COLUMBUS STATE (0-0 preseason) at AUBURN (1-0 preseason)
November 8, 2010 • 7 pm (CST) Auburn Arena (9,121) Auburn, Ala.
EXHIBITION GAME 2 PROBABLE AUBURN STARTERS -- stats from exhibition game PTS REB AST NOTES F 2 Allen Payne 6-6 205 Fr. Cincinnati, OH (Winton Woods) 7.0 2.0 2.0s 7 pts, 3-5 fgs v. W. Ala. in exh. F 22 Kenny Gabriel 6-8 190 Jr. Charlotte, NC (Paris, TX, JC) 15.0 16.0 4.0b dble-dble v. W. Ala. in exh C 41 Rob Chubb 6-10 222 So. Peachtree City, GA (Montverde Acad., FL) 10.0 8.0 2.0b 21 min played v. W. Ala. in exh G 11 Josh Wallace 5-10 160 So. Pensacola, FL (Booker T. Washington) 10.0 3.0 9.0 9 of team's 13 ast v. W. Ala. G 33 Earnest Ross 6-5 215 So. Cary, NC (Panther Creek) 12.0 4.0 1.0 19minplayedv.W.Ala.inexh s G 0 Josh Langford 6-7 207 Fr. Huntsville, AL (Lee) ---- No. 1 HS player in Ala. last yr. u 6-5 210 So. Atlanta, GA (South Atlanta) 13.0 6.0 3.0 team-hi 38 min v. W.Ala. in exh. b G 1 Andre Malone s G 3 Chris Denson 6-2 180 Fr. Columbus, GA (Shaw) 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 min played vs. W. Ala. in exh. G15 Tony Neysmith 6-5 205 Jr. Norcross, GA (Oklahoma) 7.0 3.0 0.0 3-5 fg,16min v. W.Ala. in exh. F45 Adrian Forbes 6-8 230 Jr. Spanish Town, Jamaica (Trinity Valley CC, TX) 3.0 3.0 1.0 3 off.reb,18 min v.W.Ala. in exh PROBABLE COLUMBUS STATE STARTERS -- stats from 2009-10 season PTS REB AST NOTES C 34 Jeremy Grimball 7-0 220 Jr. Jacksonville, FL (Daytona State) 4.5 4.6 3.0b G 1 Blake Zamudio 6-3 175 So. Carrollton, TX (Newman Smith) 5.8 1.5 0.9 G 4 Lamar Williams 6-2 175 Sr. Fontana, CA (Chattahoochee Valley CC) 12.7 4.4 2.4 G 5 Bryant Thomas 5-10 160 Sr. Columbus, GA (Coastal Georgia CC) 5.2 2.2 2.9 G 15 Donta Ridley 6-3 195 Jr. Baltimore, MD (Howard CC) 10.6 2.0 1.5 s --u G 3 Jarmarquis Stevenson 6-1 175 Jr. Manchester, GA (Chattahoochee Valley CC) -b F21 Steve Peterson 6-5 210 Jr. Columbus, GA (Morehead State) ---s AUBURN TIGERS 2010-11 Schedule/Scores RECORD: HOME: AWAY:
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NEUTRAL: SEC:
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Nov. 3 WEST ALABAMA (exh.) W 79-66 Nov. 8 COLUMBUS STATE (exh.) 7 pm Nov. 12 UNC-ASHEVILLE 8 pm Nov. 19 (1) SAMFORD 7:30 pm Nov. 20 (1) CAMPBELL 4:30 pm Nov. 21 (1) MIDDLE TENN. STATE 5 pm Nov. 27 JACKSONVILLE 7 pm Nov. 30 GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN 7 pm Dec. 4 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 7 pm Dec. 11 (2) Rutgers 11:30 am 8 pm Dec. 15 at South Florida Dec. 18 PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE 7 pm Dec. 21 USC-UPSTATE 7 pm Dec. 29 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 7 pm Dec. 31 GRAMBLING 4 pm Jan. 3 FLORIDA STATE 7 pm Jan. 8 LSU 5 pm Jan. 11 at Kentucky 6 pm Jan. 16 at Mississippi State 1 pm Jan. 20 FLORIDA or 6 pm Jan. 22 ALABAMA 5 pm Jan. 25 at Arkansas 8 pm Jan. 29 at South Carolina 12:30 pm Feb. 3 TENNESSEE or 8 pm Feb. 5 at Georgia 12:30 pm Feb. 12 MISSISSIPPI STATE 6 pm Feb. 16 at Ole Miss 7 pm Feb. 19 VANDERBILT 3 pm Feb. 23 at Alabama 7 pm Feb. 26 ARKANSAS 12:30 pm Mar. 2 OLE MISS 7 pm Mar. 5 at LSU 6 pm Mar.10- (3) SEC Tournament / TBA 13 (1) Global Sports Hoops Showcase (Auburn, AL) (2) DirecTV SEC-Big East Inv. (Pittsburgh, PA) (3) Atlanta, GA (Georgia Dome) All Times Central Standard
OFFICIALS Karl Hess (Forest, Va.), Bruce Benedict (Dunwoody, Ga.), Ron Groover (Newnan, Ga.) SCOUTING COLUMBUS STATE The Div. II Cougars are a preseason pick to finish 12th in the 13-team Peach Belt Conference preseason poll ... Columbus State returns three starters and six players overal from last year's team that finished 12-14 overall (6-11 PBC) ... the Cougars have 11 newcomers under first-year head coach Robert Moore, who spent seven years from 1994-2000 as an assistant at Columbus State under the school's all-time winningest coach Herbert Greene ... Lamar Williams led the team in scoring last year averaging 12.7 points per game while shooting 36.3 percent from 3-point range ... this is the exhibition opener for the Cougars and play their season opener at Alabama-Huntsville on Nov. 15.
Auburn-Columbus State Game Facts Auburn Head Coach: Tony Barbee (UMass '93) at Auburn: 0-0, .000 (1st year) Overall: 82-52, .612 (5th year) Columbus State Head Coach: Robert Moore at Columbus State: 0-0, .000 (1st year) Overall: 0-0, .000 (1st year)
Tigers on the Air Network: Auburn Sports Network (internet only at www.auburntigers.com) Air Time: 6:50 pm CT Play-by-Play: Rod Bramblett Color: Brad Law
Series Notes Series Record: Auburn leads 2-0 at Auburn: Auburn leads 2-0 at Auburn Arena: 0-0 at Columbus: 0-0 at Lumpkin Center: 0-0 Neutral Sites: 0-0 Current Streak: 2 by Auburn Last Meeting: Auburn 91, Columbus College 56 (11-26-1984 in Auburn) First Meeting: Auburn 58, Columbus College 54 (11-28-1983 in Auburn)
Tigers on TV Network: Live video streaming via www.auburntigers.com Air Time: 7 pm CT Available on-line for free Play-by-Play: Rod Bramblett Color: Brad Law
AUBURN MEDIA RELATIONS • P.O. Box 351 • Auburn, AL 36831-0351 • (334) 844-9800 • FAX (334) 844-9807 Basketball Contact: Chuck Gallina
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and two steals.
COMPARING STATS (2009-10 Season All Games) Scoring Offense ..............75.7 Scoring Defense .............74.2 Scoring Margin ................+1.7 FG Pct. .............................444 FG Pct. Defense ..............457 3-pt. FG Pct......................331 3-pt. FG Pct. Defense ......354 Free Throw Pct. ...............655 Rebound Avg. .................35.0 Opp. Rebound Avg..........35.5 Rebound Margin ..............-0.5 Turnovers Per Game ......13.7 Opp. Turnovers ...............15.1 Turnover Margin ..............+1.4
68.3 67.8 +0.5 .451 .391 .328 .334 .618 35.8 39.1 -3.3 14.7 15.2 -0.5
AUBURN-COLUMBUS STATE SERIES This is the third meeting between the Tigers and Cougars although this one will not count in the record books. Auburn is 2-0 vs. Columbus State with the most recent game between the two being on Nov. 26, 1984, when the school was known as Columbus College. Auburn won that game 91-56. Auburn also defeated Columbus College 58-54 on Nov. 28, 1983. TONY BARBEE vs. COLUMBUS STATE Auburn head coach Tony Barbee is coaching against Columbus State for the first time. FINAL EXHIBITION GAME The Auburn-Columbus State exhibition game on Monday is the second and final exhibition game for the Tigers this preseason. The Tigers will play its season opener vs. UNC-Asheville on Nov. 12 at 8 pm Central in the inaugural game in Auburn Arena. DOUBLE-DOUBLE KG Kenny Gabriel had game-highs of 15 points, 16 rebounds and four blocks in Auburn's 79-66 win over West Alabama on Wednesday. The Charlotte, N.C., native went 6-of-11 from the field while also having two steals. DISHING IT OUT Walk-on point guard Josh Wallace had 10 points and a game-high nine assists in 25 minutes in the Tigers' exhibition opener vs. West Alabama. The Pensacola, Fla., native also had three rebounds
DR. DRE Andre Malone played a team-high 38 minutes vs. West Alabama while totaling 13 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals. CHUBB HUB Center Rob Chubb notched 10 points, eight rebounds and two blocks in only 21 minutes vs. West Alabama on Wednesday. The Peachtree City, Ga., native shot 5-of-8 from the field. EJ Earnest Ross came off the bench to total 12 points and four rebounds in 19 minutes in 19 minutes in the West Alabama game. The Cary, N.C., native went 3-of-5 from the field. QUOTING TONY BARBEE (On your assessment of the West Alabama game after watching the DVD?) “What I saw was that we have a long way to go. I thought we played hard in spots when we were fresh when we just got into the game, but typically when you get tired is when you lose concentration. You lose your defensive positioning. You lose your awareness. You lose your anticipation about what is happening around you, and then you make mistakes, and that is what we did. When we were fresh and the game was new and we just got in, we were good. As the game went going back and forth, we got tired. We broke down defensively, and we gave up too many offensive rebounds, obviously, and we gave up too many easy baskets. We have to clean all of those things up in practice, and that is what we have been working on." (What do you want to get out of the Columbus State game with it being Auburn's final exhibition before the season opener) “I would hope to see some improvement in those areas. We have to be more consistent with our intensity and our effort. That is not negotiable, and then we have to clean up our offensive execution. I thought we did some good things, but at times we got lazy. We got too many passes deflected. We got too many of our dribble handoffs deflected. We had 14 turnovers, which is way too many against a team that didn't press us one single time. AUBURN BASKETBALL
BARBEE BYTES ... • 19-year coaching and playing record of 431-203 (.680) • Postseason play in 18 of 19 seasons as a head coach, assistant coach and player • 4-year head coaching record: 82-52 (.612) • Averaged 20.5 wins per season as a head coach • 2010 Champions • Coach of the Year (2010) • NABC District 11 Coach of the Year Tournament • 2010 Tournament Final Four • 1996 Tournament Elite 8 • 2006 Tournament Sweet 16 • 1992 Tournament appearances •9 (7 as a coach, 2 as a player) • 6 Conference Championships • 4 Conference Tournament Championships
• No. 3 recruiter in nation by Rivals.com • 6 national top 10 recruiting classes y • 4 players coached are in the • 2002 Champions • played professional basketball in Spain • 2-time 2nd team (1991,1993) • Freshman team (1990) • 4-year record of 91-39 (.700) as a standout at UMass from 1989-93 regular sea• won back-to-back son and tournament titles in 1992 and 1993 • Scored 1,643 career points at UMass So, we have to work on a lot of different things. For the first go around, it was okay. We just have to see improvement in all those areas come Monday night." (On the Auburn student support at the first exhibition game) “The students were awesome for the West Alabama game. If we can have our students acting like that the entire season, we will be in great shape. Now, we have to get our season ticket holders and our fans in the area in Auburn and Opelika and Montgomery and Columbus to come out and support the team regardless of whether it is a practice or an exhibition game or one of the biggest SEC games. We need you here every night. When the lights are on, our team feeds off what happens with our crowd. Our students create that atmosphere, and they were great, but we obviously have to have more people in the seats supporting this team."
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2010-11 SEC STANDINGS
SEASON NOTES 12% With Frankie Sullivan and Ty Armstrong out with injuries, only 12 percent of Auburn's scoring returns from last year's 15-17 team. INJURED TIGERS Auburn lost two starters for this season to injuries in a span of three weeks. Junior Frankie Sullivan underwent successful surgery on his left knee on July 27 while Ty Armstrong had successful surgery after injuring his left knee in midAugust. There is no timetable for return for both players. Sullivan averaged 12.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.9 steals for Auburn last season while starting all but one of the 31 games. The Uniontown, Ala., native shot 43.1 percent from the field and 37.1 percent from 3-point range. Armstrong, who is 6-foot-9, 220, played in 30 games, averaging 2.0 points and 1.6 rebounds in 6.6 minutes per game.
Western Division Auburn Alabama Arkansas LSU Mississippi State Ole Miss
SEC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
ALL 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Ty Armstrong Josh Wallace* Tony Neysmith Frankie Sullivan Kenny Gabriel T.J. Rice* Jake Drum* Earnest Ross Doug Merrell* Rob Chubb Dylan Spencer* Adrian Forbes Varez Ward
F G G G F G F G F C G F G
6-9 220 5-10 160 6-5 205 6-1 195 6-8 190 5-9 160 6-5 215 6-5 215 6-9 205 6-10 222 6-4 190 6-8 230 6-2 192
SEC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
ALL 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
-- through Nov. 4, 2010
MONDAY'S GAMES-(Nov. 8) Columbus State at Auburn (exh.) Indianapolis at Tennessee (exh.) Southern Indiana at Vanderbilt (exh.) Alabama-Huntsville at Alabama (exh.) FRIDAY'S GAMES-(Nov. 12) UNC-Asheville at Auburn UNC-Wilmington at Florida (SUN) East Tennessee State at Kentucky (FSN)
leading returning scorer and rebounder at 2.8 points and 3.0 rebounds in 13.4 minutes per game. In eight games as a starter, the Cary, N.C., native averaged 7.9 points in 24.4 minutes last year while only averaging 1.2 points in 9.7 minutes coming off the bench. He started the first seven games of RETURNING SCORING LEADER the season in place of injured guard Sophomore Earnest Ross is Auburn's Tay Waller and then started the also started vs. LSU on AUBURN TIGERS ROSTER Feb. 27, totaling 6 0 Josh Langford G 6-7 207 Fr. Huntsville, AL (Lee) points, 6 rebounds, 1 Andre Malone G 6-5 210 So. Atlanta, GA (South Atlanta) 4 steals and 2 as2 Allen Payne F 6-6 205 Fr. Cincinnati, OH (Winton Woods) sists in 29 minutes. 3 Chris Denson G 6-2 180 Fr. Columbus, GA (Shaw) 5 11 15 20 22 24 25 33 40 41 44 45 50
Eastern Division Florida Georgia Kentucky South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt
So. Melbourne, FL (Florida Air Academy) So. Pensacola, FL (Booker T. Washington) Jr. Norcross, GA (Oklahoma) Jr. Uniontown, AL (R.C. Hatch) Jr. Charlotte, NC (Paris, TX, JC) Fr. Alpharetta, GA (Alpharetta) Jr. Hoover, AL (Spain Park) So. Cary, NC (Panther Creek) Sr. Birmingham, AL (Vestavia Hills) So. Peachtree City, GA (Montverde Acad., FL) So. Birmingham, AL (Vestavia Hills) Jr. Spanish Town, Jamaica (Trinity Valley CC, TX) So. Montgomery, AL (Texas)
Head Coach: Tony Barbee (UMass '89) * walk-on Asst. Coaches: Tony Madlock (Memphis '91), Randall Dickey (Ouachita Baptist '83), Milt Wagner (Louisville/Memphis '04) Executive Dir. of Basketball: Steve Smith (UMass '81) Dir. of Basketball Operations: Mike Babul (UMass '03) Video Coordinator: Nathaniel Root (Memphis '03) Athletic Trainer: Jarod Grace (Auburn '99)
PRONUNCIATION CHART Tony Barbee ..................... pronounce like Barbie doll Tony Neysmith .................. Nay - smith Varez Ward ....................... VUH - rez Mike Babul ........................ BAY - bull
No. 1 PLAYER IN THE STATE Huntsville's Josh Langford was ranked No. 1 on the final 2010 Birmingham News Boys Super Seniors list last year. He was named the Alabama MVP in the annual AlabamaMississippi All-Star Classic in March 2010 after scoring a game-high 25 points to go along with 9 rebounds while making 11of-17 shots from the field. He averaged 22 points and 13
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Northwestern State at LSU Arkansas State at Ole Miss Tennessee State at Mississippi State Presbyterian at Vanderbilt Chattanooga at Tennessee (SS) Florida A&M at Alabama Mississippi Valley State at Georgia Elon at South Carolina
rebounds on the season in leading Lee High School to the Class 5A State Championship as a senior in 2009-10. Langford is the first No. 1 player in the state of Alabama that has signed with Auburn since Selma High School's Doc Robinson signed on Nov. 13, 1995. Robinson became a first-team All-American point guard who helped Auburn to the 1999 SEC Championship and a 29-4 record, a state of Alabama Div. I record for wins. NO SENIORS ON ROSTER There is not one single senior on this year's Auburn's roster. In fact, there is not one player on scholarship who has earned two varsity letters. Junior Frankie Sullivan has lettered twice, but he is out with injury. WALK-ON STARTING POINT GUARD Sophomore walk-on Josh Wallace is Auburn's starting point guard. The 5-foot10, 160-pounder played in 24 games last year, averaging 1.2 points and 1.0 assist in 7.5 minutes per game. PAIR OF WALK-ONS ADDED Coach Tony Barbee added a pair of walk-ons prior to the start of the season in 6-foot-9 senior Doug Merrell and 5-foot-9 freshman T.J. Rice. Merrell was a three-year letterman at Vestavia Hills High in Birmingham and averaged 10 points and 10 rebounds as a junior and senior. Rice was a four-year letterman at Alpharetta (Ga.) High where he averaged 10 points and five assists as a senior.
2010-11 SEASON • Exhibition Game • Auburn 79, West Alabama 66 November 3, 2010 Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala. Kenny Gabriel totaled game-highs of 15 points, 16 rebounds and 4 blocks while Josh Wallace added 10 points and nine assists to lead Auburn to a 79-66 victory over West Alabama in the exhibition opener in Auburn Arena. Auburn scored the first 8 points of the game and used an 11-0 run deep into the second half to take control of the game. Holding a 64-60 lead, Rob Chubb made a layup with 6 minutes remaining to start the decisive spurt, and Earnest Ross scored six points during the run that ended on his layup with 2:42 left and Auburn ahead 7560. Auburn shot 50 percent from the field in the second half and went 14-of-19 (.737) from the foul line in the final period. Auburn led 22-10 just over the midway point of the first half, but the Div. II Tigers of the Gulf South Conference outscored Auburn 15-1 to take their first lead of the game at 25-23 with seven minutes before intermission. Auburn took the lead for good on a 13-4 run in the final 5:27 en route to a 40-31 halftime lead. West Alabama was led by Marino Thompson’s 14 points and 12 rebounds. West Alabama FG Ryan Fitch, F 5-13 Jonathan Griffin,F 0-1 Korrielle Beavers,G 3-4 Trevell Coleman,G 5-13 Alquan Mendenhall,G 5-19 Dameion Bland 0-2 Drew Faile 0-1 Ibrahim Appiah 0-2 Marino Thompson5-12 Richard Dixon 3-6 Brett Person 0-1 Kyle Belcher 0-2 Team Totals 26-76
3FG 0-0 0-0 1-1 2-5 3-14 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
FT R F TP A T B S M 0-0 5 4 10 5 2 0 2 23 0-0 2 5 0 0 3 1 2 20 0-0 4 1 7 1 1 1 0 28 2-2 4 2 14 4 4 0 3 22 0-0 4 1 13 0 0 0 0 34 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2-2 4 1 2 3 1 0 1 14 4-8 12 2 14 0 2 4 0 27 0-0 4 1 6 0 1 0 1 14 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0-0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 6-24 8-12 45 24 66 14 14 6 9 200
FG%: 1st Half 13-42 .310, 2nd Half 13-34 .382, Game 26-76 .342; 3FG%: 1st Half 3-15 .200, 2nd Half 3-9 .333, Game 6-24 .250; FT%: 1st Half 2-4 .500, 2nd Half 6-8 .750, Game 8-12 .667; Deadball Rebounds: 3. Auburn FG Allen Payne, F 3-5 Kenny Gabriel, F 6-11 Rob Chubb, C 5-8 Andre Malone, G 4-16 Josh Wallace, G 4-10 Chris Denson 0-0 Tony Neysmith 3-5 Jake Drum 1-1 Earnest Ross 3-5 Adrian Forbes 0-5 Team Totals 29-66
3FG 1-2 0-4 0-0 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0
FT R F TP A T B S M 0-0 2 2 7 0 1 0 2 21 3-4 16 0 15 0 0 4 2 31 0-1 8 5 10 0 2 2 0 21 4-5 6 1 13 3 4 0 2 38 2-4 3 2 10 9 2 0 2 25 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1-1 3 1 7 0 1 0 0 16 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 9 6-6 4 4 12 1 2 0 1 19 3-8 3 1 3 0 0 1 0 18 1 2-13 19-29 47 17 79 13 14 7 9 200
FG%: 1st Half 17-42 .405, 2nd Half 12-24 .500, Game 29-66 .439; 3FG%: 1st Half 1-9 .111, 2nd Half 1-4 .250, Game 2-13 .154; FT%: 1st Half 5-10 .500, 2nd Half 14-19 .737, Game 19-29 .655; Deadball Rebounds: 6. SCORE BY PERIODS West Alabama Auburn
1 31 40
2 35 39
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F 66 79
OFFICIALS--John Cahill, Ed Corbett, Tim Clougherty TECHNICAL FOULS--None ATTENDANCE--2,500