Auburn's Turnovers Cost Them vs. Ole Miss

Auburns Mens Basketball Team Suffered a Tough Home Loss to Ole Miss, Snapping Their Winning Streak and Putting Their NCAA Tournament Hopes in Jeopardy

Auburns mens basketball team suffered a tough home loss to Ole Miss on Saturday night, falling eighty-five to seventy-nine. The defeat snapped the Tigers ten-game winning streak against the Rebels and dropped Auburn to fifteen wins and fourteen losses overall. Now, they need to win every remaining game just to have a shot at the NCAA Tournament.

The game stayed tight through most of the first half, with Auburn nearly pulling ahead before Ole Miss closed strong to lead thirty-eight to thirty-seven at the break. The Tigers jumped out fast in the second, grabbing an eight-point edge on an eleven-to-two run. But the Rebels fired back with a twenty-one-to-five spurt to take control down the stretch.

Fans are frustrated with Auburns ongoing turnover problems, as the team committed fourteen miscues for the third game in a row. Those mistakes led to eighteen points for Ole Miss, and almost every Tiger who played coughed it up at least once. Its the seventeenth time this season Auburn has hit double digits in turnovers.

Ole Miss stars Patton Pinkins and AJ Storr combined for fifty-two points, lighting up the Tigers defense with Pinkins dropping twenty-six on four threes. Auburn got solid scoring from Tahaad Pettiford with twenty-four points and Keyshawn Hall with twenty-one, but it wasnt enough to overcome the Rebels hot second-half shooting.

Auburn stays home Wednesday night to face LSU at nine PM on the SEC Network. With their tournament hopes hanging by a thread, the Tigers have to clean up the sloppiness quick to get back on track.

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