FORT MYERS, Fla. – Returning to the lineup after missing 25 games last season with an injury, Saint Joseph's Taylor Funk scored a career-high 28 points, but Auburn held off the Hawks in overtime, 96-91, in the second game of the Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off on Thursday.

How It Happened
• Down by as many as 11 points in the second half, Saint Joseph's fought back to tie the game on a pair of Jack Forrest free throws with 3:55 left in regulation.
• After Auburn pushed its advantage back to three, 79-76, the Hawks took the lead for the first time since the early portion of the first half on a tap-in layup by Funk to make it 81-80 with just under a minute to play.
• Funk extended Saint Joseph's lead to 83-80 on a fastbreak layup with :37 to go.
• After a pair of Auburn free throws made it a one-point game, Ryan Daly put SJU ahead 82-80 with a free throw.
• Jaylin Williams answered with a dunk for the Tigers to tie the game with :13 to play.
• Daly got a clean look for the win at the buzzer, but the ball missed its mark, sending the game to extra time.
• Saint Joseph's scored the opening basket of the extra frame on a Funk jumper and held a 91-90 edge at the 2:02 after a pair of free throws by Greg Foster, Jr.
• Auburn pushed back ahead 92-90, but the Hawks had a chance to regain the lead in the final minute.
• Out of a timeout, Saint Joseph's got a look from behind the arc only to have the Tigers grab the defensive rebound and close the game out from the foul line.

Inside the Boxscore
• Funk finished with a game-high 28 points on 11-16 shooting, including 4-9 from three-point range and 2-2 from the foul line.
• Funk's 28 points surpassed his previous high of 23 against Princeton his freshman season.
• Daly added 18 points and handed out seven assists and tied Funk for the team-high in rebounds (seven).
• Forrest added 15 points off the bench in his SJU debut.
• Dahmir Bishop matched Daly with seven assists and had 14 points and four rebounds in his first start as a Hawk.
• Foster, Jr. was the fifth Hawk in double figures adding 11 points in his first game in crimson and gray.
• Freshmen Jordan Hall (one point, three rebounds, three assists) and Jadrian Tracey (one steal) made their collegiate debuts.
• After shooting 51.6 percent (16-31), including 41.8 percent (7-17) from behind the arc in the second half, Saint Joseph's went 2-8 from the field and 0-6 from three-point range in overtime.
• The Hawks went 15-23 (65.2 percent) from the foul line, while Auburn was 29-43 (67.4 percent).
• The Tigers finished with a 56-39 edge in rebounding and 30 second chance points.
• Williams led five Auburn players in double figures.
• The game featured nine ties and 10 lead changes.

Next Up
The Hawks (0-1) have a quick turnaround as they face #6 Kansas (0-1) in the final game on the Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off on Friday at 2 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on FS1, with audio broadcast available on TuneIn.

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