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Auburn knew it was going to be tested Wednesday night playing on the road against a solid Dayton team that has made the NCAA Tournament in each of the previous four seasons. In what was the Tigers’ first true road game of the season, they passed the test with flying colors and left town with an impressive 73-60 victory.
“It was a great win in a tremendous environment,” Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said after the game. “I told the team that these Dayton basketball fans are smart basketball fans – some have been here a long, long time – and they saw a really good Auburn team that played really hard, changed defenses and kept [the Flyers] off-balance.