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Auburn vs. Oakland Preview
by Kel Kyle, SECWB.com
Posted: November 21st, 2007 @ 3:18pm
Going for their fourth straight win tonight, the No. 24 Auburn Tigers take on the Oakland Golden Grizzlies in Oakland at 6:00 p.m. EST.
The Tigers are are hitting the glass hard this season, out-rebounding their opponents by a margin of 15 and stirring things up on the floor causing 26.3 turnovers per game. But it doesn't end there. They've also limited their opponents to 33.9 percent shooting from 3-point range and a 41.5 percentage overall. In their last two games, Auburn is sinking the shots at 50.5 percent and 41.5 percent overall from beyond the arc.
Leading the Tigers on both sides of the ball is junior DeWanna Bonner, who is very close to averaging a double-double with 21.3 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. Along with SEC Freshman of the week, Alli Smalley (13.3 ppg) and four other players (Whitney Boddie (12.0), Sherell Hobbs (10.7) and Tamela McCorvey (10.7)) are averaging in double digits. Smalley was named SEC Freshman of the Week this week after shooting 80 percent vs. UAB (93-66) and was 4-of-6 from behind the arc. In that same game, Bonner scored a career-high 31 points.
OAKLAND
Summit League Player of the Week, this week, Jessica Pike scored a career-high 26 points on 12-of-15 shooting over Mayrgrove (107-40). The victory over Marygrove was the second largest margin (67 points) during the Division I era. And with that win, Oakland stands at 2-0 coming into Wednesday’s game.
LAST TIME THEY MET
Auburn leads the series 1-0 vs. Oakland. The teams met for the first time on December 21, 2006 in Auburn. The Tigers downed the Grizzlies by a score of 74-55 thanks to the combined points (35) of DeWanna Bonner and Sherell Hobbs.
AUBURN (3-0) PROBABLE STARTERS
F 21 Jordan Greenleaf So. 5.5 ppg 4.5 rpg 1.7 spg
G/F 24 DeWanna Bonner Jr. 21.3 ppg 9.7 rpg 2.3 spg
G 44 Whitney Boddie Jr. 12.0 ppg 6.3 rpg 7.3 apg
G 12 Sherell Hobbs Jr. 10.7 ppg 5.3 rpg 3.0 spg
G 04 Tamela McCorvey Sr. 10.7 ppg 1.3 rpg 2.0 apg
OAKLAND (2-0) PROBABLE STARTERS
F 32 Hanna Reising So. 8.5 ppg 5.5 rpg 1.5 apg
G 04 Jessica Pike Jr. 24.5 ppg 5.0 rpg 3.5 apg
G 10 Melissa Jeltema So. 11.0 ppg 7.5 rpg 2.0 spg
G 20 Riikka Terava Jr. 3.5 ppg 3.0 rpg 3.0 apg
G 23 April Kidd Jr. 9.0 ppg 4.5 rpg 3.5 apg
WHAT'S NEXT
On November 24 and 25, Auburn travels to Columbus, Ohio for the Buckeye Classic to begin it's first of three tournaments this season. Auburn meets Winston-Salem State on Nov. 24 before facing the winner of Ohio State vs. Colgate on Nov. 25.
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