Auburn’s star big man led the way in throttling Purdue in Birmingham
picked up an 87-69 win over No. 16 Purdue at the 2024 Battle In Birmingham inside Legacy Arena in its final game before the holiday break.made his presence known this afternoon. The 6-foot-10 forward led all scorers and rebounders with 23 and 11 respectively, shot 10-15 from the field and added two assists, one block and one steal in 29 minutes of action.“That first 3, I feel like that kind of gave me a little extra kick,” Broome said.
The Tigers fouled a lot, having 18 called on them. They did a good job of preventing eachother from getting into foul trouble, however, as nine different players helped carry the load., 42.9% from 3-point range and 33.3% from the free-throw line. The Tigers were led in scoring and in rebounding by Broome, Chad Baker-Mazara led the team in assists with six. Tahhad Pettiford added 18 points, Denver Jones had 15.
“We beat a good basketball team, but we beat a great basketball program,” Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl said. “I’m really proud of our league. I was concerned about the toughness of our schedule. If we couldn’t handle it, we could’ve hurt our league. But we didn’t. We helped our league, and that matters to me a great deal.
• The win marked Coach Pearl’s 211th win in his 11 seasons at Auburn, putting him two wins behind Joel Eaves, who won 213 games in 14 seasons as the Tigers’ head coach, for the most career coaching wins in program history. • Auburn went 10-of-26 from 3-point range as six Tigers made a shot from long range against Purdue. It was the seventh time Auburn has made double-double 3-pointers this season including the fourth time in the last five games during which the Tigers have gone 40.4 percent from beyond the arc.
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