AUBURN, Ala. – Auburn women's basketball fans will get their first look at the 2023-24 edition of the Tigers Monday night when they host West Georgia in an exhibition contest at Neville Arena.
Tip is set for 7 p.m. CT, and admission is free to all fans. All seating in the arena will be general admission.
Monday's game will be the first of two exhibition games this week; the Tigers will also play host to Columbus State at 7 p.m. CT Thursday.
Season tickets are still available for the 2023-24 season beginning at $50 per ticket. Single-game tickets are also now on sale. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit AUBTix.com or call 855-282-2010.
ON THE AIR
›› Brit Bowen and Larry DiChiara will have the radio call on WAUE 100.3 FM beginning at 6:45 p.m. CT. The broadcast can also be heard on AuburnTigers.com and the Auburn Athletics app.
›› There will be no live video stream available.
AN AUBURN WIN WOULD...
›› Improve the Tigers to 22-9 all-time in exhibition games.
›› Be Auburn's third win all-time against West Georgia, the first in an exhibition game.
AUBURN-WEST GEORGIA SERIES
›› This is the sixth all-time meeting between Auburn and West Georgia, but the first in an exhibition. The teams played five times in the regular season between 1973 and 1978; both teams are undefeated at home in the series.
SCOUTING WEST GEORGIA
›› West Georgia finished 13-16 overall last season, 11-13 in Gulf South Conference play.
›› Last season, the Wolves averaged 59.7 points/game while allowing 64.1/game.
›› Sophomore Aliyah Washington returns as the team's top scorer from last year at 11.2 points/game. She was the Gulf South Conference Freshman of the Year.
SCOUTING AUBURN
›› Auburn returns two starters and six total letterwinners from 2022-23, when the Tigers finished 16-15 overall, 5-11 in SEC play. Auburn made its first postseason appearance and secured its first winning record since 2019 last season, when they advanced to the second round of the WNIT.
›› Graduate student Honesty Scott-Grayson is Auburn's leading returning scorer, averaging 12.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.3 steals last season as a redshirt senior. She started 27 games last season and was Auburn's top 3-point shooter, hitting 45-of-122 attempts (36.9%). She also finished third in the SEC in steals per game with 2.3.
›› Scott-Grayson enters her final year at Auburn with 1,065 career points, good for 34th all-time in program history.
›› Sophomore Sydney Shaw started 25 games last season, averaging 7.6 points, and 2.6 rebounds. Possibly the Tigers' best pure shooter, she moves from playing significant minutes at point guard last year to exclusively at the 2-guard spot this season. She was second on the team in 3-point shooting last year, hitting 40-of-118 (33.9%) from deep.
›› Junior Mar'Shaun Bostic was a breakout star in the Tigers' final game of the season, scoring a career-high 23 points in the WNIT second round matchup at Clemson. She played in all 31 games last year, averaging 5.6 points and 1.9 rebounds. Bostic, one of the fastest players in the SEC, looks to play significant minutes at point guard and can be one of the SEC's top defenders.
›› Sophomore Kaitlyn Duhon played in 30 games last season, earning six starts. She averaged 3.8 points and 2.3 rebounds and will likely see significant minutes this season at the 3 or the 4.
›› Eight new players will take the court for Auburn this season - three true freshmen, two junior college transfers and three Division I transfers.
›› Among the Tigers' newcomers, senior Taylen Collins (Oklahoma State) averaged 9.5 points and 9.1 rebounds last year to finish fourth in the Big 12 in rebounding. JaMya Mingo-Young (Alabama/Mississippi State) averaged 5.4 points and 4.4 rebounds in 14 games at Alabama before missing the second half of the season with injury; in 2021-22, she started all 34 games and averaged 11.6 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists and finished second in the SEC with 80 steals.
›› JUCO All-Americans Celia Sumbane and McKenna Eddings have been impressive in preseason practice and will likely play significant minutes.
›› Auburn's three freshmen add much-needed size in the post - Yakiya Milton (6-4), Savannah Scott (6-4) and Timya Thurman (6-5).
AUBURN IN EXHIBITIONS
›› This is the third straight season for Auburn to play at least one exhibition game. Last year, the Tigers defeated Tuskegee 81-59 at Neville Arena.
›› The Tigers played three exhibition contests in Europe over the summer, winning all three games in France and Switzerland.
UP NEXT
›› Auburn plays a second exhibition contest Thursday, Nov. 2, against Columbus State. Game time is 7 p.m. CT at Neville Arena, and admission is free.
First exhibition for Auburn women Monday vs. West Georgia
