Auburn showcased a strong basketball game against Alabama A&M, leading 49-15 at halftime, punctuated by a 7-0 run and a 21-1 run. Jaylin Williams was the top scorer with 10 points. Despite this, Auburn's second-half defense was criticized. In football, Auburn, recovering from a 31-10 loss to New Mexico State, led Alabama 24-20 with 10:16 left after gaining 159 rushing yards in the first half. However, Alabama made a dramatic comeback with a fourth-and-forever score, winning the game and keeping their Playoff hopes alive.
Alabama scores on fourth-and-forever to beat Auburn and save Playoff hopes https://t.co/vT3Vb39VBS
Auburn extends its lead to 24-20 over Alabama, 10:16 left in the game.
Alabama's letting Auburn hang around. 12-play, 71-yard drive ends in another short field goal. Alabama leads, 20-14.
9:12 Q3 | Alabama 20, #Auburn 14 Tigers handle the Tide in the red zone, forcing them to settle for a 23-yard field goal. Still a one-score game on the Plains.
after all that, that's a nice win for Auburn's defense in a goal-to-go situation, as Alabama remains up by just one possession after that field goal
Alabama is now 6-11 on third down. Auburn is 2-7.
1:33 Q2 | Alabama 17, #Auburn 14 And there's the Tide. Jalen Milroe finds an open Jermaine Burton who jogs into the end zone untouched for a 68-yard TD. That drive was three plays and lasted 44 seconds. It's a shootout (for now) on the Plains.
Auburn has 159 yards rushing with 2:24 left in the first half. Only South Florida (177) and LSU (206) had more in the entire game vs. Alabama this year.
Auburn leads Alabama 14-10 late in the second quarter. Tigers have 159 rushing yards, 8.4 yards per rush. They finished with 65 rushing yards last week in a 31-10 loss to New Mexico State. College football ...
Hello. Auburn, the team that lost a week ago to New Mexico State, leads Alabama, the team that's won 10 straight games. It's 14-10 with 2:24 left in the half. Tigers are running all over the Tide.
5:00 Q1 | Alabama 7, #Auburn 7 The ground game prevails for the Tigers on that drive. They go 68 yards on five plays, gains of 11, 62, 9, 2 and 4. They had 65 rush yards against NMSU last week. In total.
5:00 Q1 | Alabama 7, #Auburn 7 The ground game prevails for the Tigers on that drive. They go 68 yards on five plays, gains of 11, 62, 9, 2 and 4. They had 65 yards against NMSU last week. In total.
Auburn beat Alabama A&M by 30, but a concerning trend reared up again. The Tigers' second-half defense is now ranked No. 222 nationally through five games. โThat second-half team couldn't win an SEC game." https://t.co/OKOevuZrAP https://t.co/toTZctWhHB
Alabama A&M is on an 18-3 run, cutting the lead to... 28 points... at the under-8 timeout not a very disciplined stretch of basketball for Auburn, and Bruce Pearl will get a lot of correcting done from it over the next week but the Tigers are still cruising
HALFTIME: Auburn 49, Alabama A&M 15 Tigers finished the half on a 21-1 run, had 13 assists and one turnover. https://t.co/5DJKamwWcj
Auburn leads Alabama A&M 49-15 at halftime. Thirteen assists for the Tigers, as four players have multiple assists in the game. Jaylin Williams leads with 10 points. Auburn closed out the half on a 21-1 run. Alabama A&M hasn't made a shot since the 6:04 1H mark.
Auburn closed as a 32.5-point favorite over Alabama A&M Auburn is up by 34 at halftime the Tigers ended an utterly dominant half of balanced basketball on both ends of the floor on a 21-1 run https://t.co/kyr9mbR4ir
Auburn is up to 11 assists ... and zero turnovers. Tigers lead 35-14 (3:53 1H).
Auburn is up to 11 assists ... and zero turnovers. Tigers lead 35-13 (3:53 1H).
Auburn is up to 11 assists ... and zero turnovers. Tigers leads 35-13 (3:53 1H).
Auburn now up 28-10 on Alabama A&M @ 7:51. Tigers have 10 assists, zero turnovers. They're +8 on the boards. It's going well.
Auburn leads AAMU, 23-8. Auburn has 8 assists (on 9 buckets) and zero turnovers.
9:44 1H | #Auburn 23, Alabama A&M 8 Tigers in the midst of a 7-0 run, and that's after a stretch of more than three minutes in this half where they didn't make a basket.
Auburn looked like it was going to run Alabama A&M straight out of the building early, but has now missed six of its last seven shots and six straight from deep. Tigers lead 16-7 (11:37 1H).