Dylan Cardwell scored his only points on consecutive dunks in the final minutes as No. 12 Auburn held off ninth-seeded Mississippi State 73-66 to reach the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game. The SEC’s top three seeds lost their openers Friday for the first time in this tournament since 1983.
Auburn center Dylan Cardwell reacts after scoriong during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Mississippi State at the Southeastern Conference tournament Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl yells to his team on the floor during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Mississippi State at the Southeastern Conference tournament Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. Mississippi State forward D.J.
With the SEC’s top three seeds losing their openers Friday for the first time in this tournament since 1983, that left a wide-open path for to win the event for the first time since 2019. The Tigers are in the title game for the fifth time in program history.Chad Baker-Mazara led five Tigers in double figures with 14 points. Denver Jones and Jaylin Williams each added 13. Johni Broome and Tre Donaldson had 10 apiece..
Mississippi State led 31-29 before Williams beat the buzzer driving to the basket for a layup, tying it up at 31 going into halftime after Auburn trailed 12-4 early. Broome’s 3 in the opening minute of the second half put the Tigers ahead to stay.Mississippi State: The Bulldogs dominated the boards with a 37-29 edge. But after a 10-1 scoring edge off second-chance points by halftime, they didn’t convert those rebounds in the second half. Auburn outscored them 4-2 after halftime. ...
Auburn: Bruce Pearl joined Sonny Smith as the only coaches in program history to reach the title game multiple times. Smith went 1-1 in his trips in 1984 and ’85. The Tigers also went in 2000, and Pearl led them to theTERESA M. WALKER Walker covers sports in Tennessee for The Associated Press, including college sports and the NFL’s Titans, the NBA’s Grizzlies and the NHL’s Predators.
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