

“Instrumental in our road wins,” Pearl said. “Road wins are hard to come by. League road wins are even harder to come by. When you’ve got witnesses on the road, it gives our kids a little bit more courage.

“We want to reward our fans who made that treacherous journey, especially home from Oxford. They all went to Oxford knowing they could get snowed in but they still went to support this team. We owed them everything we could do to pull out a victory.”

 

Tiger Walk for Auburn MBB at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta November 2021
Walker Kessler greets Auburn fans during TIger Walk in Atlanta in December




Jeff Shearer is a Senior Writer at AuburnTigers.com. Follow him on Twitter: @jeff_shearer

 

 

 

 

 





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Auburn delivers Alabama Second Loss of the Week in Showdown at Coleman Coliseum

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (EETV) – Chants of “Let’s go Auburn” erupted in Coleman Coliseum as the Tigers went on to defeat the Crimson Tide 81-77 in a game that had 10 lead changes and eight ties. With the win Auburn moves 15-1 on the season and 4-0 in league play.

“You win at Alabama, you make history.” said Coach Pearl after the game.

Jabari Smith had a career-high 25 points on 8 for 14 from the field including 3 for 6 from beyond the arc. He also added seven rebounds and an assist during his 34 minutes on the court.

“It felt great. We knew this would be tough. We just came out here and focused on staying together. Stay poised, shoot my shots.” said Smith following his career-high.

Smith was one of four Tigers with double-digit points with Wendell Green scoring 19 and KD Johnson scoring 13, but it was Allen Flanigan who went a perfect four for four from the charity stripe in the last minute to give Auburn the win.

“We knew it would come down to the final minutes” Flanigan stated after the game “We shoot free throws every day so just go through my routine take a breath and shoot my shot”

The Tigers struggled with fouls for the second straight game, committing 24 personal fouls over the match.

Walker Kessler struggled the most picking up two fouls in the first three minutes of play. The big man would only play 13 minutes and fouled out with just two points.

The teams were well matched in the first half, Auburn went on an 11-2 run with 5 minutes left in the half with seven points from KD Johnson to give the Tigers a nine-point lead that the Crimson Tide were able to cut to five by the end of the half.

Auburn started to pull away midway through the second thanks to the scoring power of Green who had 13 points in the 2nd half alone. The Tigers would pull away to a 14 point lead with 7:57 left to play.

The Crimson Tide would not go down without a fight as they roared back with a 14-point run to tie the ball game at 73. Alabama’s Jaden Shackelford powered the Tide on the run as he scored nine of the 14 points including two three-pointers that lit the Alabama faithful up. Shackelford scored four points the rest of the night.

The teams would trade free throws before a Johnson layup and four straight free throws from Flanigan iced the game to give Auburn the win.

Smith and the Tigers ended Alabama’s 12-game home win streak and moved their own win streak to 12. The Tigers will return to action on Saturday when they travel to Oxford, Mississippi to take on Ole Miss. Tip-off is set is for 7:30 PM CST and will air on SEC Network.



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No. 4 Auburn renews in-state rivalry with trip to No. 24 Alabama

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AUBURN, Ala. – A top 25 matchup. Televised on ESPN. A potential leg up in the SEC standings on the line. This is what Bruce Pearl envisioned for the Iron Bowl rivalry when he first got to the Plains. However, seven years ago, the rivalry was dominated by football. The battle on the hardwood was an afterthought.

Times have changed. 

Auburn, winners of 11 straight, jumped to No. 4 on Monday in the latest AP Top 25, and the college basketball world will be watching Tuesday night when the Tigers play on the road at No. 24 Alabama. 

“The thing that jumps out to me is where we started when we first got here to try to have to this Auburn-Alabama basketball game mean as much as the football game,” Pearl said. “Or the softball game, the baseball game, the gymnastics meet.

“It’s good to have our programs (to the point) where the game matters more than just to the people here in the state of Alabama.” 

Pearl will be the first tell you that this Alabama team is one of the best teams Auburn will play all season. Despite Saturday’s loss to Missouri, the Crimson Tide notched non-conference wins against No. 2 Gonzaga and No. 11 Houston, and they also picked up an impressive road victory at Florida last week. 

“It will absolutely be our greatest challenge so far this year,” Pearl said. 

But the Tigers have responded to just about every challenge this season, and they’ve opened conference play with three straight wins – all coming by 12 or more points. No Auburn team has done that since the 1969-70 season. The current 11-game winning streak is tied for the third-longest active winning streak in college basketball. 

All that to say this group will be ready. 

Auburn and Alabama will tip off at 8 p.m. CT from Coleman Coliseum in what will be the 165th meeting between the two sides. Andy Burcham and Sonny Smith will have the radio call on 93.9 Tiger FM and online at AuburnTigers.com, and the game will also be televised on ESPN with Karl Ravech and Jimmy Dykes on the call.

 

PLAYER TO WATCH: JAYLIN WILLIAMS

Junior forward Jaylin Williams came off the bench and recorded a season-high 14 points in Saturday’s win over Florida. Williams, who was one of four players in double figures on the night, shot 5 of 6 from the field and a perfect 3 of 3 from the free throw line. He also grabbed three rebounds and made two of the team’s nine blocks in 21 minutes of action versus the Gators. He is currently the team’s fifth-leading scorer averaging 7.9 points per game.

INSIDE THE SERIES: ALABAMA

Alabama has been a tough place to play for Auburn throughout the 164-game series. The Tigers have only won 10 times in Tuscaloosa and twice in the Bruce Pearl Era in 2017 and 2019. In 2019, it was sophomore Chuma Okeke who led the way with 17 points, 14 rebounds and three assists as Auburn left with a 66-60 victory. 

The Crimson Tide hold a 99-65 lead in the all-time series and are winners of the last two meetings with Auburn, including a 70-58 victory in Tuscaloosa last March. 

RISING UP THE RANKS

Behind an 11-game win streak and a dominating 3-0 start to SEC play, Auburn moved up five spots to No. 4 in both The Associated Press and ESPN Coaches Top 25 Polls on Monday. It was the Tigers’ third appearance in the Top 5 in the last three seasons under Bruce Pearl. They spent back-to-back weeks in the Top 5 in January 2020. 

Below are the highest national rankings achieved by the program in the Pearl Era.

2017-18: 8th

2018-19: 7th

2019-20: 4th

2021-22: 4th

 





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Basketball Tigers Travel to Auburn, 6 p.m. CT on Wednesday – LSU

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BATON ROUGE – LSU’s Southeastern Conference journey opens Wednesday night at Auburn as the two nationally ranked teams meet at Auburn Arena.

LSU is 12-0, one of five unbeaten teams left in college basketball and ranked 16th in both the AP media poll and the Ferris Mowers coaches’ poll, while Auburn is 11-1, winners of eight straight contests and ranked No. 11 in the two polls.

LSU is ranked No. 3 in the NCAA Net rankings, while Auburn is No. 10.

The game is set to tip just after 6 p.m. CT and will air on ESPN2 with Richard Cross and Joe Kleine on the call. The Voice of the Tigers, Chris Blair, and former LSU head coach John Brady will have the broadcast of the game on the affiliates of the LSU Sports Radio Network (Guaranty Media flagship Eagle 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge) and the LSU Sports Mobile App.

The Tigers are expected back at full go after Tari Eason missed the 95-60 win over Lipscomb on Dec. 22 with back spasms. The team returned to practice after a Christmas break on Dec. 26 in preparation for this game.

Against Lipscomb, six LSU players were in double figures led by Darius Days with 21 points with five treys, Xavier Pinson with 17 points, five assists and five steals, Brandon Murray (5 assists) and Eric Gaines (6 assists) with 13 points each, Efton Reid III with 12 points and Mwani Wilkinson 11 points.

LSU shot 53.3 percent for the game overall, including 12-of-22 from the arc.

LSU has three players averaging in double figures with Eason at 16.3 points a game, Days at 15.0 points and a team high 8.5 rebounds and Pinson 10.8 points and 4.6 assists.

Days and Pinson will be the only members of the LSU team that will have played in the Auburn Arena in their college careers as LSU did not play in the 9,000-seat venue last season. Pinson would have made an appearance there as a member of the Missouri squad.

Auburn’s only loss was to UConn in the first round of the tournament at Atlantis in the Bahamas Thanksgiving week. In a 71-58 win over Murray State Dec. 22, Wendell Green Jr. (10 rebounds) and Walker Kessler had 13 points each while Jabari Smith had 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Smith leads the team in averaging 16.2 points and 7.2 rebounds a game while K. D. Johnson is at 13.2 points.

Smith is the son of Jabari Smith Sr., who played at LSU in the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 seasons. In that 1999-2000 season, the LSU Tigers went on to win a share of the Southeastern Conference championship. That team, under Coach Brady, went on to advance to the Sweet 16 of the 2000 NCAA Tournament with a 28-6 record and 12-4 in what was then a 16-game schedule in the league.

In the preseason poll, the two teams were picked next to each other with Auburn picked fifth and LSU sixth.

LSU will return to Baton Rouge for two games to start the 2022 portion of the schedule with LSU hosting Kentucky at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 4 and Tennessee on Saturday, Jan 8. Tickets for those games are available at LSUtix.net.





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2021-22 Men’s Hoops Season Tips Off Officially Tuesday at No. 22 Auburn

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2021-22 Men’s Hoops Season Tips Off Officially Tuesday at No. 22 Auburn

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MOREHEAD, Ky. — Morehead State Men’s Basketball will officially tip off the 2021-22 season Tuesday evening when the Eagles travel to face the No. 22 Auburn Tigers “on the plains” in central Alabama. Game time at Auburn Arena is 8 p.m. ET.

The Eagles and Tigers have never met in men’s basketball. 

Tuesday’s game can be heard on the Eagle Sports Radio Network with Chuck Mraz and Tom Lewis. It’s also available on MSUEagles.com as well as WGOH 100.9 FM/1370 AM. The game will also air live on SEC Network+ as well as the ESPN app.

2020-21 RECORDS

MOR: 23-8 (17-3 OVC) | AUB: 13-14 (7-11 SEC)

SERIES RECORD

First Meeting

NOTABLE

• Morehead State defeated Kentucky State 89-43 in its lone exhibition last week. Transfer Tray Hollowell led the way with 18 points (on 5 three-pointers), while fellow transfer Jake Wolfe had 12 points. Junior Jaylen Sebree added 12 as well. MSU drained 15 three-pointers and outscored KSU 45-17 in the second half.

• Morehead State made its eighth NCAA Tournament appearance last spring and first since an upset over fourth-seed Louisville on March 17, 2011. The Eagles dropped their first game to West Virginia 84-67 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

• MSU won its fifth OVC Tournament title in program history and first since 2010-11 last spring by defeating Southeast Missouri, Eastern Kentucky and Belmont in the tournament at Evansville, Ind.

• The Eagles were one of only 25 Division I teams to play all 27 regular season scheduled games and were just one of 30 Division I teams to play 30 games this season.

• Morehead State put together the largest turnaround in the nation last season in a pair of rating systems. The Eagles had a +182 improvement in KenPom rankings and boasted a +195 NET ranking improvement over 2019-20.

• Freshman center Johni Broome collected plenty of hardware in his first collegiate season. The OVC Freshman of the Year was also crowned OVC Tournament Most Valuable Player, one of just three players in OVC history (Monty Wilson, Tennessee State [1993] and Isiah Canaan, Murray State [2009]) to earn MVP honors as a freshman. He was also named First-Team All-OVC, OVC All-Newcomer and First-Team NABC District 18 as well as Freshman All-America by CollegeInsider.com.
• Morehead State is officially picked to finish second in the OVC behind Belmont, but Johni Broome is the league pick for Preseason Player of the Year. Junior guard Skyelar Potter joins Broome on the preseason All-OVC list.
• Head Coach Preston Spradlin is one of the younger head coaches ever to lead his team to a conference title and an NCAA Tournament berth. At 34 years old at the time, the former Kentucky staffer was named OVC Coach of the Year and NABC District 18 Coach of the Year.

• Spradlin was also a finalist for two National Coach of the Year awards from CollegeInsider.com – the Hugh Durham Award and Jim Phelan Award.

• Morehead State used the transfer portal this season to add a trio of Division I players. Tray Hollowell came from Wofford as a graduate transfer, while Jaylon Hall (Wright State) and Jake Wolfe (Lipscomb) also have high level playing experience. Tucson Redding transferred from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in the JUCO ranks, while MSU added freshmen Braden May and Chris Cole.

• Johni Broome has been named to the Lou Henson Award Preseason Watch List, which honors the nation’s top Mid-Major Player.



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UPDATED: Cayuga County lifts travel advisory | Local News | Auburn, NY | Auburnpub.com

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The Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that the travel advisory has been lifted. The advisory was issued Tuesday afternoon due to flooding, especially in southern Cayuga County. 

A travel advisory has been issued for Cayuga County due to heavy flooding in some areas. 

The Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office issued the travel advisory at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday. Heavy rainfall has led to flooding in low-lying areas near waterways and in the southern part of the county. 

“Many local and state roadways in low areas and areas near culverts may be water covered,” the sheriff’s office said. “In many cases, debris may be washed into the roadways.” 

Emergency crews and highway departments are running low on barricades and barrels to close flooded roadways. 

The sheriff’s office urges motorists to travel with caution, slow down in areas with water across the roadway and avoid roads that are submerged. 

Meanwhile, the city of Auburn issued a high flow notice for the Owasco River, saying flow rates will exceed 1,000 cubic feet per second over the next several days. “The public should take caution and avoid unnecessary contact with the Owasco River and other water tributaries at all times,” the notice said.

The Owasco Inlet in Moravia reached major flood stage in the early evening and was expected to crest at 11 feet, the National Weather Service said.



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