Bodda Getta Daily Brew 12/1: Alexa, What's a Drubbing?

Auburn women's basketball dominated Clemson in the inaugural ACC/SEC Challenge.

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December 01, 2023

Good morning. Auburn forced a whopping 29 turnovers and used balance scoring to rout Clemson 83-53 in the inaugural ACC/SEC Challenge Thursday at Neville Arena.
 
"Our kids played hard," Auburn coach Johnnie Harris said. "Our message to them was play our game, play our style of play, impose your will. I wanted them to set the tone, and I thought they did that. Normally, we let up. I didn't think we let up tonight."
 
Honesty Scott-Grayson led Auburn with 18 points, JaMya Mingo-Young scored 16 points in 17 minutes, Sydney Shaw made three 3-pointers and scored 11 points and Kaitlyn Duhon added 10.

What else can you find mixed into today’s Brew?

🏈 AL.com’s Joe Goodman talks about why Auburn is tops at recruiting
🧡 Two Auburn greats get inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame
🐅 And much, much more!

🎙 GET TO KNOW: MARQUIS DANIELS

Pull up a chair as Andy Burcham goes Face to Face with a former Auburn men’s basketball standout and NBA veteran—Marquis Daniels.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 No Elevator Pitch Needed. If you heard Auburn football head coach Hugh Freeze’s presser after the heartbreaking loss in this year’s Iron Bowl, you know he kept it to three things: the Auburn fans (who are the best), hope for next year’s program and recruiting. He mentioned that even with the loss, recruits had to have seen not only that rock-solid performance but also the enthusiasm that comes from games at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Lead sports columnist for AL.com Joe Goodman also picked up on this message, which he notes may have gone unnoticed by those who were stuck on the ultimate loss of that Iron Bowl game.

“An important piece of news went unreported at the Iron Bowl amid the noise-quenching finish that was Fourth and 31,” Goodman starts the article.

As anyone who has ever attended a game at Jordan-Hare, particularly one as significant as the Iron Bowl, Goodman also noted the electric atmosphere using an homage to the beloved Karate Kid movie:

“The atmosphere inside Jordan-Hare Stadium before the final play was the best I’ve seen at a sporting event since the championship bout of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament. Team Daniel LaRusso got KO’d this time, but that doesn’t mean it was a total loss for Auburn. Wins and losses are an all-or-nothing deal, but that’s not how recruiting works.”

Read the rest of the article for more on Goodman’s take on why this wasn’t an unsuccessful year for the Tigers football program, Freeze’s methodical approach for rebuilding this program, and the team’s unparalleled recruiting efforts, about which he ends the article by saying:

“The recruits can begin signing on Dec.20. Based on everything I’ve heard behind the scenes, major victories for Auburn are coming with Freeze’s first signing class. Auburn sells itself, and its best recruiting pitch of all was that deafening atmosphere in the Iron Bowl.”

🔼 These Hallowed Halls. Former Auburn standouts Scott Sullivan and Larry Chapman have been selected for induction into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame's Class of 2024.

"You look at those plaques, and it's just astonishing the number of incredibly talented athletes, coaches and administrators the state of Alabama has produced," said Sullivan, an Auburn baseball letterwinner from 1991-93, recalling previous Hall of Fame visits in Birmingham while mentioning inductees Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Jesse Owens, Bo Jackson and Tim Hudson.

Sullivan walked on at Auburn in 1991, pitching three seasons for coach Hail Baird's Tigers as a reliever, compiling a 13-9 record with a 3.83 ERA.

Sullivan, who ranks second in Cincinnati history with 494 pitching appearances, also played for the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals, finishing his 10-year MLB career in 2004 with a 3.98 ERA and 622 strikeouts.

A basketball letterwinner from 1962-64, Chapman served as team captain before remaining on the Plains as an assistant coach and freshman team head coach under Bill Lynn. Chapman helped integrate Auburn Athletics by recruiting Henry Harris, Auburn's first Black student-athlete.

"I came to Auburn, and the greatest people in my life, outside of my family and a few in my hometown, embraced me, loved me and led me," Chapman said.

Chapman served as head coach at Auburn-Montgomery for 37 seasons from 1976-2014, amassing 714 wins as a head coach and compiling 15 20-win seasons.

Read the full article for more on their post-Auburn lives, which Tigers have been inducted before them in their respective sports, and the details on the 56th annual induction banquet and ceremony in May of 2024.

Plenty more Brew headlines for your enjoyment 👇🏼

🔼  The Net Result. It just wasn't Auburn's afternoon inside in the KFC Yum! Center on Thursday.
 
The Tigers (20-10, 10-8) couldn't find a way past Western Michigan (31-2, 18-0), falling in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-19).
 
A slow start, tough serving from the Broncos and a couple of unforced errors put Auburn in an early 7-1 hole.
 
Even though Kyla Swanson was a perfect 3-3 and the offense hit close to .250, the Broncos managed a hitting percentage north of .300, keeping any late Orange and Blue rallies at bay and taking the opening frame, 25-18.
 
Set No. 2 was eerily similar to the first. Swanson continued to shine as the Wahoo, Nebraska native finished the second frame still perfect, 7-7. She even added to the cause at the service line, dialing up a career-high three aces. When the dust settled, however, Auburn trailed 2-0.
 
Madison Scheer did her best to keep her team in the fight throughout the third set. Scheer led the Tigers with five kills, with Bella Bell and Akasha Anderson close behind with a three apiece.
 
No matter what the team tried, though, Western Michigan had the answer. The Broncos hit north of .400, propelling WMU to a 3-0 win and ending what was another incredible season for head coach Brent Crouch and the Auburn Tigers.

“The story of the match was that we didn't have a real hard time scoring on offense,” said Crouch. “I don't know what we hit for the match, but it was at a decent clip, and we just couldn't keep them off the net.
 
"We ran into a really good team tonight that played great. Hats off to Western Michigan.”

With back-to-back berths into the NCAA Tournament, it’s hard not to be optimistic about what Crouch’s remaining crew will continue to bring to Auburn Athletics.

🏆 VICTORY FORMATION

We’re encouraging every fan to become a member of On To Victory today and help unlock a $1,000,000 donation in support of Auburn student-athletes by National Signing Day on December 20.

Your support counts now more than ever!

🤔 TIGER TRIVIA

Etched in History. Scott Sullivan was awestruck to be included with many Auburn greats who had been inducted into the Auburn Sports Hall of Fame before his recent induction, which brings us to today’s trivia question.

Can you name three of the nine Auburn baseball players inducted into the Auburn Sports Hall of Fame before Sullivan? And, hey, if you can name all of them, more power to you!

Think you know the answer? Scroll down to the bottom to find out!

🐅 ONE BIG THING

#50, Comin’ in Hot. USA Today recently named Auburn defensive lineman Marcus Harris to their 2023 All-SEC Team!

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Friday 12/1

🌊 Swimming & Diving @ USA Diving Winter Nationals

🌊 Swimming & Diving @ ISCA

Saturday 12/2

🌊 Swimming & Diving @ USA Diving Winter Nationals

🌊 Swimming & Diving @ ISCA

Sunday 12/3

🌊 Swimming & Diving @ USA Diving Winter Nationals

🏀 Men’s Basketball @ Appalachian State at 12 p.m. CT ESPN2

🏀 Women’s Basketball @ UAB @ 2:30 p.m. CT on ESPN+ 100.3 | Live Video | Live Stats

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Sullivan becomes the 10th former Auburn baseball player to be inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, joining Jimmy Hitchcock (1969), Billy Hitchcock (1975), Jimmy Outlaw (1990), Bo Jackson (1996), Joe Beckwith (2004), Frank Thomas (2011), Tim Hudson (2018), Q.V. Lowe (2020) and Hal Baird (2021).

Longtime Auburn fans will likely remember brothers Billy Hitchcock and Jimmy Hitchcock—both on the list. Billy played both football and baseball. As a football player, he was a part of Auburn’s first bowl game and scored Auburn’s only touchdown of the game. As the captain of the baseball team, he led Auburn to its first conference title. He went on to play for several major league baseball teams and received a bronze star and three battle stars as a major in the military during World War II.

🐅 Have a great Friday, y’all!