Auburn passed its first test of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday by defeating Iowa, 83-75 at Legacy Arena in Birmingham.
Auburn jumped out of the gate in the second half by taking a lead of 17 points before Iowa stormed back to cut the lead down to four. [autotag]Wendell Green Jr.[/autotag] would score 10 of Auburn’s final 17 points to help the Tigers run away with the win.
Next up for the No. 9 seed Tigers is the No. 1 seed Houston Cougars on Saturday evening at 6:10 p.m. CT. Houston advances to the round of 32 after knocking off No. 16 seed Northern Kentucky on Thursday night.
Ahead of Saturday’s game between Auburn and Houston, here’s a rundown of five key pieces of information about the Cougars.