Auburn puts home non-conference streak on line vs. Appalachian State
Appalachian State handed Auburn Tigers a memorable upset three seasons ago. Now the Mountaineers will try to do it again, this time against a Tigers team riding the nation's longest active home non-conference winning streak.
Auburn (1-0) hosts Appalachian State (2-0) on Monday night, seeking its 69th consecutive home non-conference victory.
The Mountaineers defeated Auburn 69-64 in December 2023, when the Tigers were ranked in the Top 25. Appalachian State went on to win 27 games and capture the Sun Belt Conference regular-season championship that season.
This time, the Mountaineers arrive with a defense that has allowed just 46 points per game through two contests.
Appalachian State opened with a 63-49 victory over Merrimack before defeating Christendom, a non-NCAA opponent, 108-43. The Mountaineers ranked 16th nationally in scoring defense last season, allowing 66.1 points per game.
"It's a team that defensively has always done a lot of really good things and that's no different this year," Auburn coach Steven Pearl said. "They've held their first two opponents to 49 and 43 points. They have good depth. They have good shooters this year. They'll present some real challenges for us."
Auburn opened its season Wednesday with a 92-59 victory over Southeastern Louisiana.
Tahaad Pettiford scored 18 points after missing his first eight shots, while Kevin Overton and Kolby King contributed 12 apiece. The Tigers had five players reach double figures and received 62 points from newcomers.
Auburn's depth could be tested against a Mountaineers program that has led the Sun Belt in scoring defense for five consecutive seasons under coach Dustin Kerns.
"Really good defensive teams win," Kerns told the North Carolina Sports Network. "Our guys take a lot of pride in having that reputation."
Jaylen Colon leads Appalachian State with 11.5 points per game through two contests. He scored 14 points and made four 3-pointers in the season-opening victory over Merrimack.
Auburn, meanwhile, is looking to build on last season's NIT championship.
The Tigers face another significant challenge after Monday's contest, with No. 5 Arizona scheduled to visit Neville Arena on Friday.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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| 4:11 |  | Tigers 30 second timeout | ||
| 4:11 |  | Rrezon Elezaj shooting foul | ||
| 4:33 | | +3 | Jaylen Colon makes three point jump shot | 29-34 |
| 4:47 | | +3 | Adam Olsen makes three point jump shot (Thomas Dowd assists) | 26-34 |
| 5:06 | | +3 | Eren Banks makes three point jump shot | 26-31 |
| 5:14 | | Kevin Overton personal foul | ||
| 5:25 | | +1 | Jaylen Colon makes technical free throw 2 of 2 | 23-31 |
| 5:25 | | +1 | Jaylen Colon makes technical free throw 1 of 2 | 22-31 |
| 5:25 | | Narcisse Ngoy turnover | ||
| 5:25 | | Narcisse Ngoy technical foul | ||
| 5:25 | | Da'Mori Lytch turnover (Adam Olsen steals) | ||
| 5:34 | | Narcisse Ngoy turnover (Da'Mori Lytch steals) | ||
| 5:51 | | Narcisse Ngoy defensive rebound | ||
| 5:53 | | Eren Banks misses three point jump shot | ||
| 6:05 | | Jaylen Colon defensive rebound | ||
| 6:07 | | Kevin Overton misses three point jump shot | ||
| 6:14 | | Mountaineers 30 second timeout | ||
| 6:14 | | +3 | Eren Banks makes three point jump shot | 21-31 |
| 6:33 | | +2 | Tahaad Pettiford makes two point layup | 18-31 |
| 6:37 | | Eren Banks turnover (Tahaad Pettiford steals) | ||
| 6:46 | | Jaylen Colon defensive rebound | ||
| 6:48 | | Ted Neal blocks Tahaad Pettiford's two point jump shot | ||
| 7:02 | | Jaylen Colon defensive rebound | ||
| 7:04 | | Narcisse Ngoy misses two point layup | ||
| 7:04 | | Narcisse Ngoy offensive rebound | ||
| 7:06 | | Tahaad Pettiford misses two point layup | ||
| 7:11 | | +1 | Tahaad Pettiford makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2 | 18-29 |
| 7:11 | | +1 | Tahaad Pettiford makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2 | 18-28 |
| 7:11 | | TV timeout | ||
| 7:11 | | Ted Neal flagrant 1 | ||
| 7:22 | | Narcisse Ngoy defensive rebound | ||
| 7:24 | | Hermann Koffi misses three point jump shot | ||
| 7:37 | | +2 | Narcisse Ngoy makes two point layup | 18-27 |
| 7:48 | | Narcisse Ngoy offensive rebound | ||
| 7:50 | | Kolby King misses three point jump shot | ||
| 7:51 | | Narcisse Ngoy offensive rebound | ||
| 7:53 | | Caleb Williams misses three point jump shot | ||
| 8:11 | | +2 | Chad Moodie makes two point layup (Eren Banks assists) | 18-25 |
| 8:20 | | Hermann Koffi defensive rebound | ||
| 8:22 | | Tahaad Pettiford misses two point layup | ||
| 8:46 | | +1 | Jonathan Moss makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 16-25 |
| 8:46 | | Jonathan Moss misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | ||
| 8:46 | | Tahaad Pettiford shooting foul | ||
| 8:52 | | Narcisse Ngoy turnover (Jonathan Moss steals) | ||
| 9:05 | | Chad Moodie personal foul | ||
| 9:03 | | Thomas Dowd defensive rebound | ||
| 9:05 | | Jonathan Moss misses three point jump shot | ||
| 9:23 | | TV timeout | ||
| 9:23 | | Mountaineers offensive rebound | ||
| 9:23 | | Bukky Oboye blocks Chad Moodie's two point layup | ||
| 9:27 | | Chad Moodie offensive rebound | ||
| 9:29 | | Mason Costello misses three point jump shot | ||
| 9:59 | | +2 | Owen Freeman makes two point jump shot | 15-25 |
| 10:27 | | +3 | Ben Kopetzki makes three point jump shot (Jaylen Colon assists) | 15-23 |
| 10:33 | | Da'Mori Lytch offensive rebound | ||
| 10:35 | | Jaylen Colon misses three point jump shot | ||
| 10:56 | | +2 | Kolby King makes two point jump shot | 12-23 |
| 11:03 | | Ben Kopetzki turnover (Caleb Williams steals) | ||
| 11:10 | | Jaylen Colon defensive rebound | ||
| 11:12 | | Caleb Williams misses two point jump shot | ||
| 11:37 | | +2 | Da'Mori Lytch makes two point layup | 12-21 |
| 11:56 | | +2 | George Kimble III makes two point dunk | 10-21 |
| 11:58 | | Ben Kopetzki turnover (George Kimble III steals) | ||
| 12:04 | | +1 | Kolby King makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 10-19 |
| 12:04 | | +1 | Kolby King makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 10-18 |
| 12:04 | | Ben Kopetzki shooting foul | ||
| 12:15 | | +1 | Chad Moodie makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 10-17 |
| 12:15 | | Chad Moodie misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | ||
| 12:15 | | Bukky Oboye shooting foul | ||
| 12:40 | | +2 | Bukky Oboye makes two point dunk (George Kimble III assists) | 9-17 |
| 12:58 | | +2 | Ben Kopetzki makes two point jump shot | 9-15 |
| 13:15 | | Adam Olsen personal foul | ||
| 13:17 | | Jonathan Moss misses three point jump shot | ||
| 13:42 | | +3 | Kolby King makes three point jump shot | 7-15 |
| 13:45 | | Kolby King offensive rebound | ||
| 13:47 | | Bukky Oboye misses two point layup | ||
| 14:15 | | +2 | Andrin Njock makes two point layup (Eren Banks assists) | 7-12 |
| 14:18 | | Eren Banks defensive rebound | ||
| 14:20 | | George Kimble III misses two point jump shot | ||
| 14:32 | | Eren Banks turnover (Owen Freeman steals) | ||
| 14:43 | | +2 | Owen Freeman makes two point layup | 5-12 |
| 14:48 | | Bukky Oboye offensive rebound | ||
| 14:50 | | George Kimble III misses three point jump shot | ||
| 15:02 | | Andrin Njock turnover | ||
| 15:17 | | Jonathan Moss defensive rebound | ||
| 15:19 | | Rrezon Elezaj blocks Bukky Oboye's two point jump shot | ||
| 15:42 | | +2 | Eren Banks makes two point jump shot | 5-10 |
| 15:55 | | TV timeout | ||
| 15:55 | | Caleb Williams personal foul | ||
| 15:59 | | Jaylen Colon defensive rebound | ||
| 16:01 | | Tahaad Pettiford misses three point jump shot | ||
| 16:11 | | Caleb Williams defensive rebound | ||
| 16:13 | | Eren Banks misses three point jump shot | ||
| 16:45 | | +2 | Narcisse Ngoy makes two point dunk | 3-10 |
| 16:46 | | Narcisse Ngoy offensive rebound | ||
| 16:48 | | Narcisse Ngoy misses two point layup | ||
| 17:05 | | Narcisse Ngoy defensive rebound | ||
| 17:07 | | Ben Kopetzki misses three point jump shot | ||
| 17:16 | | Eren Banks defensive rebound | ||
| 17:18 | | Kevin Overton misses three point jump shot | ||
| 17:29 | | Thomas Dowd defensive rebound | ||
| 17:31 | | Jaylen Colon misses three point jump shot | ||
| 17:50 | | +1 | Tahaad Pettiford makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 3-8 |
| 17:50 | | Eren Banks shooting foul | ||
| 17:50 | | +2 | Tahaad Pettiford makes two point layup | 3-7 |
| 18:12 | | Thomas Dowd defensive rebound | ||
| 18:14 | | Narcisse Ngoy blocks Chad Moodie's two point jump shot | ||
| 18:37 | | +3 | Tahaad Pettiford makes three point jump shot (Kevin Overton assists) | 3-5 |
| 18:43 | | Narcisse Ngoy defensive rebound | ||
| 18:45 | | Ben Kopetzki misses two point jump shot | ||
| 19:18 | | +2 | Tahaad Pettiford makes two point jump shot | 3-2 |
| 19:40 | | +3 | Jaylen Colon makes three point jump shot (Ben Kopetzki assists) | 3-0 |
| 20:00 | | (Mountaineers gains possession) |
| Min. Per Game | ||
| Pts. Per Game | ||
| Ast. Per Game | ||
| Reb. Per Game | ||
| Field Goal % | ||
| Three Point % | ||
| Free Throw % |
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Tigers 30 second timeout | 4:11 |
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Rrezon Elezaj shooting foul | 4:11 |
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+ 3 | Jaylen Colon makes three point jump shot | 4:33 |
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+ 3 | Adam Olsen makes three point jump shot (Thomas Dowd assists) | 4:47 |
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+ 3 | Eren Banks makes three point jump shot | 5:06 |
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Kevin Overton personal foul | 5:14 |
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+ 1 | Jaylen Colon makes technical free throw 2 of 2 | 5:25 |
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+ 1 | Jaylen Colon makes technical free throw 1 of 2 | 5:25 |
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Narcisse Ngoy turnover | 5:25 |
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Narcisse Ngoy technical foul | 5:25 |
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Da'Mori Lytch turnover (Adam Olsen steals) | 5:25 |
| Team Stats | |
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| Points | 29 | 34 |
| Field Goals | 10-22 (45.5%) | 13-28 (46.4%) |
| 3-Pointers | 5-14 (35.7%) | 3-9 (33.3%) |
| Free Throws | 4-6 (66.7%) | 5-5 (100.0%) |
| Total Rebounds | 12 | 14 |
| Offensive | 2 | 6 |
| Defensive | 9 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 0 |
| Assists | 4 | 3 |
| Steals | 2 | 5 |
| Blocks | 2 | 2 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 3 |
| Fouls | 6 | 6 |
| Technicals | 0 | 1 |
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| Team Stats | |||
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85.5 PPG | 52.0 RPG | 18.0 APG |
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92.0 PPG | 57.0 RPG | 15.0 APG |
| Key Players | |||||
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. Colon G | 11.5 PPG | 4.5 RPG | 3.5 APG | 38.1 FG% |
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. Pettiford G | 18.0 PPG | 2.0 RPG | 4.0 APG | 31.6 FG% |
| Top Scorers | |||||
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| J. Colon G | 8 PTS | 5 REB | 1 AST | ||
| T. Pettiford G | 12 PTS | 0 REB | 0 AST | ||
| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| E. Banks | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3/5 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Colon | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| B. Kopetzki | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Moodie | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Neal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| E. Banks | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3/5 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Colon | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| B. Kopetzki | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Moodie | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Neal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| A. Njock | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| D. Lytch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| J. Moss | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| H. Koffi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R. Elezaj | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| M. Costello | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L. Ledford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C. O'Kelley | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C. Allen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| K. Vasser | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| G. Clayton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| B. Chretien | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| J. Love | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 29 | 11 | 4 | 10/22 | 5/14 | 4/6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| T. Pettiford | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4/8 | 1/2 | 3/3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Ngoy | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| K. Overton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Dowd | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| C. Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| T. Pettiford | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4/8 | 1/2 | 3/3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Ngoy | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| K. Overton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Dowd | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| C. Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bench | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| K. King | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| O. Freeman | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A. Olsen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| B. Oboye | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| G. Kimble III | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| S. Walker | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| B. Muschalek | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| J. Shay | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| D. Cardwell | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| B. Pearson | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| J. Bowman | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 34 | 14 | 3 | 13/28 | 3/9 | 5/5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 |