After escaping a monumental upset by the skin of their teeth in Monday's season opener, the 20th-ranked Auburn Tigers put forth a much more convincing effort in a 95-57 win over Merrimack at the Neville Center in Auburn, Ala., on Wednesday.

Journeyman transfer Keyshawn Hall led Auburn in scoring for the second straight game to start the season, tallying a double-double with 25 points on 6-of-9 shooting in addition to 14 rebounds. Freshman Sebastian Williams-Adams scored 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting. Sophomore Tahaad Pettiford added 13 points on a less-efficient 4-of-13 from the field or the Tigers, who needed overtime to beat Bethune-Cookman 95-90 on Monday.

Sophomore center Emeka Opurum stretched Auburn's lead to a then-game-high 32 points with a pair of alley-oop slams just before the

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