The Auburn Tigers have won their first trophy of the season.
[autotag]Bruce Pearl[/autotag]’s squad improved to 3-1 on the young season Friday Night, defeating the St. Bonaventure Bonnies 77-60 in front of a large crowd at the Barclays Center.
The win secured a “Legends Classic” Championship for Auburn. They won both games by double digits and were clearly the best team in the tournament.
[autotag]Johni Brrome [/autotag] once again led the Auburn offensive attack, muscling his way to 18 points and 5 rebounds.
As will normally be the case this season. plenty of Tigers stuffed the stat sheet in the win. [autotag]Aden Holloway[/autotag], [autotag]Jaylin Williams[/autotag], [autotag]Denver Jones[/autotag], [autotag]K.D Johnson[/autotag], and [autotag]Dylan Cardwell[/autotag] all contributed 8 points or more and could have done more if not for the blowout nature of the second half.
Auburn’s offense was great, but the real story of their early season continues to be the perimeter defense of [autotag]Tre Donaldson[/autotag], [autotag]Aden Holloway[/autotag] and [autotag]Denver Jones[/autotag].
Tiger guards held the opposition to under 15% from the 3-point line for the second night in a row, as the Bonnies shot just 3/24 from deep.
Auburn also out-rebounded, out-assisted, and out-blocked St. Bonaventure. The Orange and Blue also had one less turnover.
St. Bonaventure’s premier player and Atlantic 10 Preseason First-Team guard Daryl Banks III had just 4 points, giving the Bonnies virtually no chance at making a comeback.
Auburn will enjoy this early season championship before they return to action Tuesday at Neville Arena to take on Alabama A&M.