WATCH: Auburn student sinks full-court putt, wins new car

One Auburn student had a really good day on Saturday. He made a full-court putt to win a brand new car.

At a media timeout during the second half of Auburn’s game against Alabama on Saturday, the student stepped up and drained the 90-footer to come away with a new ride. The student said he didn’t have a car of his own before making the putt. That’ll change.

It’s the first time since 2014 a student made the putt, according to the Auburn Observer’s Justin Ferguson.

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Auburn is trying to pull off the big-time upset of Alabama at The Jungle on Saturday. At the time of the contest, the Tigers had a 53-52 lead as the game continued to go back and forth.

Bruce Pearl addresses need for better bench production

Auburn lost its fourth game in five outings earlier this week on the road 83-78 against Texas A&M. 10 total points came from the Tigers’ bench on the night, which wasn’t enough to head coach Bruce Pearl.

He was still able to find some positives amid Auburn’s toughest losing stretch of the said.

“I thought the bench had a great first half. They weren’t as good in the second half, but again, we scored 78 and that’s usually enough to win on the road,” Pearl said postgame. “[Our bench] could not stop them in the second half, we fouled them too much and that was the difference.”

Pearl had six players come off the bench, three of which went scoreless and none scored more than five points. Instead, Auburn was led by its starting lineup that saw four of its five score in double figures. Wendell Green was the team’s leader with 20 points, but it still wasn’t good enough to earn the road win.

The loss gave Texas A&M a season sweep over the Tigers, the only team to do so to them in a multi-game series this year. Still, Auburn remains tied for fourth place in the current SEC standings heading into Saturday’s game slate.