AU HOOPS: Tigers send Beard-Eaves out with a win
From Wally Tinker
Wally Tinker, game ball in hand, strolled past the free-throw line and stopped about 7 feet from the hoop outside the paint.
With 9,927 fans cheering as loudly as they had all night in Auburn’s 89-80 upset victory Wednesday over Mississippi State, the former Tiger wasted little time before sending a high-arching shot toward the hoop, stationed right around the same place he hit the first basket in Beard-
Eaves-Memorial Coliseum more than 41 years ago.
With an old-school, off-the-glass swish, Tinker made it look just as easy as four of the Tigers’ six seniors made it look all Wednesday night, an historically fitting ending not only to the arena’s history, but for the largely overlooked Senior Night.
“We had six seniors that you want to honor and send this place out in the right way,” coach Jeff Lebo said. “There have been so many memories in this place.”
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