National Basketball Association
Auburn 60, Louisiana State 51
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 5, 2011
Where: Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Officials:
# Patrick Adams, # James Barker, # Tom Eades
Attendance:
6857
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Kenny Gabriel had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Auburn avoided finishing last in the SEC West with a 60-51 road victory over LSU on Saturday.
Earnest Ross also scored 16 points for Auburn (11-19, 4-12 SEC West Division), which rallied from a 15-point deficit to earn the West's No. 5 seed in the SEC tournament. Auburn will play the East's No. 4 seed on Thursday.
Auburn, which rallied from a 20-point deficit in Wednesday’s victory over Ole Miss, outscored LSU 35-11 over the final 14 minutes.
Storm Warren had 14 points for LSU (11-20, 3-13), which went 10 minutes without a field goal in the second half en route to its 13th loss in 14 games.
LSU, the West's No. 6 seed, will face the East's No. 3 seed on Thursday.
Top Game Performances
| Auburn |
|
Louisiana State |
|
Kenny Gabriel 16 |
Scoring |
Storm Warren 14 |
|
Josh Wallace 3 |
Assists |
Chris Bass 4 |
|
Kenny Gabriel 11 |
Rebounds |
Storm Warren 6 |
|
Earnest Ross 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Eddie Ludwig 3 |
|
Earnest Ross 2 |
Steals |
Storm Warren 3 |
|
Adrian Forbes 2 |
Blocks |
Storm Warren 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Auburn
|
60 |
36.7 |
2-11 |
22-30 |
7 |
42 |
5 |
4 |
|
| Louisiana State
|
51 |
36.5 |
2-15 |
11-19 |
11 |
24 |
3 |
11 |
|
