While the Auburn men’s basketball team has been getting much of the headlines on the Plains, the women’s basketball team is quietly off to a perfect 3-0 start.
The sizzling start came to a head on Thursday night, as Arkansas transfer guard [autotag]Taliah Scott[/autotag] went nuclear from the field in an 82-48 victory over Arkansas Little Rock.
Scott scored a game-high 26 points in the victory, which also happened to be her Tiger debut. 24 of her 28 points game via the three-point shot, where she converted on 8 of 14 attempts. The eight long balls tied a program record for three-point makes in a single game, tying [autotag]Tiffany Krantz[/autotag]’s near three-decade record. Scott also tied the Neville Arena record set by Auburn great [autotag]Bryce Brown[/autotag].
The former five-time freshman of the week at Arkansas missed the first two games of Auburn’s season with an injury but seemingly didn’t miss a beat in her debut.
“It was fun being out there,” Scott said postgame. “Being able to compete with my team and win together, it was an amazing feeling and I’m so happy to be back.”
Auburn’s victory was its 1,000th in program history and the third of the young season. The Tigers have outscored non-conference opponents by 160 points to open the season. Scott’s active status, along with dominant front-court play by senior [autotag]DeYona Gaston[/autotag], have the Tigers in a very good spot heading into their first major test of the season against No. 25 Oregon next Wednesday.
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