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Sydney Shaw, JaMya Mingo-Young and Mar’shaun Bostic each scored 11 points and No. 7 seed Auburn beat 10th-seeded Arkansas 67-48 on Thursday in the second round of the SEC Tournament.
Auburn advances to play eighth-ranked LSU on Friday in the quarterfinals. The teams split the regular-season series, with LSU claiming the most recent game, 71-66, on Feb. 22. Auburn’s win on Jan. 14 was its seventh over a defending national champion in program history. Shaw was the first player for Auburn to reach double-digit scoring when she made a 3-pointer with 4:34 left in the fourth for a 61-43 lead following a 10-0 run.
Mingo-Young also had eight rebounds, eight assists and just one turnover for Auburn. Honesty Scott-Grayson, Auburn’s leading scorer at 18.3 points per game, was held to just six points on 3-of-11 shooting.Freshman Jenna Lawrence made her first start and finished with 13 points for Arkansas . Samara Spencer and Makayla Daniels also scored 13 points.
Auburn scored 12 straight points in the second quarter to take a 33-22 lead on Shaw’s 3-ponter with 1:05 left. Arkansas scored the final five points of the half, capped by Spencer’s 3-pointer just before the buzzer to make it 33-27.
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