Auburn's Johni Broome scored 51 points and 26 boards in the last two games. Indiana's coach Woodson watched recruits at OvertimeElite. Indiana faced Auburn, with IU starting strong but Auburn's strong response led to a 104-76 win. Auburn's Aden Holloway scored 21 points, and the team had 25 assists and 2 turnovers. Auburn's coach Pearl praised the team's performance.
ATLANTA — Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl's complete postgame Q&A after Auburn's 104-76 win over Indiana. #iubb Video courtesy of @NathanKing247. https://t.co/YfikG9VJCs
Five takeaways from Indiana’s loss against Auburn https://t.co/RR5y0BVif3 #iubb
"I don't know how we could play much better." 5 takeaways as Auburn bludgeons Indiana in a marquee nonconference matchup https://t.co/VnQCZGogjx https://t.co/p3iAtv6qJd
Aden Holloway, K.D. Johnson and Bruce Pearl recap Auburn's beatdown of Indiana in State Farm Arena Watch: https://t.co/3Icw3fp6s5 https://t.co/MwGxo9B3bS
Auburn had seven players with an offensive rating of 140+ vs. Indiana, per KenPom
ATLANTA — Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson's complete postgame Q&A after Indiana's 104-76 loss to Auburn — pulling the starters early when IU was going on a run, defense and more. #iubb https://t.co/PPbRvyn04A
Video: Mike Woodson, IU players react to loss against Auburn https://t.co/HQ59zudX1W #iubb
Bruce Pearl is proud of how Auburn responded to the early 12-point deficit — and the rowdy Indiana crowd: “That’ll shake your cage. Our guys hung in there.”
#Auburn HC Bruce Pearl says this was the best performance the Tigers have had all year at the shooting guard spot. KD Johnson and Denver Jones combined for 26 points on 8-15 (53.3%) shooting.
Auburn HC Bruce Pearl: "I'm proud of Denver for getting his confidence back, and I'm proud of K.D. for hanging in there and showing that he can turn around a game like this." the 2 guys combined for 26 points vs. Indiana
Auburn has 25 assists and just three turnovers against Indiana that's only the 24th such performance in all of Division I basketball dating back to the start of the 2010 season, per CBB Reference and it was the first one this season
Auburn has now assisted on 68.3% of its made shots this season, which ranks No. 2 in all of college basketball behind... Kansas
Auburn jumped from No. 17 to No. 13 overall in KenPom after this 104-76 win over Indiana the Tigers' adjusted offensive efficiency alone went from No. 34 to No. 20
Indiana falls from No. 65 to No. 78 in KenPom after today's loss against Auburn. #iubb
Woodson: "We showed wonderful signs tonight against a good team, early on, and then we just didn't sustain that." #iubb
Woodson: "Three turnovers, I'd say they were the most physical team tonight In a game like this, you've got to force more turnovers, get more stops. Rebounding wasn't that big of a difference but I just thought physically they were the better team tonight." #iubb
Woodson: "They just physically took us out of everything we wanted to do, so you've got to give them credit. I'm not happy with the way we played tonight. It's kind of like a carbon copy of our UConn game ... It was back and forth, and then finally, we just ... caved in." #iubb
Indiana HC Mike Woodson: “We couldn’t really move the ball, even going back to the very first play we tried to execute. That’s just how (Auburn) plays… They just took us out, physically, of everything we were trying to do.”
Indiana coach Mike Woodson on Auburn’s defense: “We couldn’t really move the ball — all the way back to the very first play.”
More Woodson: "I thought we came out ready to play. We built a 12-point lead and the ball was moving, we got defensive stops, we rebounded the ball, we did everything we set out to do coming into this game. And then we just stopped playing." #iubb
Mike Woodson to Don Fischer: "After they smacked us around a few times, we just stopped playing." #iubb
Indiana's opponents have made 78 3-pointers through nine games. The Hoosiers have made 31. Difference of 15.6 points per game on average. #iubb
FINAL: Auburn 104, Indiana 76. So many good things happened, but ... 25 assists and TWO TURNOVERS! Tempo was managed well. Bench was strong. AU was 20-of-23 at the line. Amazing afternoon for the Tigers. https://t.co/Ggl2lfHyNg
At the Buzzer: Auburn 104, Indiana 76 https://t.co/3NOOZf78fp #iubb
Instant Impressions: Auburn 104, Indiana 76 Monster response to an early deficit, and an offensive clinic down the stretch. Dominant performance in Atlanta https://t.co/VnQCZGogjx https://t.co/Bwet4llyE7
Auburn just passed the century mark against Hoosiers. This has been an absolute rout. Hoosiers still playing without Xavier Johnson. Jaylin Williams and freshman Aden Holloway both have 24 for Auburn. Gonna have to give the Tigers a very long look for my Top 25.
Auburn might score 110.
Auburn PG Aden Holloway's 3-point shooting over the last four games: 4-22 Auburn PG Aden Holloway's 3-point shooting vs. Indiana today: 5-8
and that's the first 20-point game of Auburn PG Aden Holloway's college career SG K.D. Johnson on Thursday: "He had a hot start, a couple bad games. That's nothing for him. He's ready for Saturday."
#Auburn G Aden Holloway just reached 21 points, which is a new career high.
Auburn has 21 assists and 2 turnovers.
Indiana just hit its first 3-pointer since the 16:17 mark of the first half nearly 30 minutes of basketball between those triples regression to the mean hit hard and hit in a hurry
7:47 2H | #Auburn 83, Indiana 59 T'would the cream and crimson is peacing out.
Aden Holloway https://t.co/0EdBBfVlX5
Wow, Auburn. Just obliterating Indiana, 78-54, with 9:13 to go. Bruce Pearl got another squad. Deeeeeeep team.
Johni Broome and Malik Reneau getting into it a bit after Reneau's third made basket of the half. Hoosiers are 4-5 shooting out of intermission. They've cut #Auburn's lead to 11 points.
Well, Indiana is 4-5 to start the second half and has cut the lead to 11.
Some first-half numbers: Points in the paint: Auburn 20, Indiana 10 Points off of turnovers: Auburn 11, Indiana 0 Bench points: Auburn 17, Indiana 6 Malik Reneau and Kel'el Ware are a combined 4-for-15 from the field. #iubb
Aden Holloway closes the first half with a 3-pointer from Newnan Auburn went from down by 12 to up by 18 in 12:33 of game time what a response from the Tigers on both ends of the floor in what has felt like an NCAA Tournament atmosphere https://t.co/dSc9CZPG0S
Auburn's 2 spot has 21 combined points and is 7-7 from the foul line.
#Auburn just missed its first free throw attempt, but it's still 12-13 at the line after Jaylin Williams went 1-2.
With 1:45 before halftime, Indiana just made its first basket in an 8:28 span.
that was Indiana's first made basket in almost nine whole minutes
K.D. Johnson now has three layups in the last 1:15
Auburn is now 11-11 from the free-throw line absolutely massive for a team that has had issues from there all season
Auburn's done all this. And Johni Broome has 2 points and two fouls.
Auburn was down 22-10 with 12:54 left in the first half Auburn is now up 39-28 with 3:59 left in the first half Bruce Pearl said he thought the Tigers got rattled last week at App State, but they've shown a ton of fight after getting punched in the mouth early in Atlanta
Auburn was down 22-10 with 12:54 left in the first half Auburn is now up 39-28 with 3:59 left in the second half Bruce Pearl said he thought the Tigers got rattled last week at App State, but they've shown a ton of fight after getting punched in the mouth early in Atlanta
Indiana hasn't made a shot since the 10:13 mark.
that was seven points in 14 seconds for Auburn
Indiana was in control early and the offense looked sharp. Hoosiers haven’t scored a field goal in the last 6 minutes and now trail Auburn 39-27. Tigers have turned up the pressure and IU hasn’t handled it.
4:41 1H | #Auburn 34, Indiana 27 KD Johnson with an and-1 and he proceeds to step into the crowd to get them juiced. He'll head to the line when we come back.
K.D. Johnson and-one and he runs into the crowd like a wrestler. Auburn leads Indiana 34-27, and Mike Woodson calls timeout.
Auburn is on a 20-4 run after those Jaylin Williams free throws
KD Johnson just gave #Auburn its first lead today at the free throw line. It's 28-26 Tigers with 7:27 to go in the half.
Dylan Cardwell just check back in for Jaylin Williams. More double-big minutes for #Auburn with Cardwell and Johni Broome.
Aden Holloway, shake and bake. Indiana's lead is down to 26-24 (9:00 1H).
Aden Holloway looks Back
Ten minutes into this one and #Auburn is shooting its first free throws. Also — Dylan Cardwell just check in for Jaylin Williams. We're about to see Cardwell and Johni Broome share the floor.
Auburn is going with two centers on the floor with Broome and Cardwell.
Auburn is about to run a double-big lineup of Johni Broome and Dylan Cardwell together
Hoosiers at 1.58 points per possession: https://t.co/W9OwKyUIuH
11:27 1H | Indiana 22, #Auburn 16 Jaylin Williams and Denver Jones hit a pair of 3s in 34 seconds, and what was once a 12-point lead gets cut in half.
Tre Donaldson is doing a nice job of pushing the pace for Auburn's offense, and the Tigers have trimmed the lead a bit, 22-16, with back-to-back triples from Jaylin Williams and Denver Jones (11:27 1H).
Indiana is: +7 on the boards +3 in assists +7 in fastbreak points
We're at the 12:58 mark of the first half and #Auburn F Chaney Johnson has three fouls.
15:27 1H | Indiana 14, #Auburn 6 Hoosiers have made no more than four 3s in a game this season. They hit their fourth of the day less than four minutes into this one.
Indiana came out surprisingly and absolutely firing, and Auburn has missed its last four shots Tigers trail by 8 at the under-16 timeout
Indiana averages 3.1 made triples a game. The Hoosiers are 4-5 from deep to start this one.
Indiana is 4-5 from 3, as we all expected.
IU is up 9-6 and all of its points are from beyond the arc. All of #Auburn's are also from deep — and they all belong to Aden Holloway.
IU opens the game with three-straight 3s. Just like you expected. #iubb
Indiana starts 3-3 from deep.
The first 9 points have all been 3s, one of which came from #Auburn freshman Aden Holloway. Hoosiers out to an early 6-3 lead.
and, of course, after how much was made about Indiana not shooting or making many 3s, they hit three on their first three possessions
Strong crowd for Indiana vs. Auburn at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. #iubb https://t.co/TjjIdUNmuV
Auburn starting this game with Jaylin Williams on Kel'el Ware (the 5) and Johni Broome on Malik Reneau (the 4)
It's the usuals who will start for #Auburn: G Aden Holloway; G Denver Jones; F Chris Moore; F Jaylin Williams; C Johni Broome Tipoff less than five minutes out.
the usual starting lineup for Auburn today vs. Indiana in Atlanta Aden Holloway Denver Jones Chris Moore Jaylin Williams Johni Broome
If Auburn-Indiana is close, this has the potential of an NCAA tournament-type game. Looooots of crimson and cream here in State Farm Arena.
If Auburn-Indiana is close, this has the potential of NCAA tournament-type game. Looooots of crimson and cream here in State Farm Arena.
Extensive availability report for Indiana today prior to matchup with Auburn here in Atlanta: https://t.co/wAM4zMicpr
Indiana's trip to Atlanta to face Auburn has added meaning for Mike Woodson, Yasir Rosemond, Kaleb Banks, Jakai Newton. #iubb From @Jared_Kelly7 https://t.co/NLBs9oDXlt
ATLANTA — Indiana coach Mike Woodson, assistants Yasir Rosemond and Brian Walsh watched several recruiting prospects Friday at @OvertimeElite. #iubb Who they watched, how they played, what they said postgame. ⏩⏩ https://t.co/QNQs6swX7Q https://t.co/xpTk3wNP5x
ATLANTA — Indiana (7-1) vs. Auburn (5-2), 2 pm, ESPN2, from State Farm Arena, home of the Atlanta Hawks. #iubb @INBBallSource breaks down what Indiana faces in Bruce Pearl’s squad. https://t.co/TYzMvCgUiH
11-2 run to start the fourth
ATLANTA — Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson is watching a number of nationally ranked recruiting prospects here at @OvertimeElite. #iubb https://t.co/EM7jBdzZAi
Johni Broome has 51 points and 26 boards over his past two games. Up next for him and Auburn? "The best frontcourt we play all year" in Indiana, with two of the three most efficient scorers in the Big Ten, including 7-footer Kel'el Ware. 🍿🍿https://t.co/gZZ6KRYHtK https://t.co/CkWATxiv8O