Saturday’s assembly between No. 1 Auburn and No. 6 Tennessee was a bodily battle from begin to end with the Tigers prevailing, 53-51.
Tennessee had the ball with an opportunity to win or drive additional time when senior guard Zakai Zeigler missed this nook three. Each groups battled for the unfastened ball earlier than Auburn dribbled out the remainder of the clock to seal the highest 10 victory at residence.
Each groups struggled to shoot the ball all evening, as the ultimate rating would point out. The groups solely made seven threes mixed.
Not surprisingly, Auburn’s main scorer for the season, Johni Broome, led the staff with 16 factors and 13 rebounds, albeit off the bench. Broome had missed Auburn’s final two video games after struggling a left ankle damage in opposition to South Carolina on Jan. 11.
Zeigler led the Volunteers with 14 factors (4-of-15 FG). Earlier than Saturday, Tennessee (17-3, 4-3 SEC) had gone by spurts the place the offense was not clicking, together with the 73-43 loss to then-No. 8 Florida on Jan. 7. Discovering some extra consistency on offense goes to be essential with No. 9 Kentucky up subsequent on Tuesday.
Auburn (18-1, 6-0 SEC) stays excellent in convention play and extends its successful streak to 11 video games forward of a street journey to LSU on Wednesday. The win was sloppy, however it proved that Auburn can win when the photographs usually are not falling.
