No. 11 Auburn buries 16 3-pointers in rout of Vermont

Miles Kelly hit seven 3-pointers for all 21 of his points on Wednesday as No. 11 Auburn throttled visiting Vermont 94-43 in the Tigers’ season opener in Auburn, Ala.Kelly, a Georgia Tech transfer, missed just two of his 3-point attempts and led a cast of five scorers who finished in double figures for Auburn (1-0). Denver Jones added 16 points, Chaney Johnson had 13, Johni Broome dropped 12 and Chad Baker-Mazara tallied 11. Johnson grabbed nine rebounds and Broome had seven.The Tigers hit 16 3-pointers compared to the Catamounts’ five. Overall, Auburn outshot the visitors 56.3 percent (36-for-64) to 25.9 percent (15-for-58) and held a 25-10 advantage in points off turnovers.Vermont (1-1) opened its season on Monday with a 67-62 win at UAB. The Catamounts reached the NCAA Tournament a year ago but never got untracked against Auburn and trailed 46-21 at halftime.The Tigers played even better after the break, scoring the first 16 points of the second half to open up a 62-21 advantage. It took over six minutes for Vermont to connect on a field goal try, which came on TJ Long’s 3-pointer at the 13:56 mark.Auburn promptly answered that basket with another 16-0 run to drive its lead to 81-25 with 10:23 to go. The Tigers hit three triples during their first 16-point run and hit four more during the second.

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