A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Auburn Tigers duke it out with the JAG Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday... Auburn will be strutting in after a win while JAG will be coming in after a defeat.
Auburn took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. They walked away with a 60-50 victory over Percy Julian. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 21st, while the Phoenix are ranked 201st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, JAG was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They had to suffer through a 53-23 loss at the hands of Booker T. Washington.
Auburn pushed their record up to 13-3 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.7 points per game. As for JAG, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-13.
Auburn came up short against JAG when the teams last played back in February of 2020, falling 68-62. Can Auburn avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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