The Auburn Tigers passed their first road test of the season with a 73-60 victory on Wednesday night against the Dayton Flyers. With the win, Auburn improved to 5-1 on the season while Dayton fell to 3-3. Overall, the Tigers shot 22-57 (38.6%) for the game, 10-25 (40%) from 3-point range and 19-24 (79.2%) from the free throw line. Defensively, Auburn held their opponent to their lowest point output of the season and forced 19 turnovers. Auburn held Dayton to 36.2% shooting for the game.
After being held to 2 points in the first half, Mustapha Heron led the Tigers with 21 points on 7-13 shooting and also had 7 rebounds.