NASHVILLE – It wasn’t Neville Area, nevertheless it positive felt prefer it inside Bridgestone Area on Friday as No. 12 Auburn cruised to an 86-55 victory over No. 15 South Carolina in entrance of a powerful contingent of Auburn followers within the quarterfinals of the SEC Match.
The 31-point victory was Auburn’s fifth win by at the very least 30 factors this season and one level shy of this system’s largest SEC Match win all-time.
A kind of 30-point victories got here towards this similar South Carolina group again in February. The Tigers reached 100 factors in that matchup, successful 101-61. In Friday’s rematch, it was the protection that stepped up and made the most important impression as Auburn held the Gamecocks to only 55 factors on 28 p.c capturing from the sector (16-of-57) whereas outscoring them 42-22 in factors within the paint.
“In yesterday’s (SEC Match) recreation, they scored 50 factors within the paint. We knew we will not win like that,” Auburn massive man Johni Broome mentioned. “Our entrance line takes pleasure in our protection. As you’ll be able to see, on the defensive facet, we held our personal and stood our floor.”
“We’re constructed a bit otherwise,” Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl mentioned. “I feel Dylan (Cardwell) and Johni, Chaney (Johnson) and J-Will (Jaylin Williams) are all older they usually’re all greater, they usually’re keen to be bodily.”
Broome set the tone offensively and defensively for the Tigers. The First Crew All-SEC choice completed with 18 factors and 10 rebounds. It was his twenty third straight recreation in double figures and his twelfth double-double of the season – tops within the convention.
Halfway by the second half, Broome confirmed his vary by pulling down a pair of 3-pointers throughout a 13-4 Auburn run that pushed the result in 32.
“Coach (Pearl) all the time tells us now’s the time to go on a run, make photographs,” Broome mentioned. “That is the way you advance within the event, within the NCAA event, the way you win video games. I feel everyone has been taking pleasure in what he mentioned as a result of we went by a bit capturing droop mid-season. I simply credit score all my teammates for being within the gymnasium.
“Like Chaney (Johnson) mentioned, stepping up to date when the second’s getting massive.”
Johnson stepped up Friday too with 11 factors off the bench. 5 of these 11 factors got here late within the first half when South Carolina minimize the result in 10, and Johnson responded with 5 straight to ignite an 11-0 run and provides the Tigers a 46-26 edge on the break.
It was simply the third double-figure scoring recreation of the season for the UAH switch who added three rebounds, three assists and two blocks in what was his first SEC Match recreation.
Broome, Johnson and Ok.D. Johnson (10 factors) have been the one Auburn gamers to attain in double figures towards South Carolina, however 11 completely different gamers scored within the recreation.
“Should you instructed me we would have 10 guys rating and that Jaylin Williams would solely have three, I could also be a bit involved,” Pearl joked after the sport.
“Once more, there could be a variety of guys that have been Second Crew All-Convention and a fifth-year senior that solely received two photographs, they usually’d be all upset in that locker room. You’ll by no means realize it from Jaylin Williams. He is enthusiastic about successful. He does not care. He was blissful that Chaney Johnson got here in there and did what Chaney did.”
Newcomers Johnson (11), Aden Holloway (9), Chad Baker-Mazara (8) and Denver Jones (7) mixed to attain 35 factors of their SEC Match debuts. Tre Donaldson led the Tigers with 4 assists whereas Dylan Cardwell blocked a team-high 4 photographs.
“The deeper we are able to go in a event, the extra benefit it’s for us due to our depth,” Pearl mentioned. “The trouble, vitality, the unselfishness it requires to play that tough.”
With the win, Auburn superior to the SEC Match semifinals for the 14th time in program historical past and the third time below Pearl (2015, 2019, 2024). The Tigers will play Mississippi State within the first semifinal Saturday with tipoff set for midday CT.
SOUTH CAROLINA POSTGAME NOTES
» Auburn received its twenty fifth recreation of the season with its 86-55 victory over South Carolina within the SEC Match quarterfinals. With the win, the Tigers superior to the SEC Match semifinals for the 14th time in program historical past and the third time below head coach Bruce Pearl (2015 and 2019).
» AU’s 25 wins are tied for fifth-most in program historical past. This season is the fifth time within the final seven seasons Auburn has received at the very least 25 video games. The Tigers received their fourth straight recreation after successful their final three video games within the common season, making this the second time this season they’ve received at the very least 4 straight video games over SEC opponents after successful their first 5 video games to open SEC play.
» With the win, Auburn now leads 32-19 within the all-time sequence towards South Carolina. The Tigers have now received eight straight video games over the Gamecocks, the final seven of these by double digits, together with a 101-61 victory over then No. 11 South Carolina on Feb. 14 at Neville Area – AU’s largest margin of victory all-time over a ranked opponent. The Tigers at the moment are 4-1 in SEC Match video games versus the Gamecocks.
» Head Coach Bruce Pearl is 22-6 towards South Carolina together with 10-4 at Auburn. He’s 3-1 towards the Gamecocks in video games performed at impartial websites together with a 73-64 victory within the 2019 SEC Match quarterfinals because the Tigers received their first SEC Match title since 1985 (second in program historical past).
» Pearl is 3-0 towards second-year Gamecocks head coach Lamont Paris with Auburn’s 81-66 at South Carolina final season and the Tigers’ 101-61 victory over the Gamecocks this season.
» Auburn improves to 31-40 (.437) within the SEC Match since its renewal in 1979. General, the Tigers at the moment are 35-57 (.380) within the event.
» Auburn is now 8-6 in eight SEC Match appearances below Coach Pearl.
» The Tigers’ 86-55 win over South Carolina is the group’s fifth win by at the very least 30 factors this season and a group SEC-best 14th win by 20-plus factors. The 31-point win was one level shy of Auburn’s largest SEC Match win of all-time (93-61 over Alabama in 1999). The Tigers have received their two video games towards South Carolina this season by a mean margin of 35.5 factors, after beating the Gamecocks, 101-61 (+40) on Feb. 14 at Neville Area.
» Auburn led South Carolina, 46-26, at halftime. It was the sixth time this season the Tigers have led by at the very least 20 factors on the half together with each video games towards the Gamecocks after holding a 50-28 halftime lead towards them in each groups’ regular-season matchup. The Tigers are 24-1 when main at halftime this season. They’ve received 24 straight video games when main at half after a season-opening loss to Baylor.
» Auburn has topped the 80-point mark in each video games towards South Carolina this season averaging 93.5 factors per recreation towards the Gamecocks. It was the one two occasions South Carolina has allowed 80 factors in regulation this season.
» Auburn is 32-64 (.333) all-time when taking part in within the metropolis of Nashville together with 2-0 this season after successful 80-65 at Vanderbilt on Jan. 17. The Tigers are 11-10 in SEC Match video games within the Music Metropolis (19-52 at Vanderbilt, 1-0 vs. Dartmouth, 1-0 vs. Saint Louis, 0-1 vs. Center Tennessee and 0-1 vs. Western Kentucky in Nashville).
» Coach Pearl is 17-7 in his teaching profession at Bridgestone Area together with 8-5 at Auburn. Pearl is 10-6 on the location within the SEC Match and 8-4 at Auburn.
» Auburn is 15-16 in 17 SEC Match appearances within the state of Tennessee. The Tigers are 2-4 in 4 SEC Match appearances in Knoxville, 2-2 in two SEC Match appearances in Memphis and 11-10 in 11 SEC Match appearances in Nashville.
» Auburn dedicated simply 5 turnovers in its win over South Carolina. It was the twelfth time this season the Tigers have dedicated single-digit turnovers together with the sixth time towards an SEC opponent. Auburn averaged simply 6.0 turnovers in two wins over South Carolina this season.
» It was additionally the third time the Tigers have dedicated not more than 5 turnovers in a recreation this season (tied college file with 3 turnovers vs. Indiana and had 5 turnovers vs. Alabama).
» Auburn scored 41 bench factors, which was the ninth time this season the Tigers have scored at the very least 40 bench factors and the fourth time towards an SEC opponent. AU outscored South Carolina, 80-17, in bench factors in two video games this season. Eleven gamers scored for Auburn in Friday’s quarterfinal win.
» Auburn positioned three gamers in double figures in its win over South Carolina led by Johni Broome’s 18 factors and 10 rebounds. It was his SEC-leading twelfth double-double of the season and the 58th of his profession. It was Broome’s twenty third straight recreation in double figures, a span wherein he is averaging 16.8 factors, 8.5 rebounds and capturing 53.8 p.c from the ground.
» Chaney Johnson got here off the bench and scored 11 factors on 4-of-8 from the sector towards the Gamecocks. He additionally added three rebounds, three assists and two blocks. It was Johnson’s third double-figure scoring recreation of the season, the seventieth of his profession, and the second in SEC play this season (16 factors at Georgia).
» Ok.D. Johnson chipped in 10 factors on 4-of-7 capturing from the ground and 2-of-3 from lengthy vary and matched his season excessive with 5 rebounds. It was Johnson’s ninth recreation in double figures this season and the sixtieth of his profession.
NASHVILLE – It wasn’t Neville Area, nevertheless it positive felt prefer it inside Bridgestone Area on Friday as No. 12 Auburn cruised to an 86-55 victory over No. 15 South Carolina in entrance of a powerful contingent of Auburn followers within the quarterfinals of the SEC Match.
The 31-point victory was Auburn’s fifth win by at the very least 30 factors this season and one level shy of this system’s largest SEC Match win all-time.
A kind of 30-point victories got here towards this similar South Carolina group again in February. The Tigers reached 100 factors in that matchup, successful 101-61. In Friday’s rematch, it was the protection that stepped up and made the most important impression as Auburn held the Gamecocks to only 55 factors on 28 p.c capturing from the sector (16-of-57) whereas outscoring them 42-22 in factors within the paint.
“In yesterday’s (SEC Match) recreation, they scored 50 factors within the paint. We knew we will not win like that,” Auburn massive man Johni Broome mentioned. “Our entrance line takes pleasure in our protection. As you’ll be able to see, on the defensive facet, we held our personal and stood our floor.”
“We’re constructed a bit otherwise,” Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl mentioned. “I feel Dylan (Cardwell) and Johni, Chaney (Johnson) and J-Will (Jaylin Williams) are all older they usually’re all greater, they usually’re keen to be bodily.”
Broome set the tone offensively and defensively for the Tigers. The First Crew All-SEC choice completed with 18 factors and 10 rebounds. It was his twenty third straight recreation in double figures and his twelfth double-double of the season – tops within the convention.
Halfway by the second half, Broome confirmed his vary by pulling down a pair of 3-pointers throughout a 13-4 Auburn run that pushed the result in 32.
“Coach (Pearl) all the time tells us now’s the time to go on a run, make photographs,” Broome mentioned. “That is the way you advance within the event, within the NCAA event, the way you win video games. I feel everyone has been taking pleasure in what he mentioned as a result of we went by a bit capturing droop mid-season. I simply credit score all my teammates for being within the gymnasium.
“Like Chaney (Johnson) mentioned, stepping up to date when the second’s getting massive.”
Johnson stepped up Friday too with 11 factors off the bench. 5 of these 11 factors got here late within the first half when South Carolina minimize the result in 10, and Johnson responded with 5 straight to ignite an 11-0 run and provides the Tigers a 46-26 edge on the break.
It was simply the third double-figure scoring recreation of the season for the UAH switch who added three rebounds, three assists and two blocks in what was his first SEC Match recreation.
Broome, Johnson and Ok.D. Johnson (10 factors) have been the one Auburn gamers to attain in double figures towards South Carolina, however 11 completely different gamers scored within the recreation.
“Should you instructed me we would have 10 guys rating and that Jaylin Williams would solely have three, I could also be a bit involved,” Pearl joked after the sport.
“Once more, there could be a variety of guys that have been Second Crew All-Convention and a fifth-year senior that solely received two photographs, they usually’d be all upset in that locker room. You’ll by no means realize it from Jaylin Williams. He is enthusiastic about successful. He does not care. He was blissful that Chaney Johnson got here in there and did what Chaney did.”
Newcomers Johnson (11), Aden Holloway (9), Chad Baker-Mazara (8) and Denver Jones (7) mixed to attain 35 factors of their SEC Match debuts. Tre Donaldson led the Tigers with 4 assists whereas Dylan Cardwell blocked a team-high 4 photographs.
“The deeper we are able to go in a event, the extra benefit it’s for us due to our depth,” Pearl mentioned. “The trouble, vitality, the unselfishness it requires to play that tough.”
With the win, Auburn superior to the SEC Match semifinals for the 14th time in program historical past and the third time below Pearl (2015, 2019, 2024). The Tigers will play Mississippi State within the first semifinal Saturday with tipoff set for midday CT.
SOUTH CAROLINA POSTGAME NOTES
» Auburn received its twenty fifth recreation of the season with its 86-55 victory over South Carolina within the SEC Match quarterfinals. With the win, the Tigers superior to the SEC Match semifinals for the 14th time in program historical past and the third time below head coach Bruce Pearl (2015 and 2019).
» AU’s 25 wins are tied for fifth-most in program historical past. This season is the fifth time within the final seven seasons Auburn has received at the very least 25 video games. The Tigers received their fourth straight recreation after successful their final three video games within the common season, making this the second time this season they’ve received at the very least 4 straight video games over SEC opponents after successful their first 5 video games to open SEC play.
» With the win, Auburn now leads 32-19 within the all-time sequence towards South Carolina. The Tigers have now received eight straight video games over the Gamecocks, the final seven of these by double digits, together with a 101-61 victory over then No. 11 South Carolina on Feb. 14 at Neville Area – AU’s largest margin of victory all-time over a ranked opponent. The Tigers at the moment are 4-1 in SEC Match video games versus the Gamecocks.
» Head Coach Bruce Pearl is 22-6 towards South Carolina together with 10-4 at Auburn. He’s 3-1 towards the Gamecocks in video games performed at impartial websites together with a 73-64 victory within the 2019 SEC Match quarterfinals because the Tigers received their first SEC Match title since 1985 (second in program historical past).
» Pearl is 3-0 towards second-year Gamecocks head coach Lamont Paris with Auburn’s 81-66 at South Carolina final season and the Tigers’ 101-61 victory over the Gamecocks this season.
» Auburn improves to 31-40 (.437) within the SEC Match since its renewal in 1979. General, the Tigers at the moment are 35-57 (.380) within the event.
» Auburn is now 8-6 in eight SEC Match appearances below Coach Pearl.
» The Tigers’ 86-55 win over South Carolina is the group’s fifth win by at the very least 30 factors this season and a group SEC-best 14th win by 20-plus factors. The 31-point win was one level shy of Auburn’s largest SEC Match win of all-time (93-61 over Alabama in 1999). The Tigers have received their two video games towards South Carolina this season by a mean margin of 35.5 factors, after beating the Gamecocks, 101-61 (+40) on Feb. 14 at Neville Area.
» Auburn led South Carolina, 46-26, at halftime. It was the sixth time this season the Tigers have led by at the very least 20 factors on the half together with each video games towards the Gamecocks after holding a 50-28 halftime lead towards them in each groups’ regular-season matchup. The Tigers are 24-1 when main at halftime this season. They’ve received 24 straight video games when main at half after a season-opening loss to Baylor.
» Auburn has topped the 80-point mark in each video games towards South Carolina this season averaging 93.5 factors per recreation towards the Gamecocks. It was the one two occasions South Carolina has allowed 80 factors in regulation this season.
» Auburn is 32-64 (.333) all-time when taking part in within the metropolis of Nashville together with 2-0 this season after successful 80-65 at Vanderbilt on Jan. 17. The Tigers are 11-10 in SEC Match video games within the Music Metropolis (19-52 at Vanderbilt, 1-0 vs. Dartmouth, 1-0 vs. Saint Louis, 0-1 vs. Center Tennessee and 0-1 vs. Western Kentucky in Nashville).
» Coach Pearl is 17-7 in his teaching profession at Bridgestone Area together with 8-5 at Auburn. Pearl is 10-6 on the location within the SEC Match and 8-4 at Auburn.
» Auburn is 15-16 in 17 SEC Match appearances within the state of Tennessee. The Tigers are 2-4 in 4 SEC Match appearances in Knoxville, 2-2 in two SEC Match appearances in Memphis and 11-10 in 11 SEC Match appearances in Nashville.
» Auburn dedicated simply 5 turnovers in its win over South Carolina. It was the twelfth time this season the Tigers have dedicated single-digit turnovers together with the sixth time towards an SEC opponent. Auburn averaged simply 6.0 turnovers in two wins over South Carolina this season.
» It was additionally the third time the Tigers have dedicated not more than 5 turnovers in a recreation this season (tied college file with 3 turnovers vs. Indiana and had 5 turnovers vs. Alabama).
» Auburn scored 41 bench factors, which was the ninth time this season the Tigers have scored at the very least 40 bench factors and the fourth time towards an SEC opponent. AU outscored South Carolina, 80-17, in bench factors in two video games this season. Eleven gamers scored for Auburn in Friday’s quarterfinal win.
» Auburn positioned three gamers in double figures in its win over South Carolina led by Johni Broome’s 18 factors and 10 rebounds. It was his SEC-leading twelfth double-double of the season and the 58th of his profession. It was Broome’s twenty third straight recreation in double figures, a span wherein he is averaging 16.8 factors, 8.5 rebounds and capturing 53.8 p.c from the ground.
» Chaney Johnson got here off the bench and scored 11 factors on 4-of-8 from the sector towards the Gamecocks. He additionally added three rebounds, three assists and two blocks. It was Johnson’s third double-figure scoring recreation of the season, the seventieth of his profession, and the second in SEC play this season (16 factors at Georgia).
» Ok.D. Johnson chipped in 10 factors on 4-of-7 capturing from the ground and 2-of-3 from lengthy vary and matched his season excessive with 5 rebounds. It was Johnson’s ninth recreation in double figures this season and the sixtieth of his profession.
NASHVILLE – It wasn’t Neville Area, nevertheless it positive felt prefer it inside Bridgestone Area on Friday as No. 12 Auburn cruised to an 86-55 victory over No. 15 South Carolina in entrance of a powerful contingent of Auburn followers within the quarterfinals of the SEC Match.
The 31-point victory was Auburn’s fifth win by at the very least 30 factors this season and one level shy of this system’s largest SEC Match win all-time.
A kind of 30-point victories got here towards this similar South Carolina group again in February. The Tigers reached 100 factors in that matchup, successful 101-61. In Friday’s rematch, it was the protection that stepped up and made the most important impression as Auburn held the Gamecocks to only 55 factors on 28 p.c capturing from the sector (16-of-57) whereas outscoring them 42-22 in factors within the paint.
“In yesterday’s (SEC Match) recreation, they scored 50 factors within the paint. We knew we will not win like that,” Auburn massive man Johni Broome mentioned. “Our entrance line takes pleasure in our protection. As you’ll be able to see, on the defensive facet, we held our personal and stood our floor.”
“We’re constructed a bit otherwise,” Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl mentioned. “I feel Dylan (Cardwell) and Johni, Chaney (Johnson) and J-Will (Jaylin Williams) are all older they usually’re all greater, they usually’re keen to be bodily.”
Broome set the tone offensively and defensively for the Tigers. The First Crew All-SEC choice completed with 18 factors and 10 rebounds. It was his twenty third straight recreation in double figures and his twelfth double-double of the season – tops within the convention.
Halfway by the second half, Broome confirmed his vary by pulling down a pair of 3-pointers throughout a 13-4 Auburn run that pushed the result in 32.
“Coach (Pearl) all the time tells us now’s the time to go on a run, make photographs,” Broome mentioned. “That is the way you advance within the event, within the NCAA event, the way you win video games. I feel everyone has been taking pleasure in what he mentioned as a result of we went by a bit capturing droop mid-season. I simply credit score all my teammates for being within the gymnasium.
“Like Chaney (Johnson) mentioned, stepping up to date when the second’s getting massive.”
Johnson stepped up Friday too with 11 factors off the bench. 5 of these 11 factors got here late within the first half when South Carolina minimize the result in 10, and Johnson responded with 5 straight to ignite an 11-0 run and provides the Tigers a 46-26 edge on the break.
It was simply the third double-figure scoring recreation of the season for the UAH switch who added three rebounds, three assists and two blocks in what was his first SEC Match recreation.
Broome, Johnson and Ok.D. Johnson (10 factors) have been the one Auburn gamers to attain in double figures towards South Carolina, however 11 completely different gamers scored within the recreation.
“Should you instructed me we would have 10 guys rating and that Jaylin Williams would solely have three, I could also be a bit involved,” Pearl joked after the sport.
“Once more, there could be a variety of guys that have been Second Crew All-Convention and a fifth-year senior that solely received two photographs, they usually’d be all upset in that locker room. You’ll by no means realize it from Jaylin Williams. He is enthusiastic about successful. He does not care. He was blissful that Chaney Johnson got here in there and did what Chaney did.”
Newcomers Johnson (11), Aden Holloway (9), Chad Baker-Mazara (8) and Denver Jones (7) mixed to attain 35 factors of their SEC Match debuts. Tre Donaldson led the Tigers with 4 assists whereas Dylan Cardwell blocked a team-high 4 photographs.
“The deeper we are able to go in a event, the extra benefit it’s for us due to our depth,” Pearl mentioned. “The trouble, vitality, the unselfishness it requires to play that tough.”
With the win, Auburn superior to the SEC Match semifinals for the 14th time in program historical past and the third time below Pearl (2015, 2019, 2024). The Tigers will play Mississippi State within the first semifinal Saturday with tipoff set for midday CT.
SOUTH CAROLINA POSTGAME NOTES
» Auburn received its twenty fifth recreation of the season with its 86-55 victory over South Carolina within the SEC Match quarterfinals. With the win, the Tigers superior to the SEC Match semifinals for the 14th time in program historical past and the third time below head coach Bruce Pearl (2015 and 2019).
» AU’s 25 wins are tied for fifth-most in program historical past. This season is the fifth time within the final seven seasons Auburn has received at the very least 25 video games. The Tigers received their fourth straight recreation after successful their final three video games within the common season, making this the second time this season they’ve received at the very least 4 straight video games over SEC opponents after successful their first 5 video games to open SEC play.
» With the win, Auburn now leads 32-19 within the all-time sequence towards South Carolina. The Tigers have now received eight straight video games over the Gamecocks, the final seven of these by double digits, together with a 101-61 victory over then No. 11 South Carolina on Feb. 14 at Neville Area – AU’s largest margin of victory all-time over a ranked opponent. The Tigers at the moment are 4-1 in SEC Match video games versus the Gamecocks.
» Head Coach Bruce Pearl is 22-6 towards South Carolina together with 10-4 at Auburn. He’s 3-1 towards the Gamecocks in video games performed at impartial websites together with a 73-64 victory within the 2019 SEC Match quarterfinals because the Tigers received their first SEC Match title since 1985 (second in program historical past).
» Pearl is 3-0 towards second-year Gamecocks head coach Lamont Paris with Auburn’s 81-66 at South Carolina final season and the Tigers’ 101-61 victory over the Gamecocks this season.
» Auburn improves to 31-40 (.437) within the SEC Match since its renewal in 1979. General, the Tigers at the moment are 35-57 (.380) within the event.
» Auburn is now 8-6 in eight SEC Match appearances below Coach Pearl.
» The Tigers’ 86-55 win over South Carolina is the group’s fifth win by at the very least 30 factors this season and a group SEC-best 14th win by 20-plus factors. The 31-point win was one level shy of Auburn’s largest SEC Match win of all-time (93-61 over Alabama in 1999). The Tigers have received their two video games towards South Carolina this season by a mean margin of 35.5 factors, after beating the Gamecocks, 101-61 (+40) on Feb. 14 at Neville Area.
» Auburn led South Carolina, 46-26, at halftime. It was the sixth time this season the Tigers have led by at the very least 20 factors on the half together with each video games towards the Gamecocks after holding a 50-28 halftime lead towards them in each groups’ regular-season matchup. The Tigers are 24-1 when main at halftime this season. They’ve received 24 straight video games when main at half after a season-opening loss to Baylor.
» Auburn has topped the 80-point mark in each video games towards South Carolina this season averaging 93.5 factors per recreation towards the Gamecocks. It was the one two occasions South Carolina has allowed 80 factors in regulation this season.
» Auburn is 32-64 (.333) all-time when taking part in within the metropolis of Nashville together with 2-0 this season after successful 80-65 at Vanderbilt on Jan. 17. The Tigers are 11-10 in SEC Match video games within the Music Metropolis (19-52 at Vanderbilt, 1-0 vs. Dartmouth, 1-0 vs. Saint Louis, 0-1 vs. Center Tennessee and 0-1 vs. Western Kentucky in Nashville).
» Coach Pearl is 17-7 in his teaching profession at Bridgestone Area together with 8-5 at Auburn. Pearl is 10-6 on the location within the SEC Match and 8-4 at Auburn.
» Auburn is 15-16 in 17 SEC Match appearances within the state of Tennessee. The Tigers are 2-4 in 4 SEC Match appearances in Knoxville, 2-2 in two SEC Match appearances in Memphis and 11-10 in 11 SEC Match appearances in Nashville.
» Auburn dedicated simply 5 turnovers in its win over South Carolina. It was the twelfth time this season the Tigers have dedicated single-digit turnovers together with the sixth time towards an SEC opponent. Auburn averaged simply 6.0 turnovers in two wins over South Carolina this season.
» It was additionally the third time the Tigers have dedicated not more than 5 turnovers in a recreation this season (tied college file with 3 turnovers vs. Indiana and had 5 turnovers vs. Alabama).
» Auburn scored 41 bench factors, which was the ninth time this season the Tigers have scored at the very least 40 bench factors and the fourth time towards an SEC opponent. AU outscored South Carolina, 80-17, in bench factors in two video games this season. Eleven gamers scored for Auburn in Friday’s quarterfinal win.
» Auburn positioned three gamers in double figures in its win over South Carolina led by Johni Broome’s 18 factors and 10 rebounds. It was his SEC-leading twelfth double-double of the season and the 58th of his profession. It was Broome’s twenty third straight recreation in double figures, a span wherein he is averaging 16.8 factors, 8.5 rebounds and capturing 53.8 p.c from the ground.
» Chaney Johnson got here off the bench and scored 11 factors on 4-of-8 from the sector towards the Gamecocks. He additionally added three rebounds, three assists and two blocks. It was Johnson’s third double-figure scoring recreation of the season, the seventieth of his profession, and the second in SEC play this season (16 factors at Georgia).
» Ok.D. Johnson chipped in 10 factors on 4-of-7 capturing from the ground and 2-of-3 from lengthy vary and matched his season excessive with 5 rebounds. It was Johnson’s ninth recreation in double figures this season and the sixtieth of his profession.
NASHVILLE – It wasn’t Neville Area, nevertheless it positive felt prefer it inside Bridgestone Area on Friday as No. 12 Auburn cruised to an 86-55 victory over No. 15 South Carolina in entrance of a powerful contingent of Auburn followers within the quarterfinals of the SEC Match.
The 31-point victory was Auburn’s fifth win by at the very least 30 factors this season and one level shy of this system’s largest SEC Match win all-time.
A kind of 30-point victories got here towards this similar South Carolina group again in February. The Tigers reached 100 factors in that matchup, successful 101-61. In Friday’s rematch, it was the protection that stepped up and made the most important impression as Auburn held the Gamecocks to only 55 factors on 28 p.c capturing from the sector (16-of-57) whereas outscoring them 42-22 in factors within the paint.
“In yesterday’s (SEC Match) recreation, they scored 50 factors within the paint. We knew we will not win like that,” Auburn massive man Johni Broome mentioned. “Our entrance line takes pleasure in our protection. As you’ll be able to see, on the defensive facet, we held our personal and stood our floor.”
“We’re constructed a bit otherwise,” Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl mentioned. “I feel Dylan (Cardwell) and Johni, Chaney (Johnson) and J-Will (Jaylin Williams) are all older they usually’re all greater, they usually’re keen to be bodily.”
Broome set the tone offensively and defensively for the Tigers. The First Crew All-SEC choice completed with 18 factors and 10 rebounds. It was his twenty third straight recreation in double figures and his twelfth double-double of the season – tops within the convention.
Halfway by the second half, Broome confirmed his vary by pulling down a pair of 3-pointers throughout a 13-4 Auburn run that pushed the result in 32.
“Coach (Pearl) all the time tells us now’s the time to go on a run, make photographs,” Broome mentioned. “That is the way you advance within the event, within the NCAA event, the way you win video games. I feel everyone has been taking pleasure in what he mentioned as a result of we went by a bit capturing droop mid-season. I simply credit score all my teammates for being within the gymnasium.
“Like Chaney (Johnson) mentioned, stepping up to date when the second’s getting massive.”
Johnson stepped up Friday too with 11 factors off the bench. 5 of these 11 factors got here late within the first half when South Carolina minimize the result in 10, and Johnson responded with 5 straight to ignite an 11-0 run and provides the Tigers a 46-26 edge on the break.
It was simply the third double-figure scoring recreation of the season for the UAH switch who added three rebounds, three assists and two blocks in what was his first SEC Match recreation.
Broome, Johnson and Ok.D. Johnson (10 factors) have been the one Auburn gamers to attain in double figures towards South Carolina, however 11 completely different gamers scored within the recreation.
“Should you instructed me we would have 10 guys rating and that Jaylin Williams would solely have three, I could also be a bit involved,” Pearl joked after the sport.
“Once more, there could be a variety of guys that have been Second Crew All-Convention and a fifth-year senior that solely received two photographs, they usually’d be all upset in that locker room. You’ll by no means realize it from Jaylin Williams. He is enthusiastic about successful. He does not care. He was blissful that Chaney Johnson got here in there and did what Chaney did.”
Newcomers Johnson (11), Aden Holloway (9), Chad Baker-Mazara (8) and Denver Jones (7) mixed to attain 35 factors of their SEC Match debuts. Tre Donaldson led the Tigers with 4 assists whereas Dylan Cardwell blocked a team-high 4 photographs.
“The deeper we are able to go in a event, the extra benefit it’s for us due to our depth,” Pearl mentioned. “The trouble, vitality, the unselfishness it requires to play that tough.”
With the win, Auburn superior to the SEC Match semifinals for the 14th time in program historical past and the third time below Pearl (2015, 2019, 2024). The Tigers will play Mississippi State within the first semifinal Saturday with tipoff set for midday CT.
SOUTH CAROLINA POSTGAME NOTES
» Auburn received its twenty fifth recreation of the season with its 86-55 victory over South Carolina within the SEC Match quarterfinals. With the win, the Tigers superior to the SEC Match semifinals for the 14th time in program historical past and the third time below head coach Bruce Pearl (2015 and 2019).
» AU’s 25 wins are tied for fifth-most in program historical past. This season is the fifth time within the final seven seasons Auburn has received at the very least 25 video games. The Tigers received their fourth straight recreation after successful their final three video games within the common season, making this the second time this season they’ve received at the very least 4 straight video games over SEC opponents after successful their first 5 video games to open SEC play.
» With the win, Auburn now leads 32-19 within the all-time sequence towards South Carolina. The Tigers have now received eight straight video games over the Gamecocks, the final seven of these by double digits, together with a 101-61 victory over then No. 11 South Carolina on Feb. 14 at Neville Area – AU’s largest margin of victory all-time over a ranked opponent. The Tigers at the moment are 4-1 in SEC Match video games versus the Gamecocks.
» Head Coach Bruce Pearl is 22-6 towards South Carolina together with 10-4 at Auburn. He’s 3-1 towards the Gamecocks in video games performed at impartial websites together with a 73-64 victory within the 2019 SEC Match quarterfinals because the Tigers received their first SEC Match title since 1985 (second in program historical past).
» Pearl is 3-0 towards second-year Gamecocks head coach Lamont Paris with Auburn’s 81-66 at South Carolina final season and the Tigers’ 101-61 victory over the Gamecocks this season.
» Auburn improves to 31-40 (.437) within the SEC Match since its renewal in 1979. General, the Tigers at the moment are 35-57 (.380) within the event.
» Auburn is now 8-6 in eight SEC Match appearances below Coach Pearl.
» The Tigers’ 86-55 win over South Carolina is the group’s fifth win by at the very least 30 factors this season and a group SEC-best 14th win by 20-plus factors. The 31-point win was one level shy of Auburn’s largest SEC Match win of all-time (93-61 over Alabama in 1999). The Tigers have received their two video games towards South Carolina this season by a mean margin of 35.5 factors, after beating the Gamecocks, 101-61 (+40) on Feb. 14 at Neville Area.
» Auburn led South Carolina, 46-26, at halftime. It was the sixth time this season the Tigers have led by at the very least 20 factors on the half together with each video games towards the Gamecocks after holding a 50-28 halftime lead towards them in each groups’ regular-season matchup. The Tigers are 24-1 when main at halftime this season. They’ve received 24 straight video games when main at half after a season-opening loss to Baylor.
» Auburn has topped the 80-point mark in each video games towards South Carolina this season averaging 93.5 factors per recreation towards the Gamecocks. It was the one two occasions South Carolina has allowed 80 factors in regulation this season.
» Auburn is 32-64 (.333) all-time when taking part in within the metropolis of Nashville together with 2-0 this season after successful 80-65 at Vanderbilt on Jan. 17. The Tigers are 11-10 in SEC Match video games within the Music Metropolis (19-52 at Vanderbilt, 1-0 vs. Dartmouth, 1-0 vs. Saint Louis, 0-1 vs. Center Tennessee and 0-1 vs. Western Kentucky in Nashville).
» Coach Pearl is 17-7 in his teaching profession at Bridgestone Area together with 8-5 at Auburn. Pearl is 10-6 on the location within the SEC Match and 8-4 at Auburn.
» Auburn is 15-16 in 17 SEC Match appearances within the state of Tennessee. The Tigers are 2-4 in 4 SEC Match appearances in Knoxville, 2-2 in two SEC Match appearances in Memphis and 11-10 in 11 SEC Match appearances in Nashville.
» Auburn dedicated simply 5 turnovers in its win over South Carolina. It was the twelfth time this season the Tigers have dedicated single-digit turnovers together with the sixth time towards an SEC opponent. Auburn averaged simply 6.0 turnovers in two wins over South Carolina this season.
» It was additionally the third time the Tigers have dedicated not more than 5 turnovers in a recreation this season (tied college file with 3 turnovers vs. Indiana and had 5 turnovers vs. Alabama).
» Auburn scored 41 bench factors, which was the ninth time this season the Tigers have scored at the very least 40 bench factors and the fourth time towards an SEC opponent. AU outscored South Carolina, 80-17, in bench factors in two video games this season. Eleven gamers scored for Auburn in Friday’s quarterfinal win.
» Auburn positioned three gamers in double figures in its win over South Carolina led by Johni Broome’s 18 factors and 10 rebounds. It was his SEC-leading twelfth double-double of the season and the 58th of his profession. It was Broome’s twenty third straight recreation in double figures, a span wherein he is averaging 16.8 factors, 8.5 rebounds and capturing 53.8 p.c from the ground.
» Chaney Johnson got here off the bench and scored 11 factors on 4-of-8 from the sector towards the Gamecocks. He additionally added three rebounds, three assists and two blocks. It was Johnson’s third double-figure scoring recreation of the season, the seventieth of his profession, and the second in SEC play this season (16 factors at Georgia).
» Ok.D. Johnson chipped in 10 factors on 4-of-7 capturing from the ground and 2-of-3 from lengthy vary and matched his season excessive with 5 rebounds. It was Johnson’s ninth recreation in double figures this season and the sixtieth of his profession.
NASHVILLE – It wasn’t Neville Area, nevertheless it positive felt prefer it inside Bridgestone Area on Friday as No. 12 Auburn cruised to an 86-55 victory over No. 15 South Carolina in entrance of a powerful contingent of Auburn followers within the quarterfinals of the SEC Match.
The 31-point victory was Auburn’s fifth win by at the very least 30 factors this season and one level shy of this system’s largest SEC Match win all-time.
A kind of 30-point victories got here towards this similar South Carolina group again in February. The Tigers reached 100 factors in that matchup, successful 101-61. In Friday’s rematch, it was the protection that stepped up and made the most important impression as Auburn held the Gamecocks to only 55 factors on 28 p.c capturing from the sector (16-of-57) whereas outscoring them 42-22 in factors within the paint.
“In yesterday’s (SEC Match) recreation, they scored 50 factors within the paint. We knew we will not win like that,” Auburn massive man Johni Broome mentioned. “Our entrance line takes pleasure in our protection. As you’ll be able to see, on the defensive facet, we held our personal and stood our floor.”
“We’re constructed a bit otherwise,” Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl mentioned. “I feel Dylan (Cardwell) and Johni, Chaney (Johnson) and J-Will (Jaylin Williams) are all older they usually’re all greater, they usually’re keen to be bodily.”
Broome set the tone offensively and defensively for the Tigers. The First Crew All-SEC choice completed with 18 factors and 10 rebounds. It was his twenty third straight recreation in double figures and his twelfth double-double of the season – tops within the convention.
Halfway by the second half, Broome confirmed his vary by pulling down a pair of 3-pointers throughout a 13-4 Auburn run that pushed the result in 32.
“Coach (Pearl) all the time tells us now’s the time to go on a run, make photographs,” Broome mentioned. “That is the way you advance within the event, within the NCAA event, the way you win video games. I feel everyone has been taking pleasure in what he mentioned as a result of we went by a bit capturing droop mid-season. I simply credit score all my teammates for being within the gymnasium.
“Like Chaney (Johnson) mentioned, stepping up to date when the second’s getting massive.”
Johnson stepped up Friday too with 11 factors off the bench. 5 of these 11 factors got here late within the first half when South Carolina minimize the result in 10, and Johnson responded with 5 straight to ignite an 11-0 run and provides the Tigers a 46-26 edge on the break.
It was simply the third double-figure scoring recreation of the season for the UAH switch who added three rebounds, three assists and two blocks in what was his first SEC Match recreation.
Broome, Johnson and Ok.D. Johnson (10 factors) have been the one Auburn gamers to attain in double figures towards South Carolina, however 11 completely different gamers scored within the recreation.
“Should you instructed me we would have 10 guys rating and that Jaylin Williams would solely have three, I could also be a bit involved,” Pearl joked after the sport.
“Once more, there could be a variety of guys that have been Second Crew All-Convention and a fifth-year senior that solely received two photographs, they usually’d be all upset in that locker room. You’ll by no means realize it from Jaylin Williams. He is enthusiastic about successful. He does not care. He was blissful that Chaney Johnson got here in there and did what Chaney did.”
Newcomers Johnson (11), Aden Holloway (9), Chad Baker-Mazara (8) and Denver Jones (7) mixed to attain 35 factors of their SEC Match debuts. Tre Donaldson led the Tigers with 4 assists whereas Dylan Cardwell blocked a team-high 4 photographs.
“The deeper we are able to go in a event, the extra benefit it’s for us due to our depth,” Pearl mentioned. “The trouble, vitality, the unselfishness it requires to play that tough.”
With the win, Auburn superior to the SEC Match semifinals for the 14th time in program historical past and the third time below Pearl (2015, 2019, 2024). The Tigers will play Mississippi State within the first semifinal Saturday with tipoff set for midday CT.
SOUTH CAROLINA POSTGAME NOTES
» Auburn received its twenty fifth recreation of the season with its 86-55 victory over South Carolina within the SEC Match quarterfinals. With the win, the Tigers superior to the SEC Match semifinals for the 14th time in program historical past and the third time below head coach Bruce Pearl (2015 and 2019).
» AU’s 25 wins are tied for fifth-most in program historical past. This season is the fifth time within the final seven seasons Auburn has received at the very least 25 video games. The Tigers received their fourth straight recreation after successful their final three video games within the common season, making this the second time this season they’ve received at the very least 4 straight video games over SEC opponents after successful their first 5 video games to open SEC play.
» With the win, Auburn now leads 32-19 within the all-time sequence towards South Carolina. The Tigers have now received eight straight video games over the Gamecocks, the final seven of these by double digits, together with a 101-61 victory over then No. 11 South Carolina on Feb. 14 at Neville Area – AU’s largest margin of victory all-time over a ranked opponent. The Tigers at the moment are 4-1 in SEC Match video games versus the Gamecocks.
» Head Coach Bruce Pearl is 22-6 towards South Carolina together with 10-4 at Auburn. He’s 3-1 towards the Gamecocks in video games performed at impartial websites together with a 73-64 victory within the 2019 SEC Match quarterfinals because the Tigers received their first SEC Match title since 1985 (second in program historical past).
» Pearl is 3-0 towards second-year Gamecocks head coach Lamont Paris with Auburn’s 81-66 at South Carolina final season and the Tigers’ 101-61 victory over the Gamecocks this season.
» Auburn improves to 31-40 (.437) within the SEC Match since its renewal in 1979. General, the Tigers at the moment are 35-57 (.380) within the event.
» Auburn is now 8-6 in eight SEC Match appearances below Coach Pearl.
» The Tigers’ 86-55 win over South Carolina is the group’s fifth win by at the very least 30 factors this season and a group SEC-best 14th win by 20-plus factors. The 31-point win was one level shy of Auburn’s largest SEC Match win of all-time (93-61 over Alabama in 1999). The Tigers have received their two video games towards South Carolina this season by a mean margin of 35.5 factors, after beating the Gamecocks, 101-61 (+40) on Feb. 14 at Neville Area.
» Auburn led South Carolina, 46-26, at halftime. It was the sixth time this season the Tigers have led by at the very least 20 factors on the half together with each video games towards the Gamecocks after holding a 50-28 halftime lead towards them in each groups’ regular-season matchup. The Tigers are 24-1 when main at halftime this season. They’ve received 24 straight video games when main at half after a season-opening loss to Baylor.
» Auburn has topped the 80-point mark in each video games towards South Carolina this season averaging 93.5 factors per recreation towards the Gamecocks. It was the one two occasions South Carolina has allowed 80 factors in regulation this season.
» Auburn is 32-64 (.333) all-time when taking part in within the metropolis of Nashville together with 2-0 this season after successful 80-65 at Vanderbilt on Jan. 17. The Tigers are 11-10 in SEC Match video games within the Music Metropolis (19-52 at Vanderbilt, 1-0 vs. Dartmouth, 1-0 vs. Saint Louis, 0-1 vs. Center Tennessee and 0-1 vs. Western Kentucky in Nashville).
» Coach Pearl is 17-7 in his teaching profession at Bridgestone Area together with 8-5 at Auburn. Pearl is 10-6 on the location within the SEC Match and 8-4 at Auburn.
» Auburn is 15-16 in 17 SEC Match appearances within the state of Tennessee. The Tigers are 2-4 in 4 SEC Match appearances in Knoxville, 2-2 in two SEC Match appearances in Memphis and 11-10 in 11 SEC Match appearances in Nashville.
» Auburn dedicated simply 5 turnovers in its win over South Carolina. It was the twelfth time this season the Tigers have dedicated single-digit turnovers together with the sixth time towards an SEC opponent. Auburn averaged simply 6.0 turnovers in two wins over South Carolina this season.
» It was additionally the third time the Tigers have dedicated not more than 5 turnovers in a recreation this season (tied college file with 3 turnovers vs. Indiana and had 5 turnovers vs. Alabama).
» Auburn scored 41 bench factors, which was the ninth time this season the Tigers have scored at the very least 40 bench factors and the fourth time towards an SEC opponent. AU outscored South Carolina, 80-17, in bench factors in two video games this season. Eleven gamers scored for Auburn in Friday’s quarterfinal win.
» Auburn positioned three gamers in double figures in its win over South Carolina led by Johni Broome’s 18 factors and 10 rebounds. It was his SEC-leading twelfth double-double of the season and the 58th of his profession. It was Broome’s twenty third straight recreation in double figures, a span wherein he is averaging 16.8 factors, 8.5 rebounds and capturing 53.8 p.c from the ground.
» Chaney Johnson got here off the bench and scored 11 factors on 4-of-8 from the sector towards the Gamecocks. He additionally added three rebounds, three assists and two blocks. It was Johnson’s third double-figure scoring recreation of the season, the seventieth of his profession, and the second in SEC play this season (16 factors at Georgia).
» Ok.D. Johnson chipped in 10 factors on 4-of-7 capturing from the ground and 2-of-3 from lengthy vary and matched his season excessive with 5 rebounds. It was Johnson’s ninth recreation in double figures this season and the sixtieth of his profession.
NASHVILLE – It wasn’t Neville Area, nevertheless it positive felt prefer it inside Bridgestone Area on Friday as No. 12 Auburn cruised to an 86-55 victory over No. 15 South Carolina in entrance of a powerful contingent of Auburn followers within the quarterfinals of the SEC Match.
The 31-point victory was Auburn’s fifth win by at the very least 30 factors this season and one level shy of this system’s largest SEC Match win all-time.
A kind of 30-point victories got here towards this similar South Carolina group again in February. The Tigers reached 100 factors in that matchup, successful 101-61. In Friday’s rematch, it was the protection that stepped up and made the most important impression as Auburn held the Gamecocks to only 55 factors on 28 p.c capturing from the sector (16-of-57) whereas outscoring them 42-22 in factors within the paint.
“In yesterday’s (SEC Match) recreation, they scored 50 factors within the paint. We knew we will not win like that,” Auburn massive man Johni Broome mentioned. “Our entrance line takes pleasure in our protection. As you’ll be able to see, on the defensive facet, we held our personal and stood our floor.”
“We’re constructed a bit otherwise,” Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl mentioned. “I feel Dylan (Cardwell) and Johni, Chaney (Johnson) and J-Will (Jaylin Williams) are all older they usually’re all greater, they usually’re keen to be bodily.”
Broome set the tone offensively and defensively for the Tigers. The First Crew All-SEC choice completed with 18 factors and 10 rebounds. It was his twenty third straight recreation in double figures and his twelfth double-double of the season – tops within the convention.
Halfway by the second half, Broome confirmed his vary by pulling down a pair of 3-pointers throughout a 13-4 Auburn run that pushed the result in 32.
“Coach (Pearl) all the time tells us now’s the time to go on a run, make photographs,” Broome mentioned. “That is the way you advance within the event, within the NCAA event, the way you win video games. I feel everyone has been taking pleasure in what he mentioned as a result of we went by a bit capturing droop mid-season. I simply credit score all my teammates for being within the gymnasium.
“Like Chaney (Johnson) mentioned, stepping up to date when the second’s getting massive.”
Johnson stepped up Friday too with 11 factors off the bench. 5 of these 11 factors got here late within the first half when South Carolina minimize the result in 10, and Johnson responded with 5 straight to ignite an 11-0 run and provides the Tigers a 46-26 edge on the break.
It was simply the third double-figure scoring recreation of the season for the UAH switch who added three rebounds, three assists and two blocks in what was his first SEC Match recreation.
Broome, Johnson and Ok.D. Johnson (10 factors) have been the one Auburn gamers to attain in double figures towards South Carolina, however 11 completely different gamers scored within the recreation.
“Should you instructed me we would have 10 guys rating and that Jaylin Williams would solely have three, I could also be a bit involved,” Pearl joked after the sport.
“Once more, there could be a variety of guys that have been Second Crew All-Convention and a fifth-year senior that solely received two photographs, they usually’d be all upset in that locker room. You’ll by no means realize it from Jaylin Williams. He is enthusiastic about successful. He does not care. He was blissful that Chaney Johnson got here in there and did what Chaney did.”
Newcomers Johnson (11), Aden Holloway (9), Chad Baker-Mazara (8) and Denver Jones (7) mixed to attain 35 factors of their SEC Match debuts. Tre Donaldson led the Tigers with 4 assists whereas Dylan Cardwell blocked a team-high 4 photographs.
“The deeper we are able to go in a event, the extra benefit it’s for us due to our depth,” Pearl mentioned. “The trouble, vitality, the unselfishness it requires to play that tough.”
With the win, Auburn superior to the SEC Match semifinals for the 14th time in program historical past and the third time below Pearl (2015, 2019, 2024). The Tigers will play Mississippi State within the first semifinal Saturday with tipoff set for midday CT.
SOUTH CAROLINA POSTGAME NOTES
» Auburn received its twenty fifth recreation of the season with its 86-55 victory over South Carolina within the SEC Match quarterfinals. With the win, the Tigers superior to the SEC Match semifinals for the 14th time in program historical past and the third time below head coach Bruce Pearl (2015 and 2019).
» AU’s 25 wins are tied for fifth-most in program historical past. This season is the fifth time within the final seven seasons Auburn has received at the very least 25 video games. The Tigers received their fourth straight recreation after successful their final three video games within the common season, making this the second time this season they’ve received at the very least 4 straight video games over SEC opponents after successful their first 5 video games to open SEC play.
» With the win, Auburn now leads 32-19 within the all-time sequence towards South Carolina. The Tigers have now received eight straight video games over the Gamecocks, the final seven of these by double digits, together with a 101-61 victory over then No. 11 South Carolina on Feb. 14 at Neville Area – AU’s largest margin of victory all-time over a ranked opponent. The Tigers at the moment are 4-1 in SEC Match video games versus the Gamecocks.
» Head Coach Bruce Pearl is 22-6 towards South Carolina together with 10-4 at Auburn. He’s 3-1 towards the Gamecocks in video games performed at impartial websites together with a 73-64 victory within the 2019 SEC Match quarterfinals because the Tigers received their first SEC Match title since 1985 (second in program historical past).
» Pearl is 3-0 towards second-year Gamecocks head coach Lamont Paris with Auburn’s 81-66 at South Carolina final season and the Tigers’ 101-61 victory over the Gamecocks this season.
» Auburn improves to 31-40 (.437) within the SEC Match since its renewal in 1979. General, the Tigers at the moment are 35-57 (.380) within the event.
» Auburn is now 8-6 in eight SEC Match appearances below Coach Pearl.
» The Tigers’ 86-55 win over South Carolina is the group’s fifth win by at the very least 30 factors this season and a group SEC-best 14th win by 20-plus factors. The 31-point win was one level shy of Auburn’s largest SEC Match win of all-time (93-61 over Alabama in 1999). The Tigers have received their two video games towards South Carolina this season by a mean margin of 35.5 factors, after beating the Gamecocks, 101-61 (+40) on Feb. 14 at Neville Area.
» Auburn led South Carolina, 46-26, at halftime. It was the sixth time this season the Tigers have led by at the very least 20 factors on the half together with each video games towards the Gamecocks after holding a 50-28 halftime lead towards them in each groups’ regular-season matchup. The Tigers are 24-1 when main at halftime this season. They’ve received 24 straight video games when main at half after a season-opening loss to Baylor.
» Auburn has topped the 80-point mark in each video games towards South Carolina this season averaging 93.5 factors per recreation towards the Gamecocks. It was the one two occasions South Carolina has allowed 80 factors in regulation this season.
» Auburn is 32-64 (.333) all-time when taking part in within the metropolis of Nashville together with 2-0 this season after successful 80-65 at Vanderbilt on Jan. 17. The Tigers are 11-10 in SEC Match video games within the Music Metropolis (19-52 at Vanderbilt, 1-0 vs. Dartmouth, 1-0 vs. Saint Louis, 0-1 vs. Center Tennessee and 0-1 vs. Western Kentucky in Nashville).
» Coach Pearl is 17-7 in his teaching profession at Bridgestone Area together with 8-5 at Auburn. Pearl is 10-6 on the location within the SEC Match and 8-4 at Auburn.
» Auburn is 15-16 in 17 SEC Match appearances within the state of Tennessee. The Tigers are 2-4 in 4 SEC Match appearances in Knoxville, 2-2 in two SEC Match appearances in Memphis and 11-10 in 11 SEC Match appearances in Nashville.
» Auburn dedicated simply 5 turnovers in its win over South Carolina. It was the twelfth time this season the Tigers have dedicated single-digit turnovers together with the sixth time towards an SEC opponent. Auburn averaged simply 6.0 turnovers in two wins over South Carolina this season.
» It was additionally the third time the Tigers have dedicated not more than 5 turnovers in a recreation this season (tied college file with 3 turnovers vs. Indiana and had 5 turnovers vs. Alabama).
» Auburn scored 41 bench factors, which was the ninth time this season the Tigers have scored at the very least 40 bench factors and the fourth time towards an SEC opponent. AU outscored South Carolina, 80-17, in bench factors in two video games this season. Eleven gamers scored for Auburn in Friday’s quarterfinal win.
» Auburn positioned three gamers in double figures in its win over South Carolina led by Johni Broome’s 18 factors and 10 rebounds. It was his SEC-leading twelfth double-double of the season and the 58th of his profession. It was Broome’s twenty third straight recreation in double figures, a span wherein he is averaging 16.8 factors, 8.5 rebounds and capturing 53.8 p.c from the ground.
» Chaney Johnson got here off the bench and scored 11 factors on 4-of-8 from the sector towards the Gamecocks. He additionally added three rebounds, three assists and two blocks. It was Johnson’s third double-figure scoring recreation of the season, the seventieth of his profession, and the second in SEC play this season (16 factors at Georgia).
» Ok.D. Johnson chipped in 10 factors on 4-of-7 capturing from the ground and 2-of-3 from lengthy vary and matched his season excessive with 5 rebounds. It was Johnson’s ninth recreation in double figures this season and the sixtieth of his profession.
NASHVILLE – It wasn’t Neville Area, nevertheless it positive felt prefer it inside Bridgestone Area on Friday as No. 12 Auburn cruised to an 86-55 victory over No. 15 South Carolina in entrance of a powerful contingent of Auburn followers within the quarterfinals of the SEC Match.
The 31-point victory was Auburn’s fifth win by at the very least 30 factors this season and one level shy of this system’s largest SEC Match win all-time.
A kind of 30-point victories got here towards this similar South Carolina group again in February. The Tigers reached 100 factors in that matchup, successful 101-61. In Friday’s rematch, it was the protection that stepped up and made the most important impression as Auburn held the Gamecocks to only 55 factors on 28 p.c capturing from the sector (16-of-57) whereas outscoring them 42-22 in factors within the paint.
“In yesterday’s (SEC Match) recreation, they scored 50 factors within the paint. We knew we will not win like that,” Auburn massive man Johni Broome mentioned. “Our entrance line takes pleasure in our protection. As you’ll be able to see, on the defensive facet, we held our personal and stood our floor.”
“We’re constructed a bit otherwise,” Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl mentioned. “I feel Dylan (Cardwell) and Johni, Chaney (Johnson) and J-Will (Jaylin Williams) are all older they usually’re all greater, they usually’re keen to be bodily.”
Broome set the tone offensively and defensively for the Tigers. The First Crew All-SEC choice completed with 18 factors and 10 rebounds. It was his twenty third straight recreation in double figures and his twelfth double-double of the season – tops within the convention.
Halfway by the second half, Broome confirmed his vary by pulling down a pair of 3-pointers throughout a 13-4 Auburn run that pushed the result in 32.
“Coach (Pearl) all the time tells us now’s the time to go on a run, make photographs,” Broome mentioned. “That is the way you advance within the event, within the NCAA event, the way you win video games. I feel everyone has been taking pleasure in what he mentioned as a result of we went by a bit capturing droop mid-season. I simply credit score all my teammates for being within the gymnasium.
“Like Chaney (Johnson) mentioned, stepping up to date when the second’s getting massive.”
Johnson stepped up Friday too with 11 factors off the bench. 5 of these 11 factors got here late within the first half when South Carolina minimize the result in 10, and Johnson responded with 5 straight to ignite an 11-0 run and provides the Tigers a 46-26 edge on the break.
It was simply the third double-figure scoring recreation of the season for the UAH switch who added three rebounds, three assists and two blocks in what was his first SEC Match recreation.
Broome, Johnson and Ok.D. Johnson (10 factors) have been the one Auburn gamers to attain in double figures towards South Carolina, however 11 completely different gamers scored within the recreation.
“Should you instructed me we would have 10 guys rating and that Jaylin Williams would solely have three, I could also be a bit involved,” Pearl joked after the sport.
“Once more, there could be a variety of guys that have been Second Crew All-Convention and a fifth-year senior that solely received two photographs, they usually’d be all upset in that locker room. You’ll by no means realize it from Jaylin Williams. He is enthusiastic about successful. He does not care. He was blissful that Chaney Johnson got here in there and did what Chaney did.”
Newcomers Johnson (11), Aden Holloway (9), Chad Baker-Mazara (8) and Denver Jones (7) mixed to attain 35 factors of their SEC Match debuts. Tre Donaldson led the Tigers with 4 assists whereas Dylan Cardwell blocked a team-high 4 photographs.
“The deeper we are able to go in a event, the extra benefit it’s for us due to our depth,” Pearl mentioned. “The trouble, vitality, the unselfishness it requires to play that tough.”
With the win, Auburn superior to the SEC Match semifinals for the 14th time in program historical past and the third time below Pearl (2015, 2019, 2024). The Tigers will play Mississippi State within the first semifinal Saturday with tipoff set for midday CT.
SOUTH CAROLINA POSTGAME NOTES
» Auburn received its twenty fifth recreation of the season with its 86-55 victory over South Carolina within the SEC Match quarterfinals. With the win, the Tigers superior to the SEC Match semifinals for the 14th time in program historical past and the third time below head coach Bruce Pearl (2015 and 2019).
» AU’s 25 wins are tied for fifth-most in program historical past. This season is the fifth time within the final seven seasons Auburn has received at the very least 25 video games. The Tigers received their fourth straight recreation after successful their final three video games within the common season, making this the second time this season they’ve received at the very least 4 straight video games over SEC opponents after successful their first 5 video games to open SEC play.
» With the win, Auburn now leads 32-19 within the all-time sequence towards South Carolina. The Tigers have now received eight straight video games over the Gamecocks, the final seven of these by double digits, together with a 101-61 victory over then No. 11 South Carolina on Feb. 14 at Neville Area – AU’s largest margin of victory all-time over a ranked opponent. The Tigers at the moment are 4-1 in SEC Match video games versus the Gamecocks.
» Head Coach Bruce Pearl is 22-6 towards South Carolina together with 10-4 at Auburn. He’s 3-1 towards the Gamecocks in video games performed at impartial websites together with a 73-64 victory within the 2019 SEC Match quarterfinals because the Tigers received their first SEC Match title since 1985 (second in program historical past).
» Pearl is 3-0 towards second-year Gamecocks head coach Lamont Paris with Auburn’s 81-66 at South Carolina final season and the Tigers’ 101-61 victory over the Gamecocks this season.
» Auburn improves to 31-40 (.437) within the SEC Match since its renewal in 1979. General, the Tigers at the moment are 35-57 (.380) within the event.
» Auburn is now 8-6 in eight SEC Match appearances below Coach Pearl.
» The Tigers’ 86-55 win over South Carolina is the group’s fifth win by at the very least 30 factors this season and a group SEC-best 14th win by 20-plus factors. The 31-point win was one level shy of Auburn’s largest SEC Match win of all-time (93-61 over Alabama in 1999). The Tigers have received their two video games towards South Carolina this season by a mean margin of 35.5 factors, after beating the Gamecocks, 101-61 (+40) on Feb. 14 at Neville Area.
» Auburn led South Carolina, 46-26, at halftime. It was the sixth time this season the Tigers have led by at the very least 20 factors on the half together with each video games towards the Gamecocks after holding a 50-28 halftime lead towards them in each groups’ regular-season matchup. The Tigers are 24-1 when main at halftime this season. They’ve received 24 straight video games when main at half after a season-opening loss to Baylor.
» Auburn has topped the 80-point mark in each video games towards South Carolina this season averaging 93.5 factors per recreation towards the Gamecocks. It was the one two occasions South Carolina has allowed 80 factors in regulation this season.
» Auburn is 32-64 (.333) all-time when taking part in within the metropolis of Nashville together with 2-0 this season after successful 80-65 at Vanderbilt on Jan. 17. The Tigers are 11-10 in SEC Match video games within the Music Metropolis (19-52 at Vanderbilt, 1-0 vs. Dartmouth, 1-0 vs. Saint Louis, 0-1 vs. Center Tennessee and 0-1 vs. Western Kentucky in Nashville).
» Coach Pearl is 17-7 in his teaching profession at Bridgestone Area together with 8-5 at Auburn. Pearl is 10-6 on the location within the SEC Match and 8-4 at Auburn.
» Auburn is 15-16 in 17 SEC Match appearances within the state of Tennessee. The Tigers are 2-4 in 4 SEC Match appearances in Knoxville, 2-2 in two SEC Match appearances in Memphis and 11-10 in 11 SEC Match appearances in Nashville.
» Auburn dedicated simply 5 turnovers in its win over South Carolina. It was the twelfth time this season the Tigers have dedicated single-digit turnovers together with the sixth time towards an SEC opponent. Auburn averaged simply 6.0 turnovers in two wins over South Carolina this season.
» It was additionally the third time the Tigers have dedicated not more than 5 turnovers in a recreation this season (tied college file with 3 turnovers vs. Indiana and had 5 turnovers vs. Alabama).
» Auburn scored 41 bench factors, which was the ninth time this season the Tigers have scored at the very least 40 bench factors and the fourth time towards an SEC opponent. AU outscored South Carolina, 80-17, in bench factors in two video games this season. Eleven gamers scored for Auburn in Friday’s quarterfinal win.
» Auburn positioned three gamers in double figures in its win over South Carolina led by Johni Broome’s 18 factors and 10 rebounds. It was his SEC-leading twelfth double-double of the season and the 58th of his profession. It was Broome’s twenty third straight recreation in double figures, a span wherein he is averaging 16.8 factors, 8.5 rebounds and capturing 53.8 p.c from the ground.
» Chaney Johnson got here off the bench and scored 11 factors on 4-of-8 from the sector towards the Gamecocks. He additionally added three rebounds, three assists and two blocks. It was Johnson’s third double-figure scoring recreation of the season, the seventieth of his profession, and the second in SEC play this season (16 factors at Georgia).
» Ok.D. Johnson chipped in 10 factors on 4-of-7 capturing from the ground and 2-of-3 from lengthy vary and matched his season excessive with 5 rebounds. It was Johnson’s ninth recreation in double figures this season and the sixtieth of his profession.
NASHVILLE – It wasn’t Neville Area, nevertheless it positive felt prefer it inside Bridgestone Area on Friday as No. 12 Auburn cruised to an 86-55 victory over No. 15 South Carolina in entrance of a powerful contingent of Auburn followers within the quarterfinals of the SEC Match.
The 31-point victory was Auburn’s fifth win by at the very least 30 factors this season and one level shy of this system’s largest SEC Match win all-time.
A kind of 30-point victories got here towards this similar South Carolina group again in February. The Tigers reached 100 factors in that matchup, successful 101-61. In Friday’s rematch, it was the protection that stepped up and made the most important impression as Auburn held the Gamecocks to only 55 factors on 28 p.c capturing from the sector (16-of-57) whereas outscoring them 42-22 in factors within the paint.
“In yesterday’s (SEC Match) recreation, they scored 50 factors within the paint. We knew we will not win like that,” Auburn massive man Johni Broome mentioned. “Our entrance line takes pleasure in our protection. As you’ll be able to see, on the defensive facet, we held our personal and stood our floor.”
“We’re constructed a bit otherwise,” Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl mentioned. “I feel Dylan (Cardwell) and Johni, Chaney (Johnson) and J-Will (Jaylin Williams) are all older they usually’re all greater, they usually’re keen to be bodily.”
Broome set the tone offensively and defensively for the Tigers. The First Crew All-SEC choice completed with 18 factors and 10 rebounds. It was his twenty third straight recreation in double figures and his twelfth double-double of the season – tops within the convention.
Halfway by the second half, Broome confirmed his vary by pulling down a pair of 3-pointers throughout a 13-4 Auburn run that pushed the result in 32.
“Coach (Pearl) all the time tells us now’s the time to go on a run, make photographs,” Broome mentioned. “That is the way you advance within the event, within the NCAA event, the way you win video games. I feel everyone has been taking pleasure in what he mentioned as a result of we went by a bit capturing droop mid-season. I simply credit score all my teammates for being within the gymnasium.
“Like Chaney (Johnson) mentioned, stepping up to date when the second’s getting massive.”
Johnson stepped up Friday too with 11 factors off the bench. 5 of these 11 factors got here late within the first half when South Carolina minimize the result in 10, and Johnson responded with 5 straight to ignite an 11-0 run and provides the Tigers a 46-26 edge on the break.
It was simply the third double-figure scoring recreation of the season for the UAH switch who added three rebounds, three assists and two blocks in what was his first SEC Match recreation.
Broome, Johnson and Ok.D. Johnson (10 factors) have been the one Auburn gamers to attain in double figures towards South Carolina, however 11 completely different gamers scored within the recreation.
“Should you instructed me we would have 10 guys rating and that Jaylin Williams would solely have three, I could also be a bit involved,” Pearl joked after the sport.
“Once more, there could be a variety of guys that have been Second Crew All-Convention and a fifth-year senior that solely received two photographs, they usually’d be all upset in that locker room. You’ll by no means realize it from Jaylin Williams. He is enthusiastic about successful. He does not care. He was blissful that Chaney Johnson got here in there and did what Chaney did.”
Newcomers Johnson (11), Aden Holloway (9), Chad Baker-Mazara (8) and Denver Jones (7) mixed to attain 35 factors of their SEC Match debuts. Tre Donaldson led the Tigers with 4 assists whereas Dylan Cardwell blocked a team-high 4 photographs.
“The deeper we are able to go in a event, the extra benefit it’s for us due to our depth,” Pearl mentioned. “The trouble, vitality, the unselfishness it requires to play that tough.”
With the win, Auburn superior to the SEC Match semifinals for the 14th time in program historical past and the third time below Pearl (2015, 2019, 2024). The Tigers will play Mississippi State within the first semifinal Saturday with tipoff set for midday CT.
SOUTH CAROLINA POSTGAME NOTES
» Auburn received its twenty fifth recreation of the season with its 86-55 victory over South Carolina within the SEC Match quarterfinals. With the win, the Tigers superior to the SEC Match semifinals for the 14th time in program historical past and the third time below head coach Bruce Pearl (2015 and 2019).
» AU’s 25 wins are tied for fifth-most in program historical past. This season is the fifth time within the final seven seasons Auburn has received at the very least 25 video games. The Tigers received their fourth straight recreation after successful their final three video games within the common season, making this the second time this season they’ve received at the very least 4 straight video games over SEC opponents after successful their first 5 video games to open SEC play.
» With the win, Auburn now leads 32-19 within the all-time sequence towards South Carolina. The Tigers have now received eight straight video games over the Gamecocks, the final seven of these by double digits, together with a 101-61 victory over then No. 11 South Carolina on Feb. 14 at Neville Area – AU’s largest margin of victory all-time over a ranked opponent. The Tigers at the moment are 4-1 in SEC Match video games versus the Gamecocks.
» Head Coach Bruce Pearl is 22-6 towards South Carolina together with 10-4 at Auburn. He’s 3-1 towards the Gamecocks in video games performed at impartial websites together with a 73-64 victory within the 2019 SEC Match quarterfinals because the Tigers received their first SEC Match title since 1985 (second in program historical past).
» Pearl is 3-0 towards second-year Gamecocks head coach Lamont Paris with Auburn’s 81-66 at South Carolina final season and the Tigers’ 101-61 victory over the Gamecocks this season.
» Auburn improves to 31-40 (.437) within the SEC Match since its renewal in 1979. General, the Tigers at the moment are 35-57 (.380) within the event.
» Auburn is now 8-6 in eight SEC Match appearances below Coach Pearl.
» The Tigers’ 86-55 win over South Carolina is the group’s fifth win by at the very least 30 factors this season and a group SEC-best 14th win by 20-plus factors. The 31-point win was one level shy of Auburn’s largest SEC Match win of all-time (93-61 over Alabama in 1999). The Tigers have received their two video games towards South Carolina this season by a mean margin of 35.5 factors, after beating the Gamecocks, 101-61 (+40) on Feb. 14 at Neville Area.
» Auburn led South Carolina, 46-26, at halftime. It was the sixth time this season the Tigers have led by at the very least 20 factors on the half together with each video games towards the Gamecocks after holding a 50-28 halftime lead towards them in each groups’ regular-season matchup. The Tigers are 24-1 when main at halftime this season. They’ve received 24 straight video games when main at half after a season-opening loss to Baylor.
» Auburn has topped the 80-point mark in each video games towards South Carolina this season averaging 93.5 factors per recreation towards the Gamecocks. It was the one two occasions South Carolina has allowed 80 factors in regulation this season.
» Auburn is 32-64 (.333) all-time when taking part in within the metropolis of Nashville together with 2-0 this season after successful 80-65 at Vanderbilt on Jan. 17. The Tigers are 11-10 in SEC Match video games within the Music Metropolis (19-52 at Vanderbilt, 1-0 vs. Dartmouth, 1-0 vs. Saint Louis, 0-1 vs. Center Tennessee and 0-1 vs. Western Kentucky in Nashville).
» Coach Pearl is 17-7 in his teaching profession at Bridgestone Area together with 8-5 at Auburn. Pearl is 10-6 on the location within the SEC Match and 8-4 at Auburn.
» Auburn is 15-16 in 17 SEC Match appearances within the state of Tennessee. The Tigers are 2-4 in 4 SEC Match appearances in Knoxville, 2-2 in two SEC Match appearances in Memphis and 11-10 in 11 SEC Match appearances in Nashville.
» Auburn dedicated simply 5 turnovers in its win over South Carolina. It was the twelfth time this season the Tigers have dedicated single-digit turnovers together with the sixth time towards an SEC opponent. Auburn averaged simply 6.0 turnovers in two wins over South Carolina this season.
» It was additionally the third time the Tigers have dedicated not more than 5 turnovers in a recreation this season (tied college file with 3 turnovers vs. Indiana and had 5 turnovers vs. Alabama).
» Auburn scored 41 bench factors, which was the ninth time this season the Tigers have scored at the very least 40 bench factors and the fourth time towards an SEC opponent. AU outscored South Carolina, 80-17, in bench factors in two video games this season. Eleven gamers scored for Auburn in Friday’s quarterfinal win.
» Auburn positioned three gamers in double figures in its win over South Carolina led by Johni Broome’s 18 factors and 10 rebounds. It was his SEC-leading twelfth double-double of the season and the 58th of his profession. It was Broome’s twenty third straight recreation in double figures, a span wherein he is averaging 16.8 factors, 8.5 rebounds and capturing 53.8 p.c from the ground.
» Chaney Johnson got here off the bench and scored 11 factors on 4-of-8 from the sector towards the Gamecocks. He additionally added three rebounds, three assists and two blocks. It was Johnson’s third double-figure scoring recreation of the season, the seventieth of his profession, and the second in SEC play this season (16 factors at Georgia).
» Ok.D. Johnson chipped in 10 factors on 4-of-7 capturing from the ground and 2-of-3 from lengthy vary and matched his season excessive with 5 rebounds. It was Johnson’s ninth recreation in double figures this season and the sixtieth of his profession.