National Basketball Association
Auburn 76, Nicholls State 54
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, November 8, 2013
Where: Auburn Arena, Auburn, Alabama
Officials:
# Antinio Petty, # C. J. Washington, # Tracy Woodson
Attendance:
4196
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Auburn 76, Nicholls State 52: KT Harrell scored a game-high 21 points and Chris Denson added 20 as the
host Tigers cruised in the season opener for both teams.
Harrell shot 6-of-9 from the
field to score 15 of his points in the first half. The Tigers, who went
15-for-19 from the free-throw line in the first half, led 37-29 at the break.
T.J. Carpenter and Jeremy Smith scored nine
points apiece for Nicholls State, which shot 33.9 percent from the floor and hit just 10-of-22 free throws. Dantrell Thomas and Cade Towers each scored eight points.
Auburn won the rebounding
battle 39-34 and had seven blocked shots to the Colonels' one. The Tigers
used a 14-2 second-half run to build their lead to 68-41.
The Tigers shot 47.8 percent from the field. Auburn finished 28-of-41 from the foul
line.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Auburn's Tony Barbee is 7-1 in season openers as a head coach, including a 3-1 mark with the
Tigers. . . . The teams met for the first time in 1993, a 79-76 Nicholls State
win, but Auburn has won the last five matchups. . . . Nicholls State is 2-45
all-time against teams from the SEC.
Top Game Performances
| Nicholls State |
|
Auburn |
|
T.J. Carpenter 9 |
Scoring |
KT Harrell 21 |
|
Pedro Maciel 3 |
Assists |
Tahj Shamsid-Deen 4 |
|
JaMarkus Horace 7 |
Rebounds |
Asauhn Dixon-Tatum 8 |
|
Jeremy Smith 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Chris Denson 11 |
|
T.J. Carpenter 1 |
Steals |
Malcolm Canada 2 |
|
Liam Thomas 1 |
Blocks |
Asauhn Dixon-Tatum 4 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Nicholls State
|
54 |
33.9 |
6-24 |
10-22 |
11 |
31 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
| Auburn
|
76 |
47.8 |
4-15 |
28-41 |
14 |
38 |
7 |
5 |
13 |