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The Auburn Tigers won their sixth game in eight tries under new head coach Steven Pearl on Wednesday night, with a pre-Thanksgiving blessing to the Auburn Family in the form of an 85-74 victory over the St. John’s Red Storm at the Player’s Era Tourament.

Pearl or his Tigers’ resilience isn’t the story in the Big Apple today with the Macy’s Day Parade marching down Sixth Avenue. Instead, The New York Post’s Zach Braziller blamed Rick Pitino’s group for giving up defensively in the second half.

The Auburn Tigers won their sixth game in eight tries under new head coach Steven Pearl on Wednesday night, with a pre-Thanksgiving blessing to the Auburn Family in the form of an 85-74 victory over the St. John’s Red Storm at the Player’s Era Tourament.

Pearl or his Tigers’ resilience isn’t the story in the Big Apple today with the Macy’s Day Parade marching down Sixth Avenue. Instead, The New York Post’s Zach Braziller blamed Rick Pitino’s group for giving up defensively in the second half.

” If Tuesday’s rousing rout of Baylor was a step in the right direction, then Wednesday was a major step back,” Braziller wrote. “With a chance to head home on a winning note, St. John’s was sloppy, shaky defensively and blew an 11-point second-half lead in a dismal 85-74 setback to No. 21 Auburn.

“The Red Storm were outscored by 20 points in the second half, and by 17 over the final 9:53.

“There was no defense to speak of, outside of a brief stretch late in the first half.”

As Braziller would note, Tahaad Pettiford torched St. John’s for 27 points. Pettiford’s play went beyond his timely shot-making, though, as he grabbed four boards, dished out two assists, poached three steals, and even had a block.