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ORLANDO, Fla. — Auburn’s Quan Prowell averaged 7.7 points and 3.0 rebounds in only 20 minutes per game, while shooting 56 percent from the field and 67 percent from 3-point range in the NBA Pre-Draft Camp in Orlando, Fla., last week.

With all players playing an equal amount of time, Prowell totaled 9 points, four rebounds, two steals and a block in 20 minutes in the third and final game. He was 4-of-7 from the field.

“Quan came in all business-like, and he played well,” said Ryan Blake of NBA Scouting. “This was a camp that not a whole lot of people stood out because a lot played well. The ball was distributed evenly, and he shot the ball well and confidently. He had to play a lot of different positions, and he was in good condition. It was a positive, and he helped himself.

“Being in there in this deep draw is proof that teams wanted to see him again. It has opened the doors for him professionally for him to get onto summer league teams and so forth.”

In his second game, Prowell totaled 9 points, two rebounds and a steal, while going 4-of-7 from the field and 1-of-2 from 3-point range in 20 minutes. In the first game, he had 5 points, three rebounds and a steal in 20 minutes, while going 2-of-4 from the field, including 1-of-1 from 3-point range.

“He is going to play somewhere,” said Marty Blake, NBA director of scouting. “If you need the money, you go to Europe. If you don’t, then go to the D-League. He has a chance to play in this league (NBA).”

The 2008 NBA Draft is June 26, while there are three NBA summer leagues: the Orlando Summer League from July 8-12, the Las Vegas Summer League from July 11-20 and the Rocky Mountain Review in Salt Lake City with dates to be determined.

Soccer announces ‘08 schedule
Having advanced to the NCAA Tournament in six of the past seven seasons, the Auburn soccer team has put together another challenging schedule for the 2008 season as it will play 10 of 20 matches against teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament.

Auburn will play five of nine non-conference matches against tournament participants while also going through the grinding SEC schedule, which produced six tournament teams a year ago, including Auburn.

Auburn will play 11 matches at the Auburn Soccer Complex and nine on the road, starting the season at home against Grambling State on Aug. 22, and finishing with rival Alabama on Oct. 31. In between Auburn will play host to UAB on Aug. 24, the Auburn Soccer Classic on Sept. 12 and 14 — which will bring NCAA Tournament finalist Florida State and Marquette to town — and Samford on Sept. 19.

In conference action, Auburn will play host to Ole Miss (Oct. 3), Mississippi State (Oct. 5), and NCAA tournament teams Florida (Oct. 17), South Carolina (Oct. 19) and Tennessee (Oct. 26) before closing out the season against Alabama.

In non-conference action, Auburn will play at NCAA Tournament team Missouri on Aug. 29 and will face Round of 16 teams Virginia and Stanford at a tournament at the University of Georgia (Sept. 5 & 7). It will also travel to Kansas (Sept. 31), which Auburn played to a 1-1 draw in Hawaii last fall.

In SEC play, Auburn will head to Kentucky (Sept. 26), Vanderbilt (Sept. 28), LSU (Oct. 10), Arkansas (Oct. 12) and Georgia (Oct. 23).

Auburn finished the 2007 season 10-8-2 and 12 of its 2008 opponents tallied 10-win seasons-or-better.