Tay Waller News

Lucas Hargrove scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as Auburn defeated Alabama A&M 87-52 on Tuesday night.

The Glenn Wilkes Classic comes to the Ocean Center today to begin a 15-game run over three days featuring 10 NCAA Division I basketball teams.

What has long been an exercise in futility became a flash point for celebration for UCF Friday night.

DeWayne Reed splits UCF's P.J. Gaynor, left, and Marcus Jordan The Central Florida basketball team has finally beaten an SEC team -- and it came Friday night at Auburn's expense.

UCF Defeats Auburn Basketball 84-74 In Glenn Wilkes Classic DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.----UCF scored the first 13 points of the game and never trailed en route to an 84-74 victory over Auburn in the Glenn Wilkes Classic second round at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Fla., Friday.

Yes, Auburn certainly misses the 12-plus points per game Tay Waller typically provided last season.

Junior college transfer Kenny Gabriel is out, senior starter Tay Waller is questionable, and the Auburn men's basketball team must play three games in three days.

It was not a pretty start to Missouri State's basketball season as ultra-athletic Auburn ran to a seven-point lead midway through the first half.

Getting to class or practice on time has not been a problem for Missouri State junior forward Jermaine Mallett.

There were 7 1/2 long minutes when Auburn couldn't make a field goal. Then veteran DeWayne Reed took matters in his own hands.

AUBURN -- Jeff Lebo has been struggling with depth for years. That's no longer an issue at Auburn.

Auburn coach Jeff Lebo has praised Niagara so robustly leading up to tonight's season opener that he might as well be a publicist for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference school.

Guard Tay Waller says he liked watching Auburn's newcomers play their first college basketball game Friday night.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Kenny Gabriel, a 6-8 forward who signed with Auburn out of high school but spent last season at Paris Junior College, has the best opportunity to make an early impression.

Jeff Lebo congratulates his team after a game last year. Basketball season is just around the corner.

They are Brandon McGee , a 6-7 small forward from Indiana University, and Tony Neysmith , a 6-5 shooting guard from Oklahoma .