Takeaways: Bruce Pearl praises his point guards, Dylan Cardwell's monster game following USC win

AUBURN -- The first thing Bruce Pearl did postgame was praise the play of his two points guards, Tre Donaldson and Aden Holloway. The duo has combined for 78 points, 25 assists and two turnovers in the last three games and Pearl made sure they received their props. "You talk about great point guard play. We knew we were playing against a great point guard in Isaiah Collier and obviously Aden and Tre being freshman and sophomore, they knew Isaiah growing up through AAU ball and knew how special he was. They also see him on draft boards and things like that. It's the youngest position on our team and right now we're getting incredible point guard play," Pearl said. "They value possessions and they understand advantage-disadvantage in transition. When we had the advantage, they took advantage. When we didn't, they ran something. That's good discipline. If you get that out of that position, that's important. USC pressed us early and we scored both times early against the pressure. They bothered us with the press last year. We turned the ball over 21 times at USC last year. Same system, I emphasized that this week and we took better care of the ball. They shared it, they didn't ball dominate." More from Pearl on the big win inside...