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M. Basketball. Hot-shooting Jared Harper sends Auburn past UAB

By Charles Goldberg
AuburnTigers.com

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Auburn kept shooting 3-pointers and kept making 3-pointers and scored a 74-70 victory over UAB in Bartow Arena on Saturday night.

A large contingent of Auburn fans roared as Jared Harper hit his first five 3-point attempts in the first half and as Danjel Purifoy joined in on the fun in the second half. Auburn hit 11 of its 27 3-point attempts to overcome a UAB halftime lead.

Harper led Auburn with a career-high 21 points. Purifoy added 14.

Auburn improved to 6-1.