SAD NEWS: Auburn Tigers just lost two talented players including…
Visit NewsObserver.com/sports/college/article285863726.html#storylink=cpy to learn more.14. On Saturday night in Athens, Georgia, Auburn will play Georgia in a Southeastern Conference game after taking a week off between games. Auburn (20-6, 9-4 SEC) lost to then-No. 22 Kentucky, 70-59, at home on February 17. For the Tigers, it was their second defeat in their last three games. Jaylin Williams’ injury forces Auburn to rely more on its depth at forward. Williams is averaging 13.0 points and 4.7 rebounds in 26 games this season while starting, despite suffering a knee injury against Kentucky.
Although Williams was not expected to participate against Georgia, Auburn coach Bruce Pearl stated that the injury was not thought to be a season-ending one.
Pearl answered, “He’ll come to Georgia with us.” We believed that the injury had not caused significant harm, thus there were several references to his expected return date of between 10 days and two weeks, among other dates. Nothing substantial, in my opinion, came out of that.
“He’s going to Georgia. I don’t think he’ll play at this time. We’ll kind of take it from there after that.”
Cardwell remarked, “I was incredibly joyful and happy.” “In the end, it was his sixth year; he is not allowed to return. After this, he pursues a professional career. I’m more concerned about his future than I am about him playing for us again. Thank goodness it wasn’t a tear. It would have been terrible if he had given this program his all in his fifth year and then it had ended like way. I was simply incredibly relieved.”
Cardwell discussed his observations of Georgia.
Cardwell added, “At home, they’re insane.” “I believe that their home games have all had a margin of eight or ten points. They have faced opponents from both Florida and Alabama. They have faced strong squads. They benefit greatly from having home court advantage. They’re (5-8) in the SEC, but they’re not giving up. They remain a competitive team. It will be interesting to observe how they respond to our accusations. Of course, the rivalry between Auburn and Georgia just intensifies it. The game is going to be thrilling.”
Cardwell discussed Auburn’s shooting struggles vs Kentucky.
“It was terrible,” Cardwell remarked. Being a part of and witnessing those stuff was terrible. It was simply strange. I couldn’t understand it. It was completely nonsensical. This place is usually on fire. You know, it was simply open shots. There were just open shots. I therefore had no idea what it was. We seemed to be quite offensively prepared, in my opinion. We had a solid week of offensive shooting, in my opinion. The ball simply missed the mark. At the end of the day, we really have no control over that. It was peculiar. It’s just unfortunate that we lost that game. But ultimately, go on to the next game.”
