The Auburn men’s basketball team took it to overtime Wednesday night but fell to Oklahoma State, 97-95, at Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham.
) - The Auburn men’s basketball team took it to overtime Wednesday night but fell to Oklahoma State , 97-95, at Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham.“Very competitive game,” Pearl said. “Defensively, we just aren’t where we need to be.
You can’t overreact to one result. We play the game to win the game. I’m disappointed that we weren’t able to beat a good but short-handed Oklahoma State team.” OSU stretched it to a double-digit lead in the first half, but the Tigers closed the gap on the Cowboys and were trailing by just one point at the intermission, 43-42.The Tigers would find themselves in another deficit early in the second half as OSU expanded its lead by eight. But Pearl and Co. refused to give up thanks to players like Keyshawn Hall, who led the Tigers at Boutwell with 26 total points, including seven in regulation and the team’s first five in overtime. “He put us on his back late and did a really good job,” Pearl said. “Every time we dealt with adversity, we didn’t panic and we ended up climbing back into the game.” Tahaad Pettiford gave Auburn its last game-tying score in overtime, a 3-pointer with 18 seconds left. The Cowboys would go on to put the nail in the coffin with just eight seconds left in the game, 97-95. The Tigers took the stage at SEC Tipoff ahead of its exhibition game against Oklahoma State in Birmingham on Wednesday. The first name on the Pearl marquee is among the few things to change under the transition so far. The Tigers still have all 12 of its scholarship players, including a commitment from sophomore guard Pettiford, a key player who had a breakout rookie season. Pearl’s players have another exhibition game on Oct. 30, taking on the Memphis Tigers in Atlanta. The Steven Pearl era officiall starts Nov. 3 with the season-opening tipoff at Neville Arena against Bethune-Cookman.Off-duty Prattville police officer arrested for DUI in Millbrook‘Third Saturday in October’ features potent offenses for No. 6 Alabama and No. 11 Tennessee
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