Auburn came into Wednesday’s game against St. John’s looking to bounce back, and it did just that with a quality win.

The Tigers beat the Red Storm 85-74 improving to 6-2 on the season and finishing the Players Era Festival 2-1. The victory over St. John’s is also Auburn’s first ranked win of the season.

Next up for Auburn is a home game against NC State in the ACC/SEC challenge as the Tigers look to notch another quality non-conference win.

With that said, here are three takeaways from Wednesday’s game.

Overcame foul trouble

Auburn’s frontcourt was already thin coming into the game, as Filip Jovic was out due to a wrist injury.

Steven Pearl opted against giving Emeka Opurum extensive minutes, meaning Keyshawn Hall, KeShawn Murphy and Sebastian Williams-Adams were the only true front

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