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Auburn basketball: Sharife Cooper present for Isaac Okoro’s career night

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The first one-and-done in Auburn basketball history just reached a new career-high in points, and his former teammate and fellow Auburn Tiger was there to see it. Sharife Cooper made his way to see the Cleveland Cavaliers face the Phoenix Suns, and Isaac Okoro dropped 32 points to thank his friend for coming.

Though Okoro has had a bit of an up-and-down rookie season, but according to Cavs Nation Coach Bickerstaff thinks Okoro shows a lot of promise despite early criticism. The Cavs’ head coach has high hopes for the former Auburn Tiger, but thinks he just needs time:

“I think it’s easy to criticize.