Auburn came into the SEC Tournament with a ton of momentum, having won their last 4 regular season games to propel them all the way to the 5th seed in the SEC Tournament after being around the 8/9 mark going into the Georgia game 2 weeks prior.
The first opponent in Nashville was 12th seed Missouri and a chance to do what they couldn’t do the last time they played in Bridgestone Arena and that was end Missouri’s season.
Chuma Okeke would pick up right where he left off scoring the first 5 points on the afternoon, courtesy of a pair of layups, one resulting in a 3-point play.