Who will Auburn basketball play in the SEC tournament quarterfinals?

Auburn males’s basketball begins the Southeastern Convention match towards a group it not too long ago dominated.

The Tigers face Ole Miss within the SEC match quarterfinals Friday afternoon, with tipoff set for midday as the primary of 4 video games on the day. The sport shall be televised on ESPN.

Auburn performed Ole Miss twice within the common season, profitable each video games. The newest was dominant, 30-point win in Neville Enviornment on Feb. 26. The Tigers shot 59.6% from the sector and 52.4% from 3-point vary that night time, each season highs.

The primary matchup was nearer, with Auburn beating Ole Miss 92-82 in Oxford on Feb. 1. Auburn shot 50% from 3 in that recreation, its second-highest share from lengthy vary behind the rematch with the Rebels.

How Ole Miss obtained right here

After receiving a first-round bye, the Rebels have performed only one recreation within the SEC match, beating Arkansas 83-80 on a game-winning 3-pointer by star guard Sean Pedulla.

After two missed free throws by Arkansas’ Trevon Brazile that will have given the Razorbacks a two-point lead, Ole Miss grabbed the rebound with six seconds left earlier than Pedulla hit the game-winner with 1.3 left within the recreation.

It was Pedulla’s solely 3-pointer within the recreation, ending the competition with 10 factors on 4-for-12 taking pictures. Pedulla, who’s the Rebels main scorer had a season-high 29 factors within the first Ole Miss-Auburn matchup of the season.

Coming into the SEC match because the No. 8 seed, Ole Miss completed the common season 21-10 and 10-8 in convention play. The Rebels have been one in all three 10-8 groups within the SEC however are the bottom seeded of these three.

Peter Rauterkus covers Auburn sports activities for AL.com. You possibly can observe him on X at @peter_rauterkus or e mail him at [email protected]m