UNC ASHEVILLE (0-0) at AUBURN (0-0)
November 12, 2010 • 8 pm (CST) Auburn Arena (9,121) Auburn, Ala.
GAME 1 PROBABLE AUBURN STARTERS -- stats from 2009-10 season PTS REB AST F 2 Allen Payne 6-6 205 Fr. Cincinnati, OH (Winton Woods) ---F 22 Kenny Gabriel 6-8 190 Jr. Charlotte, NC (Paris, TX, JC) 2.8 1.4 0.3b C 41 Rob Chubb 6-10 222 So. Peachtree City, GA (Montverde Acad., FL) 1.3 1.6 0.3s G 11 Josh Wallace 5-10 160 So. Pensacola, FL (Booker T. Washington) 1.2 0.5 1.0 G 33 Earnest Ross 6-5 215 So. Cary, NC (Panther Creek) 2.8 3.0 0.8 s G 0 Josh Langford 6-7 207 Fr. Huntsville, AL (Lee) ---u 6-5 210 So. Atlanta, GA (South Atlanta) 2.7 1.9 0.4s b G 1 Andre Malone s G 3 Chris Denson 6-2 180 Fr. Columbus, GA (Shaw) ---G15 Tony Neysmith 6-5 205 Jr. Norcross, GA (Oklahoma) 0.1 0.8 0.5 F45 Adrian Forbes 6-8 230 Jr. Spanish Town, Jamaica (Trinity Valley CC, TX) ---PROBABLE UNC ASHEVILLE STARTERS -- stats from 2009-10 season PTS REB AST F 4 Chris Stephenson 6-3 200 Jr. Punta Gorda, FL (Charlotte) 9.6 5.1 1.8 F 23 John Williams 6-4 215 Sr. Raleigh, NC (Christchurch, VA) 11.5 6.7 2.7b C 33 D.J. Cunningham 6-10 240 So. Waterford, OH (Waterford) 8.1 6.7 1.8 G 2 Matt Dickey 6-1 180 Jr. Trussville, AL (Hewitt-Trussville) 11.5 3.6 3.7 G 3 J.P. Primm 6-1 195 Jr. Dickson, TN (Dickson County) 12.5 4.5 5.5 s 6-4 170 So. Greenville, NC (D.H. Conley) 6.3 3.0 0.9 u G 5 Jaron Lane b F32 Quinard Jackson 6-5 240 Jr. West Palm Beach, FL (The Benjamin School) 3.1 2.1 0.5 s AUBURN TIGERS 2010-11 Schedule/Scores RECORD: HOME: AWAY:
0-0 0-0 0-0
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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 Dec. 15 at South Florida 8 pm 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 12:30 pm Jan. 29 at South Carolina 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
NOTES 3.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg in exh. 11.5 ppg,13.5 rpg in exh. 8.0 ppg, 8.5 rpg in exh. 8.5 ppg, 6.5 apg in exh. tm-hi 13.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg in exh. No. 1 HS player in Ala. last yr. 11.5ppg, 4.5rpg, 3.0apg in exh. 1.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg in exh. 7.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg. in exh. 2.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg in exh.
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long-armed def.&rebounder led Big South Conf. in blks tm-hi tying 6.7 rpg in '10 he & Primm,top conf.guard-tandem strong,athletic hs qb 53%fgs last yr;long&athletic 4 starts last season
OFFICIALS Doug Sirmons (Virginia Beach, Va.), Pat Adams (Mobile, Ala.), Earnie Pheal (Hattiesburg, Miss.) SCOUTING UNC ASHEVILLE The Bulldogs are a preseason runner-up pick in the Big South Conference by Blue Ribbon Basketball Yearbook ... UNC Asheville returns four starters from last year's team that went 15-16 overall and finished fourth in the Big South with an 11-7 record ... UNC Asheville averaged 74.1 points per game last year to rank second in the Big South ... the backcourt of J.P. Primm and Matt Dickey is rated as the top guard tandem in the conference .... UNC Asheville defeated Belmont Abbey 94-70 in its only exhibition game of the preseason behind 30 points from Dickey and 22 points from Primm ... the guard duo went a combined 7-of-16 from 3-point range ... the duo each had six rebounds while Primm added six assists and Dickey five assists and four steals ... head coach Eddie Biedenbach has won more games than
Auburn-UNC Asheville Game Facts Auburn Head Coach: Tony Barbee (UMass '93) at Auburn: 0-0, .000 (1st year) Overall: 82-52, .612 (5th year) UNC Asheville Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach (NC State '68) at UNC Asheville:196-218,.473 (15th yr) Overall: 225-269, .455 (17th year)
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Series Notes Series Record: Auburn leads 2-0 at Auburn: Auburn leads 2-0 at Auburn Arena: 0-0 at Asheville: 0-0 at Justice Center: 0-0 Neutral Sites: 0-0 Current Streak: 2 by Auburn Last Meeting: Auburn 83, UNC Asheville 38 (12-20-2001 in Auburn) First Meeting: Auburn 91, UNC Asheville 60 (12-3-1998 in Auburn)
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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
74.1 77.5 -3.4 .444 .432 .303 .340 .674 39.7 38.4 +1.3 16.8 14.3 +2.5
any other Big South Conference coach and Blue Ribbon describes the Bulldogs as "sneaky good" ... UNC Asheville also will play at North Carolina, at Georgetown and at Ohio State. AUBURN-UNC ASHEVILLE SERIES This is the third meeting between the Tigers and Bulldogs with Auburn holding a 2-0 series lead. In the last meeting between the two on Dec. 20, 2001, Auburn defeated UNC Asheville 83-38. The Tigers defeated the Bulldogs 91-60 in the first game in the series on Dec. 3, 1998. Both games were played in Beard-EavesMemorial Coliseum. TONY BARBEE vs. UNC ASHEVILLE Auburn head coach Tony Barbee is coaching against UNC Asheville for the first time. TIGERS IN SEASON OPENERS Auburn has a 72-32 (.692) record in season openers, including a 51-9 mark at home, 12-17 on the road, 4-3 at neutral sites and 5-3 in non-recorded sites. The Tigers have won 26 of their last 32 openers. TONY BARBEE IN SEASON OPENERS Auburn first-year head coach Tony Barbee has a 4-0 record in season openers and is 4-0 in home openers. The three season opening wins that also came at home were win Barbee's UTEP Miners defeated Arkansas-Pine Bluff 77-50 in 2007-08 and beat Texas Southern in back-to-back seasons, 69-63 in 2008-09 and 89-70 in 2009-10. UTEP defeated Penn 69-66 in Syra-
cuse, N.Y., in his first game as a head coach in 2006-07, and then the Miners defeated UC-Davis 80-76 in their home opener that season. AUBURN ARENA INAUGURAL GAME Auburn vs. UNC Asheville marks the inaugural game in Auburn Arena. The Tigers closed out the 42-season history of Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum last year with a 393-182 (.683) record since the first season in 1968-69. Auburn defeated Mississippi State 89-80 in the Coliseum's final game on Mar. 3, 2019. LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN AS OF WEDNESDAY A limited number of standing room only tickets and premium mid-court tickets remain for the season opener. Standing room only tickets are $10 while premium mid-court seats are $100 each. Premium mid-court seats include a complimentary food buffet and non-alcoholic beverages. All fans in attendance will receive a souvenir game ticket compliments of ADPH Get 10 and the world famous Zooperstars will perform at halftime. AUBURN vs. BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE AU: Won Lost Charleston Southern 3 0 Coastal Carolina 1 0 High Point 2 0 Liberty 1 0 UNC Asheville 2 0 Radford 1 0 VMI 0 2 Winthrop 3 0 TOTALS 11 2 (.846) • Auburn’s last game against a team from the Big South Conference came in Auburn's 77-62 victory over Charleston Southern on Jan. 2, 2010, in Auburn. TIGERS SPLIT EXHIBITION GAMES Auburn split a pair of exhibition games against Div. II teams this preseason, defeating West Alabama 79-66 on Nov. 3 while losing in the last seconds to Columbus State 54-52 on Monday. Earnest Ross averaged a team-high 13.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in the two games while Andre Malone averaged 11.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists. Kenny Gabriel averaged a double-double with 11.5 points and 13.5 rebounds. Josh 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 Wallace chipped in 8.5 ppg and 6.5 apg while Rob Chubb averaged 8.0 ppg and 8.5 rpg. DOUBLE-DOUBLE KG In the two exhibition games, Kenny Gabriel averaged 11.5 points and 13.5 rebounds per game. He 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., followed that up with eight points and 11 rebounds vs. Columbus State. 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 had seven points, four assists and four rebounds vs. Columbus State.
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DR. DRE Andre Malone played a team-high 38 minutes vs. West Alabama while totaling 13 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals. He then scored 10 points off the bench vs. Columbus State.
2010-11 SEC STANDINGS Western Division Auburn Alabama Arkansas LSU Mississippi State Ole Miss
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 notched six points and nine rebounds in 21 minutes vs. Columbus State. EJ Earnest Ross averaged a team-high 13.0 points in Auburn's two exhibition games. He had 14 points and six rebounds while going 4-of-6 from 3-point range vs. Columbus State. The Cary, N.C., native came off the bench to total 12 points and four rebounds in 19 minutes in 19 minutes in the West Alabama game. QUOTING TONY BARBEE (On the home opener vs. UNC Asheville) “I am excited for the home opener. The guys have been working hard, and they
Josh Langford Andre Malone Allen Payne Chris Denson 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
G G F G F G G G F G F G F C G F G
6-7 207 6-5 210 6-6 205 6-2 180 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
ALL 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Eastern Division Florida Georgia Kentucky South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt
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. 11, 2010
FRIDAY'S GAMES-(Nov. 12) UNC Asheville at Auburn UNC Wilmington at Florida (SUN) East Tennessee State at Kentucky (FSN) Northwestern State at LSU Arkansas State at Ole Miss Tennessee State at Mississippi State Presbyterian at Vanderbilt Chattanooga at Tennessee (SS)
have been preparing hard. It will be interesting to see the experience that UNC Asheville has because they only lost only one player out of their top eight in their rotation. They come back with a lot of experience, and they are going to come in here ready to play, but so are we. I am looking forward to seeing a full arena, and everybody going crazy. I know it is going to be an exciting night."
AUBURN TIGERS ROSTER 0 1 2 3 5 11 15 20 22 24 25 33 40 41 44 45 50
SEC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Fr. Huntsville, AL (Lee) So. Atlanta, GA (South Atlanta) Fr. Cincinnati, OH (Winton Woods) Fr. Columbus, GA (Shaw) 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) Administrative Assistant: Corey Speights (UTEP '08) Athletic Trainer: Jarod Grace (Auburn '99)
(On UNC Asheville's backcourt duo) “I am just trying to get a feel off of last year's tape to see what type of team they are and the type of individual players that they do have. They are a talented bunch. They have a group that can score. They play a hard-nosed manto-man defense, and their backcourt is as good as I've seen on tape. They are not overly big, but they really know how to play the game."
PRONUNCIATION CHART Tony Barbee ..................... pronounce like Barbie doll Tony Neysmith .................. Nay - smith Varez Ward ....................... VUH - rez Mike Babul ........................ BAY - bull
(On the inaugural game in Auburn Arena) “It is going
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Florida A&M at Alabama Mississippi Valley State at Georgia Elon at South Carolina MONDAY'S GAME-(Nov. 15) Troy at Alabama
to be exciting. After seeing the opening event that we had when it was sold out with all of those people in the seats and the noise that was being made. I know it is going to be even crazier for this opening night doubleheader. I am just looking forward to getting in there and witnessing the atmosphere, and then hopefully at the end of the day come out with a win." LAST TIME vs. UNC ASHEVILLE Auburn 83, UNC Asheville 38 (Dec. 20, 2001, in Auburn, Ala.) Auburn scored the first seven points of the game and never looked back as the Tigers thrashed UNC Asheville 8338 in Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum. A pair of freshmen notched career-high scoring as Brandon Robinson had 21 points and Marco Killingsworth 17 points and seven rebounds to lead the Tigers. The Bulldogs' 38 points were three shy of tying the 34-year Coliseum record low of 35 by Tennessee in 1997. Derrick Bird threw in a 45-footer at the buzzer to give the Tigers a 38-16 halftime lead. The second half was mostly mop up time as Auburn enjoyed its largest lead of 47 at 83-36 with 41 seconds to play. The Tigers outrebounded the Bulldogs 48-30, forced 21 turnovers and held them to 24 percent shooting from the field. LAST TIME OUT Columbus State 54, Auburn 52 (Nov. 8, 2010, in Auburn, Ala.) Steve Peterson made a fade-away, contested 18-footer from the baseline just before the shot clock expired with 15.1 seconds remaining in the game to
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give Columbus State a 54-52 exhibition victory over Auburn in Auburn Arena. The Tigers had three shots in the lane to tie it as Earnest Ross missed a jumper, Kenny Gabriel’s tip-in fell off followed by a Rob Chubb putback that went awry as time expired. Ross led Auburn with 14 points and six rebounds and Gabriel had eight points and 11 boards while Andre Malone chipped in 10 points off the bench. The Tigers shot a woeful 7-of-20 from the foul line and made a valiant effort coming back from a 12 point deficit with 12 minutes to play. Auburn jumped out to a 10-2 lead but let Div. II Columbus State score 11 straight points, and the game was on from there. The Cougars pushed their lead to as much as six points before settling for a 32-27 lead at the half. The Tigers opened the second half by scoring only two points in the first 8:16 of the second half as the Cougars built their largest lead of the game at 41-29 with 12:19 to play. Auburn then scored eight straight points to get to within 41-37 with nine minutes to go, but Columbus State pushed its lead back out to 50-42 with 3:46 left. Two baskets by Gabriel and a 3-pointer by Ross allowed Auburn to tie the game at 50 with
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2010-11 AUBURN INDIVIDUAL SEASON HIGHS Points Rebounds Assists/ *Blocks/ ^Steals Rob Chubb ............. 4 vs. High Point ......... 8 vs. High Point ....................2^ vs. Georgia Southern Chris Denson ......... Jake Drum .............. 3 at Alabama A&M ...... 2 vs. Georgia ........................0 Adrian Forbes ........ Kenny Gabriel ........ 8 vs. Alabama State .. 6 VS. West Georgia ..............1^ vs. Niagara Josh Langford........ Andre Malone ......... 10 at Alabama A&M ... 9 vs. #2 Kentucky .................2 vs. Niagara Tony Neysmith ....... 2 at Florida State......... 2, three times .........................3 vs. Alabama State Allen Payne ............ Earnest Ross.......... 16 vs. IUPUI ............... 6, four times..........................3 vs. UCF Josh Wallace .......... 5 vs. Sam Houston .... 2 vs. High Point ....................4 at Alabama A&M * Bold if career-high
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AUBURN'S RECORD WHEN ... STARTS: Kenny Gabriel ...................................... 0-0 (.000) Earnest Ross ....................................... 0-0 (.000) Adrian Forbes ...................................... 0-0 (.000) Allen Payne ......................................... 0-0 (.000) Josh Wallace ....................................... 0-0 (.000) When Auburn leads at the half .......................0-0 When opponent leads at the half ....................0-0 When it is tied at the half ................................0-0 When Auburn leads with 5 minutes left ..........0-0 When opp. leads with 5 minutes left ...............0-0 When it is tied with 5 minutes left ...................0-0 When Auburn leads with 1 minute left ............0-0 When opp. leads with 1 minute left ................0-0 When Auburn leads with 15 seconds left .......0-0 When opp. leads with 15 seconds left ............0-0 When tied with 15 seconds left .......................0-0 When Auburn outrebounds opponent .............0-0 When opponent outrebounds Auburn .............0-0 When rebounds are the same ........................0-0 When AU shoots 50% or better from floor ......0-0 When AU shoots less than 50% from floor........... 0-0 When opp. shoots 50% or better from floor ..........0-0 When opp. shoots less than 50% from floor..........0-0 When AU fg% higher than opponents ............0-0 When AU fg% less than opponents ................0-0 When AU 3fg% higher than opponents ..........0-0 When AU 3fg% less than opponents ..............0-0 When AU 3fg% exact same as opponents .....0-0
1:28 remaining. That was the first time the Tigers were able to draw even since holding a 19-18 lead with nine minutes to go in the first half. Peterson drained a jumper to give Columbus State a 52-50 lead on its next possession, and Chubb tied it at 52 on a layup with 49 seconds on the clock. Auburn held Columbus State to only 29.6 percent shooting from the field, including 22.2 percent in the second half. The Cougars made 18-of-26 (.692) foul shots.
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 sucAUBURN BASKETBALL
cessful 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. RETURNING SCORING LEADER Sophomore Earnest Ross is Auburn's 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.
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He started the first seven games of the season in place of injured guard Tay Waller and then started the also started vs. LSU on Feb. 27, totaling 6 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 assists in 29 minutes. 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 Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic in March 2010 after scoring a game-high 25 points to go along with 9 rebounds while making 11-of-17 shots from the field. He averaged 22 points and 13 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. HOME SWEET HOME The Tigers open the first season in Auburn Arena with 20 regular season home
games while only having two road games in November and December. Auburn plays its first seven games at home before playing a pair of Big East teams. The Tigers play Rutgers in the DirecTV SEC-Big East Invitational in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Dec. 11 followed by a road game at South Florida on Dec. 15. AUBURN ARENA QUICK SKETCH The official groundbreaking of the new $86 million Auburn basketball arena and practice facility was on Aug. 29, 2008. The Auburn Arena, with a capacity of 9,121, includes over 29,000 square feet of student-athlete space, a two-court practice facility, coaches offices, the Auburn University Athletic Ticket Office, an AU Team Store, the relocated Lovelace Museum and two food courts along with many other amenities. 360 Architecture of Kansas City, Mo., worked with Davis Architects of Birmingham on the design of the arena. The firm of Robins & Morton of Birmingham served as construction manager. The 243,792 square foot facility features chair back seats along with bleacher seating for students. The building also provides improved facilities for the student-athletes, including men's and women's locker room suites with sports medicine facilities, lounges and team meeting rooms. Along with a strength and conditioning center, a two-court practice facility enables the team another practice areas. The arena has 12 luxury suites on the arena level that not only open inside the facility, but also opens on the outside of the arena for multiple entertaining opportunities throughout the year. Loge box seating also is available as well as on-site food preparation. The seating configuration offers better sight lines and moves fans closer to the court. The furthest seat is just 43 feet in elevation from courtside, compared to 60 feet in elevation at Beard-Eaves, with two-thirds of the seats in Auburn Arena being less than 27 feet in elevation from courtside. The scoreboard features a highdefinition video board with full message/ information center technology. For the student fan amenities, there is a private entrance, a private courtside commons and food court and courtside seating that permits standing with unobstructed views. The new facility serves as more than a sports complex. With over 12,000 square AUBURN BASKETBALL
2010-11 TIGER STAT LEADERS Double-figure scoring games (0) Opponents 0 20-point scoring games (0) Opponents 0 Double-figure rebounding games (0) Opponents 0 Double-Doubles (0) Opponents 0 Games leading AU in scoring tba Games leading AU in rebounding tba Charges Taken (0) tba Floor Burns (0) tba Dunks (0) tba
feet of banquet/entertainment space, its design affords ready adaptation into a site for concerts, other cultural events, convocations and other community gatherings. On-campus student housing is adjacent to the new arena creating a unique "student village" experience. AUBURN TRIPLE-DOUBLES? Never in the 105 seasons and 2,278 games of Auburn Basketball (1218-10591) (.535) has a Tiger recorded a coveted triple-double. OVERTIME RECORD Auburn has a 44-45 (.500) record in overtime games in its history. The Tigers lost two straight overtime games last year in back-to-back road games in an 82-79 loss at Arkansas on Feb. 6, 2010, and an 85-75 loss at Mississippi State on Feb. 13, 2010. Both teams were SEC Western Division leaders. Auburn is 0-0 in overtime games this year. WHAT'S NEXT? Auburn plays host to the Global Sports Hoops Showcase Nov. 19-21 at Auburn Arena. On Nov. 19, the Tigers play Samford at 7:30 pm after Middle Tennessee State vs. Campbell at 5 pm. On Nov. 20, Auburn plays Campbell at 4:30 pm after Samford vs. Middle Tennessee State at 2 pm. On Nov. 21, Auburn plays Middle Tennessee State at 5 pm after Campbell vs. Samford at 2 pm.
2010-11 Auburn Tigers Auburn Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 09, 2010) All games RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
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Player
33 01 22 11 41 15 02 45 00 25 03
Ross, Earnest Malone, Andre Gabriel, Kenny Wallace, Josh Chubb, Rob Neysmith, Tony Payne, Allen Forbes, Adrian Langford, Josh Drum, Jake Denson, Chris Team Total.......... Opponents......
gp-gs
OVERALL 1-1 0-0 1-1
Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
2-1 2-1 2-2 2-2 2-1 1-0 2-2 2-1 1-0 2-0 2-0
46 62 53 63 42 16 51 28 12 18 9
23.0 8-15 31.0 7-25 26.5 10-23 31.5 7-22 21.0 8-13 16.0 3-5 25.5 3-11 14.0 0-7 12.0 1-1 9.0 1-2 4.5 1-3
2 2
400 400
49-127 42-130
TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game
AU 131 65.5 +5.5 49-127 .386 7-33 .212 3.5 26-49 .531 13.0 91 45.5 -2.0 23 11.5 28 14.0 +1.5 0.8 12 6.0 13 6.5 5500 2-2750 -
Score by Periods Auburn Opponents
Totals 131 120
1st 2nd 67 64 63 57
HOME 1-1 0-0 1-1
.533 .280 .435 .318 .615 .600 .273 .000 1.000
.500 .333
4-8 1-10 0-7 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1
.386 7-33 .323 10-38
OPP 120 60.0 42-130 .323 10-38 .263 5.0 26-38 .684 13.0 95 47.5 20 10.0 31 15.5 0.6 16 8.0 8 4.0 0 0-0 0-0
.500 .100 .000 .500 .000 .000 .250 .000 .000 .000 .000
AWAY 0-0 0-0 0-0
F-Throw ft-fta ft%
6-6 8-11 3-4 2-6 0-2 1-1 0-4 5-13 0-0 1-2 0-0
.000 .385 .000 .500 .000
.212 26-49 .263 26-38
.531 .684
Date 11/03/10 11/08/10
1.000
.727 .750 .333 .000 1.000
off
3 5 7 2 7 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 32 36
NEUTRAL 0-0 0-0 0-0
Rebounds def tot avg
7 4 20 5 10 3 2 0 2 1 2 3 59 59
10 9 27 7 17 3 3 6 2 1 2 4 91 95
a
6 2 3 4 8 1 3 5 5 2 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 6 0 13 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
45.5 47.5
39 45
2 -
23 20
Opponent WEST ALABAMA COLUMBUS STATE
* - Conference game
pf dq
5.0 4.5 13.5 3.5 8.5 3.0 1.5 3.0 2.0 0.5 1.0
W L
to blk stl
pts
avg
8 6 0 2 5 1 3 0 1 1 1
26 23 23 17 16 7 7 5 2 3 2
13.0 11.5 11.5 8.5 8.0 7.0 3.5 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0
28 13 12 131 31 8 16 120
65.5 60.0
1 0 5 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 0
Score 79-66 52-54
1 3 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Att. 2500 3000
2010-11 SEASON • Exhibition Game •
• 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.
Columbus State 54, Auburn 52 November 8, 2010 Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala. Steve Peterson made a fade-away, contested 18-footer from the baseline just before the shot clock expired with 15.1 seconds remaining in the game to give Columbus State a 54-52 exhibition victory over Auburn in Auburn Arena. The Tigers had three shots in the lane to tie it as Earnest Ross missed a jumper, Kenny Gabriel’s tip-in fell off followed by a Rob Chubb putback that went awry as time expired. Ross led Auburn with 14 points and six rebounds and Gabriel had eight points and 11 boards while Andre Malone chipped in 10 points off the bench. The Tigers shot a woeful 7-of-20 from the foul line and made a valiant effort coming back from a 12 point deficit with 12 minutes to play. Auburn jumped out to a 10-2 lead but let Div. II Columbus State score 11 straight points. Down 32-27 at the half, the Tigers scored only two points in the first 8:16 as the Cougars built their largest lead of the game at 41-29 with 12:19 to play. Auburn then scored 8 straight points to get to within 41-37 with 9 minutes to go, but Columbus State pushed its lead back out to 50-42 with 3:46 left. Two baskets by Gabriel and a 3-pointer by Ross allowed Auburn to tie the game at 50 with 1:28 remaining. That was the first time the Tigers were able to draw even since holding a 19-18 lead with 9 minutes to go in the first half. Peterson drained a jumper to give Columbus State a 52-50 lead on its next possession, and Chubb tied it at 52 on a layup with 49 seconds on the clock.
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
Columbus State FG Darius McKnight,F 0-3 Steve Peterson, F 5-14 Jonathan Murphy,F 2-6 Jarmarquis Steverson,G 3-11 Donta Ridley, G 2-6 Blake Zamudio 0-0 Isaac Joyner 0-2 Bryant Thomas 1-3 Anthony Smith 0-0 Andrew Houts 1-3 Paul Darkwa 2-6 Team Totals 16-54
3FG 0-0 1-3 0-0 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-2 1-2 0-0 1-3 0-0
FT R F TP A T B S M 0-0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 6-8 11 3 17 1 4 0 0 33 0-0 7 2 4 0 1 0 0 31 2-2 7 2 9 2 6 0 0 33 7-8 7 2 11 2 0 1 2 32 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 0-0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 7 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0-0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 6 3-6 8 4 7 0 3 1 3 30 4 4-14 18-26 50 21 54 6 17 2 7 200
FG%: 1st Half 10-27 .370, 2nd Half 6-27 .222, Game 16-54 .296; 3FG%: 1st Half 2-8 .250, 2nd Half 2-6 .333, Game 4-14 .286; FT%: 1st Half 10-16 .625, 2nd Half 8-10 .800, Game 18-26 .692; Deadball Rebounds: 2. Auburn FG Allen Payne, F 0-6 Kenny Gabriel, F 4-12 Adrian Forbes, C 0-2 Josh Wallace, G 3-12 Earnest Ross, G 5-10 Josh Langford 1-1 Andre Malone 3-9 Chris Denson 1-3 Jake Drum 0-1 Rob Chubb 3-5 Team Totals 20-61
3FG 0-2 0-3 0-0 1-2 4-6 0-0 0-5 0-1 0-1 0-0
FT R F TP A T B S M 0-4 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 30 0-0 11 3 8 0 0 1 0 22 2-5 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 10 0-2 4 2 7 4 0 0 1 38 0-0 6 2 14 0 6 1 0 27 0-0 2 5 2 0 1 0 0 12 4-6 3 1 10 3 2 0 1 24 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 0-1 9 3 6 1 3 2 0 21 3 5-20 7-20 44 22 52 10 14 6 3 200
FG%: 1st Half 10-25 .400, 2nd Half 10-36 .278, Game 20-61 .328; 3FG%: 1st Half 3-10 .300, 2nd Half 2-10 .200, Game 5-20 .250; FT%: 1st Half 4-14 .286, 2nd Half 3-6 .500, Game 7-20 .350; Deadball Rebounds: 5. SCORE BY PERIODS Columbus State Auburn
1 32 27
2 22 25
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F 54 52
OFFICIALS--Karl Hess, Bruce Benedict, Ron Groover TECHNICAL FOULS--None ATTENDANCE--3,000