With a late injury to Auburn’s threeyear starter Nixon Ligouri, the Bulldogs have leaned on their remaining starters and role players to fill the gap and retain Auburn’s spot as one of the top teams in Class C1. In their last three games, the Bulldogs have had three different starting lineups. Freshman Ryan Guenther started against Freeman in the conference championship game, junior Creighton Keeling started in a win against Syracuse on Tuesday evening, and Senior Hudson Emshoff got his first career start in a top 10 matchup on the road against Class C1 #1 rated Lincoln Lutheran on Thursday, in which the Bulldogs dropped in double overtime to fall to 17-4 on the season.
Syracuse Game
Senior Nolan Gardner was a force inside for the Bulldogs, scoring a game-high 25 points on 11-for-14 shooting from the field, including onefor- one from the three-point range and two-for-two from the foul line. Bulldog players dished out a total of 20 assists as Auburn went into Syracuse and came out with a 61-47 win.
