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Auburn Tigers at Vanderbilt Commodores

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Auburn Tigers
22-2, 6-1 Away
Final
80 - 68
Vanderbilt Commodores
17-7, 12-2 Home

Top-ranked Auburn snaps back with an 80-68 win over Vanderbilt

Highlight: Auburn trio overpowers Vanderbilt's balanced attack

Now Auburn (22-2, 10-1) goes into Saturday’s big showdown for the top of the Southeastern Conference standings, supremacy in the state of Alabama and the top of the AP Top 25. The Tigers came into Tuesday night tied with No. 2 Alabama in league play.

Chaney Johnson finished with 20 points for Auburn, and Johni Broome had 17.

The Tigers scored the first 15 points as they snapped back from their home loss to Florida last weekend. Vanderbilt rallied and finally hit its first 3 on the Commodores' ninth try seconds before halftime to pull to 34-32.

Vanderbilt (17-7, 5-6) took its first lead with a 3 by Jason Edwards early in the second. The Commodores last led 49-48 on a putback by Chris Manon.

Auburn answered with a 12-2 run to squelch Vanderbilt's hopes at its biggest win this season.

Edwards finished with 13 points for Vanderbilt. AJ Hoggard and Devin McGlockton each added 10. McGlockton also grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds.

Takeaways Auburn: The Tigers remain undefeated in league play away from home to start a two-game road swing. They also improved to 14-0 against unranked opponents.

Vanderbilt: The Commodores are 2/3 against Top 25 teams with this their first loss at Memorial Gym as they now are 12-2 at home this season.

Key moment Johnson took control back for Auburn with a 3 as he scored nine straight to give the Tigers a 57-49 lead with 11:38 left.

Key stat Auburn turned it over just twice in the second half and finished with eight.

Up next Rivalry Saturday as Auburn visits Alabama and Vanderbilt goes to No. 5 Tennessee.

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Matchup Prediction

Vanderbilt: 17.1%
Auburn: 82.9%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 80 - 68
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 80 - 68
2nd 0:13 Chris Manon made Free Throw. 80 - 68
2nd 0:13 Chris Manon made Free Throw. 80 - 67
2nd 0:13 Foul on Chaney Johnson. 80 - 66

Statistics

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30-58 FG 26-62
51.7 Field Goal % 41.9
9-24 3PT 3-17
37.5 Three Point % 17.6
11-15 FT 13-14
73.3 Free Throw % 92.9
29 Rebounds 37
10 Offensive Rebounds 16
19 Defensive Rebounds 21
11 Assists 8
8 Steals 7
5 Blocks 4
8 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 1
8 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
19 Points Off Turnovers 12
1 Fast Break Points 10
40 Points in Paint 40
16 Fouls 14
16 Largest Lead 3

Game Information

Memorial Gymnasium (TN)

Location: Nashville, TN
Attendance: 13,032 | Capacity:

2024-25 Southeastern Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Auburn 14-1 - 26-2
Alabama 12-3 2 23-5
Florida 11-4 3 24-4
Tennessee 10-5 4 23-5
Missouri 10-5 4 21-7
Texas A&M 9-6 5 20-8
Ole Miss 8-7 6 19-9
Kentucky 8-7 6 19-9
Mississippi State 7-8 7 19-9
Vanderbilt 7-8 7 19-9
Arkansas 6-9 8 17-11
Georgia 5-10 9 17-11
Texas 5-10 9 16-12
Oklahoma 4-11 10 17-11
LSU 3-12 11 14-14
South Carolina 1-14 13 11-17
Full Standings