Of their first sport since shedding star Johni Broome, the Auburn Tigers didn’t miss a beat, as they routed No. 15 Mississippi State, 88-66.
Auburn shot 55% from the sphere and 41.7% from three within the win and seemed almost flawless in doing so.
4 of the 5 Auburn starters have been in double figures, Dylan Cardwell being the one one not in double figures, ending simply shy with 9 factors.
Chad Baker-Mazara was the clubhouse chief with 20 factors. Baker-Mazara stepped up within the absence of Broome and changed into the chief that Auburn wanted.
Chaney Johnson completed with 17 factors, eight rebounds and 4 blocks. Johnson’s protection saved Mississippi State shooters out of the paint for a majority of the sport.
For Mississippi State, it was the second straight loss for the Bulldogs, and so they’ve now fallen to 2-2 in convention play.
Regardless of a nasty taking pictures night time for Mississippi State (34.9% FG), Josh Hubbard managed to attain 17 factors, 11 of which coming on the free throw line.
Mississippi State struggled taking pictures as a group, going simply 3-for-24 from three-point vary, and Hubbard making two of these threes. Claudell Harris Jr. made the one different three-pointer for the Bulldogs, a part of his 11 factors within the sport.
The Bulldogs might want to discover somebody to step up and ensure the locker room would not collapse throughout the powerful two-game stretch.
For Auburn, the veteran management of Baker-Mazara and Johnson will carry them by means of the season till Broome is ready to return to the lineup.
