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Everything Bruce Pearl, Allen Flanigan and Wendell Green Jr. said after No. 21 Auburn's win at Ole Miss

Justin Hokansonby:Justin Hokanson01/10/23

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Wendell Green Jr. (Photo by Auburn Athletics)

Don't look now, but the defending SEC regular season champions are off to a 3-1 start with a big home game against Mississippi State on deck for Saturday night inside Neville Arena. Auburn took care of Ole Miss on Tuesday night, 82-73, behind 23 points from Wendell Green Jr. and 15 more from Allen Flanigan. The Tigers scored 50 second-half points, decimated Ole Miss on the boards by 20, and turned an early 9-point deficit into as much as a 14-point lead in the second half. Here's what head coach Bruce Pearl, and players Green Jr. and Flanigan, had to say following the win: