National Basketball Association
Auburn 116, CSU Northridge 70
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, November 15, 2019
Where: Auburn Arena, Auburn, Alabama
Officials:
# Rob Rorke, # Todd Austin, # Errol Lewis
Attendance:
8389
By Field Level Media
Senior guard Samir Doughty scored a career-high 33 points and senior guard J'Von McCormick set a school record for assists as No. 22 Auburn rolled to a 116-70 victory over visiting Cal State Northridge in a Legends Classic campus game Friday night.
McCormick handed out 16 assists in 21 minutes, and Doughty shot 6 of 8 on 3-point attempts and 10 of 15 from the field overall in 24 minutes for the Tigers (4-0).
Auburn hit a season-high 17 3-pointers on 35 attempts.
Freshman forward Isaac Okoro reached double figures for the fourth consecutive game with 17 points on 8-of-12 shooting.
Guard Terrell Gomez led the Matadors (0-4) with 23 points, but he hit just 8 of 23 attempts from the floor. Redshirt freshman guard/forward Brendan Harrick, nephew of current Northridge assistant and former head UCLA and Georgia coach Jim Harrick, added his season-high 17.
Auburn wasted little time taking control. The Tigers missed their first shot but made their next five on their way to an 11-0 lead less than three minutes into the game.
The edge reached 29-9 at the 13:33 mark of the first half on Doughty's fast-break layup, and it was 59-29 after guard Devan Cambridge's dunk with 3:05 with left in the half.
The Tigers' biggest lead was 50 points twice in the second half, 111-61 and 116-66.
The Tigers went to the locker room at the break up 66-38 after shooting 60.5 percent overall and hitting 10 3-pointers to match their previous season high from behind the arc.
With 22 points in the first half, Doughty already had a season high. He was 5 of 7 on 3-pointers after entering the game just 2 of 10 from beyond the arc for the season.
The visiting Matadors played their fourth consecutive game without 2019 Big West Conference Players of the Year Lamine Diane, who is currently ineligible.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| CSU Northridge |
|
Auburn |
|
Terrell Gomez 23 |
Scoring |
Samir Doughty 33 |
|
Darius Brown II 7 |
Assists |
J'Von McCormick 16 |
|
Jared Pearre 9 |
Rebounds |
Austin Wiley 9 |
|
Miles Brookins 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Samir Doughty 7 |
|
Elijah Harkless 2 |
Steals |
Tyrell Jones 3 |
|
Ron Artest III 1 |
Blocks |
Anfernee McLemore 4 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| CSU Northridge
|
70 |
34.2 |
11-29 |
7-10 |
16 |
28 |
3 |
7 |
14 |
| Auburn
|
116 |
56.8 |
17-35 |
15-16 |
27 |
51 |
11 |
8 |
11 |