National Basketball Association
Auburn 64, Middle Tennessee St. 48
When: 9:00 PM ET, Monday, December 29, 2014
Where: Auburn Arena, Auburn, Alabama
Officials:
# Ron Groover, # Anthony Jordan, # Doug Shows
Attendance:
6752
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Auburn 64, Middle Tennessee 48: Antoine Mason scored 19 points as the host Tigers rolled past the Blue Raiders.
KT Harrell contributed 12 points and seven rebounds as Auburn (7-5) won its fourth straight game despite committing 17 turnovers. Cinmeon Bowers tallied 11 points and K.C. Ross-Miller recorded five steals to go with seven points.
JaQuel Richmond scored 11 points and made three 3-pointers, and Jaqawn Raymond scored 10 points for Middle Tennessee (7-6), which committed 24 turnovers. Blue Raiders leading scorer Jacquez Rozier didn’t score and was lost early in the first half with an ankle injury.
Auburn started pulling away in the first half when a 15-2 surge led to a 23-9 lead. The Blue Raiders scored the next five points to get back within single digits before the Tigers took a 31-20 advantage into the break.
A three-point play by Bowers gave Auburn a 40-24 lead with 15:40 to play but Middle Tennessee moved within 10 on a 3-pointer by Marcus Tarrance with 12:08 left. Harrell scored the next five points as the Tigers went on a 14-3 burst to increase the lead to 58-37 with 7:27 to play.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Mason knocked down three of Auburn’s six 3-pointers. … Middle Tennessee had a 31-8 edge in bench points. … The Tigers racked up 12 steals.
Top Game Performances
| Middle Tennessee St. |
|
Auburn |
|
JaQuel Richmond 11 |
Scoring |
Antoine Mason 19 |
|
JaQuel Richmond 4 |
Assists |
KT Harrell 3 |
|
Darnell Harris 4 |
Rebounds |
KT Harrell 7 |
|
Perrin Buford 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Antoine Mason 6 |
|
Marcus Tarrance 3 |
Steals |
K.C. Ross-Miller 5 |
|
Jacquez Rozier 1 |
Blocks |
Trayvon Reed 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Middle Tennessee St.
|
48 |
40.5 |
6-17 |
8-10 |
11 |
22 |
2 |
10 |
24 |
| Auburn
|
64 |
51.2 |
6-11 |
14-24 |
11 |
25 |
1 |
12 |
17 |
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