COLUMBIA, Mo.— Auburn women’s basketball plays its next-to-last road game of the season Thursday night when the Tigers take on Missouri. Game time is 6:30 p.m. CT at Mizzou Arena.
Auburn (13-13, 2-10 SEC) looks to pick up an elusive road win against a Missouri team (16-11, 4-8) that also seeks to get back on the winning track. The orange and blue Tigers won the last time they played in Columbia, a 70-59 victory in 2024.
ON THE AIR
›› Brit Bowen will have the radio call on ESPN 106.7 FM beginning at 6:15 p.m. CT. The broadcast can also be heard on AuburnTigers.com and the Auburn Athletics app.
›› The game can be seen on SEC Network + with Casey Rohel and Marke Freeman calling the action.
LAST TIME OUT
›› Kaitlyn Duhon scored a career-high 23 points, but a hot-shooting Texas A&M team was too much as the Aggies won 81-63 Sunday afternoon at Reed Arena.
›› Duhon’s 23 points led four Tigers in double figures. She also had six rebounds and four steals to lead Auburn in all three categories. She moved into second place in Auburn history in single-season steals in today’s game; she now has 83 on the season as she passed Katie Frerking and Hasina Muhammad for second place.
›› Texas A&M shot a season-high 57 percent (29-51) and hit their SEC-best scoring mark, scoring nearly 20 points above their season average. The Aggies also hit 9-of-18 3-pointers and were perfect at the free throw line, hitting 14-of-14 attempts. Auburn shot 33.3 percent from the field and was hot from 3-point range early, but did not make one in the second half. The Tigers were 17-of-21 at the free-throw line, 12-of-12 in the fourth quarter.
AN AUBURN WIN WOULD...
›› Be Auburn’s second straight win at Missouri and third in the last four trips to CoMo.
›› Be Auburn’s third straight win over Missouri.
›› Snap a 13-game skid in road SEC contests.
›› Equal Auburn’s SEC win total from last season.
AUBURN-MISSOURI SERIES
›› Auburn is 8-10 all-time against Missouri with a 2-5 record in Columbia. Auburn has won the last two meetings, including a victory at Mizzou Arena two years ago.
LAST MEETING: Jan. 19, 2025, in Auburn
Auburn 75, Missouri 60
›› Beating Missouri at its own long-range game, Auburn made three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to win the battle of the Tigers 75-60 at Neville Arena, Auburn’s first SEC victory.
›› Leading 36-23 at the half, Auburn opened the third quarter with a 6-0 run that gave the home team a 19-point lead before Missouri (11-10, 0-6) answered with a 12-0 run to get within seven. Auburn led by at least 10 points the last five and a half minutes of the game.
›› Yuting Deng, Taylen Collins and Celia Sumbane shared Auburn’s scoring honors with 13 points each. Gaston went 5-for-5 from the floor and added 11 points. Sumbane recorded her first career double-double, grabbing a career-best 11 rebounds to help Auburn outrebound Missouri 36-30.
SCOUTING THE OTHER TIGERS
›› Missouri is 16-11 on the season, 4-8 in SEC play. They have SEC wins over Texas A&M, Mississippi State and Arkansas (twice).
›› Mizzou averages 74.4 points per game while giving up 74.5 per game. The Tigers are among the nation’s best in free-throw shooting (79.3%) and 3-point shooting (8.6 per game; 36.4%).
›› Grace Slaughter leads Mizzou in scoring (19.1 ppg), which ranks fifth in the SEC, and rebounding (7.0).
SCOUTING AUBURN
›› Auburn is 13-13 on the year, 2-10 in SEC play. The Tigers have a pair of SEC wins over Florida and Alabama.
›› True freshman Harissoum Coulibaly averages a team-best 10.6 points per game; she has moved into the starting lineup for the bulk of SEC play. She was named SEC Freshman of the Week Dec. 23 after averaging 15.0 points in the two wins over MTSU and Alcorn. She also shoots a team-best 45.1% from the field. She led Auburn with 19 points, matching a season-best, in the win over Georgia State Nov. 17. She made a splash in her college debut Nov. 3 at Charlotte, scoring a team-leading 19 points with nine of those coming in the pivotal overtime period. She added 12 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists vs. MVSU.
›› Redshirt junior Kaitlyn Duhon averages 9.6 points per game and scored a career-high 23 points at Texas A&M (2/15). One of the top defenders in the SEC, she also leads the Tigers with 3.2 steals per game, which ranks third in the SEC and 15th nationally. In SEC play, she averages 2.7 steals per game, fourth-best in the league. Duhon scored a then-career high 20 points and was 5-of-5 from 3-point range at Seton Hall Dec. 14. She also had a career-best 7 steals in the win over Cal on Nov. 26, then had 15 points and six steals at Syracuse Dec. 3. She matched her career-high in steals with 7 at Mississippi State on Jan. 1.
›› Sophomore Khady Leye has been steady, averaging 8.6 points and a team-best 4.8 rebounds. Most recently, she recorded a career-high five blocks against Ole Miss on Feb. 2. Her 16-point, 9-rebound performance led the Tigers to a win over No. 21 Alabama Jan. 15. She scored a career-high 20 points in the win over MVSU, then she recorded her first Auburn double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds vs. Georgia State. She added a team-leading 14 points in the win over Rutgers Nov. 20 and matched that 14-point total against Tennessee Jan. 4.
›› Ja’Mia Harris scored 18 points with 7 rebounds at Florida (2/5). Her first matchup with the Gators, she flirted with a double-double, scoring 8 points with a career-high 9 rebounds in the win over Florida Jan. 11. She shared the team lead with 19 points and led the Tigers with 8 rebounds in the win at Charlotte Nov. 3, then scored 16 with four 3-pointers in the win over Alabama State.
›› Mya Petticord, a senior transfer from Rutgers, matched a season high with 21 points, hitting 4-of-5 3s to lead Auburn in the win over Jackson State. She hit the game-winning shot against her former team, hitting a driving layup with 10 seconds left to clinch the Tigers’ win Nov. 20. She had her best game in two years with 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting (3-4 3FG) in the win over Alabama State. She followed that up with a team-leading 18 points (4-7 3FG) in the win over UNCG.
›› Senior guard A’riel Jackson matched a career-high with 19 points and 5 assists vs. Oklahoma, knocking down three 3-pointers for the third time this season. She scored a then-season high 17 points, going 7-11 from the field and 3-3 from 3-point range to lead the Tigers in their win over Cal Nov. 26. Jackson knocked down three first-half treys, scoring 9 points with a team-best 4 assists vs. UNCG. She then had 8 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 assists against Alabama State.
›› Sophomore Syriah Daniels dazzled in her first start of the season at MTSU, setting or matching career-highs with 14 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks in the win. She also scored 10 points with four rebounds and two steals vs. MVSU. Daniels helped seal the win over No. 21 Alabama in the final seconds, taking a charge to give Auburn the ball back with a two-point lead. She led Auburn with 11 points off the bench vs. South Carolina.
›› Freshman Sania Richardson had the best game of her young career with 12 points in the win over Jackson State. She leads the Tigers in assists in SEC play with 1.9/game and had a career-high six assists, the most by an Auburn player this year, at Florida on Feb. 5.
›› 6-9 redshirt freshmen Arek Angui notched her first career double-double with career-highs 11 points and 11 rebounds vs. Mississippi Valley State. She made her first appearance for Auburn against Alabama State Nov. 8 and pulled down a team-leading 8 rebounds along with 3 points. Originally from South Sudan, she played one season of high school basketball at Greenforest Academy in Georgia.
›› Senior guard Angena Belloso transferred from FIU where she played in 57 games the last 2 years. She scored a season-high 10 points, all in the second quarter, in Auburn’s game with Oregon Nov. 30.
›› Junior college transfer Clara Koulibaly had one of her best games of the year against LSU, leading the Tigers with a season-best 10 rebounds along with making her first career 3-pointer.
BACKCOURT BANDIT
›› With four steals in the Texas A&M game, Kaitlyn Duhon has moved into second place in single-season steals at Auburn with 83 this season.
›› Through games of Feb. 16, she has the second-most total steals of any SEC player this year, one behind LSU’s MiLaysia Fulwiley. In SEC play, she has the third-most (34), behind only Texas’ Rori Harmon (35) and Texas A&M’s Ny’Ceara Pryor (41).
UP NEXT
›› The Tigers return to the Plains for their final two home games, beginning Monday night, Feb. 23, when they host No. 24 Georgia. Game time is 6:30 p.m. CT at Neville Arena.