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Chad Baker-Mazara calls out Cameron Matthews following Auburn win over Mississippi State

Chandler Vesselsby:Chandler Vessels•01/14/25•

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Auburn guard Chad Baker-Mazara took to social media following a win against Mississippi State on Tuesday to take a shot at Cameron Matthews. The Tigers rolled to an 88-66 victory at home against the Bulldogs in which Baker-Mazara was the star of the evening.

He finished with the game with a team-high 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting to go along with a steal and two blocks. At one point in the lopsided Auburn win, Matthews approached Mazara and attempted to get in his face, but the Tigers star simply laughed it off.

Justin Hokanson of Auburn Live made note of the interaction on X, formerly Twitter, causing Baker-Mazara to quote the post with a short but sweet response postgame.

“Growth,” he wrote.

Chad Baker-Mazara ended up outplaying Matthews, who finished the game with only four points on 2-of-10 shooting. Not only that, but the Tigers also got the win to improve to 16-1 (4-0 SEC).

Baker-Mazara is in his second season with Auburn and has taken a big step forward. He has started all 17 games thus far and is averaging 12.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game while also leading the SEC with a 93.7% clip from the free throw line.

The win for Auburn is made even more impressive by the fact that the Tigers were without leading scorer Johni Broome due to injury. Baker-Mazara wasn’t the only one to step up in Broome’s absence, as Chaney Johnson moved into the starting lineup and finished with 17 points, eight rebounds and four blocks.

It’s unclear at this point how long Broome will be sidelined, but Baker-Mazara’s performance Tuesday provides confidence that they are in good hands until the former returns. Auburn next has a matchup coming up against Georgia on Saturday.

Auburn fan hacks Mississippi State social media, sends hilarious troll post during game

Some fans were puzzled by a post from the official Mississippi State basketball X account during Tuesday night’s game against Auburn. Midway through the contest between the Tigers and Bulldogs, the MSU account posted simply “WDE,” presumably standing for “War Damn Eagle,” the phrase often used by Auburn fans.

The post was quickly deleted, leading many to wonder how it came about in the first place. According to local Mississippi radio host Brian Hadad, it was the doing of a Tigers fan.

Apparently, the Mississippi State employee who was running the X account left their desk for a brief moment, and the Auburn fan seized their chance. They went down to where the laptop was, opened it up and fired away the tweet below.

It seems as if the Tigers fan might have been feeling himself a bit as Auburn had a large lead at the time. It would go on to cruise to an 88-66 victory against the No. 15 Bulldogs, never trailing for a single second.