GAME RECAP: #15 Auburn 70, George Mason 52

Auburn opened the season with a defensive-minded victory over George Mason tonight at Neville Arena, with the Tigers winning 70-52. A slew of new faces joined old favorites as Bruce Pearl mixed and matched different lineups to figure out the right concoction to defense a conference championship. With that strategy tonight, nearly everyone got plenty of run and the Tigers had fairly even scoring, although they were led by Wendell Green and K.D. Johnson with 16 points and 12 points respectively.

Some old issues reared their heads, including free throws and three pointers, but the defense was outstanding and masked many of those problems. Auburn nabbed 14 steals, 10 blocks, and forced 19 total…