NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — With shots not falling, the Auburn Tigers focused on defense to steal away from Memorial Gym with a very rare win.

Jared Harper scored 16 points, and Auburn beat Vanderbilt 64-53 Saturday for the Tigers’ first win at Memorial Gym since Feb. 16, 2000.

“That’s a ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Missouri’s Cuonzo Martin is downplaying his return to Tennessee as a visiting coach for the first time since the end of his own tenure coaching the Volunteers.

Martin already faces enough of a challenge trying to upset the

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — The Auburn Tigers are still scoring at a high rate. The problem is, so are their opponents.

The Tigers, who spent six weeks in the top 10, have dropped from the rankings this week after their first three-game losing streak in nearly two years.

“The biggest thing ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — One of Frank Martin’s best coaching moments this season for South Carolina came away from the games or the practice court. He counseled his senior leader Chris Silva to forget about the team’s early problems and savor every minute he had left to play.

Silva has taken ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Kentucky’s Ashton Hagans is one of the Southeastern Conference’s top defenders, a freshman point guard who arrived in Lexington as one of the nation’s coveted prospects.

Auburn’s Jared Harper is a three-year starter and one of the league’s most accurate 3-point shooters ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Jared Harper’s quick 3-pointer to start the game signaled this would be a more typical performance for both Auburn and its star point guard than the last one.

Harper had 22 points and seven assists and he and the 11th-ranked Tigers rebounded from a rough night to beat ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Shuffling its starting lineup and finding its 3-point shot in the second half helped No. 7 Auburn to a bounce-back victory at home.

Samir Doughty scored 20 points, Austin Wiley had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Auburn held off Murray State 93-88 on Saturday.

Four ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — This is the stage Penny Hardaway wants at Memphis.

Excitement, anticipation and a sell-out crowd for the biggest game the Tigers have played in years. That’s the setting for Saturday’s showdown with No. 3 Tennessee after a nearly six-year break in the series.

“I ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn coach Bruce Pearl has signed a five-member recruiting class to build on a Southeastern Conference championship season.

The class announced Monday includes prospects Babatunde Akingbola, Allen Flanigan, Tyrell Jones, Isaac Okoro and Jaylin Williams.

The ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — The Auburn Tigers gave a sellout crowd plenty to cheer, from a huge early lead over a ranked nonconference team, to the return of Austin Wiley to the court, to a lopsided victory.

Chuma Okeke had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Samir Doughty scored 18 to lead No. 11 ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Jared Harper opened the game with an alley-oop pass to Anfernee McLemore and drained a 3 -pointer a minute later.

It was that kind of opening night for Harper and No. 11 Auburn. The point guard had 20 points, 13 assists and six 3-pointers to lead the Tigers to a 101-58 ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — No. 11 Auburn opens the season with every reason for sunny optimism instead of last year’s dark cloud of concern.

Not only do star guards Bryce Brown and Jared Harper return but so do 6-foot-11 center ...

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Auburn was struggling to put away a mediocre Mississippi team in the second half when Bryce Brown made a crucial 3-pointer to give the Tigers a little separation.

The smooth-shooting junior was just getting started.

Brown made several crucial shots down the ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — After coming out flat in its previous two home games, Auburn gave the crowd plenty to cheer about right from the start Saturday.

Mustapha Heron had 21 points on 8-for-10 shooting as No. 19 Auburn cruised to a 95-70 win over LSU, maintaining sole possession of first ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — With 13 minutes left, Missouri had trimmed No. 19 Auburn’s lead to just one with a 9-2 spurt. Less than six minutes later, Auburn was ahead 74-54.

In a game of runs, Auburn used a 20-2 surge to pull away for a 91-73 victory Wednesday night. Jared Harper led Auburn with ...

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Auburn basketball is on such a roll that guard Bryce Brown is having a hard time keeping track of how many games the Tigers have won in a row.

“It’s 14, right?” Brown asked. “We’re just trying to enjoy this as much as possible.”

Indeed, it’s been 14 straight ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — The Auburn Tigers have gone from looking like one of college basketball’s biggest messes to one of the season’s best surprises.

The 22nd-ranked Tigers (15-1, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) are ranked for the first time in nearly 15 years and riding a 13-game winning ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn coach Bruce Pearl saw his team taking what Mississippi’s defenders were giving, and that wasn’t good enough. So in the second half, the Eagles tried to take over by simply taking charge.

Desean Murray had 16 points and eight rebounds, and No. 22 Auburn erased a ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn’s 88-77 win over No. 22 Arkansas on Saturday meant a trip to the record book.

Mustapha Heron scored 17 points and Auburn fended off a late comeback to secure its 12th consecutive win.

Saturday’s decision, coupled with Tuesday’s win at No. 23 Tennessee, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Auburn coach Bruce Pearl downplayed the personal impact of earning his first win at Tennessee since his own six-year stint with the Volunteers.

He preferred to discuss the giant step his new team took in earning its 11th straight victory.

Bryce Brown and Jared ...

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Needing someone to step up and hit big shots in a close game, Jared Harper accepted the challenge for Auburn.

The sophomore guard scored 11 of his 17 points in the final four minutes to help push the Tigers past Murray State 81-77 on Tuesday night for their ninth ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — The Auburn Tigers approach the season with an uneasy mix of high hopes and high anxiety.

The Tigers appeared poised for one of their best seasons in years, with a run at ending a 15-year NCAA Tournament drought seeming a realistic goal. Then the arrest of associate head ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn coach Bruce Pearl says he doesn’t “know with absolute certainty” which two players were named in a federal complaint against associate head coach Chuck Person.

Pearl said Friday he has suspicions but can’t identify them “out of an abundance of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Being involved in an ongoing FBI investigation limited what Auburn coach Bruce Pearl and his Tigers could say at Southeastern Conference basketball media day.

Pearl being Pearl meant the coach didn’t stop selling his program as much as possible.

“You take all ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl wanted to talk about his team, the season and anything but the federal investigation that has ensnared his top assistant and engulfed the sport.

Pearl would only say Friday that the alleged behavior leading to the arrest of ...

Bruce Pearl’s efforts to infuse a once-moribund Auburn basketball program have been derailed after his associate head coach’s arrest as part of a nationwide federal bribery investigation of college basketball.

Chuck Person, one of the greatest players in Auburn history, faces fraud charges ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — The Auburn Tigers’ progress under coach Bruce Pearl has come with plenty of growing pains, and they haven’t eased yet.

Nowhere was that more evident than last Saturday, when the Tigers blew a 23-point second half lead in a 90-84 loss to Mississippi — after nearly ...