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    Post Game Notes Auburn vs. Vanderbilt



    March 8, 2009

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    SEC Tournament Championship Game

    • Auburn starters: Whitney Boddie, DeWanna Bonner, Sherell Hobbs, Trevesha Jackson and Alli Smalley
    • Vanderbilt starters: Meredith Marsh, Jessica Mooney, Jence Rhoads, Jennifer Risper and Christina Wirth
    • Auburn's DeWanna Bonner and Whitney Boddie were named to the SEC All-Tournament Team
    • Two of Auburn's three losses this season have come against Vanderbilt
    • Two of Auburn's three losses this season have come in the first game after defeating Tennessee
    • Whitney Boddie led Auburn with 14 points and eight assists; Boddie and Sherell Hobbs led the team with eight rebounds each.
    • The loss marked the ninth year in a row for the SEC regular-season champion to not win the SEC Tournament; Tennessee was the last to win both in 2000 as it was named co-SEC champion with Georgia before winning the tournament title
    • Auburn won the opening tip
    • Auburn is now 29-3 on the season; 4-1 in neutral-site games
    • The 29 wins are the fourth-most ever for an Auburn team
    • The Tigers are now 33-26 all-time in the SEC Tournament; head coach Nell Fortner is 5-5
    • Fortner is 0-8 all-time against Vanderbilt's Melanie Balcomb
    • Auburn now has an all-time record of 764-329, and a 173-140 all-time record in the SEC
    • AU head coach Nell Fortner is now 117-67 in her career and 100-56 at Auburn
    • Auburn now trails the series with Vanderbilt, 16-22, and is 0-5 against the Commodores in the SEC Tournament
    • AU is 4-2 this season against teams ranked in the AP top 25
    • Auburn is 0-2 all-time when playing on March 8
    • The Tigers are 4-4 all-time in SEC Tournament championship games
    • AU has an 81-43 all-time record in the month of March and 59-42 in post-season play
    • Auburn is 4-3 all-time when playing in Little Rock, Ark.
    • Whitney Boddie's assist to Sherell Hobbs at the 14:10 mark in the first half tied her for second all-time at Auburn in career assists with Helene Baroody (1983-87) with 587; she took the record to herself on the next Auburn possession on an assist to Trevesha Jackson

     

     

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