Auburn's defense forced numerous turnovers in the first half against Virginia Tech, leading to a 33-24 halftime lead. Johni Broome scored 30 points, helping Auburn secure a 74-57 victory. However, Auburn suffered a 69-64 loss to Appalachian State, with Broome struggling at the free-throw line.
Auburn basketball was 9-of-19 from the foul line in its 69-64 loss at Appalachian State today. Johni Broome was 1-of-7 at the line. Ouch.
FINAL: App State 69, Auburn 64 on a week of wild upsets across college basketball, Auburn falls victim in a true road game at App State these Tigers are in a real cold spell shooting right now, and they've still got some carryover issues with closing in close games on offense https://t.co/buer1XV9M6
Auburn had three straight possessions down by 3 and couldn't get a point out of any of them App State hits a midrange jumper off a scramble play and leads by 5 with 1:04 left no timeouts left for Auburn
GET TO ESPN2 GREAT FINISH COMING IN BOONE. App State leads Auburn by three with 3:15 to go, 62-59.
GET TO ESPN2 App State has held the advantage over Auburn for all of the second half, now holding a game-high eight point lead. 55-47 Mountaineers with 10:15 to go.
Auburn misses a couple open 3s. Then App State buries a contested one. It's 45-39 Mountaineers.
16:38 2H | App State 41, #Auburn 38 Bruce Pearl takes a timeout. Half of App's 8 points this half have been from deep. Tigers are 3-4 from the field out of intermission.
Johni Broome drops one in over the zone, and Auburn retakes a 29-28 lead with 95 seconds till halftime.
3:29 1H | App State 28, #Auburn 25 Tigers have only made one of their past 13 scores and haven't made a field goal in more than four minutes.
7:05 1H | App State 24, #Auburn 23 Tigers have been to the line twice while App is 9-12 on free throws. Seven #Auburn fouls have App in the bonus and Dylan Cardwell and Aden Holloway have two fouls each.
Auburn is just 1-8 from deep early, and App State is 9-12 on free throws (while the Tigers have just been to the line twice) App State leads Auburn by 1 with 7:06 left in the first half
A big run and 9-point lead for #Auburn effectively null as App State just took a 20-19 lead on a 10-0 run. Tigers have seven fouls to App's one. Mountaineers also 9-12 at the FT line.
App State takes the lead on what is now a 10-0 run Auburn having a hard time defending without fouling and getting any of its jumpers to fall
App State fires back after that 9-0 run from Auburn and makes it a 4-point game heading to the line after the timeout 9:43 left in the first half
Auburn continues to play constricting defense, as App State hasn't hit a shot in over five minutes. It's a 9-0 run for the Tigers, who lead 17-8 (12:44 1H).
Auburn continues to play constricting defense, as App State hasn't hit a shot in over nine minutes. It's a 9-0 run for the Tigers, who lead 17-8 (12:44 1H).
App State's offensive action has been good, Auburn is just playing stellar defense. Tigers aren't doing much offensively, either. Teams are a combined 3-11 from the field and tied 4-4 (15:35 1H).
FINAL: Auburn 74, Virginia Tech 57 Johni Broome goes for 30 (!!) and the Tigers force 21 turnovers in a straightforward win. This one wasn't in doubt after the first five minutes. Auburn (5-1) resumes play Sunday at App State. https://t.co/lX46HvhBSf
Auburn has 30 (!!!) points off of turnovers tonight Virginia Tech has... 3
U4 (3:17) | Auburn 67, #Hokies 52 Tech will look back at this and see turnovers and offensive rebounds as the glaring areas Auburn won. Tigers have 25 points off 19 turnovers and 23 second-chance points on 16 offensive rebounds.
Johni Broome has 30 points, a new #Auburn career high.
Johni Broome now has Auburn's first 30-point game since Jabari Smith against Vanderbilt on Feb. 16, 2022
New Auburn career-high for Johni Broome. Now up to 28 points and 12 rebounds.
Johni Broome now has 27 points, which matches his #Auburn career high.
15:51 2H | #Auburn 38, Virginia Tech 29 Tigers have missed their past seven shots going back to the first half, but they're 5-6 at the line after intermission. Defense is holding it down as #Auburn maintains a nine-point lead.
U16 (15:51) | Auburn 38, #Hokies 29 The Tigers haven't made a field goal this half. On the flip side of that, they are 5 of 6 from the FT line. Beran picked up his fourth foul. It continues Tech's foul struggles through 24+ minutes.
Virginia Tech gets a couple makes right before the half, and Auburn leads 33-24 at the break. Tigers are just 1-11 from deep and went a few minutes without a made basket, but their defense is carrying them. Hokies have 12 turnovers and are just 7-21 from the floor.
Johni Broome subs back in and immediately scores he's got nearly half (13) of Auburn's points (28) in this first half
Auburn's defense just forced the 11th (!) Virginia Tech turnover of the first half Dylan Cardwell split some free throws to snap a 9-0 run from the Hokies, who have taken advantage of cold offense from the Tigers Auburn leads by 7 with 3:42 left in the first half