The biggest certainty for the Auburn Tigers this basketball season is that they’re going to keep firing away from 3-point range.
Whether those shots are falling or not.
Auburn enters its final four games of the Southeastern Conference’s regular season having attempted 115 more 3-point shots and having made 69 more 3s than any other league team, with Florida ranking second in each category. The Tigers also lead the SEC in 3-point accuracy at 37.6 percent, just ahead of Mississippi State’s 37.5 percent.
“We shoot a lot, and hopefully we make a lot,” said Auburn 6-foot-7 junior forward Anfernee McLemore, whose 3-pointer 10 seconds into last Wednesday’s game against Arkansas ignited a 79-56 blowout of the Razorbacks. “I feel like anybody on the court can make a 3, one through five, and I think that really gives everybody a lot of freedom.
“If you’re open, you can take that shot.”