Auburn topped Creighton by outrebounding the Blue Jays, 37-27, and by outscoring Creighton's bench, 31-10. Tahaad Pettiford scored a majority of Auburn's bench points with 23 while Chad Baker-Mazara led all starters with 17 points.

Auburn committed 21 fouls against Tennessee and the Vols shot 27 free throws, five more than the Tigers. Auburn’s free throw rate allowed ranks 317th out of 364 Division I teams and was something that contributed to last season’s upset loss to Yale.