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1 AUBURN BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Auburn Athletics Communications 392 South Donahue Drive Auburn, AL AuburnTigers.com Facebook: Facebook.com/Auburn MBB COACHES Bruce Pearl (Boston College, 1982) Auburn Record (.400) (1st year) vs. Georgia (1.000) Overall Record (.744) (20th year) Division I Record (.675) (11th year) vs. Georgia (.786) Mark Fox (Eastern New Mexico, 1991) Georgia Record (.545) (6th year) vs. Auburn (.429) Overall (.636) (11th year) vs. Auburn (.429) SERIES Tied, at Auburn...AU leads, at Athens...AU trails, at neutral sites...au leads, 9-8 Last Meeting... Auburn 69, Georgia 68 (2/14/15) Current Streak... Auburn W2 RANKINGS (AP/Coaches) Auburn... Not Ranked Georgia... Not Ranked TV SEC Network Dave Neal...Play by Play Jon Sundvold...Analyst VS. GAME 31 AUBURN (12-18, 4-13 SEC) vs GEORGIA (19-10, 10-7 SEC) March 7, P.M. CT TV: SEC Network Radio: Auburn IMG Sports Network Auburn Arena (9,121) Auburn, Ala. THE GAME Auburn (12-18, 4-13 SEC) closes out the regular season looking for a season sweep of Georgia (19-10, 10-7 SEC) on Saturday at Auburn Arena. Tip is set for 3 p.m. CT on the SEC Network. THE OPENING TIP Saturday is senior day for Malcolm Canada, KT Harrell, Antoine Mason and K.C. Ross-Miller Auburn is 5th nationally in free throw attempts (736) and 21st in free throws made (491) KT Harrell has scored 20-or-more points in 15 games this season. He has now topped the 20-point mark 27 times at Auburn. He has also scored 10-plus points in 56 out of 60 career games at Auburn, including 26 this season. He became the 35th member of the Auburn 1,000 career points club during the home loss to Alabama Cinmeon Bowers has had 14 double-doubles and currently leads the SEC and is 20th nationally in rebounding (9.9 rpg) and is 15th in the league in scoring (12.6 ppg). His 14 double-doubles are second in the SEC and 17th nationally. Antoine Mason is not expected play in Saturday s game against Georgia KT Harrell is in the top 100 nationally in points per game (17.9/44th), 3-point field goals per game (2.80/32nd), 3-point field goal percentage (.442/7th), total points (538/35th), total field goals made (171/81st), 3-point field goal attempts (190/71st), 3-point field goals made (84/27th) and total field goal attempts (367/95th) Auburn is in its 109th season of basketball and has an all-time record of 1,264-1,136-1 (.527) RADIO AUBURN IMG NETWORK The Auburn IMG Sports Network provides coverage via 50+ stations covering the Southeast: Rod Bramblett (play-by-play) and Sonny Smith (color) IN AUBURN WGZZ FM ONLINE... AuburnTigers.com SATELLITE... Sirius 113/XM 191 AUBURN BASKETBALL COMMUNICATIONS Dan Froehlich... Associate Director /Primary Contact danf@auburn.edu Evan Roberts... Media Relations Assistant evan.roberts@auburn.edu Kirk Sampson... Associate AD kirk@auburn.edu Main Office Phone: Fax: Web site: Live stats: Auburn.Statbroadcast.com #5 Cinmeon Bowers #25 Jordon Granger AUBURN (12-18, 4-13 SEC) Date Opponent Score/Time Nov. 14 UW-MILWAUKEE (ESPNU) W, Nov. 18 at Colorado (ESPN2) L, Nov. 21 LOUISIANA (FSN) W, Nov. 24 vs. Tulsa (Las Vegas) (ESPNU) L, Nov. 26 vs. Oregon St. (ESPN3) W, Dec. 3 at Texas Tech (SECN) L, Dec. 5 COASTAL CAROLINA (FSN) L, Dec. 14 at Clemson (ESPN3.com) L, Dec. 17 WINTHROP (SECN) W, Dec. 20 XAVIER (SECN) W, (2ot) Dec. 23 TEXAS SOUTHERN (SECN+) W, Dec. 29 MIDDLE TENN. ST. (SECN) W, Jan. 3 NORTH ALABAMA (SECN) W, Jan. 6 *at Vanderbilt (ESPNU) L, Jan. 10 *MISSOURI (SECN) W, PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP #1 KT Harrell Jan. 15 *at Florida (ESPN2) L, Jan. 17 *SOUTH CAROLINA (SECN) W, Jan. 21 *MISSISSIPPI STATE (SECN) L, Jan. 24 *at Alabama (SECN) L, Jan. 27 *TEXAS A&M (--/RV) (SECN) L, Jan. 31 *at Tennessee (ESPN2) L, Feb. 5 *at LSU (--/RV) (ESPN2) W, Feb. 7 *OLE MISS (SECN) L, Feb. 10 *ARKANSAS (--/23) (ESPNU) L, Feb. 14 *at Georgia (Fox Sports South) W, Feb. 17 *ALABAMA (ESPNU) L, Feb. 21 *at Kentucky (ESPN) (--/1) L, Feb. 24 *LSU (ESPNU) L, Feb. 28 *at Texas A&M (SECN) (--/RV) L, Mar. 3 *at Missouri (SECN) L, Mar. 7 *GEORGIA (SECN) 3 p.m. Mar. 11 SEC Tournament (SECN / ESPN) TBA All times Central #12 K.C. Ross-Miller #23 TJ Lang Jr. - Forward Racine, Wis. Pts: 12.6 Rebs: 9.9 Mins: 30.3 Jr. - Forward St. Louis, Mo. Pts: 4.7 Rebs: 3.3 Mins: 23.4 Sr. - Guard Montgomery, Ala. Pts: 17.9 Rebs: 2.9 Mins: 33.0 GS - Guard Grand Prairie, Texas Pts: 6.6 Rebs: 1.8 Mins: 24.2 Fr. - Guard Mobile, Ala. Pts: 2.4 Rebs: 1.1 Mins: 11.6 Game 31 Georgia at Auburn March 7, P.M. CT Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala. Page 1

2 8 NCAA TOURNAMENTS: #00 Malcolm Canada Sr. - Guard Austin, Texas Pts: 5.3 Rebs: 2.7 Ast: 60 Mins: 21.7 Back-up point guard in Logging minutes at the point along with KC Ross-Miller as well as at the 4... Shooting.359 (47-131) from the floor and.670 (59-88) from the FT line percent of his points (59 of 159) have come at the FT line... Second on the team in assists (60)... Scored all 8 of his points at Georgia in the second half points and 5 rebounds vs. Arkansas points (11 in the second half) and career-high-tying 6 rebounds against Ole Miss... 6 points, 5 assists against Mississippi State... Making his first career start had 9 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds at Vanderbilt... Career-high 6 rebounds against North Alabama to go along with 8 points and 5 assists... Career-high 15 points in the win over Xavier... Hit the game-winning free throws with 14 seconds left in the second OT... Was 5-6 at the line against Xavier #1 KT Harrell Sr. - Guard Montgomery, Ala. Pts: 17.9 Rebs: 2.9 Ast: 43 Mins: 33.0 Coaches preseason All-SEC second team selection... Top returning scorer in the SEC (18.3 ppg)... Has scored in double figures in 69 out of 102 career games, in 56 out of 60 career games at Auburn and 27 out of 30 this season... Surpassed the 1,000 career points barrier with a 3 with 13:39 left in the first half against Winthrop... Now has 1,387 career points... 1,086 of his points have come in the last year-plus at Auburn (301 points at Virginia from ) point games during AU career including 15 this season... 1st in the the SEC in scoring (17.9 ppg / 44th in NCAA)... 6th in the SEC in field goal percentage (.466)... SEC leader in 3-point field goal percentage (.442/7th in NCAA) and 3-point field goals made per game (2.80/32nd in NCAA)... Has made at least 1 3-pointer in 26 straight games, in 29 of 30 games this season and 58 of 60 career games at Auburn pointers made against Coastal Carolina are a SEC-high this season... 9th in SEC in minutes played (33.0)... Team s high-scorer 18 times... SEC Player of the Week on Dec. 22 after wins over Winthrop and Xavier... Season-high 28 points at LSU (2/5) #4 Trayvon Reed Fr. - Center Mobile, Ala. Pts: 1.1 Rebs: 2.0 Blk: 16 Mins: 8.7 Joined the team in December... Shot blocker that is providing help in the paint... Has been used late in close games to defend the inbounds pass... Third on the team in blocked shots (16)... SEC season-high 4 rebounds at Texas A&M... SEC-high 17 minutes at Texas A&M... 4 points, 5 rebounds and 5 blocks in double overtime win over Xavier... Hit a pair of free throws in the second overtime... 2 points, 2 blocks and 8 rebounds in 12 minutes against Winthrop... Played 8 minutes at Clemson after going through just one practice and a shoot around after joining the team #5 Cinmeon Bowers Jr. - Forward Racine, Wis. Pts: 12.6 Rebs: 9.9 Mins: 30.3 #12 K.C. Ross-Miller GS - Guard Grand Prairie, Texas Pts: 6.6 Rebs: 1.8 Ast: 69 Mins: 24.2 #13 Tahj Shamsid-Deen So. - Guard Decatur, Ga. Pts: 6.1 Ast: 35 Mins: 23.2 #14 Antoine Mason GS - Guard Queens, N.Y. Pts: 15.1 Rebs: 2.4 Ast: 23 Mins: 29.7 SEC leader and 20th nationally in rebounding (9.9 rpg)... League leader in offensive rebounds (3.8) and 2nd in defensive rebounds (6.1)... 15th in the league in scoring (12.6 ppg) total rebounds rank 14th nationally... Four straight double-doubles to open Auburn career and has 14 on the season (2nd in SEC, 17th nationally), six of which have come in SEC play... Averaging 11.8 ppg and 8.8 rpg in SEC play double-doubles are the most by an Auburn player in a season since Jeff Moore had 14 in Last with more than 14 was Mike Mitchell in (18) rebounds are most by an Auburn player since Korvotney Barber finished season with school record 347 (in 36 games, 9.6 rpg)... SEC Player of the Week (11/17)... Career-high 20 points against Missouri (1/10), North Alabama (1/3) and Louisiana (11/21)... Has recorded 17 rebounds three times this season (Milwaukee, Winthrop, Mississippi State)... CollegeSportsMadness. com SEC Player of the Week following wins over Winthrop and Xavier... Named one of the top JUCO transfers to watch by CBSSports.com Graduated from New Mexico State (sports management) and transferred to Auburn... Working towards a Master s in adult education at Auburn... Shares minutes at the point with Malcolm Canada... Team leader in assists (69)... Back-to-back double-figure scoring games to start the season (13 vs. Milwaukee, 11 at Colorado) at the free throw line (.780) steals per game are 6th in the SEC steals are most by an Auburn player since Josh Wallace finished season with 53 (31 games)... Has had at least 1 steal in 22 of 30 games and has had at least 3 steals seven times... Averaging 9.9 points over last seven games (17 at Georgia, 21 vs. Arkansas, 0 vs. Alabama, 9 at Kentucky, 9 vs. LSU, 9 at Texas A&M, 4 at Missouri)...9 points, 5 assists vs. LSU and at Kentucky... 5 assists against Alabama... Season-high 21 points and 3 assists in 24 minutes against Arkansas... Was 6-9 from the floor, 7-8 from FT line points and 5 assists against Missouri... 6 assists, 4 steals and 1 turnover against North Alabama... Career-high-tying 5 steals against MTSU... Hit the game-tying and game-winning free throws with 14 seconds left against Texas Southern... 4 steals against Xavier, 3 of which came in the final 10:42 of the double-overtime contest Will miss the rest of the season due to shoulder injuries... Had his left shoulder operated on on Thursday, Feb Starting point guard as a freshman, has also been working at the 2 in coach Bruce Pearl s system... Shot.408 from the field and.331 from 3-point range as a freshman... Double-figure scoring in 5 games this season (13 vs. Ole Miss, 14 at Tennessee, 10 vs. Missouri, 11 vs. Oregon State, 21 vs. Louisiana)... Reinjured left shoulder against Arkansas and was limited to just 3 minutes... Returned to starting lineup at Tennessee and finished with 14 points on 6-12 shooting (2-5 3-pointers)... All 10 points against Missouri came in the second half... Career-high 21 points (18 in the second half) against Louisiana... Was 5-10 from 3-point range (4-5 in the second half) vs. Louisiana... Season-high 5 assists vs. Coastal Carolina... Wearing a right-shoulder brace after injuring it in the second half of the season-opener... Injured his left shoulder late in the second half against Mississippi State... Came off the bench for the first time in his career against MTSU after starting 41 straight games Top returning scorer in the nation (25.6 ppg) total points last season were third nationally and third-most in a single season at Niagara... Transferred to Auburn as a graduate student after earning his degree in four years at Niagara (finance)... Working towards a Master s in adult education at Auburn... Son of former NBA player Anthony Mason, who passed away on Saturday, Feb Double-figure scoring in 18 of 22 games this year... Was 9th in the SEC in scoring (15.1 ppg) before leaving the team for his father s funeral... Only teams to hold him under 10 were LSU (6), Georgia (9), Arkansas (7) and Missouri (7)... Team s high-scorer 7 times points at Kentucky were most by a UK opponent this season points over two game span (23 vs. Ole Miss, 24 at LSU)... Season-highs in points (24), rebounds (8), assists (3) and steals (5) at LSU... Missed 6 games after suffering a sprained left ankle against Milwaukee points in Auburn debut vs. Milwaukee of 19 points came in the second half... 68th in ESPN s Top 100 College basketball players... Number 3 on Jay Bilas the Bilastrator s transfers who will make a difference team (11/12)... Named one of the top 20 transfers you need to know by CBSSports.com... Became 522nd member of NCAA 2,000-career point club with a layup in the 2nd half of the win over Texas Southern... Now has 2,267 career points Page 2 Game 31 Georgia at Auburn March 7, P.M. CT Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala.

3 #20 Alex Thompson So. - Forward Dothan, Ala. Pts: 2.4 Rebs: 2.0 Mins: 10.4 Rejoined the team in December after taking a personal leave of absence for the first semester... Spent the summer going through team practices before taking his leave of absence... 2 points, 4 rebounds at Texas A&M... 3 points, 5 rebounds against LSU... 7 points, 3 rebounds (all on the defensive end) against Florida... Big debut against Winthrop, matching his career high in points (8) and grabbing a career-best 6 rebounds in 15 minutes... Played in 20 games as a freshman... Averaged 1.0 ppg and 1.5 rpg in 7.8 mpg of his 24 FGA (50 percent) came from 3-point range #23 TJ Lang Fr. - Guard Mobile, Ala. Pts: 2.4 Rebs: 1.1 Mins: 11.6 #24 Jack Purchase Fr. - Forward Melbourne, Australia Pts: 1.3 Rebs: 1.1 Ast: 4 Mins: 13.0 #25 Jordon Granger Jr. - Forward St. Louis, Mo. Pts: 4.7 Rebs: 3.3 Ast: 31 Blk: 21 Mins: 23.4 Averaged 19 points as a senior in high school... Originally signed with Virginia Tech but was granted a release from his NLI when the Hokies made a coaching change... Son of NCAA Champion Antonio Lang (Duke, 1991 & 1992)... Has started in place of Antoine Mason at Missouri (3/3), at Texas A&M (2/28) and at Georgia (2/14)... Has attempted 41 shots and made 15 (.366), 11 from 3-point range where he is shooting 35.5 percent... Career-best 13 points and 5 rebounds at Missouri, hitting 5-of-6 from the floor (3-4 3-pointers)... 4 points, 2 rebounds at Texas A&M... 5 points, 2 rebounds against Alabama... Career-high 9 points against Arkansas, hitting a pair of 3s... Saw his first SEC action of the season against Texas A&M... Career-high 5 points at Texas Tech, all coming in the first half... 3-for-5 from the free throw line at Colorado... Hit his only shot to stretch Auburn s lead to with 4:45 left in the first half against Milwaukee Outside shooter that can play the 3 and the 4... Won a silver medal with the U17 Australian National Team at the 2012 FIBA World Championships in Launas, Lithuania... Hit his first shot - a 3-pointer - in the loss at Colorado of his 14 shots have been from 3-point range and all 3 of his makes have been from 3-point range (3-13, 23.1 percent)... Half of his 8 rebounds came during the Oregon State and at Texas Tech games (2 each) Can stretch the defense with his length and is used at the 3 and 4 spots (.377) from 3-point range after being 0-2 in his career entering the season blocks leads the team... 9 points (3-4 3-pointers), 4 rebs, 3 assists vs. LSU... 8 points, 6 rebounds at Georgia... All 8 points and 5 rebounds came in first half vs. Georgia... 4 points, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks at LSU... Career-high 3 blocks against Texas A&M... 7 points, 5 rebounds, 3 blocks against Texas A&M... 5 points, 6 boards and 2 blocks vs. Mississippi State... Came off the bench at Vanderbilt and had 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 blocks and 4 steals points and 4 rebounds against Winthrop... 9 points and career-high-tying 7 rebounds against Coastal Carolina... 6 points on a pair of 3s as well as 5 boards at Texas Tech... Monster put-back dunk against Oregon State (11/26) that was a #SCTop10 play... Career-high 14 points on 4-5 shooting against Louisiana and also pulled down 6 rebounds... Grabbed five rebounds at Colorado... Then-career-high 8 points in the season-opener against Milwaukee #41 Matthew Atewe So. - Center Ontario, Canada Pts: -- Rebs: -- Blk: -- Mins: -- Reinjured the same left leg that caused him to have surgery this past off-season during the exhibition win over West Alabama... Is out for the season... Was the top returning big man on Auburn s roster... Was to be relied on for his shot-blocking and rebounding abilities... Had at least 1 block in 14 of the 24 games he played in as a freshman #3 Patrick Keim Fr. - Guard Birmingham, Ala. Pts: 0.0 Rebs: 0.3 Ast: 3 Mins: 1.0 First-year walk-on player... Joined the team prior to the school year starting #31 Devin Waddell Jr. - Forward Summerfield, N.C. Pts: 0.5 Rebs: 0.8 Blk: 2 Mins: 5.9 Second-year walk-on... Back-up center that has played in 22 games... Good defensive player... Has drawn 5 charges... Hit his first career shot - a 3-pointer - in the loss at Colorado... Career-high 19 minutes at Texas Tech #22 CJ Holmes Jr. - Guard Washington, D.C. Pts: 1.5 Rebs: 0.0 Ast: 0 Mins: 1.3 Third-year walk-on... Has played in 7 career games... Is 3-3 from the field in his career, including a 3-pointer in the win over Louisiana this season and a 3 in the loss at Kentucky #42 Cole Stockton Jr. - Guard Auburn, Ala. Pts: 0.3 Rebs: 0.2 Ast: 0 Mins: 1.8 Joined the team from walk-on tryouts this fall... Played JUCO at Shelton State for two years, averaging 8 points as a sophomore... Has played in 101games this season... Hit his first shot - a 3 - at Texas A&M... Played a season-high five minutes vs. Tulsa. Game 31 Georgia at Auburn March 7, P.M. CT Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala. Page 3

4 8 NCAA TOURNAMENTS: Auburn vs. Georgia Much like the series on the gridiron, the Auburn-Georgia basketball series has been a close one throughout the years. Following Auburn s win in Athens earlier this season, the series is now tied at while the football series is tied at On the court Auburn has won three of the last four meeings. Both teams protect their home court very well. Auburn leads when the game is at Auburn (2-0 in Auburn Arena) while Georgia leads when the game is played at Athens. The all-time score in the series is 10,670-10,479 in favor of Georgia, which over 180 games breaks down to a points per game average for Georgia and for Auburn for a difference of 1.06 points per game. AUBURN VS. GEORGIA (90-90) LAST 20 YEARS Jan. 21, 1995 A L Jan. 13, 1996 H W Jan. 25, 1997 A L Jan. 3, 1998 H W Jan. 30, 1999 A W Jan. 8, 2000 H W Jan. 10, 2001 A L OT 80 OT 85 Feb. 9, 2002 H W Jan. 25, 2003 A L Feb. 7, 2004 H W Mar. 11, 2004 ATL* L Feb. 19, 2005 A L Jan. 28, 2006 H W Feb. 17, 2007 A L Mar. 8, 2007 ATL* L Mar. 5, 2008 H L Feb. 18, 2009 A W Feb. 10, 2010 H W Feb. 5, 2011 A L OT 72 OT 81 Mar. 10, 2011 ATL* L Feb. 1, 2012 H W Jan. 30, 2013 A L Feb. 1, 2014 H W Feb. 14, 2015 A W *SEC Tournament +Southern Conference Tournament Key to Abbrevia ons: KNOX Knoxville, Tenn. ATL Atlanta, Ga. BR Baton Rouge, La. BHAM Birmingham, Ala. COL Columbus, Ga. Series Notes All Games at Auburn: Auburn leads All Games at Auburn Arena: Auburn leads 2-0 All Games at BEMC: Auburn leads All Games at Georgia: Georgia leads All Games at Stegeman Coliseum: Georgia leads Mark Fox vs. Auburn: 3-3 All Games at Neutral Sites: Auburn leads 9-8 SEC Tournament Games: Georgia leads 5-3 Current Series Streak: 2 by Auburn Longest Auburn Streak: 13 ( 48-49/ 53-54) Longest Georgia Streak: 9 ( 10-11/ 16-17) Beads of Courage Beads of Courage: a group of Auburn players will be wearing beads on their shoes today to honor some young cancer fighters at the Birmingham Childrens Hospital. After each game they wear a bead the players will send an encouraging note and the bead they wore to a young boy or girl who has just completed another round of chemo. Bruce Pearl vs. Georgia Bruce Pearl is 11-3 all-time against Georgia, with 12 of 14 meetings coming while he was the head coach at Tennessee. The other came when he was the head coach at UW-Milwaukee and this season s earlier meeting in Athens. When Pearl s team plays at home, it is 5-1 against Georgia. BRUCE PEARL VS. GEORGIA (11-3) Dec. 28, 2002 A L Jan. 11, 2006 H W Feb. 11, 2006 A W Jan. 31, 2007 H W Mar. 3, 2007 A W Jan. 26, 2008 H W Feb. 16, 2008 A W Jan. 10, 2009 A W Feb. 11, 2009 H W Jan. 23, 2010 A L Feb. 17, 2010 H W Jan. 18, 2011 A W Feb. 19, 2011 H L Feb. 14, 2015 A W Bruce Pearl vs. Mark Fox Bruce Pearl is 3-2 all-time against Georgia coach Mark Fox. BRUCE PEARL VS. MARK FOX (3-2) Jan. 23, 2010 A L Feb. 17, 2010 H W Jan. 18, 2011 A W Feb. 19, 2011 H L Feb. 14, 2015 A W After the buzzer Auburn heads to Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., for the 2015 SEC Tournament. Auburn will play on Wednesday at 6 p.m. CT in a game that will air live on the SEC Network. Thank you seniors Auburn will honor its four senior players and three senior managers on Saturday prior to tipoff. The four players are Malcolm Canada, KT Harrell, Antoine Mason and K.C. Ross-Miller. The three managers are Reed Watson, Michael Banks and Bianca Webb. If the SEC Tournament started today... If the SEC Tournament started today, Auburn would be the No. 13 seed and would face the No. 12 seed, currently Mississippi State. Playing in the game, tip would be at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at Bridgestone Arena. The game will air live on the SEC Network. Lettermen s weekend The Auburn Lettermen s Club will have a reunion weekend surrounding the Georgia game. The weekend begins with Friday s Tip-Off Club Luncheon at noon, includes a private gathering on Friday night and Saturday s game. The Opponent Georgia Location Athens, Ga. Enrollment 34,180 Conference SEC Record Head Coach Mark Fox Record at UGA/Years /6th Overall record/years /11th How The Teams Compare Auburn Stat Georgia 67.9 Pts Opp Pts FG% Opp FG% FG% Opp 3-FG% FT% Opp FT% Rebs Opp Rebs Assists Turnovers Blocks Steals 5.7 Projected Starting 5 (based on last game) # Name Pos. Ht Pts Rebs Ast. 2 Marcus Thornton F Djurisic Nemanja F Charles Mann G Taylor Echols G Kenny Gaines G Team Leaders Points KT Harrell 17.9 Marcus Thornton 12.4 Cinmeon Bowers 9.9 Marcus Thornton 7.1 Assists K.C. Ross-Miller 69 Charles Mann 107 Steals K.C. Ross-Miller 48 Kenny Gaines 35 Blocks Jordon Granger 21 Yante Maten 41 Field Goal Percentage KT Harrell.466 Marcus Thornton.486 Made 3-Pointers KT Harrell 84 Kenny Gaines 51 Free Throw Percentage KT Harrell.800 J.J. Frazier.827 Page 4 Game 31 Georgia at Auburn March 7, P.M. CT Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala.

5 1985 SEC Champions to be recognized Auburn will recognize the 1985 SEC Tounament Championship team during Saturday s game. Led by coach Sonny Smith, Auburn defeated Ole Miss, LSU and Florida en route to the 1985 SEC Tournament Championship Game. Facing Alabama for the tournament title, Gerald White calmly sank two free throws with 10 seconds left in overtime to give Auburn its first SEC tournament championship. Auburn became the first team to play four straight games and win the conference tournament. Making the program s second straight NCAA Tournament appearance, the team defeated Purdue, 59-58, in the First Round and Kansas, 66-64, in the second to advance to the Sweet 16. Playing in the Sweet 16 for the first time, Auburn fell to No. 7 North Carolina, Finishing 22-12, Chuck Person was the team s leading scorer (22.0 ppg) and rebounder (8.9 rpg). Frank Ford (11.5 ppg) and Chris Morris (10.4 ppg) joined Person in averaging double-digit scoring while Jeff Moore was the team s second-leading rebounder (7.1 rpg). Point guard Gerald White averaged 7.9 ppg and 5.4 assists per game. Pearl in return games In six years as the head coach at Tennessee, Bruce Pearl played home-and-home series with the other five teams in the SEC East (Florida, Auburn Media Relations Auburn basketball practices are open to the public and media, with some exceptions. Media wanting to attend a practice must notify Associate Director of Media Relations Dan Froehlich no later than 12 p.m. CT the day of the practice they wish to cover. Postgame Policies Auburn s locker room is CLOSED following all games and practices. Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl and selected players will address the media in the media room following each game. Following a 10 minute cooling off period, the winning team will have access to the media room. The losing team will follow the winning team. Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl will address the media first and then go courtside to do postgame radio on the Auburn IMG Network. Fans are encouraged to stay after the game to take pictures and get autographs from Pearl following all games. Dan Froehlich Associate Director of Media Relations (o) (c) Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina and Vanderbilt) every year. When Pearl s Tennessee teams lost the first game of the home-and-home, his teams were 6-4 in the return game. When his team won the first game they were 15-5 in the return game. The four teams to sweep Pearl s Tennessee teams in a single season were Florida (2011), Kentucky (2009, 2011) and Vanderbilt (2010). Since moving to Auburn, Pearl is 0-3 in return games when losing the first. Auburn was swept by Alabama and Texas A&M and failed in its chance to sweep LSU. Auburn is 0-1 in return games after winning the first, which it did against Missouri but lost the second. Auburn at the charity stripe Auburn s 750 free throw attempts are currently most in the SEC and fifth nationally. It is also 21st nationally in free throws made with 501, which is second in the league. Auburn has shot at least 15 free throws in 28 of 30 games, has shot at least 20 free throws 22 times and at least 25 free throws 16 times. Auburn is 11-8 when it attempts more free throws in a game. Antoine Mason led the nation in both free throws attempted (357) and free throws made (260) last season (72.8 percent) at Niagara. This season he has made 101 out of 132 free throws (76.5 percent). Cinmeon Bowers leads the team in free throw attempts with 184, which is 41st nationally, while KT Harrell leads the team in made free throws with 112. Bowers went 11-for-18 from the free throw line against Missouri. His 11 made free throws are a season-high for an Auburn player and his 18 attempts (an SEC-high this year) are the most by an Auburn player since Chris Porter shot 20 (and made 14) against Navy on Dec. 19, Free Throws Made Free Throws Attempted Auburn when... AUBURN RECORD BY STARTING LINEUP Bowers-Granger-Harrell-Ross-Miller-Mason- 4-7 Bowers-Granger-Harrell-Shamsid-Deen-Mason- 5-3 Bowers-Granger-Harrell-Shamsid-Deen-Ross-Miller Bowers-Granger-Harrell-Ross-Miller-Lang- 1-2 Bowers-Canada-Harrell-Ross-Miller-Mason- 0-1 AUBURN DOUBLE-FIGURE GAMES POINTS Harrell - 27; Bowers - 23; Mason - 18; Ross-Miller - 7; Canada - 6; Shamsid-Deen - 5; Granger 2; Lang - 1 REBOUNDS Bowers - 14 DOUBLE-DOUBLES Bowers - 14 AUBURN RECORD ALL SEC Leading at halftime: Tied at half: Trailing at halftime: Shoot 50% or higher: 3-0 Shoot less than 50% Shoot higher % than opp.: Shoot lower % than opp.: Opp. shoot worse than 50%: Opp. shoot 50% or higher: Score less than 60 points: Score points: Score points: Score points: Score points: Score 100+ points: 1-0 Opp score less than 60 pts.: Opp. score points: Opp. score points: Opp. score points: Opp. score points: 0-1 Opp. score 100+ points: Outrebounded opponent: Outrebounded by opponent: Equal number of rebounds: Fewer turnovers than opp.: Same turnovers as opp.: More turnovers than opp: Make 8-or-more 3-pointers: Make 7-or-fewer 3 pointers: Games decided by 5 or fewer: Overtime games: 1-0 On ESPN: On ESPN2: On ESPN3: 1-1 On ESPNU: On FSN: On SECN: On SECN+: 1-0 vs. SEC at Home: vs. SEC on Road: Games vs. ranked opp.: Games following a win: Games following a loss: More points in the paint: Fewer/Same points in the paint: More bench points than opp.: Fewer or same bench points: More 2nd-chance points: Fewer or same 2nd-chance pts.: More or same points of TOs: Fewer points off TOs: On Sunday: 0-1 On Monday: 1-2 On Tuesday: On Wednesday: On Thursday: On Friday: 2-1 On Saturday: Game 31 Georgia at Auburn March 7, P.M. 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6 Harrell at the free throw line In his two-year career at Auburn, KT Harrell has been one of the most accurate free throw shooters in Auburn history. Hitting at an 80.0 percent clip this season after shooting 87.0 percent last year, his current Auburn career mark of 83.7 percent would finish as second-best in school history, behind only Ian Young s.857 percentage from Free Throw Percentage 1. Ian Young KT Harrell Stan Pietkiewicz Ray Donald Lee DeFore Sco Pohlman Jimmy Fibbe John Mengelt Eddie Johnson Lance Weems Bobby Buisson TJ Lang embracing the starters role Freshman TJ Lang has been thrust into a starting role with the absence of Antoine Mason. In the two games, he is averaging 8.5 points on 60.0 percent shooting, hitting 4-of-7 from beyond the arc and pulling down 3.5 rebounds per game. At Missouri he finished with a career-high 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting (3-for-4 from 3-point range) and pulled down a career-high five rebounds. Auburn s big three KT Harrell (17.9 ppg), Antoine Mason (15.1 ppg) and Cinmeon Bowers (12.6 ppg) account for 67.2 percent (45.6 out of 67.9) of Auburn s scoring, 46.1 percent of its rebounding and 57.7 percent of the team s shots. The three have also combined to take 60.8 percent of the team s free throw attempts on the season, making 60.5 per- The Southeastern Conference... SEC owns the nation s No. 5 strength of schedule through the season to-date (non-conference and conference play) SEC owns the nation s No. 5 Conference RPI (up one place from last week) SEC has 2 teams in the Top 25 RPI 6 in the Top 50 RPI 9 in Top 100 All 14 SEC teams have strength of schedules in the top SEC teams ranked in the top third of Division I teams cent of the team s free throws. Missing Mason Auburn played at Texas A&M and Missouri without second leading scorer Antoine Mason following the death of his father on Saturday, Feb. 28. At the time, Mason had scored 20-plus points in four of the previous seven games, averaging 17.4 points per game while shooting 43.4 percent from the floor and 53.1 percent from three. No timetable has been set for his return to the team. The family held a public wake on Thursday, March 5 and both a public and private funeral on Friday, March 6. Season finale already a sell out Auburn has already sold out the regular season finale against Georgia on March 7 at Auburn Arena. Auburn Arena has already had two sellouts this season (South Carolina, Ole Miss). Thank you for your support Auburn is averaging 7,744 fans through 16 home games and has already drawn 123,912 fans into Auburn Arena, which is just 2,571 away from the facility record of 126,483 (20 games, 6,324 average) from If not a single fan walked through the doors for the finale against Georgia, the average attendance would come out to be 7,289 fans which would set the facility record. The best average attendance in Auburn Arena history was 6,502 in Taking it a step further, with a sellout already announced, the 133,033 fans to watch Auburn at home will be the biggest draw since (151,200 total over 16 games 9,450 average). Auburn Arena has been filled to 84.9 percent capacity so far this season, which is third-highest among SEC teams behind only Kentucky (102.3 percent of capacity) and Florida (91.5 percent of capacity), and 44th nationally. KT 35th member of AU 1K club With a layup just 54 seconds into the second half against Alabama on Tuesday, Feb. 17, KT Harrell became the 35th member of Auburn s 1,000-point club. A senior that has played just two years at Auburn after transferring from Virginia, he scored 548 points as a junior last season and has scored 538 points this season for a total of 1,086 points. Of the 35 1,000-point scorers in Auburn history, Lee DeFore ( ) played in the fewest total games (72) and scored 1,386 points, finishing with a 19.0 scoring average. John Mengelt was the fastest Auburn player to 1,000 points, reaching the milestone in his 46th career game 8 NCAA TOURNAMENTS: Bruce Pearl `Fore the Children raises over $233,000 Bruce Pearl s Fore the Children Golf Classic was a huge success, raising over $233,000 for Children s Harbor through a weekend full of events on October 26 and 27. Our monetary goal was lofty, Pearl said. We thought we would be able to write a check for $100,000 to Children s Harbor. I m pretty pleased to say that we will be writing a check closer to the area of $150,000 after everything gets paid for. [A check for $233, was presented to Children s Harbor on Dec. 23 prior to the Auburn vs. Texas Southern game.] I really appreciate everything coach has done for us and all the support he has lent to us, Myrle Grate, COO of Children s Harbor said. Children s Harbor raises every dime we have every year. We don t get any government subsidies or funding, we raise everything through private individuals so this fundraiser means that 5,000 kids can come to camp next summer and 35,000 people can come through our family center next year and receive support services. The event, which was presented by Russell Lands and Alabama Power, began with a dinner auction at the Pearl s house and concluded with a golf tournament at Willow Point Golf and Country Club. Historically, educational things, kids and cancer have been the areas that my wife (Brandy) and I focused on, Pearl said. At Children s Harbor, over 5,000 young people every summer get an opportunity to enjoy the beauty of camping at Lake Martin. They don t have to pay anything because of the efforts of the leadership. Children s Harbor s mission is to help children with serious illness and their families. This is done at both the Lake Martin campus and the Birmingham Family Center. The 66- acre lake campus provides no cost camping facilities to over 23 different non-profit organizations. The Family Center at the Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children offers seriously ill children and their families free counseling for everyone involved, education services and tutoring, scheduled activities, an exercise room, a library, salon, laundry facilities and much more. Page 6 Game 31 Georgia at Auburn March 7, P.M. CT Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala.

7 while Harrell did it in his 56th game at Auburn. Points 1. Chuck Person , Mike Mitchell , Wesley Person , Charles Barkley , Korvotney Barber , Lance Weems , Bryant Smith , KT Harrell , Bubba Price , Derrick Dennison , SIGNING CLASS Auburn has signed four players in the early signing period. Auburn s signing class is ranked #10 by Rivals, #12 by 247sports and #19 by Scout while ESPN has ranked the class #19 and given it an A-minus for a grade. It s K.C. Ross-Miller time K.C. Ross-Miller was thrust into a prominent role with the season-ending injury to Tahj Shamsid-Deen during the first half of the Arkansas game. Playing 24 minutes off the bench against Arkanas he finished with 21 points on 6-for-9 shooting from the floor (2-for-4 from 3-point range) and 7-for-8 from the free throw line. Moving back into the starting lineup at Georgia, he scored 17 points on 6-for-10 shooting (1- for-1 from 3-point range) and 4-for-4 from the free throw line in a season-high-tying 32 minutes. Since the loss of Shamsid-Deen, Ross-Miller has shot 41.2 percent (21-for-51) from the floor, 37.5 percent (6-for-16) from 3-point range and 75.0 percent (21-for-28) from the free throw line, averaging 9.9 points with 21 total assists while playing 28.6 minutes per game. RPI slayers Auburn went on the road and toppled LSU, which was then ranked No. 39 in the NCAA RPI, for Auburn s biggest road RPI win since Auburn then out-did itself just nine days later when it went to Georgia, which was ranked number 22 in the NCAA RPI, and claimed a one-point victory. The last time Auburn defeated a higher RPI team was in the 2003 NCAA Tournament when it knocked off Wake Forest, which finished the year 12th in the RPI. KT for 3! KT Harrell set a career high with seven made 3-pointers in the game against Coastal Carolina. The seven made 3s was an Auburn Arena record for Auburn and the most made by an Auburn player in a single game since Tay Waller hit eight at Ole Miss in Harrell has hit at least one 3-pointer in 29 of 30 games this year and has only failed to hit a Game 31 Georgia at Auburn March 7, P.M. CT Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala. Page 7

8 8 NCAA TOURNAMENTS: three in a game twice in his Auburn career. Harrell is currently seventh in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage (44.2 percent), 32nd in three-point field goals made per game (2.80), 27th in 3-pointers made (84) and 71st in 3-point field goal attempts (190), all of which lead the SEC. Harrell is on pace to finish the year with 90 made 3-pointers, which would be fourth in Auburn history. Lance Weems holds the school record with 108 made 3-pointers in Harrell s 84 made 3-pointers is already fifth in the school s single-season top-10 and his 150 Auburn career 3-pointers is 10th. 3-Point Field Goals Made (Single Season) 1. Lance Weems Tay Waller Wesley Person Tay Waller KT Harrell Keenan Carpenter Lance Weems Adam Harrington Ronnie Battle Ian Young Point Field Goals Made (Career) 1. Wesley Person Lance Weems Ronnie Battle Frankie Sullivan Scott Pohlman Tay Waller Daymeon Fishback DeWayne Reed Rasheem Barrett KT Harrell Bombing from deep Auburn hoisted a season-high 30 three-point shots in its loss to Ole Miss, hitting 10. The 30 attempted three-pointers was the most by an Auburn team since it attempted 30 at Ole Miss on Feb. 24, Auburn followed that up with 10 more made threes (in 20 attempts) in the loss to Arkansas, giving it 20 made threes over a two-game span (and 29 over a three-game span going back to LSU), the most it has made since hitting a combined 24 against LSU (13) and Mississippi State (11) in March The two previous games that year also saw 24 made threes out of Auburn, giving it 48 over a four-game span. Auburn has hit double-digit threes six times this year, including three of the last seven games. 3-Point Field Goals Made Season records kept since Point Field Goal Percentage Season records kept since Auburn vs. the SEC Auburn vs. the Southeastern (all games) AU: Won Lost Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU Mississippi State Missouri Ole Miss South Carolina Tennessee Texas A&M Vanderbilt TOTALS (.433) Bruce Pearl vs. the SEC Bruce Pearl has a winning record against nine of 14 SEC teams. In SEC play he is the third-winningest coach in regular season SEC games among active coaches by percentage [.611 / 69-44], trailing John Calipari [.800 / 80-20] and Billy Donovan [.653 / ]. Mason nets 2,000th career point Graduate student transfer Antoine Mason became the 522nd player in NCAA history to record 2,000 career points when he hit a layup with 10:10 to go in the second half of the win over Texas Southern on Dec. 23. A four-year student-athlete at Niagara, he came to Auburn having scored 1,934 points and now has 2,267 points in his career. In Auburn history Chuck Person (2,311 points from ), Mike Mitchell (2,123 AUBURN IMG NETWORK Auburn games are offered statewide via the Auburn IMG Sports Network to a full compliment of affiliates that blanket the state of Alabama and portions of Georgia, Florida and Mississippi. Auburn fans beyond affiliate radio coverage can listen to free, live streaming audio via AuburnTigers.com and Auburn s official mobile app. MEN S BASKETBALL AFFILIATES City FM AM Abbeville WESZ-FM 98.7 Alex City WKGA-FM 97.5 Andalusia WAAO-FM Anniston WTDR-FM 92.7 Auburn WGZZ-FM 94.3 Birmingham WAPI-FM WAPI-AM 1070 Centre WEIS-FM WEIS-AM 990 Colquitt, Ga. WCOQ-FM 90.5 Columbus, Ga. WHAL-AM 1460 & WDAK-AM 540 Cullman WKUL-FM 92.1 Decatur WHOS-AM 800 Demopolis WZNJ-FM Dothan WESP-FM Eufaula WRVX-FM 97.9 Evergreen WPPG-FM Flomaton, Fla. WPFL-FM Foley WHEP-FM 92.5 WHEP-AM 1310 Fort Payne WZOB-AM 1250 Gadsden WTDR-FM 99.3 WTDR-AM 1350 Greenville WQZX-FM 94.3 Guntersville WTWX-FM 95.9 Hackleburg WFMH-FM 95.5 Huntsville WBHP-AM 1230 LaGrange, Ga. WELR-FM Mobile WAVH-FM Montgomery WLWI-FM92.3 WMSP-AM 740 Moulton WALW-FM 98.3 Muscle Shoals WBTG-FM WBTG-AM 1290 Opelika WGZZ-FM 94.3 Panama City, Fla. WLTG-AM 1430 Pensacola, Fla. WPFL-FM Roanoke WELR-FM Scottsboro WZCT-AM 1330 Selma WHBB-AM 1490 Sheffield WBTG-FM WBTG-AM 1290 Talladega WTDR-FM 92.7 Thomasville WJDB-FM 95.5 WJDB-AM 630 Vernon WJEC-FM WVSA-AM 1380 Page 8 Game 31 Georgia at Auburn March 7, P.M. CT Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala.

9 points from ) and Wesley Person (2,066 points from ) have scored over 2,000 career points. KT passes 1K With a 3-pointer with 13:49 to go in the first half against Winthrop, senior KT Harrell surpassed the 1,000 career points barrier. He finished the game with 14 points and now has 1,387 career points, having poured in 1,086 points in 60 career games at Auburn (18.1 points per game). During a two-year run at Virginia ( ), he averaged 7.2 points in 32 games before transfering closer to his hometown of Montgomery, Ala., prior to the season. Special Ks When Antoine Mason scored his 2,000th career point, Auburn became the only school in the country to have an active 2,000- and 1,000- (KT Harrell) career point scorer on its roster. Points off turnovers Auburn is 8-3 this season when it has more points off turnovers than its opponents. The most points Auburn has scored off of turnovers is the 31 it scored off of 18 North Alabama turnovers. That was also the biggest discrepency in points off turnovers as Auburn had 31 to North Alabama s 16 (plus-15). Winning the close ones Auburn is 6-4 this season in games decided by five or less points, including 3-2 in the SEC. In 11 years as a Division I head coach, Bruce Pearl s teams are (57.6 percent) in games decided by five or fewer points. Bruce Pearl in conference play In 19 years as a head coach, Bruce Pearl s teams have finished either first or second in conference play 15 times. In six years at Tennessee he won the SEC East outright or tied for it three times and finished second once. In four years at Milwaukee he was in the top two all four years (two first-place finishes). In nine years at Southern Indiana he finished first four times and second three times. Mr. Double-Double Cinmeon Bowers recorded his 14th double-double of the season - and sixth in SEC play - against Ole Miss with 11 points and 13 rebounds. His 14 double-doubles are the most in a season at Auburn since Jeff Moore registered 14 double-doubles in Moore finished the year with 293 rebounds and 538 points in 31 games for averages of 9.5 rebounds per game and 17.4 points per game. The last Auburn player to have more than 14 double-doubles in a season was Mike Mitchell in , who had 18 double-double games and finished with 286 rebounds (11.4 rpg) and 461 points (18.4 rpg) in 25 games. Auburn is 8-6 when Bowers records a double-double, 3-3 in SEC play. Mr. Double-Double Part Deux Cinmeon Bowers recorded four straight double-doubles twice this season, including in four straight SEC games from Jan The last time an Auburn player recorded four consecutive double-doubles in SEC play was Chris Morris in 1988 and the last to do it five straight was Charles Barkley in Bowers big boards Cinmeon Bowers has recorded 17 rebounds on three seperate occassions this year (vs. Milwaukee, vs. Winthrop, vs. Mississippi State) and has recorded five games with at least 15 rebounds. Bowers five games with at least 15 rebounds are the most in a season for an Auburn player since Korvotney Barber did it six times during the season. From the season through the season, Auburn had a total of one 15-or-more rebound game - Rob Chubb vs. IPFW on Nov. 9, 2012 (15 rebounds). Stepping out and stepping up in SEC play KT Harrell is shooting 46.2 percent from 3-point range (49-for-106) in SEC play after shooting 41.7 percent (35-for-84) from beyond the arc in non-conference play. His 49 made 3-pointers in league play is more than any other player on the Auburn roster has made the entire year (Antoine Mason has made 40). As a team Auburn is shooting 36.9 percent (129-for-350) from 3-point range in SEC play after shooting 31.1 percent (85-for-272) in non-conference play. Auburn s SEC-only 3-point percentage is second in the league (fourth in all games at 34.4 percent). Auburn s pointers made per game in SEC play is best in the league, as is it s 7.1 in all games. The RPI factor Auburn moved up 20 spots, from 167 to 147, in the RPI following its victory over Xavier. Xavier came into the game number 51 in the RPI but dropped to 72 following the loss. Xavier is the highest-ranked RPI team to fall at Auburn Arena in its four-plus year history. Auburn is currently 163 in the official NCAA RPI and 159 in the ESPN.com RPI. Oh what a night Antoine Mason had an Auburn-career night in the win over LSU, finishing with 24 points, eight rebounds, five steals and three assists, all season highs at the time. The last time an Auburn player had 20 points and five steals in a game was Dec. 3, 2008 when Frankie Sullivan went for 23 points and six steals vs. Xavier. The last time an Auburn player had 20 points, five rebounds and five steals in a game was on Jan. 2, 2008, when Quan Prowell went for 20 points, six rebounds and six steals against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Attacking the glass Cinmeon Bowers has already pulled down a team-best 297 rebounds on the year, which is the most by an Auburn player since Korvotney Barber set the school record with 347 (in 36 games) in , and 13th nationally. Bowers has tied Jeff Moore ( ) for 10th in the Auburn single season record books. Bowers accounts for 31.2 percent of all of Auburn s rebeounds on the season. His 114 offensive rebounds are 36.5 percent of the team s total offensive rebounds and are more than any other player on the team has total rebounds, with Jordon Granger next on the team with 100 total rebounds. 1. Korvotney Barber Rex Frederick Rex Frederick Bill Alexander Freddie Guy Chuck Person Pepto Bolden Cinmeon Bowers Chris Morris Jim Retseck Grand theft K.C. Ross-Miller is sixth in the SEC in steals per game at 1.6 and has recorded 48 total steals. He has recorded at least one steal in 22 out of 30 games this season and seven times he has recorded at least three steals, topping out with five against Oregon State. As a team Auburn is 84th in total steals (206). Auburn has had double digit steals nine times this season and is 6-3 in those games. Auburn tied a season-high with 12 steals against Mississippi State, a mark it previously reached this season at Clemson and against Game 31 Georgia at Auburn March 7, P.M. CT Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala. Page 9

10 8 NCAA TOURNAMENTS: Middle Tennessee State. Auburn has also forced at least 15 turnovers 13 times this season. It forced a season-high 24 turnovers against Middle Tennessee State, the most Auburn has forced in a game since forcing 24 turnovers vs. Grambling State on Dec. 11, Auburn is 8-5 when its opponent turns it over 15-or-more times in a game. Masonry work Antoine Mason has scored at least 10 points in 18 of the 22 games he has played at Auburn and has been the team s leading scorer seven times. The team averages 71.0 points when he is in the starting lineup, 10.4 points per game more than when he isn t (60.6). Getting to the line Auburn is 10-5 this season when out-scoring its opponents at the free throw line and 1-10 when its opponent out-scores it at the free throw line, the lone exception coming against Xavier when Auburn was 18-for-29 from the free throw line and Xavier was 24-for-27. Four times the teams have hit the same number of free throws, with Auburn going 1-3 in those games. Ain t no mountain high enough Four of Auburn s wins this season have come when it was trailing by nine-or-more points during the second half while a fourth came when it was down my as many as eight in the second half. Auburn trailed UW-Milwaukee by 12 with 11:09 to go and came back to win by 10, 83-73; Auburn trailed Xavier by 14 with 14:31 left and came back to win by a point, 89-88, in two overtimes; Texas Southern led by 11 with 14:42 left only to see Auburn claim a win; Missouri, which led by eight with 16:31 to play before Auburn rallied for a five-point win, All four games were played at Auburn Arena, where Auburn is 9-5 on the season. Auburn trailed Georgia by nine, 57-48, with 5:08 left in the second half but came back to win, 69-68, at Athens. Leading from wire to wire Auburn led wire-to-wire in its win over Middle Tennessee State, scoring just 18 seconds into the game for a 2-0 lead. Auburn built a 14-point lead midway through the first half and then enjoyed a lead as big as 22 points in the second half. It was the second game Auburn never trailed in this season, also accomplishing it in the win over Winthrop. 50-point halves Auburn scored 50 points in the second half of the win over North Alabama, the third time this season Auburn has scored at least 50 in a half. Auburn scored 54 points in the second half of the season-opening win over Milwaukee and 60 points in the second half of a win over Louisiana. Auburn s highest first-half point total is 47 points against Arkansas. Locking down the 3-point line On the season Auburn is allowing its opponents to shoot 33.0 percent from 3-point range, which is ninth in the SEC. Nine of Auburn s opponents have failed to hit better than 30.0 percent from deep in a game this season: Louisiana 20.0, at Texas Tech 11.1, Coastal Carolina 28.0, at Clemson 14.3, Winthrop 14.8, at Alabama 27.8, at Tennessee 26.3, at LSU 23.5 and at Georgia That board is mine Cinmeon Bowers is 20th in the country in rebounds per game (9.9), ninth in offensive rebounds per game (3.8) and 44th in defensive rebounds per game (6.1). He has registered 10- plus rebounds in 14 games this season, including 17 against Milwaukee, Winthrop and Mississippi State. The last Auburn player to finish a season averaging double-figure rebounds was Mike Mitchell in with 11.4 rebounds per game. Since the season only 14 times has an Auburn player finished the year with a 10.0 rebounds per game average or better. 4x10 Auburn had four or more players score in double figures for the 10th time this season against Arkansas. Auburn is 7-3 this season when having at least four players in double figures and 5-14 when having three or fewer in double figures. Opponent # AU 10+pt Result Milwaukee 4 W Colorado 3 L Louisiana 5 W Tulsa 1 L Oregon St. 5 W Texas Tech 1 L Coastal Carolina 1 L Clemson 3 L Winthrop 4 W Xavier 4 W Texas Southern 4 W Middle Tennessee 3 W North Alabama 3 W Vanderbilt 1 L Missouri 5 W Florida 2 L South Carolina 3 W Mississippi State 3 L Alabama 3 L Texas A&M 3 L Tennessee 4 L LSU 3 W Ole Miss 5 L Arkansas 4 L Georgia 2 W Alabama 3 L Kentucky 2 L LSU 2 L Texas A&M 1 L Missouri 2 L Wins vs. losses Auburn is scoring 78.4 points per game in its 12 wins while holding its opponents to 69.4 points per game. In the 18 losses, Auburn is averaging 60.9 points while allowing 74.3 points per game. Auburn is shooting.461 from the floor and.382 from 3-point range in its wins and.371 from the floor and.322 from 3-point range in the losses. Home vs. away Auburn is 9-7 at home this season, averaging 75.1 points per game and shooting.429 from the floor and.358 from 3-point range while its opponents are scoring 73.5 points per game, shooting.466 from the floor and.344 from 3-point range. Auburn is 2-10 in away games this season, averaging 60.8 points per game and shooting.378 from the floor and.342 from 3-point range while its opponents are scoring 72.8 points per game, shooting.470 from the floor and.293 from 3-point range. Auburn is 1-1 in neutral site games, averaging 53.0 points per game and shooting.409 from the floor and.231 from 3-point range while its opponents are scoring 61.0 points per game, shooting.489 from the floor and.417 from 3-point range. Shamsid-Deen out for rest of the season Sophomore guard Tahj Shamsid-Deen will miss the rest of the season due to recurring shoulder injuries, Bruce Pearl announced on Friday, Feb. 13. This season he averaged 5.6 points per game on 35.8 percent shooting from the floor in 23.2 minutes per game. Over two years Shamsid-Deen has averaged 8.0 points per game on 39.0 percent shooting with 121 assists in 26.7 minutes per game. He started all 30 games as a freshman and 15 of 23 this season. Shamsid-Deen had his left shoulder operated on on Thursday, Feb. 19, by Dr. James Andrews. Road warriors Auburn played three away games and two neutral site contests in the non-conference season. Among the 14-team SEC, only Arkansas and Ole Miss played as many true road games as Auburn. Page 10 Game 31 Georgia at Auburn March 7, P.M. CT Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala.

11 Tough sledding to start Texas Southern was the seventh team on Auburn s schedule that played in the 2014 NCAA Tournament, joining Milwaukee, Colorado, Louisiana, Tulsa, Coastal Carolina and Xavier. It has also faced a 2014 NIT team (Clemson) and a 2014 CBI team (Oregon State), giving Auburn nine of 13 non-conference games against 2014 post-season teams to start the season. #CimCity Junior Cinmeon Bowers posted an 18-point, 17-rebound double-double in his Auburn debut. The 17 rebounds were an Auburn Arena record and were the most by an Auburn player since Korvotney Barber pulled down 18 boards in Bowers double-double was the first in a season-opener by an Auburn player since Kenny Gabriel went for 18 points and 13 rebounds in the inagural game at Auburn Arena in The last player to record a double-double in his Auburn debut was David Hamilton, who scored 11 points and pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds in a win over Southeast Louisiana to open the season. Bowers followed that up with three more double-doubles and now has 14 on the season, 17th in the country. KT carrying the torch KT Harrell has been Auburn s leading scorer in 18 out of 30 games this season, topping 20 points 15 times. He currently leads the SEC in scoring at 17.9 points per game, is sixth in field goal percentage (.466), first in 3-point field goal percentage (.442) and 3-point field goals made per game (2.8) and ninth in minutes played (33.0). Home starts Auburn started the season 9-1 at home, marking just the 17th time in program history it started the home season that well. Six times the program was 10-0 over the first 10 home games. Double OT thriller Auburn claimed an win over Xavier on Saturday, Dec. 20, clawing back from a 13-point halftime deficit and a 14-point deficit with 14:31 left in the second half. The win was Auburn s first overtime win since a home double-overtime win over Ole Miss on Jan. 14, Auburn had lost the last four overtime games it had played in and is now (.490) all-time in overtime games. Big debut for Thompson Alex Thompson, who missed the first eight games after taking a personal leave of absence, returned to the floor against Winthrop and had an immediate impact, matching his career-high with 8 points and pulling down a career-best 6 rebounds in 15 minutes. Trayvon Reed joins team Trayvon Reed, a 7-foot-2, 230-pound center originally from Mobile, Ala, was added to the Auburn basketball roster, head coach Bruce Pearl announced on Friday, Dec. 12. A consensus four-star prospect coming out of high school, Reed played AAU for Atlanta Xpress. ESPN ranked him as the 68th best prospect in the nation, 247sports.com ranked him 90th and Rivals.com ranked him 91st. As a senior he played at Life Center Academy in New Jersey. He spent the last semester at Elev8 Academy in Delray Beach, Fla. Alex Thompson rejoins team Alex Thompson rejoined the team at the semester break following a leave of absence for personal reasons. A sophomore forward, he played in 20 games last season, averaging 1.0 points and 1.5 rebounds in 7.8 minutes per game. Twelve of his 24 field goal attemptes (50 percent) came from 3-point range last season. Caps and gowns When senior KT Harrell graduated from Auburn with a degree in psychology on Saturday, Dec. 13, he became the third player on Auburn s roster to have earned his undergraduate degree, joining Antoine Mason (Niagara 14, finance) and K.C. Ross-Miller (New Mexico State 14, sports management). Harrell will be working on a second major in public administration during the spring semester. Senior Malcolm Canada is set to graduate this spring with a degree in public administration. As a team Auburn posted a 3.0 GPA over the first semester of the season. Charge it As a team Auburn has drawn 40 charges on the year, including a team-best 11 by K.C. Ross-Miller. Below is the season tally of charges taken by Auburn players. Player... Charges Drawn K.C. Ross-Miller...11 Malcolm Canada...8 KT Harrell...7 Devin Waddell...5 Tahj Shamsid-Deen...3 Jordon Granger...2 Jack Purchase...2 TJ Lang...1 Cole Stockton...1 Don from deep Jordon Granger has gone 23-for-61 (37.7 percent) from 3-point range this season, knocking down a pair of 3-pointers against Milwaukee, Louisiana, Texas Tech, Winthrop, Vanderbilt, Missouri, Georgia and LSU (3). A junior, he was a combined 0-for-2 from 3-point range over his first two seasons in an Auburn uniform. Hitting the century mark Auburn s 105-point output against Louisiana marked the first time Auburn has scored 100 points in a game since a win over Grambling State on Nov. 29, 2003, a span of 340 games. The 100-point game marked the 53rd time in Auburn history that it has topped the 100-point mark while it was the 99th time a team led by Bruce Pearl scored 100 points. 20-point scorers Auburn had three different players top the 20-point mark in its win over Louisiana in KT Harrell (24 points), Tahj Shamsid-Deen (21) and Cinmeon Bowers (20). The last time Auburn had three players score at least 20 points in the same game was Nov. 26, 2002, when Marquis Daniels (27 points), Marco Killingsworth (24) and Derrick Bird (23) all did it in a win over Georgia State. Career-high nights Auburn received career-high point tallies from Tahj Shamsid-Deen (21) Cinmeon Bowers (20), Jordon Granger (14) and Malcolm Canada (10) in the win over Louisiana. Canada also had a career-best six assists (against one turnover) in the win while Shamsid-Deen tied his career-best by hitting five 3-pointers (four in the second half) after entering the game 0-for-6 from deep. Harrell SEC Player of the Week KT Harrell was named SEC Player of the Week on Dec. 22 after averaging 19 points, five rebounds, 1.5 assists and one steal in wins over Winthrop and Xavier. He led Auburn with 24 points, seven rebounds and two assists in a double overtime win against the Musketeers. He made seven of his 12 shots in the second half. His 3-pointer with 2:24 left in regulation to completed Auburn s comeback from a 13-point second half deficit. The Xavier game marked his sixth 20-point effort of the season. He surpassed the 1,000 career point milestone in a 14-point outing against Winthrop. Bowers named SEC Player of the Week Cinmeon Bowers was named the SEC Player of the Week on Nov. 17 following his 18-point, Game 31 Georgia at Auburn March 7, P.M. CT Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala. Page 11

12 8 NCAA TOURNAMENTS: 17-rebound performance in the opener against Milwaukee. Harrell named preseason All-SEC KT Harrell was named to the coaches preseason All-SEC second team in a vote by the league s 14 head coaches. A senior guard from Montgomery, Ala., Harrell is the top returning scorer in the SEC after averaging 18.3 points per game during the season. Last year he scored in double figures in 29 out of 30 games, including each of the first 21, to finish sixth in the league in scoring. He shot 43.3 percent from the floor, 35.9 percent from 3-point range and 87.0 percent from the free throw line. In SEC games, Harrell scored 17.9 points per game. Harrell is the first Auburn player to be voted to the coaches preseason All-SEC team since DeWayne Reed in Atewe out Matthew Atewe, a 6-foot-8 center, has missed the entire season thus far after injuring the same left leg he had a steel rod inserted into during off-season surgery. The Brampton, Ontario, Canada, native re-injured the leg during the second half of Auburn s exhibition win over West Alabama. Bruce Pearl ruled Atewe out for the rest of the season prior to the Alabama game on Jan. 24th. Playing with a short deck - Part I Auburn s roster features six returning letter winners in sophomore center Matthew Atewe, senior guard Malcolm Canada, senior guard KT Harrell, junior forward Jordon Granger, sophomore guard Tahj Shamsid-Deen and sophomore forward Alex Thompson. With the injury to Atewe, that reduces the number of scholarship returnees to just five for Bruce Pearl s first Auburn team. Across the country, there are just 43 teams that return five-or-fewer letter winners. In the Power Five conferences, there are just seven teams: Auburn (5), LSU (5), Miami (2), Missouri (4), Oregon (3), Tennessee (4) and Vanderbilt (5). Playing with a short deck - Part II Auburn s scholarship players have an average height of 6.5 inches and there is just one player taller than 6-foot-9 on the roster (Trayvon Reed, 7-foot-2). Top Scorers Auburn will have two of the nation s top scorers from a year ago on the floor this season. Graduate student Antoine Mason transferred from Niagara for his final season after averaging 25.6 points per game last year, which was second nationally only to Doug McDermott of Creighton (26.9 ppg). Additionally, senior KT Harrell is the SEC s top returning scorer after finishing sixth in the league last season at 18.3 points per game, which was 80th nationally. All-conference players During his 19-year head coaching career, Bruce Pearl has had at least one player selected First Team All-Conference in every season. Pearl loves playing at home Bruce Pearl has led his teams to an incredible (.879) home record during his 20-year coaching career. Auburn is (.580) at home in Auburn Arena, 9-7 (.563) under Pearl. Spreading out the minutes During his six-year tenure as head coach of Tennessee, Bruce Pearl had a total of 28 players average over 10 minutes per game on 55 occasions. During the Volunteers run to the Elite Eight in , 12 players averaged 10-plus minutes per game. Through 30 games this season, Auburn has 10 players averaging double-figures in minutes and seven that have averaged over 20 minutes. 46 percent of scoring returns Despite having lost three of its starters from last year s team, Auburn returns 46 percent of its scoring from the squad with senior guard KT Harrell (18.3 ppg) and sophomore guard Tahj Shamsid-Deen (9.5 ppg) accounting for 39 percent of the team s scoring last year. Late Night with Bruce Pearl Auburn will play all but one of its games on television this year, which means a lot of late starts. Of Auburn s 31 scheduled games, 18 of them start at 7:30 p.m. CT or later, 15 start at 8 p.m. CT or later and three tip at 9 p.m. CT or later. Arena sellouts In the four-year history of Auburn Arena, the facility has reached its max capacity of 9,121 fans eight times, the last time coming Feb. 17 against Alabama. Auburn is just 2-6 in front of a home sellout. The season finale against Georgia on March 7 has already been announced as a sellout. Top 10 Auburn Arena crowds Date Opponent Att. W/L Score 2/17/15 Alabama 9,121 L /7/15 Ole Miss 9,121 L /16/15 South Carolina 9,121 W /19/13 Kentucky 9,121 L /11/12 Kentucky 9,121 L /12/11 Mississippi St. 9,121 W /22/11 Alabama 9,121 L /12/10 UNC Asheville 9,121 L /30/14 Alabama 9,102 W /16/13 Florida 8,953 L Non-conference crowds Auburn s game against North Alabama drew 8,169 fans to Auburn Arena, which was the second-largest crowd to watch a non-conference game in the Arena. The only non-conference game to draw a larger crowd was the 9,121 fans that saw the first-ever game in the Arena on Nov. 12, 2010, against UNC Asheville. Auburn averaged 7,468 fans during the non-conference season, which was larger than any year-end average in arena history. The Pearl effect on the road In Auburn s 11 road games, seven times the crowd has been bigger than the season average for the home team: Opponent Att. vs. AU Avg. Att. Colorado 9,834 9,662 Texas Tech 7,040 6,623 Clemson 7,140 7,561 Vanderbilt 10,502 9,064 Florida 10,346 10,702 Alabama 15,383 10,696 Tennessee 18,439 14,999 LSU 8,672 8,907 Georgia 10,523 7,316 Kentucky 23,403 23,525 Texas A&M 9,809 7,278 Bruce Pearl undergoes successful surgery Bruce Pearl underwent successful back surgery on Tuesday morning, Nov. 4. The surgery was performed by Dr. Colby Maher of the Andrews Institute in Pensacola, Fla. He was back on the sidelines for Auburn s exhibition game against West Alabama three days later. Season tickets sold out Auburn has sold out of men s basketball season tickets (5,800) for the first time in Auburn Arena history. The ticket office officially announced that season tickets were sold out on Nov. 7, a week before the season started. Page 12 Game 31 Georgia at Auburn March 7, P.M. CT Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala.

13 QUOTING THE TIGERS Press Conference March 6, 2015 Head Coach Bruce Pearl Opening Statement We are getting close to the time of the year when players and teams are going to get recognized for accomplishments over the course of the year. There are seeds, Players and Coaches of the Year, First Team and Second Teams, and so forth. I would like to make a case for KT (Harrell) being a First Team All-Conference player this year. He leads the league in scoring and three-point percentage, and is seventh in the nation in three-point percentage. A lot of times he has to take tough, contested shots. He is our best player. He has improved defensively. It is tough to get a First Team All-Conference player on a team that has finished near the bottom of the league, but I think he would start on any team in this conference and that says a lot. I am really proud of him. He did a great job Tuesday against Missouri. He was the best player on the floor, in my opinion. As a coach, if I have the best player on the floor that night I should be able to win that game in that situation. We obviously did not get stops late, which has been an issue for us. It has been an issue for us as far as winning and losing games, more than anything else, that has to change with our personnel and our ability to guard. Our numbers have to be much different defensively then they are right now. As a result we will win more games because we will be able to guard. That will be our goal. At the same time we had four empty possessions, we had KT and Malcolm (Canada) with a turnover, Cinmeon (Bowers) got to the rim with a great look and didn t finish. He was on the ground and they came down the other end and scored. KT got fouled a couple of times the last possessions, and they didn t call it. They put two hands on him twice and they didn t call it, so that put a lot of pressure on our offensive by not being able to stop Missouri. We have a lot to play for in this one, both Georgia and Auburn. Georgia has a chance to be as high as a three-seed. If they don t win, then they don t. For us, it is still mathematically possible for us to be and 11-seed. We have a lot to play for in addition to finish up our home stand, being able to reward our fans who have been phenomenal, with a victory. On Antoine Mason s return I don t think Antoine (Mason) will be back. Right now we have no plans for him to return tonight or tomorrow. Unfortunately, we made arrangements to fly privately with coaches and players to the wake. We practiced yesterday morning at 6:15 a.m. in order to be able to do that, but we also knew the potential for weather. We also looked at some commercial flights, and I was very aware of the 9 a.m. departure flight from Atlanta into LaGuardia. That flight was sold out, and we probably wouldn t have made it anyways because of the time change and practice. But we did look at it as a potential flight, but it was sold out. So we weren t able to get there yesterday. The funeral is this morning. I think [Antoine returning for the tournament] is still up in the air. It is going to have to be something that Antoine decides he wants to do. He has been out of practice all week. But I am going to leave it up to him. It is Friday at noon and I am not sure about tomorrow, but I have to assume not. That said, last time we played Georgia we knew Friday evening that he was trying to get back to play Saturday. And he did make it back. We picked him up in Atlanta and took him over to Athens. Just knowing what he is going through, he has done a great job of getting back and forth as he could. The other thing as far as Senior Night is concerned is we will honor him just like he is there, just like the other senior players and managers. We will do that pre- game with the other three seniors and three managers, so we will have a total of seven being honored. It will be nice before the game tomorrow. On value of K.C. Ross-Miller and Antoine Mason Chris Denson was a huge part of the program for a number of years, and his last year he was Second Team All-Conference and just did a really good job out there with KT (Harrell). So it was difficult for us to come in and replace a player who had been here for many years and who had done a great job. We did the best we could with K.C. (Ross-Miller) and Antoine (Mason) as fifth year guys. I m not a huge proponent of the rule, but in this case it worked out for us. Those guys got a chance to be a part of the Auburn family. We will look back on certain games and know without them we have no chance to win. I will look back at other games and know with them we had no chance to win either. K.C. played great against Georgia at Georgia. Antoine played great in our win against LSU. With Kareem Canty being recruited at the same time to play point guard, it really fit the bill. We couldn t recruit Kareem, sit him out and have a freshman there. He would be looking over his shoulder knowing Kareem would come in and be starting next year. I think the combination of K.C. and Antoine helped to get us through. We used the words all year long that we were trying to avoid disaster this year. Whether or not it was a disaster is up to your opinion. We certainly didn t win as many games as we would of liked to. But it could have been a lot worse. Back in April, when we had what we had then, before KC., Cinmeon (Bowers), Antoine, and Kareem in a lot of ways we scrambled and worked to at least be competitive. We had some games that were 20 pointers, but the rosters were that vastly different. We went on the road and we played well at Alabama and well at Tennessee. We didn t play well at Florida, but we did get it down to five or six fairly late. We played well at LSU, Georgia, and Missouri. Those could have been games that could have really gotten away from us. So I am going to pull out some positive things. It is tough to be ending the season without a lot of success. Not beating Alabama once was tough. The support has been great, both in the stands and privately. I have not beat up these kids because it is not all their fault. The Auburn family hasn t beaten us up because they recognize our effort, and they see the hope. On facing Georgia again Georgia is a very physical team. There is a reason why they were able to stay with Kentucky. They are a physical team. The matchup over there doesn t really make sense that we were able to beat that team because of the way they are built. They are physical screeners, posters, and drivers, some of the things that we struggle with. We went small at Georgia and it really helped us in the last five or ten minutes in the game. We were down nine with about seven minutes to go. Cinmeon (Bowers) went to the line and missed two free throws. KT (Harell) got the rebound and made two free throws. That started a chain where I think we probably scored on seven of our last ten possessions. We are going to have to physically man up in a big way against Georgia, because their guards are big, strong, physical and older. The physicality has been our biggest weakness. KT Harrell, G, Sr. On playing his final game at Auburn Arena It is surreal. I don t think it will hit me until it s over. I have just been focusing and preparing for these last few games. On if the loss at Missouri was the toughest one It was tough. We played hard. We talked defensively. We left it all on the floor and to fall short in the last couple of minutes was tough. We have been dealing with games like that all year, so we are not down. We are going to try and beat Georgia again. On the absence of Antoine Mason It has been tough. We have all been thinking about him. We have been communicating with him as much as we can, but at the same time we want to keep our distance because you don t want to bombard him with a lot of questions, but we have been playing for him. We have been trying to win for him. We haven t been having a lot of success but he has been in our hearts and minds when we play. K.C. Ross-Miller, G, Gr. On if he thinks KT should be First Team All-SEC He has been our leader since day one. He has carried us offensively and defensively. He has made big plays for us, and he deserves to be First Team. Malcolm Canada, G, Sr. On if he thinks KT should be First Team All-SEC Without question. He carried us throughout the whole year. Without him, we wouldn t be in the position we are now with the little success that we have had. Game 31 Georgia at Auburn March 7, P.M. CT Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala. Page 13

14 8 NCAA TOURNAMENTS: Associated Press 1. Kentucky (65) 2. Virginia 3. Duke 4. Villanova 5. Arizona 6. Wisconsin 7. Gonzaga 8. Wichita State 9. Kansas 10. Maryland 11. Northern Iowa 12. Notre Dame 13. Utah 14. Baylor 15. Oklahoma 16. Louisville 17. Iowa State 18. Arkansas 19. North Carolina 20. West Virginia 21. Butler 22. SMU 23. Ohio State 24. Providence 25. Murray State Others receiving votes: Dayton, Boise State, Oregon, St. John s, BYU, Texas A&M, Davidson, Georgetown, Tulsa, San Diego St, Colorado St, LSU, Rhode Island, VCU, Valparaiso, Stephen F. Austin Top 25 Polls (March 2) USA Today Coaches 1. Kentucky (32) 2. Virginia 3. Duke 4. Villanova 5. Wisconsin 6. Arizona 7. Gonzaga 8. Wichita State 9. Maryland 10. Kansas 11. Notre Dame 12. Northern Iowa 13. Utah 14. Louisville 15. Oklahoma 16. Baylor 17. Iowa State 18. Arkansas 19. North Carolina 20. West Virginia 21. Butler 22. SMU 23. Providence 24. Murray State 25. Ohio State Others receiving votes: Georgetown, Dayton, San Diego St, Boise State, Oregon, Michigan St, St. John s, Texas A&M, Purdue, Davidson, Stephen F. Austin, Rhode Island, BYU, VCU, LSU, Valparaiso, Colorado St, Kansas St, Texas, Ole Miss Auburn in the polls Date AP Coaches NCAA RPI Preseason Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Jan Jan Jan Jan Feb Feb Feb Feb Mar This week in the SEC Team SEC (Pct.) Overall (Pct.) Kentucky^ 17-0 (1.000) 30-0 (1.000) Arkansas 12-4 (.750) 23-6 (.793) Ole Miss 11-6 (.647) (.667) Texas A&M 11-6 (.647) 20-9 (.690) LSU 10-7 (.588) 21-9 (.700) Georgia 10-7 (.588) (.655) Florida 8-9 (.447) (.500) Vanderbilt 8-9 (.447) (.600) Alabama 7-10 (.412) (.567) Tennessee 7-10 (.412) (.517) South Carolina 5-11 (.313) (.500) Mississippi St (.294) (.400) Auburn 4-13 (.235) (.400) Missouri 3-14 (.177) 9-21 (.300) Upcoming Schedule March 5 (Thursday) *Arkansas at South Carolina (ESPN/2) 6 pm March 7 (Saturday) *LSU at Arkansas (ESPN) 1 pm *Alabama at Texas A&M (FSN) 1 pm *Florida at Kentucky (CBS Sports) 1 pm *Georgia at Auburn (SEC Network) 3 pm *South Carolina at Tennessee (FSN) 3 pm *Missouri at Miss. St. (SEC Network) 5:30 pm *Vanderbilt at Ole Miss (SEC Network) 8 pm all times central Auburn in the SEC & NCAA stats (March 5) Category Team Rank [NCAA] Scoring th Scoring Defense th Scoring Margin th Free Throw % th Field Goal % th Field Goal % Def th 3-Pt. FG % th 3-Pt. FG % Def th Rebounding Off th Rebounding Def th Rebounding Margin th Blocked Shots th Assists th Steals th Turnover Margin th [89th] Assist/TO Ratio th Offensive Rebs th Defensive Rebs th Def. Reb. Pct th Off. Reb. Pct th 3-Pt. FG Made/Game st [89th] FT Attempts [5th] FT Made [21st] 3-Pt. FG attempts [58th] Total 3-Pt. FG made [81st] Total Steals [84th] PLAYER...Indiv....Rank [NCAA] Scoring KT Harrell st [44th] Cinmeon Bowers th Rebounding Cinmeon Bowers st [20th] Field Goal Pct. KT Harrell th Free Throw Pct. KT Harrell th Steals K.C. Ross-Miller th 3-Point FG Pct. KT Harrell st [7th] 3-Point FG Made KT Harrell st [32nd] Offensive Cinmeon Bowers st [9th] Defensive Cinmeon Bowers nd [44th] Minutes Played KT Harrell th Total Points KT Harrell [35th] Total FG Made KT Harrell [81st] Total FG Attempts KT Harrell [95th] 3-Point FG Attempts KT Harrell [71st] Total 3-Point FG Made KT Harrell [27th] Total Free Throw Attempts Cinmeon Bowers [41st] Total Cinmeon Bowers [14th] Double-Doubles Cinmeon Bowers [17th] [Top 100 only listed for NCAA stats] Page 14 Game 31 Georgia at Auburn March 7, P.M. CT Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala.

15 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) Twitter Handle 00 Malcolm Canada G SR L Austin, Texas (Ellsworth CC) 1 KT Harrell G SR L Montgomery, Ala. 3 Patrick Keim G FR HS Birmingham, Ala. (Mountain 4 Trayvon Reed C FR HS Mobile, Ala. (Life Center 5 Cinmeon Bowers F JR JC Racine, Wis. (Chipola 10 Kareem Canty G SO TR Harlem, N.Y. 12 K.C. Ross-Miller G GS TR Grand Prairie, Texas (New Mexico 13 Tahj Shamsid-Deen G SO L Decatur, Ga. 14 Antoine Mason G GS TR Queens, N.Y. 20 Alex Thompson F SO L Dothan, Ala. (Houston 22 C.J. Holmes G JR L Washington, D.C. (IMG 23 TJ Lang G FR HS Mobile, Ala. (McGill 24 Jack Purchase F FR HS Melbourne, Australia (Carey 25 Jordon Granger F JR L St. Louis, Mo. (McCluer North) 31 Devin Waddell G/F JR L Summerfield, N.C. (Hargrave Military 41 Matthew Atewe C SO L Brampton, Ont., Canada (Notre Dame 42 Cole Stockton G JR TR Auburn, Ala. (Shelton State) COACHES & STAFF Bruce Pearl Head Coach (Boston College 82 / 1st Year at Harris Adler Assistant Coach (Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science Tony Jones Assistant Coach (Concordia (Mich.) Chuck Person Assistant Coach Todd Golden Dir. of Basketball Operations (St. Mary s Jordan VerHulst Video Coordinator (Grand Valley State Chad Prewett Special Assistant to the Head Coach (Troy State Jermile Brooks Athletic Trainer (Col. of Charleston 01) Damon Davis Strength & Conditioning Coach (Western Illinois Steven Pearl Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach (Tennessee Team Managers: Michael Banks, Ryan Brown, Aaron Christian, Harrison Evola, Jesufarahanmi (Far) Fadamiro, Braden Ladner, Jeremy Manning, Matt McCormack, Thomas Nortchutt, Brooks Ohman, Eric Schwob, Reed Watson, Bianca Webb PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Matthew Atewe... Atta-way Cinmeon Bowers...sim-me-ON Jordon Granger... Jore-DON Grain-jer KT Harrell...Huh-RELL Patrick Keim...Kime Antoine Mason...An-twaan Tahj Shamsid-Deen...Sham-sid-Deen Jermile Brooks... Jer-mell Game 31 Georgia at Auburn March 7, P.M. CT Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala. Page 15

16 8 NCAA TOURNAMENTS: #00 Malcolm Canada Sr. Guard Aus n, Texas #1 KT Harrell Sr. Guard Montgomery, Ala. #3 Patrick Keim Fr. Guard Birmingham, Ala. #4 Trayvon Reed Fr. Center Mobile, Ala. #5 Cinmeon Bowers Jr. Forward Racine, Wis. #12 K.C. Ross-Miller GS Guard Grand Prairie, Texas #13 Tahj Shamsid-Deen So. Guard Decatur, Ga. #14 Antoine Mason GS Guard Queens, N.Y. #20 Alex Thompson So. Forward Dothan, Ala. #22 C.J. Holmes Jr. Guard Washington, D.C. #23 TJ Lang Fr. Guard Mobile, Ala. #24 Jack Purchase Fr. Forward Melbourne, Australia #25 Jordon Granger Jr. Forward St. Louis, Mo. #31 Devin Waddell Jr. Guard/Forward Summerfield, N.C. #41 Ma hew Atewe So. Center Ontario, Canada #42 Cole Stockton JR. Guard Auburn, Ala. Page 16 Bruce Pearl Head Coach First Year at Auburn 20th Year Overall Harris Adler Assistant Coach Tony Jones Assistant Coach Chuck Person Assistant Coach Game 31 Georgia at Auburn March 7, P.M. CT Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala.

17 SEASON / CAREER HIGHS #00 MALCOLM CANADA PTS...15 (Xavier 12/20/14)...15 (Xavier 12/20/14) REBS...6 (2x, Ole Miss 2/7/15)... 6 (2x, Ole Miss 2/7/15) FG...5 (Xavier 12/20/14)... 5 (Xavier 12/20/14) FG ATT....9 (2x, Ole Miss 2/7/15)... 9 (2x, Ole Miss 2/7/15) 3PT FG...2 (vs. Oregon State 11/26/14)... 2 (vs. Oregon State 11/26/14) 3PT FG ATT....3 (3x, at Missouri 3/3/15)...3 (3x, at Missouri 3/3/15) FT... 5 (3x, Arkansas 2/10/15)...6 (2x, Miss. St. 2/15/14) FT ATT (Ole Miss 2/7/15)... 8 (2x, Ole Miss 2/7/15) ASSISTS... 6 (Louisiana 11/21/14)... 6 (Louisiana 11/21/14) STEALS...3 (2x, North Alabama 1/3/15)... 3 (3x, North Alabama 1/3/15) BLKS...2 (2x, at Missouri 3/3/15)...2 (2x, at Missouri 3/3/15) MINS...37 (Xavier 12/20/14)...37 (Xavier 12/20/14) #1 KT HARRELL PTS...28 (at LSU 2/5/15)...29 (Boston College 12/22/13) REBS... 7 (2x, MTSU 12/29/14)...11 (Alabama 1/30/14) FG...10 (2x, Xavier 12/20/14)...10 (3x, Xavier 12/20/14) FG ATT (Xavier 12/20/14)...20 (2x, Xavier 12/20/14) 3PT FG... 7 (Coastal Carolina 12/5/14)... 7 (Coastal Carolina 12/5/14) 3PT FG ATT (at Colorado 11/17/14)...11 (at Colorado 11/17/14) FT... 9 (3x, at Texas A&M 2/28/15)...13 (Mississippi St. 2/15/14) FT ATT ( Arkansas 2/10/15)...14 (Mississippi St. 2/15/14) ASSISTS...4 (at Texas A&M 2/28/15)... 6 (at S. Carolina 2/5/14) STEALS...3 (2x, Mississippi State 1/12/15)...3 (4x, Mississippi State 1/121/15) BLKS... 1 (2x, at Georgia 2/14/15)... 1 (7x, Texas Southern 12/23/14) MINS...44 (Xavier 12/20/14)...44 (Xavier 12/20/14) #4 TRAYVON REED PTS... 4 (2x, MTSU 12/29/14)... 4 (2x, MTSU 12/29/14) REBS...8 (Winthrop 12/17/14)... 8 (Winthrop 12/17/14) FG... 1 (9x, at Texas A&M 2/28/15)...1 (9x, at Texas A&M 2/28/15) FG ATT....4 (Winthrop 12/17/14)... 4 (Winthrop 12/17/14) 3PT FG... 3PT FG ATT.... FT...3 (South Carolina 1/17/15)... 3 (South Carolina 1/17/15) FT ATT....4 (3x, South Carolina 1/17/15)...4 (3x, South Carolina 1/17/15) ASSISTS... 1 (3x, at Kentucky 2/21/15)...1 (3x, at Kentucky 2/21/15) STEALS... 1 (2x, at Texas A&M 2/28/15)...1 (2x, at Texas A&M 2/28/15) BLKS...5 (Xavier 12/20/14)... 5 (Xavier 12/20/14) MINS...25 (Xavier 12/20/14)...25 (Xavier 12/20/14) #5 CINMEON BOWERS PTS...20 (3x, Missouri 1/10/15)...20 (3x, Missouri 1/10/15) REBS (3x, Mississippi State 1/121/15) (3x, Mississippi State 1/121/15) FG...8 (4x, at LSU 2/5/15)...8 (4x, at LSU 2/5/15) FG ATT (at LSU 2/5/15)...17 (at LSU 2/5/15) 3PT FG...1 (5x, Alabama 2/17/15)...1 (5x, Alabama 2/17/15) 3PT FG ATT....4 (Ole Miss 2/7/15)... 4 (Ole Miss 2/7/15) FT...11 (Missouri 1/10/15)...11 (Missouri 1/10/15) FT ATT (Missouri 1/10/15)...18 (Missouri 1/10/15) ASSISTS... 7 (Ole Miss 2/7/15)... 7 (Ole Miss 2/7/15) STEALS...3 (6x, at Missouri 3/3/15)...3 (6x, at Missouri 3/3/15) BLKS...3 (2x, North Alabama 1/3/15)... 3 (2x, North Alabama 1/3/15) MINS (at Tennessee 1/31/15)...37 (at Tennessee 1/31/15) #12 K.C. ROSS-MILLER PTS (Arkansas 2/10/15) (at UTEP 11/23/13) REBS...5 (South Carolina 1/17/15)...8 (Concordia-Selma 2/17/11) FG... 6 (2x, at Georgia 2/14/15)... 6 (3x, at Georgia 2/14/15) FG ATT (at Colorado 11/17/14)...14 (at Colorado 11/17/14) 3PT FG... 2 (3x, at Kentucky 2/21/15)... 3 (2x, at Idaho 1/11/14) 3PT FG ATT (Coastal Carolina 12/5/14)... 7 (Coastal Carolina 12/5/14) FT... 7 (2x, Arkansas 2/10/15) (at UTEP 11/23/13) FT ATT (3x, at Texas A&M 2/28/15) (2x, at UTEP 11/23/13) ASSISTS... 6 (North Alabama 1/3/15)...10 (S. Alabama 12/28/13) STEALS... 5 (2x, MTSU 12/29/14)... 5 (2x, MTSU 12/29/14) BLKS...1 (Missouri 1/10/15)...1 (3x, Missouri 1/10/15) MINS (3x, at Texas A&M 2/28/15)...37 (2x, at New Mexico 12/17/13) #13 TAHJ SHAMSID-DEEN PTS (Louisiana 11/21/14) (Louisiana 11/21/14) REBS...4 (Xavier 12/20/14)...6 (Kentucky 2/12/14) FG... 7 (Louisiana 11/21/14)... 7 (Louisiana 11/21/14) FG ATT (Louisiana 11/21/14) (Louisiana 11/21/14) 3PT FG... 5 (Louisiana 11/21/14)... 5 (3x, Louisiana 11/21/14) 3PT FG ATT (Louisiana 11/21/14) (Louisiana 11/21/14) FT...4 (vs. Oregon State 11/26/14)...6 (at Mississippi St. 1/22/14) FT ATT....6 (vs. Oregon State 11/26/14)...7 (at Mississippi St. 1/22/14) ASSISTS... 5 (Coastal Carolina 12/5/14)...8 (Ark.-Pine Bluff 12/30/13) STEALS...2 (3x, at Vanderbilt 1/6/15)...3 (Ark.-Pine Bluff 12/30/13) BLKS...1 (2x, Ark.-Pine Bluff 12/30/13) MINS (at Tennessee 1/31/15) (at Arkansas 1/25/14) #14 ANTOINE MASON PTS...29 (at Kentucky 2/21/15)...39 (Brown 12/29/13) REBS...8 (at LSU 2/5/15)...12 (Rider 2/5/12) FG... 9 (2x, at Kentucky 2/21/15)...13 (3x, Marist 3/6/14) FG ATT (at Kentucky 2/21/15)...28 (Iona 1/31/13) 3PT FG...5 (at Kentucky 2/21/15)...5 (at Kentucky 2/21/15) 3PT FG ATT (2x, Ole Miss 2/7/15)...11 (Iona 1/31/13) FT...9 (at LSU 2/5/15)...15 (at Seton Hall 11/9/13) FT ATT (Milwaukee 11/14/14)...20 (at Seton Hall 11/9/13) ASSISTS...3 (2x, at LSU 2/5/15)...7 (Fairfield (12/2/11) STEALS...5 (at LSU 2/5/15)... 6 (Brown (12/29/13) BLKS...1 (Texas A&M 1/27/15)...1 (multiple times) MINS (2x, at Kentucky 2/21/15)...47 (Loyola 2/2/13) #20 ALEX THOMPSON PTS...8 (Winthrop 12/17/14)...8 (2x, Winthrop 12/17/14) REBS...6 (Winthrop 12/17/14)... 6 (Winthrop 12/17/14) FG... 3 (North Alabama 1/3/15)... 3 (2x, North Alabama 1/3/15) FG ATT....9 (Winthrop 12/17/14)... 9 (Winthrop 12/17/14) 3PT FG...1 (4x, LSU 2/24/15)...2 (Missouri 1/11/14) 3PT FG ATT....4 (LSU 2/24/15)...4 (LSU 2/24/15) FT... 3 (2x, at Florida 1/15/15)...3 (2x, at Florida 1/15/15) FT ATT (2x, MTSU 12/29/14)... 4 (2x, MTSU 12/29/14) ASSISTS... 2 (North Alabama 1/3/15)... 2 (2x, North Alabama 1/3/15) STEALS... 1 (3x, MTSU 12/29/14)...3 (at South Carolina 2/5/14) BLKS... 1 (3x, at Texas A&M 2/28/15)...1 (4x, at Texas A&M 2/28/15) MINS (North Alabama 1/3/15)...22 (Missouri 1/11/14) #23 TJ LANG PTS...13 (at Missouri 3/3/15)...13 (at Missouri 3/3/15) REBS...5 (at Missouri 3/3/15)...5 (at Missouri 3/3/15) FG...5 (at Missouri 3/3/15)...5 (at Missouri 3/3/15) FG ATT....6 (at Missouri 3/3/15)...6 (at Missouri 3/3/15) 3PT FG...3 (at Missouri 3/3/15)...3 (at Missouri 3/3/15) 3PT FG ATT (at Missouri 3/3/15)...4 (at Missouri 3/3/15) FT... 3 (2x, Arkansas 2/10/15)... 3 (2x, Arkansas 2/10/15) FT ATT....5 (at Colorado 11/17/14)...5 (at Colorado 11/17/14) ASSISTS...2 (2x, at Missouri 3/3/15)...2 (2x, at Missouri 3/3/15) STEALS... BLKS...1 (LSU 2/24/15)...1 (LSU 2/24/15) MINS...31 (at Missouri 3/3/15)...31 (at Missouri 3/3/15) #24 JACK PURCHASE PTS...3 (3x, vs. Oregon State 11/26/14)...3 (3x, vs. Oregon State 11/26/14) REBS... 2 (2x, at Texas Tech 12/3/14)... 2 (2x, at Texas Tech 12/3/14) FG...1 (3x, vs. Oregon State 11/26/14)...1 (3x, vs. Oregon State 11/26/14) FG ATT....5 (at Colorado 11/17/14)...5 (at Colorado 11/17/14) 3PT FG...1 (3x, vs. Oregon State 11/26/14)...1 (3x, vs. Oregon State 11/26/14) 3PT FG ATT....5 (at Colorado 11/17/14)...5 (at Colorado 11/17/14) FT... FT ATT.... ASSISTS... 2 (Louisiana 11/21/14)... 2 (Louisiana 11/21/14) STEALS...1 (at Colorado 11/17/14)...1 (at Colorado 11/17/14) BLKS... MINS (vs. Tulsa 11/24/14) (vs. Tulsa 11/24/14) #25 JORDON GRANGER PTS (Louisiana 11/21/14) (Louisiana 11/21/14) REBS... 7 (Coastal Carolina 12/5/14)... 7 (2x, Coastal Carolina 12/5/14) FG... 4 (Coastal Carolina 12/5/14)... 4 (Coastal Carolina 12/5/14) FG ATT (2x, at Georgia 2/14/15)... 7 (2x, at Georgia 2/14/15) 3PT FG...3 (LSU 2/24/15)...3 LSU 2/24/15) 3PT FG ATT....5 (at Georgia 2/14/15)... 5 (at Georgia 2/14/15) FT...2 (5x, Alabama 2/17/15)...4 (at Missouri 2/2/13) FT ATT....3 (2x, Winthrop 12/17/14)...4 (2x, at Missouri 2/2/13) ASSISTS...3 (2x, at Missouri 3/3/15)...3 (2x, at Missouri 3/3/15) STEALS...4 (at Vanderbilt 1/6/15)... 4 (at Vanderbilt 1/6/15) BLKS...3 (Texas A&M 1/27/15)...3 (Texas A&M 1/27/15) MINS...32 (Coastal Carolina 12/5/14) (Coastal Carolina 12/5/14) #31 DEVIN WADDELL PTS...3 (at Colorado 11/17/14)...3 (at Colorado 11/17/14) REBS... 3 (Coastal Carolina 12/5/14)... 3 (Coastal Carolina 12/5/14) FG... 1 (2x, at Texas Tech 12/3/14)... 1 (2x, at Texas Tech 12/3/14) FG ATT....3 (at Clemson 12/14/14)...3 (at Clemson 12/14/14) 3PT FG...1 (at Colorado 11/17/14)...1 (at Colorado 11/17/14) 3PT FG ATT....1 (2x, at Missouri 3/3/15)...1 (2x, at Missouri 3/3/15) FT... 1 (Coastal Carolina 12/5/14)... 1 (Coastal Carolina 12/5/14) FT ATT (Coastal Carolina 12/5/14)... 2 (Coastal Carolina 12/5/14) ASSISTS...1 (at Clemson 12/14/14)...1 (at Clemson 12/14/14) STEALS... BLKS...1 (2x, at LSU 2/5/15)...1 (2x, at LSU 2/5/15) MINS (at Texas Tech 12/3/14) (at Texas Tech 12/3/14) Game 31 Georgia at Auburn March 7, P.M. CT Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala. Page 17

18 Bruce Pearl is a proven winner. In 19 seasons as a head coach he has never had a losing season. He has also guided his team to the NCAA Tournament 17 times. And when he s not winning basketball games, he s winning the hearts of a fan base badly wanting a winner. In the month following Auburn s hiring of Pearl, deposits towards Auburn general public season tickets were up 258 percent over the previous season from the same point while donations towards scholarship ticket were up 560 percent in that same time period. All this for a man that has a.700 (231-99) winning percentage at the Division I level and a.761 ( ) winning percentage overall. 8 NCAA TOURNAMENTS: Bruce Pearl Head Coach First Season at Auburn 20th Season Overall (.744) conference in scoring 16 of the 19 years that he has been a head coach. His Tennessee squads were the SEC s scoring champion in four of his seasons on Rocky Top, averaging 77.4 points per game while allowing 70.5 ppg. At the Division I level, his teams have topped the 100-point mark 14 times, including a high of 124 in 2009 as well as 121 points in the 2007 NCAA Tournament. In his second year as coach at Southern Indiana the team averaged ppg. Twice he has coached the league s leading scorer in UW-Milwaukee s Dylan Page in 2004 (20.9 ppg) and Tennessee s Chris Lofton in 2007 (20.8 ppg). Tremendous hire by Jay Jacobs, ESPN Basketball Insider Jeff Goodman said the day Pearl was hired. He is a proven winner and it s just a matter of time before he makes Auburn relevant nationally in basketball. He is one of those rare guys that can both coach and recruit and get his guys to play hard on a consistent basis. This is the ultimate home run hire. Heading into the season, Pearl is one of just 10 current head coaches at a Division I school with a minimum of 10 years of experience and no losing seasons. The top three on that list Jim Boheim of Syracuse (38 years), Roy Williams of North Carolina (26) and Tom Izzo of Michigan State (19) have all led their teams to National Championships, something else Pearl did as he led Southern Indiana to the NCAA Division II Championship game in back-to-back seasons, winning it all in Pearl s impact on the Auburn community has been apparent since the day he was hired on March 18, A crowd in excess of 3,000 fans, half of which were students, showed up to Pearl s press conference in Auburn Arena, for which Pearl bought the students pizza. Ever since he has been visible throughout the Auburn campus, showing up on the concourse in a dunk tank as part of a fraternity fundraiser and returning two weeks later alongside football coach Gus Malzahn, women s basketball coach Terri Williams-Flournoy, baseball coach Sunny Golloway and university president Dr. Jay Gogue encouraging students to Crush Finals. He also regularly eats meals amongst the students on campus, engaging himself unlike any other coach or staff member on Auburn s campus. Bruce Pearl is a great hire for Auburn, ESPN s Jay Bilas said. He will bring an energy and enthusiasm to the program that will be contagious, and he s a truly outstanding coach. Pearl has the goods, and he can really sell them too. Pearl s 19 years of coaching experience covers three stops. He began his head coaching career with a nine-year stay at Southern Indiana, taking the program to the tournament each season, going (.834) from From there he made the move to Wisconsin-Milwaukee, taking the Panthers to the NIT once and the NCAA Tournament twice, including a 2005 Sweet 16 appearance. After compiling an (.694) record at UW-Milwaukee, Tennessee tabbed him as its leader in 2005 and he responded by taking the program to six straight NCAA Tournament appearances, two Sweet Sixteens (2007, 2008) and the 2010 Elite Eight, which was the most successful six-year run in Volunteers history. During Pearl s stay at Tennessee, the Volunteers topped the 20-win mark five times and was the SEC s winningest program during his six seasons, winning the 2008 SEC regular season SEC Championship, the 2006, 2008 and 2009 SEC Eastern Division titles and earned the school s first-ever No. 1 national ranking. From , Tennessee went (.677) in league play, better than every team in the conference during that time period. Pearl s preferred style of play, a high-scoring, pressure-type scheme, has proven to be very exciting and very successful throughout the years. His teams have led their (Pearl) has taken down a lot of high-flying teams as the coach at Tennessee, ESPN. com s Pat Forde wrote in Mach Playing his Volunteers is hazardous to your ranking. During Pearl s stay at Tennessee, he attracted outstanding players to Knoxville. Wayne Chism was Pearl s first marquee signee at Tennessee. The Volunteers went during Chism s four-year career, and he walked off the court in 2010 as the school s all-time leader in games played and wins. Chism also appeared in more NCAA Tournament games and logged more wins in the Big Dance than any Vol in history. But perhaps more important is the fact that Chism extended a trend that followed Pearl throughout his stay at Tennessee. Every player that played four years for Pearl at Tennessee earned their college degree. Boasting a.700 winning percentage over 10 Division I seasons, Pearl has done it against some of the toughest schedules in America. Tennessee sought out non-conference matchups with the most prominent teams and players on the collegiate landscape. During his stay at Tennessee the Volunteers defeated Kevin Durant and Texas, Derrick Rose and Memphis, Greg Monroe and Georgetown, Matt Bouldin and Gonzaga, Sherron Collins and Luke Aldrich of Kansas and Ohio State with National Player of the Year Evan Turner. That s in addition to logging SEC wins against future NBA standouts such as Ronnie Brewer, Glen Davis, Joakim Noah, Rajon Rondo and John Wall. Playing such a difficult schedule led to an average year-end RPI of 17 as well as three top-five seeds in the NCAA Tournament. Twice Tennessee landed in the top 10 in the final national rankings, with a high of No. 5 after logging a school-record 31 wins in Tennessee s on-court success never came at the expense of academics. Tennessee had 31 SEC Academic Honor Roll selections under Pearl and nine members of the squad earned SEC Academic Honor Roll recognition. You can t serve unless you are called upon. That has been an oft-quoted Pearl mantra throughout his time at Tennessee and has been carried over to his early days at Auburn. An ambassador for the university, Pearl s selfless community service work and generous stewardship made him one of the most influential public figures in the state of Tennessee. He was named Knoxvillian of the Year by Knoxville Metro Pulse in 2008 and also received the prestigious Knoxville Award in The UT basketball program also earned the UT Men s Community Outreach Team Award twice in his six seasons. Pearl realized a lifelong dream in the summer of 2008 when his country called upon him to serve as head coach of Maccabi USA s open men s basketball team at the 18th World Maccabiah Games in Israel. He led the American squad to the gold medal for just the third time in 24 years, toppling favored Israel in the title game. Page 18 Game 31 Georgia at Auburn March 7, P.M. CT Auburn Arena Auburn, Ala.