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Auburn Undercover "You play against teams like this, they run such great stuff that they challenge your defense because it's so hard to guard . . . K.D. Johnson is Auburn's leader in steals, averaging 3.0 steals per game, while Kessler leads them in blocks with 3.3 per contest . . . Yale (5-4) vs. No. 21 Auburn (6-1): Auburn Arena, Auburn, Alabama; Saturday, 1 p.m. CST . . . The 6-foot-3 point guard out of Marietta, Georgia has listed his top seven. They are . . . "It's absolutely a barbaric way to go to work . . . Watch: Jabari Smith's alley-oop lob to Devan Cambridge for a slam dunk . . . Everything Bruce Pearl had to say postgame, as Auburn moved to 6-1 on the year . . . Jabari Smith had 20 points, seven rebounds, and four assists, and three steals. Smith is averaging 16.3 points per game . . . Walker Kessler had a double-double with 17 points and 14 rebounds. The North Carolina transfer blocked six shots as well . . . The Auburn basketball Tigers defeated UCF 85-68 on night at Auburn Arena. The 20th-ranked Tigers improved to 6-1 with the victory . . . Walker Kessler may end up being the best center in Auburn history . . . The tip-off for Wednesday night's game will be at 7 p.m. CST and it will be streamed on SEC Network-plus and ESPN-plus. It is the first of two home games for Auburn this week . . . Pearl is excited about playing Central Florida, which Johnny Dawkins coaches. He wants to see how his team matches up with the Knights . . . On Wednesday, Auburn (5-1) will get another crack at the Knights at home . . . "We just played harder (down the stretch)," Auburn head coach Johnnie Harris said. "We made them catch the ball where their 3s toward the end were off-balance instead of in rhythm . . . The Tigers defeated North Florida for a second consecutive season on Tuesday, 72-65, behind another team-leading performance from Aicha Coulibaly . . . Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. CST for a game that will be streamed on SEC+ as the 5-1 Tigers look for a third consecutive victory after defeating Loyola of Chicago and Syracuse last week. Auburn is ranked 20th in this week's USA Today Coaches Poll . . . "We heard originally mid-December. We still have some hope that's around the time we can start to get him back . . . Auburn will try to slow the Osprey attack down at 7 p.m. CST on Tuesday from Auburn Arena. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network-plus . . . Auburn men's basketball forward Jabari Smith, a 6-foot-10, 220-pound freshman from Tyrone, Ga., earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors on Monday . . . No. 20 Auburn men's basketball vs. UCF: 7 p.m. CT on Wednesday, December 1; ESPN.com/watch (SEC Network+ and ESPN+) . . . The forward's success has not been a surprise to Pearl, who in preseason predicted the freshman would be an immediate impact performer . . . Auburn is 5-1 and returns to Auburn Arena for Wednesday's game against Central Florida . . . K.D. Johnson leads all SEC players in steals per game at 3.3 and is 10th in scoring at 10.7 points. The Tigers are averaging 10.5 steals per game . . . The Orange cut the lead to 64-53, but back-to-back baskets by Cardwell and a three-pointer by Cambridge ended the Syracuse run and Auburn was able to coast home with the victory . . . On the day, Auburn had nine total dunks, with most of them coming on alley-oop lobs. Walker Kessler and Devan Cambridge both pulled off behind-the-back dunks on the way to arguably Auburn's most convincing win of the year . . . A season-best crowd of 2,338 saw Auburn get production from all 13 players on its roster as the Tigers cruised to their third win in four games . . . The Tigers turned a 10-point halftime lead into a 55-36 advantage within five minutes in the second half. Auburn broke down the Syracuse zone by leaning on its interior guys. Auburn outrebounded Syracuse 38-28, and outscored the Orange in the paint by a margin of 42-26 . . . Auburn will return to the court next Wednesday, Dec. 4 to take on UCF. The game is scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m. CT from Auburn Arena . . . The Tigers take on Syracuse at 3:30 p.m. CST in the fifth place contest of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. The game will be telecast on ESPN2 . . . The Syracuse men's basketball team is an underdog against No. 19 Auburn University in today's Battle 4 Atlantis matchup . . . The Tigers won 62-53 on Thanksgiving Day at the Battle 4 Atlantis basketball tournament . . . The Tigers have shown through their first two games in the tournament that they are talented enough to hang in neutral environments with tough competition . . . The Ramblers made it as far as the Sweet-16 team in last year's NCAA Tournament and returned four seniors for the 2021-2022 season . . . The Tigers held the Ramblers to just two field goals over an 11-minute span in the second half to take control . . .
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