Auburn advances to first NIT championship behind first half explosion
Auburn defeated Illinois State 88-66 on Thursday to advance to the NIT championship, the first in Auburn program history.
Auburn defeated Illinois State 88-66 on Thursday to advance to the NIT championship, the first in Auburn program history.
Auburn’s tournament chances take a hit in the season finale loss as #16 Alabama uses its nation’s best offense to overpower the Tigers, 96-84. Auburn will now look to the SEC tournament next week to revive its tournament resume before Selection Sunday.
The Auburn Tigers celebrated senior night with a win against the LSU Tigers on Tuesday night in Neville Arena in their first game on the outside of the NCAA Tournament bubble this season.
Auburn loses its sixth of their last seven on Tuesday, 91-79, as Oklahoma explodes to 68% from beyond the arc. Even with two Tigers tying for 26 points, the Sooners had four players in double digits, all above 50%.
#19 Vanderbilt picked up its first victory in Neville in over a decade on Tuesday, forcing Auburn to 22 fouls and a 32.1 first-half field goal percentage. Auburn drops its third straight game, 84-76, marking its tenth loss on the season.
Auburn defeated Stetson 8-5 behind 10 doubles and Samuel Dutton's strong pitching. The Tigers advanced to the Regional Final where they will face the winner of N.C. State and Stetson
Led by Freshmen Chris Rembert and Bub Terrell’s combined 8 for 11 night, Auburn used a seven-run fourth inning to strike first and remain in the lead for the rest of the game. Tiger pitching hurled eight scoreless innings and Auburn won 11-1 and advance to their first home Super Regional in program history.
Auburn defeated Central Connecticut State on Friday to move on to the next round of the regional. The Tigers did so behind the strong performance of Carson Myers and multi-hit games from five starters.
After a great opening run-rule win over rival Alabama, Auburn baseball came into game two looking to carry over that offensive momentum. That momentum slowed, which allowed Alabama to surge late and win 6-5 in the first game Saturday afternoon.
AUBURN, Ala. (EETV) - Auburn got their second comeback win against Troy this season on Wednesday, defeating the Trojans 12-5. SJ Guerin got her team-leading 15th win as she went five innings in relief. The Tigers’ offense came alive in the fifth as they scored six runs in the fifth behind the hot bat of Icess Tresvik.
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