Basketball report card: Auburn builds big lead, cruises to 17-point win over St. Bonaventure

For the second time, Auburn basketball are champions of the Legends Classic. The first was in 2019, and the second happened on Friday night after Auburn built a large halftime lead and fought their way home to a xx-point win over St. Bonaventure at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Final: Tigers 77, Bonnies 60. Auburn moved to 3-1 on the season, but did fall short of scoring 80 points for the fourth time in four games. All in all, it was a nice win over a team picked to finish third in the Atlantic-10 and the most experienced team in college basketball. And maybe more importantly, it was a win that comes with plenty of learning lessons for Bruce Pearl after a sluggish second half on both ends of the floor. Grades, stats and thoughts inside...