AUBURN, Ala. – The Auburn women's basketball team begins a stretch of six straight home games Wednesday afternoon as they take on Little Rock. Tip is set for noon CT at Neville Arena.
The Tigers (4-2) are coming off a 1-1 weekend at the Las Vegas Invitational that included a loss to No. 6/5 Indiana and a thrilling 74-73 win over Colorado State. Little Rock (1-3) is playing its first road game of the season; two of the Trojans' three losses have come to SEC opponents in Ole Miss and Arkansas.
Tickets are available at the Neville Arena ticket office, online at AUBTix.com or by calling 855-282-2010.
PARKING INFORMATION
With Wednesday being a regular Auburn University class day, parking on campus will be limited. Fans are encouraged to park in the Campus Safety lot off Wire Road and Donahue Drive. This location is the most easily accessible lot to the main entrance of Neville Arena. Accessible parking is available in the Neville Arena lot (limited spaces available) in addition to the Campus Safety and CDV lots.
Additional parking is available in the arena lot (must show a WBB ticket or credential for access), Coliseum lot, Stadium Deck, Athletics Complex (top level & surface lot) and the Wire Road lot.
ON THE AIR
›› Brit Bowen and Larry DiChiara will have the radio call beginning at 11:45 a.m. CT on WQSI 93.9 FM in Auburn. The game can also be heard on AuburnTigers.com and the Auburn Athletics app.
›› The game can be seen on SEC Network +, available through WatchESPN.com and the ESPN app.
LAST TIME OUT
›› Honesty Scott-Grayson got the most important of her 16 points with one second to play as she knocked down the game-winning free throw, leading Auburn to a 74-73 win over Colorado State at The Mirage.
›› In a game that saw eight ties and 18 lead changes, the Tigers (4-2) made clutch shots in the closing minutes to hold off the high-octane Rams (4-2) who entered the weekend leading the nation in 3-point shooting.
›› Trailing 66-65 at the time of an injury delay, Auburn came back onto the court with a 6-0 run, getting buckets from Jakayla Johnson, Aicha Coulibaly and Kaitlyn Duhon to take a 71-66 lead. The Rams would tie the game at the free throw line with 21 seconds left. Holding for a final shot, Coulibaly missed a jumper in the lane, but Scott-Grayson got the rebound and was fouled with one second to play as she attempted the putback. She made the first, missed the second, and after CSU called timeout to advance with 0.7 seconds left, Precious Johnson got a finger on the inbound pass and time expired with the Rams unable to get a shot away.
›› Scott-Grayson and Coulibaly led the Tigers with 16 points apiece; Coulibaly also had a team-best five assists. Richardson was the team's leading rebounder with nine. Sydney Shaw and Sania Wells scored nine points apiece.
AN AUBURN WIN WOULD...
›› Give the Tigers a 2-1 advantage in the series with Little Rock.
›› Finish November off with a 5-2 record, its best November mark since going 5-1 in 2018-19.
›› Improve Auburn to 27-14 all-time against the Big Ten.
AUBURN-LITTLE ROCK SERIES
›› This is the third meeting between Auburn and Indiana. The teams have split two meetings, an Auburn win in Tampa, Fla., in 2000, and a Little Rock home victory last season.
LAST MEETING: Nov. 24, 2021, at Little Rock
Little Rock 57, Auburn 49
›› The Auburn women's basketball team was unable to climb out of an early hole at Little Rock, falling to the Trojans 57-49 at the Jack Stephens Center.
›› The Tigers trailed nearly from start to finish, cutting the deficit from double-digits to as little as one point, but could never get over the hump as Little Rock had an answer every time.
›› Sania Wells led Auburn with 11 points and Aicha Coulibaly added 10, but buckets were hard to come by for the Tigers as Auburn shot 32.2 percent (19-59) from the field. Honesty Scott-Grayson was Auburn's leading rebounder with seven, but early foul trouble limited her offensive output and she finished with six points.
›› Auburn out-rebounded Little Rock 39-36 and converted 16 Trojan turnovers into 20 points, but the Trojans shot 45.8 percent from the field and were 3-of-9 from 3-point range.
SCOUTING LITTLE ROCK
›› Little Rock is 1-3 on the season and playing on the road for the first time. Two of their three losses have come to SEC opponents Ole Miss and Arkansas.
›› The Trojans average 52.8 points/game and shoot 34.2% from the field. Tia Harvey leads Little Rock with 12.3 points/game.
›› Head Coach Joe Foley is the third-winningest active coach in Division I with 834 career wins.
SCOUTING AUBURN
›› Auburn is 4-2 after going 1-1 in the Las Vegas Invitational last weekend.
›› The Tigers rank 16th nationally with 5.7 blocks per game and 12th in the country with 16.8 offensive rebounds per contest.
›› Junior Aicha Coulibaly is second in the SEC in scoring (18.8 ppg) and steals (3.2 spg). Those numbers rank her 40th nationally in scoring and 23rd in steals. She was a preseason All-SEC Second Team selection after earning a nod to the postseason All-SEC Second Team last season. She is Auburn's leading returner in scoring (17.1 ppg), rebounding (7.5 rpg) and steals (2.2 spg). She ranked ninth in the SEC in scoring last season. She scored 24 points and had 10 rebounds in the season-opener vs. Sam Houston for her sixth career double-double.
›› Redshirt senior Honesty Scott-Grayson returns for her third season on the court for Auburn. Through six games, she averages 12.2 points to rank second on the team. She was second on the team with 13.0 points and 5.7 rebounds per game last year, starting 27 of 28 games.
›› Senior Sania Wells was the SEC's leading free-throw shooter in 2021-22, hitting 90.5% of her attempts (76-84). That percentage ranked sixth in the nation. Wells has topped the 10-point mark twice this year and is 8-10 at the FT line so far this season.
›› Auburn's newcomers have all made an immediate impact with three freshmen - Kaitlyn Duhon, Sydney Shaw and Kharyssa Richardson - starting each of the first four games. Duhon scored 17 points in the win over South Alabama, and Shaw leads the team with 3.3 assists per game. Richardson had a season-high 9 rebounds vs. Colorado State before leaving the game with injury.
›› Redshirt sophomore Romi Levy returns to action after missing the 2021-22 season with a torn ACL. In just her second game back, she scored a career-high 16 points along with 11 rebounds vs. Alabama State for her first career double-double.
UP NEXT
›› Auburn remains at home to host UCF at 2 p.m. CT Saturday.
Tigers set for Wednesday matinee vs. Little Rock
