When Auburn lost back-to-back road games two weeks ago, by 19 points at Alabama and 22 points at Florida, “we didn’t get discouraged,” senior guard Samir Doughty said. “We just regrouped.”
And they did, with wins over South Carolina and Iowa State. But those games were at home. Tuesday’s wasn’t. Auburn started as poorly Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss., as it did in Tuscaloosa or Gainesville.
But the Tigers didn’t let Tuesday’s game get away from them. They fought all the way back from a deficit that grew to as large as 19 points. Back-to-back 3-pointers from Anfernee McLemore near the midway point of the second half felt like the turning point.