Following a 66-63 win over South Carolina on Saturday, Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl spoke to the media after the game. Below is a summary of what he had to say. — Auburn won this game because they defended.

Auburn is off to a stellar 14-1 start this season and carries the nation's No. 2 ranking—and the Tigers have forward Johni Broome to thank for that. In his fifth season in college basketball, Broome has raised his game to new heights.

Johni Broome racked up 20 points and 12 rebounds as No. 2 Auburn held on for an 87-82 win over Texas in a Southeastern Conference game on Tuesday in Austin, Texas.

Johni Broome suffered a “significant sprain” of his left ankle in No. 2 Auburn's win over South Carolina on Saturday, and Tigers coach Bruce Pearl said his team's leading scorer will have an MRI to determine the extent of the injury.

It was not easy, but Auburn found a way to earn another key win within SEC play. South Carolina was held scoreless over the final 5:18 of game time in its game with No. 2 Auburn on Saturday, which allowed the visiting Tigers to erase a then-one-point deficit and escape with a 66-63 win over the Gamecocks on Saturday at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia,

Dylan Cardwell scores a go-ahead dunk and a pair of free throws in the last four seconds of the game to give the Tigers a 66-63 victory against the Gamecocks.

After a difficult start to SEC play, the South Carolina men’s basketball team nearly pulled off the unthinkable, pushing No. 2 Auburn to the brink Saturday before ultimately falling just short in a heartbreaking 66-63 loss at Colonial Life Arena.