By Charles Goldberg
AuburnTigers.com
Coach Bruce Pearl said his injury-depleted basketball team played hard and competed, though Auburn didn't have an answer for stopping Vanderbilt's Luke Kornet on Tuesday night.
Kornet had a triple-double and led Vandy to a 75-57 win by scoring 11 points, grabbing 11 rebounds and blocking 10 shots in Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville.
The Tigers, playing shorthanded again, fell behind early, made a mini-run, but could stop Kornet or the Commodores' red-hot shooting in the first half.
"We said we can't focus on winning right now. Let's focus on playing hard.