By Charles Goldberg
AuburnTigers.com
AUBURN, Ala. u2015 Bruce Pearl beat his former team and Auburn won its SEC opener Saturday thanks to the outside shooting of Kareem Canty and Bryce Brown.
Canty and Brown combined for 10 3-pointers and 40 points to help the Tigers beat Tennessee 83-77 in front of a sold-out Auburn Arena.
Pearl, in his second year at Auburn, had a successful run with the Volunteers from 2005-11. Saturday, he turned loose his Auburn shooters from long range. Canty and Brown each scored 20. Tyler Harris scored 19.