A Friday night in Tampa turned out not to be the fun little adventure that most Auburn fans thought it would be, but the kind of learning experience that can pay dividends down the road. The Tigers escaped a fiesty and tough USF Bulls team for a 58-52 win after trailing by 15 points in the first half. After finding little help from the starters, the Tigers relied on K.D. Johnson to lead the way with 15 points off the bench, and he ended up leading the Tigers in scoring on the night.
Auburn had to contend with the duo of Javon Greene and Caleb Murphy for USF, who combined for 34 of the Bulls’ 52 points, but it was Johnson and Jaylin Williams off the bench who paced the Tigers.