Auburn Tigers vs. Vanderbilt Commodores: live game updates, stats, play-by-play (original) (raw)

Denver Jones scored 21 points as No. 1 Auburn held off Vanderbilt 80-68 on Tuesday night to avoid the Tigers' first losing skid of the season. Now Auburn (22-2, 10-1) goes into Saturday’s big showdown for the top of the Southeastern Conference standings, supremacy in the state of Alabama and the top of the AP Top 25. The Tigers came into Tuesday night tied with No. 2 Alabama in league play. Chaney Johnson finished with 20 points for Auburn, and Johni Broome had 17.