Auburn cruises past Hyde Park

Yahmir Muhammad scored 21 points and Auburn outran, outhustled, outshot and outrebounded Hyde Park to score a 73-53 victory in Saturday's opening game at Auburn.

The winners, now 2-1 in the RPS205 Tip-Off Classic, led only 29-27 early in the third quarter but scored 19 of the next 28 points to carry a 48-36 lead into the final period. Muhammad had 11 of his points in the third quarter.

DiMaggio Aldridge took over for the Knights in the fourth quarter, scoring nine of his 11 points as Auburn continued to build its lead. Jamus Neal contributed 13 points to the Auburn attack.

Hyde Park, which lost a Tip-Off Classic game for the first time after seven victories, was led by Andrew Anderson's 15 points. Braijon Johnson and Dequan Fairley had 10 each for the Thunderbirds.

BOXSCORE

Rockford Auburn 73, Chicago Hyde Park 53
(at Auburn High School)

Auburn            15    14    19    25 -- 73
Hyde Park         7    18    11    17 -- 53

Auburn -- Muhammad 8 4-5 21, Ausler 3 0-0 9, Blake 2 0-0 4, Neal 5 3-3 13, Davis 1 0-0 3, Purifoy 4 1-2 9, Aldridge 5 0-1 11, Williams 1 0-0 3, Totals 29 8-11 73.
Hyde Park -- Doral 0 2-2 2, Williams 3 0-0 7, Anderson 5 2-2 15, Gayles 1 0-0 2, Johnson 4 2-4 10, Fairley 5 0-0 10, Barnhill 2 0-0 4, Gause 1 0-0 3, Totals 21 6-8 53.
3pt FG -- Auburn 7 (Muhammad, Ausler 3, Davis, Aldridge, Williams); Hyde Park 5 (Williams, Anderson 3, Gause).