"I definitely feel like that non-conference schedule helped us out," top-scoring senior Mark Sears said ... SEC opponents in January − South Carolina, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Kentucky, Vanderbilt ...

Relieved of his duties in the offseason, Mark Byington ... the Commodores are back home for a matchup against the South Carolina Gamecocks on Wednesday night. This is a must-win game for Byington ...

He made the free throw, and South Carolina's last-second heave fell short. Several players on both sides got in foul trouble, with the Gamecocks ... State and Missouri. Mark Byington's team ...

Broome is out indefinitely with a left ankle sprain that he sustained last Saturday in Auburn’s 66-63 win at South Carolina ... with 15 points, and Mark Sears added 11. BATON ROUGE, La.