Broome’s double-double leads Auburn to Maui title
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Johni Broome scored 21 factors and grabbed 16 rebounds to steer No. 4 Auburn to the Maui Invitational championship with a 90-76 win over Memphis on Wednesday.
Auburn (7-0) opened the sport with a 9-0 run spurred by Broome’s 3-pointer from the appropriate wing simply 22 seconds in.
Broome had 15 factors and 11 rebounds by halftime and completed 8-of-15 capturing from the sector with six assists and 4 blocks.
Dylan Cardwell shot 8-of-8 from the sector and completed with 18 factors. Chad Baker-Mazara added 14 factors and Denver Jones chipped in 11 factors for Auburn.
PJ Haggerty led Memphis (6-1) with 27 factors on 11-of-20 capturing, and Dain Dainja added 15 factors.
Auburn, which led 47-31 at halftime, pulled forward by 22 factors with 4 minutes to play.
Memphis: Senior guard Tyrese Hunter, an All-AAC preseason first-team choice, scored 23 factors in Tuesday’s semifinal win over Michigan State. However he was held to 11 factors Wednesday. Hunter didn’t rating his first factors towards Auburn till the 16:32 mark of the second half.
Auburn: Solely two SEC groups had received the Maui Invitational within the 40-year historical past of the match. Auburn joins Vanderbilt (1986) and Kentucky (1993) as match champions.
Auburn transformed 3-pointers by Broome and JP Pegues on back-to-back possessions, each arrange by offensive rebounds by Cardwell. After Broome hit a 3 from the appropriate wing, Auburn pressured a turnover earlier than Pegues scored his 3 on the left wing to present the Tigers a 39-19 lead with 4:33 left within the first half.
Auburn had 23 assists and dedicated solely 9 turnovers.
Each groups return to the court docket Wednesday when Memphis performs host to Louisiana Tech, and Auburn visits No. 11 Duke.
