Auburn's women's basketball team achieved a stunning upset, defeating defending national champion LSU by 5 points. The game drew a record attendance of 7,720, the largest for a women's game in Neville Arena history. Auburn's head coach, Johnnie Harris, praised the team's performance and the support from the fans. The victory ended LSU's 16-game win streak. Auburn's adjusted offensive and defensive efficiency on KenPom are both top 10 in the country, with Arizona being the only other team with similar rankings.
during this winning streak, Auburn's bench is outscoring its opponents' bench by an average of 20.6 points per game and it's even better on defense: the all-bench lineup is forcing turnovers over 26% of the time and has a defensive rating of 67.5 elite https://t.co/jHZHTwuu5J
#Auburn HC Bruce Pearl starts today's press conference congratulating women's basketball and HC Johnnie Harris for an "unbelievable win" against defending national champions and No. 7 LSU yesterday.
Auburn HC Bruce Pearl: "First off, I'd like to congratulate Coach Johnnie Harris for just an unbelievable win yesterday afternoon and thank the Auburn family for an incredible turnout."
Auburn HC Bruce Pearl: "First off, I'd like to congratulate Coach Johnnie Harris for just an unbelievable win this afternoon and thank the Auburn family for an incredible turnout."
There's a lot this Auburn team does right on both ends of the floor. But how does it statistically stack up in the Bruce Pearl era? Impressively, to say the least https://t.co/HPgr5GY67Q https://t.co/FlJHXEjjzS
#Auburn's women's basketball team knew it'd see a big crowd when Kim Mulkey and No. 7 LSU came to town. And whether fans were coming to see them or LSU, Auburn simply wanted to give them a reason to return to Neville Arena. Mission accomplished. https://t.co/2TGlDFsiP8
you can read my AP story from Auburn women’s basketball’s stunning upset of defending national champion LSU here, on the Worldwide Leader: https://t.co/8ErPX6vEma
Auburn HC Johnnie Harris: "We just pressured the guards a lot. When we watched film, we noticed they haven't faced much pressure like what we run."
Auburn HC Johnnie Harris with a message to the fans, who she said made a huge difference today: "We still have a ways to go, but we're making progress. So come out and support this team."
Auburn HC Johnnie Harris said the Tigers had the crucial play where LSU star Angel Reese went iso well-scouted in practice "We'd been defending that all week. We knew where she was gonna go." JaMya Mingo-Young came in with the help defense and got the steal
Auburn HC Johnnie Harris: "We can't get on our heels. We've got to come out and get them on their heels. And we did that."
Auburn HC Johnnie Harris: "We can't get on their heels. We've got to come out and get them on their heels. And we did that."
Auburn HC Johnnie Harris: "I just thought my team came out and fought. They have been right there. Other than the third quarter of the Texas A&M game, we've been right there. They prepared well, they played hard."
The rolling has begun following Auburn WBB’s upset of reigning national champion LSU. https://t.co/tS0iSZY2Dw
JAMYA MINGO-YOUNG TOOK IT FROM ANGEL REESE 😱 Huge stop for @AuburnWBB! https://t.co/5C86aKzrqu
how’s that for a first SEC win? the Auburn women just knocked off defending national champion LSU by 5 in front of the biggest crowd for a women’s game in Arena history https://t.co/qDF0UbsHll
WOMEN'S HOOPS » Auburn def. LSU, 67-62. Neville Arena attendance was 7,720 — largest WBB crowd in the arena's history. LSU's 16-game win streak snapped. Massive afternoon for the Auburn Tigers!
Ja'Mya Mingo-Young just ripped Angel Reese with 10.4 seconds left and Auburn leading by 2 my goodness, what a play
Look at this line for @LSUwbkb-@AuburnWBB 👏🤩 An Auburn women's arena record for attendance! https://t.co/QA2TDzm6CY
Auburn women’s hoops leads No. 7/defending champs LSU by 3 with 3 to play on ESPN.
attendance for today's Auburn-LSU game: 7,720 that's the largest for a women's game in Neville Arena history
get to ESPN the Auburn women trail defending national champion LSU by 1 heading into the fourth quarter been a really fun, back-and-forth contest
The @AuburnWBB team leads defending national champion LSU by 8 at the end of the first quarter. Follow @ByJustinLee for updates from inside Neville Arena. https://t.co/BRvfswL8MA
covering the Auburn women against defending national champion LSU for the AP today if you’re watching on ESPN, you’ll probably see me https://t.co/4ZGymYrcyF
Auburn’s adjusted offensive and defensive efficiency on KenPom are both top 10 in the country. Arizona is the only other team that can say that. Auburn is No. 10 offensively and No. 6 defensively.