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02-22-2018, 08:17 AM
AUBURN, Ala. - What's wrong with a little more Chuma?
Nothing, if you're an Auburn basketball fan.
Bruce Pearl asked the question, rhetorically, on Monday, explaining Auburn's strategy in the wake of a key injury.
Okeke delivered a double-double, a career-high 16 points and 10 rebounds, in No. 12 Auburn's 90-71 win Wednesday over Alabama.
Already shorthanded after Anfernee McLemore's season-ending ankle injury, Auburn faced its in-state rival without second-leading scorer Mustapha Heron, sidelined with stomach flu.
Jared Harper scored 21 points and added six assists, while Malik Dunbar, starting in Heron's place, contributed 14 points and seven rebounds. Bryce Brown added 18 points.
Auburn never trailed. The Tigers broke open a close game with a 17-2 second-half run, punctuated by Horace Spencer's thunderous follow-up slam.
The Tigers outrebounded their much larger opponent, 41-35.
Leading by 3, Okeke's slam reenergized the sellout crowd, Auburn's sixth of the season.
The freshman scored five straight points, including a 3-point play off an offensive rebound to put the Tigers up by 12, 67-55.
Fellow freshman Davion Mitchell hit a pair of 3-pointers to extend the lead to 15, 75-60.
Bryce Brown's jump shot gave Auburn a 20-point lead at 82-62.
Collin Sexton led Alabama with 25.
Auburn raced to an 8-0 lead in the first 1:12, with Spencer's layup and 3-pointers from Harper and Dunbar, who started in place of the flu-ridden Heron.
Harper hit a 3 from 8 feet behind the line, followed by Dunbar's 3-pointer, giving Auburn a 14-2 lead.
With Auburn leading 19-11, Spencer picked up his second foul with 11:44 in the half.
Brown hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key to put Auburn in front 26-17 at the 8:37 mark.
After an 8-0 Alabama run tied the score at 30, Auburn answered with its own 8-0 run, keyed by 3s from Okeke and Brown.
Sexton hit a shot at the buzzer to trim Auburn's halftime lead to 40-35.
The Tigers improved to 24-4, 12-3 in the SEC, closing in on the conference championship.
http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-bas...18aaa.html
Nothing, if you're an Auburn basketball fan.
Bruce Pearl asked the question, rhetorically, on Monday, explaining Auburn's strategy in the wake of a key injury.
Okeke delivered a double-double, a career-high 16 points and 10 rebounds, in No. 12 Auburn's 90-71 win Wednesday over Alabama.
Already shorthanded after Anfernee McLemore's season-ending ankle injury, Auburn faced its in-state rival without second-leading scorer Mustapha Heron, sidelined with stomach flu.
Jared Harper scored 21 points and added six assists, while Malik Dunbar, starting in Heron's place, contributed 14 points and seven rebounds. Bryce Brown added 18 points.
Auburn never trailed. The Tigers broke open a close game with a 17-2 second-half run, punctuated by Horace Spencer's thunderous follow-up slam.
The Tigers outrebounded their much larger opponent, 41-35.
Leading by 3, Okeke's slam reenergized the sellout crowd, Auburn's sixth of the season.
The freshman scored five straight points, including a 3-point play off an offensive rebound to put the Tigers up by 12, 67-55.
Fellow freshman Davion Mitchell hit a pair of 3-pointers to extend the lead to 15, 75-60.
Bryce Brown's jump shot gave Auburn a 20-point lead at 82-62.
Collin Sexton led Alabama with 25.
Auburn raced to an 8-0 lead in the first 1:12, with Spencer's layup and 3-pointers from Harper and Dunbar, who started in place of the flu-ridden Heron.
Harper hit a 3 from 8 feet behind the line, followed by Dunbar's 3-pointer, giving Auburn a 14-2 lead.
With Auburn leading 19-11, Spencer picked up his second foul with 11:44 in the half.
Brown hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key to put Auburn in front 26-17 at the 8:37 mark.
After an 8-0 Alabama run tied the score at 30, Auburn answered with its own 8-0 run, keyed by 3s from Okeke and Brown.
Sexton hit a shot at the buzzer to trim Auburn's halftime lead to 40-35.
The Tigers improved to 24-4, 12-3 in the SEC, closing in on the conference championship.
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