AUBURN, Ala. (AP) _ Jared Harper scored 16 points while Chuma Okeke and Bryce
Brown each had 14 to help Auburn snap a three-game losing streak with a 92-58
rout of Missouri Wednesday night.
Auburn (14-6, 3-4 Southeastern Conference) used a dominant second half to end
the slide that sent the team tumbling out of the Top 25 following a six-week run
in the Top 10. This one was actually close for the first 20-plus minutes.
Auburn matched its season-high with 41 3-point attempts and made 16 to help
pick apart the league’s No. 2 scoring defense, especially after halftime.
Okeke had a career-high 12 rebounds and Brown made four 3-pointers.
Missouri (10-9, 1-6) got 15 points from Jeremiah Tilmon and 11 apiece from
Jordan Geist and freshman Xavier Pinson, who made his first start. No. 2 scorer
Mark Smith missed the game with an ankle injury.
Okeke scored 11 points in the final 7:32 of the first half to stake Auburn to a
34-31 lead that only grew when the rest of the team heated up, too.
Auburn’s offense snapped out of its funk for a 3-point flurry. Samir Doughty
hit one 3 and Brown added two more, all in a 1:15 span, to push the lead to
double digits for the first time.
Auburn made seven 3s in the first seven minutes after the half to help turn the
game into a rout.
It was the most 3s Auburn had made since hitting 18 in the opener against South
Alabama.
BIG PICTURE
Missouri: Has dropped three straight and six of its last seven games. Made just
nine shots in the second half (32 percent).
UP NEXT
Missouri hosts Vanderbilt Saturday night.
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