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Led by Aden Holloway and Tre Donaldson, 'unselfish' play drives Auburn's offense

Justin Hokansonby:Justin Hokanson01/11/24

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Tre Donaldson (Photo by Matt Rudolph/Auburn Live)

AUBURN -- There are currently very, very few teams in college basketball that share the basketball better than Auburn as the schedule rolls into January. Auburn is first in the SEC, averaging 18.7 assists per game. They are fifth nationally (and second in the SEC) in assist-to-turnover ratio, up from being outside the top 70 nationally in the stat at the end of last season. That particular stat is wildly impressive considering Pearl's two youngest players are point guards Aden Holloway and Tre Donaldson.  "It starts with our points guards. Both Aden and Tre are unselfish players and they don’t put themselves in position to do too much and then put them in positions where they are going to turn the ball over," Pearl said. More from Pearl inside...

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