Can Auburn Tigers Rebound After a Tough Quarterfinal at Bon Secours Wellness Arena?
In the latest face-off, the Auburn Tigers found themselves on the back foot with a 48-78 loss against LSU Tigers. The season records for both teams now stand at Auburn 0-1 and LSU 1-0.
The game, held at Bon Secours Wellness Arena, saw the home team take an early lead in the first quarter with a dominant performance, outscoring Auburn by 22 points. Despite this initial setback, Auburn showed resilience in the second quarter by putting up 14 points to LSU's 16. However, it was not enough to close the gap significantly.
Auburn's performance was marked by their defensive efforts which resulted in seven blocks and an equal number of steals. Offensively though, they struggled with field goal attempts making only 20 out of 67 shots which calculates to a mere thirty percent success rate. From beyond the arc, they managed to make four out of fifteen attempts giving them a three-point shooting percentage of twenty-seven percent.
The third quarter saw another tough period for Auburn as they scored twelve points compared to LSU's twenty-six. In contrast to their opponents' forty-four percent two-point shooting accuracy (18 made out of 41 attempts), Auburn could only manage thirty-one percent from two-point range (16 made out of 52 attempts). The fourth quarter brought some improvement for Auburn with seventeen points scored but it was too little too late.
LSU capitalized on turnovers scoring twenty-two points off turnovers while Auburn managed fifteen from this aspect. Moreover, LSU excelled at free throws making twenty-seven out of thirty-one which is an impressive eighty-seven percent completion rate.
Rebounding was another area where LSU had an upper hand; they grabbed forty-one rebounds including eight offensive boards compared to thirty-one total rebounds for Auburn with nine offensive ones among them.
As fans look ahead after this challenging game for their team, they can catch future broadcasts and hope that lessons learned will translate into better performances down the line.