If it wasn’t apparent already, the 2024-2025 Auburn Tigers basketball team is “National Championship good.”
Johni Broome and company dismantled another opponent from start to finish on Saturday, this time completely running through a solid BIG 10 squad, Ohio State, 91-53. The aforementioned Broome was again dominant, posting a first half double-double in another “Wooden Award Worthy” 21-point, 20-rebound performance. The 20/20 performance was the first by a Tiger since 1989, when forward Kelvin Ardister accomplished the feat. As a team, Ohio State pulled down just eight more rebounds than Broome.
While the best player on Auburn, and arguably in the nation, stole the show on Saturday, he had some great performances by his good neighbors in the backcourt throughout the effort at State Farm Arena. Denver Jones showed off his best 3-point stroke of the season in a 14-point, 4 long ball effort, while Tahaad Pettiford and Miles Kelly each connected on three field goals. Broome’s front court mate, center Dylan Cardwell, was also able to finish with double-digit scoring figures for the third time this season.
Auburn’s victory was its fourth of 30+ points this season, and first that was not on the Plains in Neville Arena. Bruce Pearl’s team has now outscored opponents by 82 total points over their last two games, giving the No. 2 ranked Tigers plenty of momentum heading into the final stretch of the non-conference schedule, where a date with No. 11 ranked Purdue awaits a week from today.