If Auburn if going to finish the regular season worthy of a number one seed, it will need to be better.
The Tigers got off to a rough start against South Carolina, the only program not sufficient enough in the conference to offer a road ‘Quad 1’ opportunity at home, on Saturday. Bruce Pearl’s squad scored just 34 points in the first half to South Carolina’s 40, creating an unfamiliar 6 point deficit going into the locker room.
Broome, who remains the favorite for the ‘Wooden Award’. scored just 4 points on 8 shots in the opening frame. Auburn’s leading scorer, freshman Tahaad Pettiford, managed 7 in just 10 minutes. Gamecocks star Collin Murray-Boyles outstared the pair with 18 in the opening stanza, creating a lead for South Carolina…