Auburn routs Alabama

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01/24/2007 - Auburn, AL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Korvotney Barber scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead Auburn to an 81-57 rout of 12th-ranked Alabama at Beard- Eaves Memorial Coliseum.

Frank Tolbert added 17 points for the Tigers (13-8, 3-3 SEC), who used a 25-5 run to start the second half to take control and earn their second win in three games. Josh Dollard had 16 points and Quann Prowell had 14 points and 10 boards for Auburn, which ended a seven-game slide against Alabama.

Ronald Steele scored 19 points to lead the Tide (15-4, 2-3), who have dropped two of three. Jeramareo Davidson added 18 points and 11 boards for Alabama, which is just 2-3 since starting the season 13-1.

The Tigers took control coming out of halftime. Down 36-35, Barber's tip in gave Auburn the lead for good and started an eight-point surge.

Then, leading 44-41, Rasheem Barrett and Tolbert sparked a 14-2 surge that put Auburn in the driver's seat. Barrett and Tolbert each scored five points during the run, which was capped by a Barrett three-pointer with 10:27 left for a 60-43 cushion.

Alabama only managed to get within 11 points the rest of the way. Mykal Riley's layup with 8:20 left made it a 62-51 contest, but Tolbert answered with a three-pointer next time down the court to start a 9-2 run that put Auburn ahead 71-53 with 4:17 left and the Tigers won going away.

Game Notes

Auburn head coach Jeff Lebo earned his first coaching win over Alabama...Auburn's Quantez Robertson led all players with 10 assists...Alabama shot only 38 percent from the floor for the game...Auburn hit 58 percent of its shots...The Tigers improved to 13-2 at home.

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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.