“They just wanted it more down the stretch. They played a little bit harder as far as getting offensive rebounds and stuff like that. They played a great game, credit to them.”
“Auburn just beat us,” PJ Washington agreed. “They played harder than us. I feel like they wanted it more.”
At the press conference, John Calipari said Auburn outplayed the Cats and Bruce Pearl outcoached him.
“Congratulations to Auburn. Did what they had to do to win the game. They played aggressive and tough, they bumped, and it was a grinding kind of game.