Final Nov 21
JMU 99 -3.0 o146.0
UIC 81 3.0 u146.0
Final Nov 21
MIA 69 -9.0 o143.0
DRKE 80 9.0 u143.0
Final OT Nov 21
OHIO 81 -2.0 o146.5
MTU 83 2.0 u146.5
Final Nov 21
LAS 67 -1.5 o144.0
UCSD 72 1.5 u144.0
Final Nov 21
OKST 78 2.0 o163.0
FAU 86 -2.0 u163.0
Final Nov 21
USF 74 -6.5 o145.5
PORT 68 6.5 u145.5
Final Nov 21
ECU 78 -4.0 o135.0
JVST 86 4.0 u135.0
Final Nov 21
MONM 62 4.5 o146.5
YSU 72 -4.5 u146.5
Final OT Nov 21
HALL 69 7.0 o126.0
VCU 66 -7.0 u126.0
Final Nov 21
BRAD 82 -7.0 o135.5
TXST 68 7.0 u135.5
Final Nov 21
TOL 103 -13.0 o154.5
STET 78 13.0 u154.5
Final Nov 21
RMU 86 9.5 o151.5
COR 76 -9.5 u151.5
Final Nov 21
UNCG 58 17.5 o146.5
IND 69 -17.5 u146.5
Final Nov 21
RAD 51 22.0 o144.5
CLEM 79 -22.0 u144.5
Final Nov 21
SYR 66 11.0 o155.0
TEX 70 -11.0 u155.0
Final Nov 21
NIAG 73 14.0 o136.5
KENT 76 -14.0 u136.5
Final 0OT Nov 21
BAY 99 -2.5 o150.5
SJU 98 2.5 u150.5
Final Nov 21
EMU 68 7.0 o134.5
OAK 64 -7.0 u134.5
Final Nov 21
BRY 66 -12.5 o153.0
STONE 67 12.5 u153.0
Final Nov 21
MER 72 18.5 o150.0
SCAR 84 -18.5 u150.0
Final Nov 21
JOHNSU 52 -0.0 o0.0
CHAT 72 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
EDW 59 -0.0 o0.0
UNF 108 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
NJIT 64 12.5 o135.0
BUCK 81 -12.5 u135.0
Final OT Nov 21
SEMO 77 1.5 o149.5
CARK 73 -1.5 u149.5
Final OT Nov 21
PRE 58 8.5 o135.0
SFA 55 -8.5 u135.0
Final Nov 21
TRN 78 -0.0 o0.0
SHSU 105 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
VAN 73 2.5 o150.5
NEV 71 -2.5 u150.5
Final Nov 21
CCSU 54 -2.0 o142.0
SH 67 2.0 u142.0
Final Nov 21
UTM 77 11.5 o155.5
AMCC 81 -11.5 u155.5
Final Nov 21
ORU 68 21.5 o149.5
MISS 100 -21.5 u149.5
Final Nov 21
TXWES 66 -0.0 o0.0
UNT 73 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
LNDNWD 64 9.5 o145.0
VALP 77 -9.5 u145.0
Final Nov 21
MINCR 60 -0.0 o0.0
NDSU 67 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
PRIN 62 -7.5 o152.5
WRST 80 7.5 u152.5
Final Nov 21
46 -0.0 o0.0
WIU 73 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
TAMCOM 56 24.5 o144.5
OKLA 84 -24.5 u144.5
Final Nov 21
TST 49 31.0 o147.0
MICH 72 -31.0 u147.0
Final Nov 21
TTU 77 -10.5 o149.5
STJOE 78 10.5 u149.5
Final Nov 21
GRAM 58 23.5 o152.5
UNM 80 -23.5 u152.5
Final Nov 21
TENN 64 -12.5 o126.5
UVA 42 12.5 u126.5
Final Nov 21
EWU 81 14.0 o158.5
WSU 96 -14.0 u158.5
Final Nov 21
ORE 78 -6.5 o139.5
ORST 75 6.5 u139.5
Final Nov 21
AFA 69 16.0 o136.0
CAL 78 -16.0 u136.0
Final Nov 21
MEM 68 2.0 o154.5
SF 64 -2.0 u154.5
Jacksonville St. 1st ASUN20-9
Auburn 1st Southeastern27-4

Jacksonville St. @ Auburn preview

Bon Secours Wellness Arena

Last Meeting ( Nov 19, 2013 ) Jacksonville St. 54, Auburn 78

It will be an all-Alabama matchup Friday in Greenville, S.C., when the No. 2 seed Auburn Tigers take on the No. 15 seed Jacksonville State Gamecocks in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

The winner of the Midwest region contest will meet either Southern California or Miami on Sunday.

Auburn (27-5) will be looking to turn the page quickly after a disappointing end to the regular season and a flat performance in the SEC tournament. The Tigers started the season 22-1, but were an inconsistent 5-4 in their final nine games.

They did do just enough to win their first outright SEC regular season championship since 1999, but the No. 1 seed in the SEC tournament immediately lost in its first game, 67-62, against a Texas A&M squad that did not even make the NCAA Tournament.

If Auburn is going to make a deep run, a lot of it will be on the shoulders of Jabari Smith and Walker Kessler. Smith averages 17.1 points per game to lead the Tigers, and Kessler averages 11.7 points to go with a team-high 8.2 rebounds and 4.5 blocks.

"Defense and rebounding win championships," Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said. "Our rebounding hasn't been nearly as good. That's going to be something we're going to have to improve on, and then offensive execution. And that includes being able to shoot the basketball and make better decisions with the shot we take.

"Those are the three things I think we need to be able to do in order to start playing our best basketball."

The journey for Pearl's team playing its best basketball will start against a Jacksonville State (21-10) team that did not even win its conference tournament. The Gamecocks lost 54-51 to Jacksonville in the Atlantic Sun semifinals but were given a reprieve.

When Bellarmine, which was not eligible to play in the NCAA Tournament, won the Atlantic Sun tournament, the league's automatic bid went to Jacksonville State as the regular season champions.

"We wanted to schedule some teams that we thought would be NCAA Tournament teams," Gamecocks coach Ray Harper said. "We opened at Wichita State, we went to VCU, we've gone to Alabama. I think all of those experiences combined will help this team. This team has been in some tough environments."

The Gamecocks, who lost their Dec. 18 game at Alabama by only six, are led by Darian Adams (team-leading 15.6 points per game, 44 steals), Demaree King (10.7 points, 46.2 percent from 3-point range) and Jalen Gibbs (10.7 points).

The two head coaches in this game have a history going back more than three decades. When Pearl was the head coach at Southern Indiana and Harper at Kentucky Wesleyan, the two squared off 17 times with Harper's teams winning 13 of those battles.

The two schools, separated by just 105 miles, have met six times. Auburn has won all six games, although the schools have not played each other since 2013.

--Field Level Media

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