The No. 2 Auburn Tigers were tasked with cooling off a red-hot Missouri squad on Saturday to begin the new year with a win. The home-standing Tigers passed the test with ease, taking down Missouri, 84-68, at Neville Arena in Auburn, Alabama.
Missouri held the edge in rebounding and received more production from their bench than Auburn. However, Auburn was more precise at shooting the basketball, which led to the win.
Auburn connected on 57% of its field goal attempts (28-of-49) and shot 48% from three-point territory (10-of-21) to aid in its 18-point victory.
[autotag]Johni Broome[/autotag] led the team in points with 24, and tied [autotag]Chaney Johnson[/autotag] for the team lead in rebounds with seven. Johnson also tied [autotag]Chad Baker-Mazara[/autotag] by scoring 13 points during the game. [autotag]Tahaad Pettiford[/autotag] and [autotag]Denver Jones[/autotag] also logged 10 points to give Auburn five double-digit scoring players in the win.
Re-live some of the special moments from Auburn’s most recent victory by checking out the best photos from Auburn’s victory over Missouri.