Good Morning, Auburn Family. Opening Weekend on The Plains and the dawn on the Malveaux era begins today as Auburn Softball starts its 2025 season hosting The Tiger Invitational at Jane B. Moore Field. Chris and Kate Malveaux begin their tenure as Auburn battles Southern Illinois at 3 p.m. CT. today. The Tigers conclude opening day with a 5:30 p.m. CT contest versus North Carolina. 

Auburn continues action on Saturday morning with another twin billing. The Tigers will face Appalachian State at 10 a.m. CT before a rematch with the Salukis at 12:30 p.m. CT. Sunday’s tournament finale is set for 11:30 a.m. CT, with Auburn squaring off with North Carolina.

What else do we have mixed into the Brew for your today? Check it out below!

🏀 More accolades for DeYona Gaston and Johni Broome
🎾 Women’s Tennis plays in the ITA National Team Indoor Championship TODAY!
🐅 And much, much more!

🎥 WAREAGLE+: THE GRIT FACTOR

The Grit Factor (Ep. 2)
The Grit Factor is a three-part miniseries documenting the start of the Malveaux era on The Plains. Episode 2 focuses on assistant coaches Ryker Chason and DJ Sanders.

🔼 The Jungle Works Its Magic Again. Auburn held Texas A&M scoreless for 8 and a half minutes and defeated the Aggies 65-52 Thursday at Neville Arena, the Tigers’ third consecutive SEC home victory. 

Mar’Shaun Bostic flirted with a triple-double, totaling 10 points, 10 assists and seven of Auburn’s 13 steals to record her first career double-double. DeYona Gaston led four Auburn starters in double figures with 18 points. Yuting Deng added 12 points and Taylen Collins scored 10 on 5-of-8 shooting.

🔼 Catch ‘Em On the Tube 📺. As a part of ESPN’s college baseball coverage announced Thursday, Auburn Baseball will play on national television on six occasions during the 2025 regular season—four home broadcasts and two road broadcasts.

There will be two wild card coverage windows this season with two games airing on ESPNU and SEC Network on Thursday, April 17 and four games on ESPN2 and SEC Network the final weekend of the regular season from May15-17. The entirety of the SEC Baseball Tournament from May 20-25 will also be broadcast on national television with the first five days airing on SEC Network and the championship game airing on ESPN2.

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🔼 More DG Hoopla. Auburn graduate forward DeYona Gaston has earned a spot on the Katrina McClain Award Midseason Top 10. The Katrina McClain Award, now in its eighth year, recognizes the top power forwards in women’s NCAA Division I college basketball.

Gaston is averaging 22.0 points per game, which ranks third in the SEC and eighth nationally. She has 11 games this year with 20-plus points and four games this year with 30-plus. The 6-2 forward set a Neville Arena record for an Auburn player with 36 points in the win over Virginia-Lynchburg Nov. 8, then nearly matched that with 35 points vs. Alabama State. 

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🔼 Calling All Auburn Gymnastics Fans. The No. 12 Auburn gymnastics team returns to Neville tonight, welcoming SEC rival Georgia. The Tigers and the Bulldogs will go head-to-head at 7 p.m. CT on SEC Network+.

Auburn is looking forward to being in front of the 9,121 Tiger fans once again this weekend.

"We're going to need the crowd this weekend," head coach Jeff Graba said. "There is nothing like our crowd and we're going to need them to help us beat a legacy program like Georgia."

🔼 Upping the Stakes. No. 10 Auburn is set to begin play at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship—which is comprised of 16 teams—today in both Evanston and Champaign, Illinois. The Tigers qualified for their fourth consecutive appearance in the event after defeating San Diego and No. 11 USC during ITA Kickoff Weekend in Los Angeles in January.

Auburn, the five-seed, will play four-seeded Stanford today to kick off the event at 3:30 p.m. CT. If the Tigers are victorious over the Cardinal, they will face the winner of Georgia and Northwestern in the quarterfinals on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. The event’s semifinals will be held on Monday followed by the championship final on Tuesday.

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🔼 Wild Horses Couldn’t Drag Us Away. The No. 1 Auburn equestrian team returns to action following the holiday break this weekend, hosting a pair of opponents in Minnesota Crookston and No. 9 UT Martin at the Auburn University Equestrian Center.

The Tigers (6-1, 2-1 SEC) open the weekend with a 3 p.m. CT contest vs. Minnesota Crookston today. Auburn follows with an 11 a.m. CT meet vs. UT Martin on Saturday, February 9.

🆓 Info on giveaways!

🔼 What a Power Move. Auburn’s Johni Broome is one of 10 top candidates for the 2025 Karl Malone Award as announced in partnership with the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The annual award celebrates its 11th year by recognizing the top power forwards in NCAA Division I men’s college basketball.

In March, the Top 10 list will be narrowed to just five, and in late March, the five finalists will be presented to Malone and the Hall of Fame’s selection committees, where winners will be selected.

🏆 Learn more about the other nominees and how to vote. 🗳️

🔼 Fielding Success. The Auburn track & field team travels to Bryan-College Station, Texas, for the Charlie Thomas Invitational today and tomorrow. The meet will be held at the R.A. “Murray” Fasken Indoor Track with the women’s weight throw starting this morning at 9:30 a.m. CT.  

The Tigers enter the weekend fresh off a solid meet at the Bob Pollock Invitational last week in Clemson with four event wins, ten collegiate personal bests and four Auburn top 10 performances. In the most recent U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll, the men are ranked No. 25 in the country.  

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🐅 ONE BIG THING

The Plains ➡ The Combine. Congrats to Auburn Football alum Jarquez Hunter, who is headed to the NFL Combine!

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Friday, Feb. 7
🌊 Swimming & Diving @ AU Invite/First Chance
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITA National Team Indoor Championship @ Time TBA | Tournament Page
🏌🏽‍♀️ Men’s Golf @ Amer Ari Invitational (R2)
🐎 Equestrian vs. Minnesota Crookston @ 3 p.m. CT
🥎 Softball vs. Southern Illinois - Opening Weekend On The Plains @ 3 p.m. CT | Buy Tickets | Live Stats
👟 X-Country/Track @ Charlie Thomas Invitational
🥎 Softball vs. North Carolina - Opening Weekend On The Plains @ 5:30 p.m. CT | Buy Tickets | Live Stats
🤸🏽 Gymnastics vs. Georgia - Military Appreciation Meet @ 7 p.m. CT SEC ESPN+ | Buy Tickets

Saturday, Feb. 8
🌊 Swimming & Diving @ AU Invite/First Chance
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITA National Team Indoor Championship @ Time TBA | Tournament Page
🥎 Softball vs. Appalachian State - Opening Weekend On The Plains @ 10 a.m. CT | Buy Tickets | Live Stats
🐎 Equestrian vs. UT Martin @ 11 a.m. CT
🥎 Softball vs. Southern Illinois - Opening Weekend On The Plains @ 12:30 p.m. CT | Buy Tickets | Live Stats
🏌🏽‍♀️ Men’s Golf @ Amer Ari Invitational (R3)
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Florida - Vault Throwback Game: 80s @ 3 p.m. CT ESPN | SEATGEEK 
👟 X-Country/Track @ Charlie Thomas Invitational

Sunday, Feb. 9
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITA National Team Indoor Championship @ Time TBA | Tournament Page
🥎 Softball vs. North Carolina - Opening Weekend On The Plains/National Pizza Day @ 11:30 a.m. CT | Buy Tickets | Live Stats

🐅 Go here to view the entire Auburn Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Cooper Flagg!

Auburn’s Johni Broome was joined on the list of Karl Malone Award nominees by Baylor’s Norchad Omier, Boise State’s Tyson Degenhart, Gonzaga’s Graham Ike, Michigan’s Danny Wolf, Oregon State’s Michael Rataj, Texas Tech’s JT Toppin, UAB’s Yaxel Lendeborg, UConn’s Alex Karaban and Villanova’s Eric Dixon.

🐅 Have a great weekend, Auburn Fam!