Men vs. Eastern Kentucky - Game thread

[WarTiger 3,901]

Purifoy going to the line for 2.   1st good.  2nd good.  29-28

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Lang with a THREE  32-31 Auburn trailing.

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Steal harper, runs the floor dishes to brown and he JAMS it home.   tigers lead 33-32..

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Purifoy with a THREE.  36-32 Tigers

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Lang gets an offensive rebound and is fouled.  shooting 2.   1st no good.  2nd good.  37-32

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Eastern kentucky gets a shot at the buzzer.  Halftime, Auburn leads 37-34

[AUBwins 10,075]

Glad we came back and took the lead at the half.  Those colonels are feisty. For those that didn't see it.  Cam just dropped a teardrop at the end of the half to take a 20-3 lead over the Saints.  Beautiful touchdown pass and catch with Ted Ginn.  Ok .. now back to your regularly scheduled programming. 

[WarTiger 3,901]

Nice job by Auburn in the first half to overcome the scoring drought and regain the lead at the half.

[FoundationEagle 637]

First action I've got to see yet this year. I sure hope this is an off night. We look pretty rough in many areas. Get out of position on D, don't move well as a team without the ball, don't do much passing at all. A whole lot of one man to the basket whether it's open or not, free throw shooting poor.. all against a below average team.  Am I missing something?  Are we that off tonight?  Had a nice run at the end of the half, but there was a solid 10 minute run of all around poor play. Do we just need to gel as a team to prevent long slumps?  Looks concerning to me, but as I said, I haven't seen the other games. 

[AUBwins 10,075]

Yep had to face a little adversity.  I know this game is part of the Cancun Challenge, but is it tourney style right now.  If E. Kentucky wins, does it effect anything in regards to the tourney? 

[jared52 4,354]

27 minutes ago, Tiger said:

I would go to every game I could if I was in the area. The number of empty seats hurts my heart.

$20 for nonconference cupcake at 8:00 on a school night doesn't help.

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2nd half getting started and Auburn gets possession to begin the 2nd half. 

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Heron drives and lays it in.  39-26 Tigers

[jared52 4,354]

8 minutes ago, AUBwins said:

Yep had to face a little adversity.  I know this game is part of the Cancun Challenge, but is it tourney style right now.  If E. Kentucky wins, does it effect anything in regards to the tourney? 

No, ever tournament doesn't really start until they get to Cancun. There are 2 separate brackets and AU and E. Kentucky are in separate brackets.

[jared52 4,354]

1 minute ago, WarTiger said:

Heron drives and lays it in.  39-26 Tigers

39-36*

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Harper driving to the basket and gets fouled.  shooting 2.  1st good.  2nd no good.  Eastern Kentucky loses the ball out of bounds on the rebound.  Auburn ball.

[NoALtiger 3,854]

Heron looking good. 

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Heron inside and gets fouled, basket goes. FT no good.  Spencer offensive rebound and scores.  Tigers lead 44-38

[jared52 4,354]

AU just isn't getting back on defense quickly enough. EKU has gotten a lot of transition baskets with AU just not getting back in position in time. 

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Brown drives, dishes to Heron and Heron puts it in.  46-40 Tigers

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Brown at the line shooting 2.   1st no good.  2nd good.  47-42 Tigers

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Heron with an offensive rebound and he's fouled on the shot.   1st no good.   2nd good.  48-42

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Brown is fouled and shooting 2.   1st no good.  2nd no good.   48-46 Tigers

[jared52 4,354]

Amazing how these little team can come into AU Arena and shoot the lights out.

[WarTiger 3,901]

Brown gets a defensive rebound and is fouled.  Auburn in the bonus at the 13:09 mark   1 and 1 FT good.  2nd good.   50-46