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Broome 得点する／非難する／２０s 17 to help No. 13 Auburn （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Missouri 101-74, dropping Tigers to 0-17 in SEC

Published: 05:03 BST, 6 March 2024 | Updated: 06:08 BST, 6 March 2024

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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Johni Broome had 17 points and eight 回復するs to lead five players in 二塁打人物／姿／数字s as No. 13 Auburn （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 last-place Missouri 101-74 on Tuesday night.

Chad パン職人-Mazara 追加するd 15 points and seven boards for Auburn (23-7, 12-5 Southeastern 会議／協議会), which led nearly the entire way against a struggling Missouri program that's winless in league play. Jaylin Williams also 得点する／非難する／２０d 15.

"You have to give Missouri credit. Most teams without the culture, the character of Missouri and their coaching staff, would have packed it in a long time ago," Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said. "I thought that our 弁護 turned up in the second half. I thought we played more unselfishly offensively in the second half."

Auburn matched a season high for points in an SEC game, equaling its total in a 101-61 victory over South Carolina on Feb. 14. Auburn 得点する／非難する／２０d a season-best 104 points in a Dec. 9 勝利，勝つ over Indiana.

Auburn 支配するd the glass, outrebounding Missouri 41-28 and 持つ／拘留するing a 22-7 advantage in second-chance points.

Sean East II led Missouri (8-22, 0-17) with 21 points and Tamar Bates 追加するd 12, all in the first half. Aidan Shaw tied his career high with nine 回復するs.

"Auburn is definitely a 広大な／多数の／重要な team," Missouri coach Dennis Gates said. "I think this is probably, again, a very, very good team that can make it a far, far distance in the NCAA Tournament. I have 尊敬（する）・点 for what they´ve done in the past, but that second half for us, we （機の）カム out a little flat. I take 十分な責任／義務 in that as the 長，率いる coach."

Auburn opened the second half with a 10-2 run and outscored Missouri 57-35 over the final 20 minutes to 改善する to 12-0 this season when putting up at least 85 points.

"We´re getting really good looks," Pearl said. "The difference in the second half was spacing, 株ing the ball, and 明白に Missouri was a little 疲労，（軍の）雑役d. It´s hard to 得点する／非難する／２０早期に in games when the 対抗者 is fresh and furious."

Missouri 追跡するd 44-39 at halftime after 持つ／拘留するing Auburn to 2-of-14 狙撃 from behind the three-point arc while 変えるing 15 of 16 解放する／自由な throws.

BIG PICTURE

Auburn: The Tigers remain mathematically alive for at least a 株 of the SEC 正規の／正選手-season 肩書を与える. Auburn´s 12 SEC 勝利，勝つs are tied for the fifth-most in program history, and its 23 勝利，勝つs on the season are the seventh-most in school history.

"We talked about playing for seeding," Pearl said. "What I 焦点（を合わせる）d all week on was, 権利 now we´re probably a four seed in the NCAA Tournament, not a bad 位置／汚点／見つけ出す. Three would be better. Five or six would not be 近づく as good. So, I 手配中の，お尋ね者 our guys to understand, look, we lose this game here, we´re a five. We lose another game later on, we're a six."

Missouri: The Tigers need a 勝利，勝つ at LSU on Saturday to 避ける going winless in 会議／協議会 play for the first time since finishing 0-5 in the Missouri Valley 会議／協議会 during the 1907-08 season.

"I think our guys give their very best 関わりなく the 結果," Gates said. "The circumstance that we have had is a different circumstance than probably, I don´t know if coaches have ever had in 20-加える years of coaching, whether they´ve been 長，率いる coach for 20 years, 20 years as an assistant, have gone through five in-season 外科s and mostly guys in the same position. I think those things you have to take account for, but I´m not setting an excuse for anything."

UP NEXT

Auburn: Will host Georgia on Saturday night.

Missouri: Plays at LSU on Saturday night.

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