Although they were in paradise, the Xavier Musketeers felt some displeasure on their first day in the Maui Invitational. Despite a hard-fought effort to push the game into OT, the Musketeers fell 88-79 to the 8th-ranked Auburn Tigers.
Jared Harper and Bryce Brown led the way for Auburn. They combined for 51 of the Tigers’ 88 points scored Monday morning in Maui. The duo shot 17-for-35 from the field and Brown was 5-for-13 from 3-point land.
As a team, Auburn struggled from the field at the start of the game.