2020-21 Auburn Men's Basketball Page 1/1 Combined Team Statistics As of Dec 01, 2020 All Games
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2020-21 AUBURN MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS MATCHUP Overall: 1-2 • Home: 0-0 • Away: 0-1 • Neutral: 1-1 SEC: 0-0 • Home: 0-0 • Away: 0-0 Auburn Tigers (1-2, 0-0 SEC) Head Coach: Bruce Pearl, 26th season (588-225), 7th season at AU (126-80) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Nov. 26 ! vs. Saint Joseph’s (FS1) W, 96-91 (OT) vs Nov. 27 ! vs. #1 Gonzaga (FOX) L, 90-67 Nov. 30 at UCF (ESPN+) L, 63-55 South Alabama Jaguars (3-1, 0-0 Sun Belt) Dec. 4 South Alabama (SECN) 8:00 pm Head Coach: Richie Riley, 5th season (75-57), 3rd season at USA (40-29) Dec. 12 % vs. Memphis 8:00 pm Dec. 15 Texas Southern TBA Date / Time ___________________________Dec. 4, 2020 / 8:00 pm CT Dec. 19 Troy (SECN) 1:00 pm Series History Site / Venue ______________ Auburn, Ala. / Auburn Arena (9,121) Dec. 22 Appalachian State TBA TV ________________________________________________________ SEC Network Overall AU leads 7-4 Dec. 30 * Arkansas TBA PxP _______________________________________________ Paul Sunderland In Auburn AU leads 4-2 Jan. 2 * at Texas A&M TBA Analyst _______________________________________________ Jon Sundvold In Mobile AU leads 2-1 Jan. 6 * at Ole Miss TBA Radio ____________AU Sports Network / 93.9 Tiger FM / TuneIn Neutral Site Tied 1-1 Jan. 9 * Alabama TBA PxP _________________________________________________ Andy Burcham Last Meeting AU, 70-69 (11/12/19) Jan. 13 * at Georgia TBA Analyst ________________________________________________ Sonny Smith Streak Auburn W4 Jan. 16 * Kentucky TBA Jan. 20 * at Arkansas TBA Jan. 23 * at South Carolina TBA » Auburn is set to host South Alabama in the first home game of the season for the Tigers Jan. 26 * Missouri TBA on Friday, Dec. 4. This marks the latest first home game for Auburn since Dec. 5, 1987 when Jan. 30 ^ at Baylor (ESPN/2/U) TBA the Tigers defeated VCU, 93-80, under head coach Sonny Smith. Feb. 2 * Georgia TBA » Auburn is 40-3 (.930) in regular season non-conference home games under head Feb. 6 * Ole Miss TBA coach Bruce Pearl. That mark is currently second among all SEC programs since 2014, only Feb. 9 * at Vanderbilt TBA trailing Arkansas (54-3, .946). Feb. 13 * at Kentucky TBA » The Tigers have won 29 straight regular season non-conference home games and hold Feb. 16 * Mississippi State TBA perfect records over the last four seasons. Auburn is the only team in the SEC without a Feb. 20 * at LSU TBA blemish at home against non-league foes since 2016-17. Feb. 23 * Florida TBA » The Tigers’ streak of 29 straight regular season non-conference home wins is tops in Feb. 27 * Tennessee TBA the SEC by a wide margin, leading Arkansas (15) and Georgia (13). The last time Auburn lost Mar. 2 * at Alabama TBA at home to a non-conference foe was Jan. 30, 2016 vs. Oklahoma State in the Big 12/SEC Challenge, 74-63. All times Central // Schedule subject to change » The Tigers have without a doubt one of the youngest rosters in college basketball with * - Southeastern Conference Game 15 underclassmen - six freshman and nine sophomores. Auburn and UC Irvine have the ! - Fort Myers Tip-Off (Fort Myers, Fla.) fewest upperclassmen on their respective rosters with two each. % - Holiday Hoopsgiving (Atlanta, Ga.) » Auburn lost 84.1 percent of its scoring from a season ago - the fifth-most in the $ - Big 12/SEC Challenge (Waco, Texas) country - and graduated the winningest class in program history as the 2020 seniors had 99 wins through four years, besting the 2001 class (87). PROBABLE AUBURN STARTERS Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Last School) PPG RPG APG Blk Stl FG% FT% G 0 Tyrell Jones 6-1 195 So. Chicago, Ill. (West Oaks Academy (Fla.)) 5.7 1.7 1.3 1 4 .235 .600 F 10 JT Thor 6-10 205 Fr. Achorage, Alaska (Norcross HS (Ga.)) 7.0 1.7 1.0 0 1 .313 .769 G 22 Allen Flanigan 6-6 215 So. Little Rock, Ark. (Parkview Magnet HS) 11.7 5.7 2.0 0 2 .440 .727 F 23 Jaylin Williams 6-8 230 So. Nahunta, Ga. (Brantley County HS) 8.7 7.0 1.7 5 4 .524 .429 G 35 Devan Cambridge 6-6 215 So. Nashville, Tenn. (Hillcrest Prep (Ariz.)) 7.7 5.0 1.3 0 3 .276 .400 G 1 Jamal Johnson 6-4 195 Jr. Birmingham, Ala. (Memphis) 11.0 2.3 1.3 0 0 .344 .600 F 4 Javon Franklin 6-7 220 Jr. Little Rock, Ark. (Holmes CC) 1.0 1.0 0.0 1 1 1.000 .000 F 5 Chris Moore 6-6 240 Fr. West Memphis, Ark. (West Memphis HS) 2.7 2.0 0.7 0 1 .400 .800 C 13 Babatunde Akingbola 6-10 245 So. Ogun, Nigeria (McEachern HS (Ga.)) 5.0 5.7 0.7 5 2 .500 .444 G 24 Justin Powell 6-6 205 Fr. Prospect, Ky. (North Oldham HS) 10.7 6.7 2.0 0 3 .345 .700 C 44 Dylan Cardwell 6-11 250 Fr. Augusta, Ga. (McEachern HS) 2.0 3.0 1.3 5 1 .750 .000 PROBABLE SOUTH ALABAMA STARTERS Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Last School) PPG RPG APG Blk Stl FG% FT% G 3 Tyreke Locure 6-0 165 So. New Orleans, La. (Des Moines North HS (Iowa)) 11.5 7.8 2.5 1 10 .357 .588 F 4 Kayo Goncalves 6-8 212 Gr. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Southeastern Okla. State) 12.3 6.3 0.5 0 6 .567 1.000 G 12 Michael Flowers 6-1 189 Sr. Southfield, Mich. (Western Michigan) 20.3 3.8 4.0 0 8 .532 .783 F 25 Jamal West 6-5 224 Fr. Baltimore, Md. (St. Frances Academy) 7.0 6.8 1.3 1 3 .333 .519 G 50 John Pettway 6-3 189 Sr. Safford, Ala. (Keith HS) 13.5 3.0 1.3 0 6 .694 .667 F 0 KK Curry 6-6 195 So. Cleveland, Tenn. (Cleveland HS) 3.3 2.5 0.5 2 3 .385 .750 G 2 David Walker 6-3 205 Jr. Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Casper CC) 8.3 2.5 0.5 0 2 .406 .286 F 22 Sam Iorio 6-7 221 Jr. Allentown, Pa. (American) 9.0 2.5 1.5 1 1 .714 1.000 AUBURN MEN’S BASKETBALL #WAREAGLE MEDIA SPOT CHART (probable starters in orange) Career-Highs TYRELL JONES SO » G » 6-1 » 195 » Chicago, Ill. » West Oaks Academy Pts ______________ 11 • Goes by nickname “Turbo” Reb ______________6 GP-GS PPG RPG APG FG% FT% Ast _______________3 2020-21 3-3 5.7 1.7 1.3 .235 .600 • Bulked up 25 lbs since arriving at Auburn Stl ________________3 0 Career 14-3 1.9 1.1 0.8 .241 .533 • Played in 10 games last season Min ____________ 19 Career-Highs JAMAL JOHNSON JR » G » 6-4 » 195 » Birmingham, Ala. » Memphis Pts ________18 (4x) • Was team’s best 3-point shooter last season at 39% (27-of-70) Reb ________8 (2x) GP-GS PPG RPG APG FG% FT% • Team is 7-1 when he hits multiple 3s Ast ________3 (3x) 2020-20 3-0 11.0 2.3 1.3 .351 .676 Stl __________2 (8x) 1 Career 68-27 5.5 2.3 0.7 .350 .689 • Son of 7-year NBA veteran Alfonso “Buck” Johnson Min ___________ 40 Career-Highs SHARIFE COOPER FR » G » 6-1 » 180 » Powder Springs, Ga. » McEachern HS Pts _______________ - • 3rd McDonald’s All-American at AU (F. Ford, 1983; K. Barber, 2005) Reb ______________ - GP-GS PPG RPG BPG FG% FT% Ast _______________ - 2020-21 - - - - - - • 2018-19 USA Today National Player of the Year as a junior Blk _______________ - 2 Career - - - - - - • Consensus 5-star and 2nd-highest signee ever (Jabari Smith, 2020) Min ______________ - Career-Highs JAVON FRANKLIN JR » F » 6-7 » 220 » Little Rock, Ark. » Holmes CC Pts _______________2 • Appeared in 5 games off the bench last season Reb ________ 1 (3x) GP-GS PPG RPG BPG FG% FT% • Recovering from serious leg injury suffered in final year of JUCO Ast _______________ 1 2020-21 2-0 1.0 1.0 0.5 1.000 .000 Blk _______________ 1 4 Career 7-0 0.3 0.4 0.1 1.000 .000 • 10.8 pts, 8.2 reb as a freshman at Holmes CC Min ______________9 Career-Highs CHRIS MOORE FR » F » 6-6 » 240 » West Memphis, Ark. » West Memphis HS Pts _______________7 • Arkansas Player of the Year as a senior Reb ______________4 GP-GS PPG RPG APG FG% FT% Ast _______________2 2020-21 3-0 2.7 2.0 0.7 .400 .800 • 18.7 pts, 16.3 reb and led team to state title last season Stl ________________ 1 5 Career 3-0 2.7 2.0 0.7 .400 .800 • Took dance class when he was younger Min ____________ 14 Career-Highs JT THOR FR » F » 6-10 » 205 » Anchorage, Alaska » Norcross HS Pts ______________ 11 • Was 5-star in 2021 class, reclassified to join this season Reb ______________3 GP-GS PPG RPG APG FG% FT% • Born in Neb., grew up in Alaska, played 2 years in W. Va. and 1 in Ga. Ast ______________2 2020-21 3-3 7.0 1.7 1.0 .313 .769 Stl ________________ 1 10 Career 3-3 7.0 1.7 1.0 .313 .769 • Big fan of Marvel’s Thor because they can “both drop the hammer” Min _____________17 Career-Highs “STRETCH” AKINGBOLA SO » C » 6-10 » 245 » Ogun, Nigeria » McEachern HS Pts _______________7 • Saw action in 13 games as a freshman Reb ______________8 GP-GS PPG RPG BPG FG% FT% Ast _________ 1 (4x) 2020-21 3-0 5.0 5.7 1.7 .500 .444 • Elite defender and best communicator on the team Blk _______________3 13 Career 16-0 1.1 1.3 0.6 .429 .444 • Has 4 siblings, all sisters Min ____________26 Career-Highs ALLEN FLANIGAN SO » G » 6-6 » 215 » Little Rock, Ark.