Nov. 28, 2016
AUBURN, Ala. – The Auburn women’s basketball team is ranked in the top 25 for the first time since 2009, coming in at No. 23 in the Associated Press poll released Monday.
The Tigers are 6-1 on the season after a thrilling, come-from-behind 71-67 victory over Indiana Sunday that saw Auburn trailing by 17 points in the fourth quarter before outscoring the Hoosiers 32-14 in the final 10 minutes.
Auburn has played five of its seven games away from home so far in 2016-17, earning road wins at North Carolina A&T and East Carolina along with neutral site victories over Ball State and Marist. The Tigers’ only blemish so far this year came in a four-point, neutral-site loss to then-No. 19 West Virginia, who moved up to 16th this week.
It’s the first ranking for Auburn women’s basketball since the final poll of the 2008-09 season when the Tigers were ranked No. 8. That year, Auburn won its fifth SEC title and was a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the second round.
Auburn continues a stretch of three straight games against Power Five non-conference opponents Thursday night when the Tigers travel to Kansas State for a 7:30 p.m. tip as part of the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.