STATESBORO, Ga. — Auburn senior Sherell Hobbs scored the 1,000th point of her career Wednesday as the 20th-ranked women’s basketball team cruised to a 71-45 win against Georgia Southern.
In four days, Auburn’s new basketball arena will be a reality.
It won’t be finished — that won’t happen until July of 2010 at the earliest — but it will finally begin .
Auburn University’s new basketball arena passed its final pre-construction test Friday, when the AU Board of Trustees unanimously approved a $92.5 million bond issue to fund the project.
Construction on Auburn’s new basketball arena won’t start for at least a few more weeks.
The project won’t be finished until 2010.
Milton and Pat McGregor of Montgomery recently pledged $1 million toward the new Auburn Arena.
Cassie Moore’s freshman season was the Auburn women’s basketball team’s most successful season in four years.
Auburn’s women’s basketball players celebrated when they heard their postseason fate.
Just in case, Nell Fortner left the tag on her hat.
Is today the day?
Is it the day the Auburn women’s basketball team breaks out of a four-year NCAA Tournament drought and breaks into the 64-team field?
The start of the NCAA Tournament is still two weeks away.
DeWanna Bonner and Alli Smalley are having a good week.
Sunday, the duo scored a combined 32 points to lead the Auburn women’s basketball team past Arkansas in its regular-season finale.
It was a must-win game. And Auburn won it.
After three frustrating shots at a seventh Southeastern Conference win, the AU women’s basketball team came through Sunday.
| Date | Opponent | Time | Result | |
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08/30 |
vs. Louisiana-Monroe |
6 |
34-0 | |
|
9/06 |
vs. Southern Miss |
11:30 |
27-13 | |
|
9/13 |
at Mississippi St |
6:00 |
3-2 | |
|
9/20 |
vs. LSU |
6:45 |
21-26 | |
|
9/27 |
vs. Tennessee |
2:30 |
14-12 | |
|
10/04 |
at Vanderbilt |
5 PM |
13-14 | |
|
10/11 |
vs. Arkansas |
4 PM |
22-25 | |
|
10/23 |
at West Virginia |
6:30 |
17-34 | |
|
11/01 |
at Mississippi |
11:30 |
7-17 | |
|
11/08 |
vs. Tenn-Martin(HC) |
1:30 |
37-20 | |
|
11/15 |
vs. Georgia |
TBA |
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|
11/29 |
at Alabama |
TBA |