Welcome back to Auburn Arena, where No. 9 Auburn hosted Division II Mississippi College in the Tigers' final tuneup before facing a loaded field next week in the Maui Invitational.
Below is a blow-by-blow recap of the Tigers' win, which included a 35-0 run in the second half.
FINAL: Auburn 103, Mississippi College 52
-- Auburn improves to 3-0. Easy win as the Tigers pull away in the second half.
-- Slate Garmany splits a pair of free throws to end the run after 35 unanswered points. Snapped a more than 11 minute drought.
-- A dunk by J’Von McCormick on the fastbreak followed by an alley oop to Malik Dunbar makes it a 34-0 run. Auburn leads 102-45 with 3:03 to play. All walk-ons in now.
-- Auburn 98, Mississippi College 45 | 3:45 (under-4 timeout): The run has reached 30-0. Myles Parker with a fastbreak dunk to punctuate it. He’s then called for an offensive foul on the ensuing possession.
-- Auburn’s run has reached 28-0 with 4:37 to play. Some walk-ons check in.
-- Auburn 90, Mississippi College 45 | 7:02 (under-8 timeout): Make that a 22-0 run. The Tigers have now doubled up the Choctaws. Horace Spencer with 14 points and 16 rebounds.
-- Auburn is on a 20-0 run. Horace Spencer abusing Mississippi College.
-- Auburn now on a 12-0 run, including back-to-back 3-pointers by Bryce Brown. It’s 20-2 overall, and the lead is 80-45.
-- Auburn 72, Mississippi College 45 | 11:55 (under-12 timeout): Auburn has made its last four shot and is on a 12-2 run over the last 2:23. Wiley has 16, while Harper has 12. Only Tigers in double figures.
-- Austin Wiley now up to 16 points and six rebounds. Third-highest scoring game of his career.
-- Auburn 55, Mississippi College 41 | 15:55 (under-16 timeout): The Choctaws got within 13. Chuma Okeke stopped a four-on-one fastbreak. Austin Wiley now up to 13 points.
-- Timeout Mississippi College. The Choctaws are within 13 with 15:46 to play. Auburn’s lead is 51-38.
-- Chuma Okeke finally on the board with a 3-pointer for the first points of the half.
HALFTIME: Auburn 48, Mississippi College 29
-- Austin Wiley leads Auburn with 11 points to go along with five rebounds. Bryce Brown has eight, Jared Harper and Anfernee McLemore have seven apiece. McLemore also has three blocks. Horace Spencer with four points and eight rebounds. Chuma Okeke scoreless, but he has seven rebounds.
-- Auburn 44, Mississippi College 22 | 3:25 (under-4 timeout): Austin Wiley to the line for a pair of free throws after the break. He has nine. If he hits one, he’ll have his first double-digit scoring game since March 1, 2017 against Georgia.
-- Anfernee McLemore ends an 8-0 Mississippi College run with a dunk, plus two free throws for a flagrant foul. Bryce Brown then knocks down a 3-pointer on the extra possession. It’s 32-10.
-- Auburn 25, Mississippi College 8 | 7:40 (under-8 timeout): Auburn is easily handling this game despite some poor shooting. Tigers are 1-of-9 from deep and just 10-of-26 from the field.
-- Auburn up 23-2 with 12:16 to play. Austin Wiley has eight points already.
-- Make that six straight points for Wiley off the bench to make it 16-0 before Mississippi College finally gets on the board with 13:55 to play in the half. Horace Spencer follows with an and-1 to make it 19-2.
-- Auburn forced a shot-clock violation out of the timeout and then feeds Austin Wiley down low. He’s fouled, knocks down both free throws. It’s 12-0.
-- Auburn 10, Mississippi College 0 | 15:33 (under-16 timeout): Anfernee McLemore already with a pair of blocks. Austin Wiley about to check in for the first time tonight.
-- Donovan Ham misses a pair of free throws. Auburn still leads, 10-0 with 16:30 to go.
-- Jared Harper 3-pointer make it 8-0. Mississippi College already has four turnovers.
-- Auburn wins the tip, scores on a Jared Harper floater off the glass to kick things off.
PREGAME
-- Auburn starting lineup: PG Jared Harper, SG Bryce Brown, SF Samir Doughty, PF Chuma Okeke, C Anferenee McLemore
-- Mississippi College lineup: G Davy Fisher, G Donovan Ham, F Brandon Boston, F Isaiah Austin, F Marcus Lytle
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Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.