Freshman Alli Smalley scored 15 points and Sherell Hobbs added 12 to help No. 15 Auburn hold off Davidson 66-59 on Friday in the Saint Joseph’s Hawk Classic. DeWanna Bonner added nine points and 12 rebounds for the Tigers (12-1). Danielle Hemerka scored 13 points and Honna Housley added 11 for the Wildcats (6-5).
Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a state university located in Auburn, Alabama, USA. With more than 23,000 students and 1,200 faculty, it is the largest university in the state, and according to U.S. News & World Report, has a selectivity rating of "more selective." Auburn was chartered on February 1, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts school affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The college was donated to the state of Alabama in 1872, when it became the state's public land-grant university under the Morrill Act and was renamed the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. In 1892, the college became the first four-year coeducational school in the state. The college was renamed the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (API) in 1899. In 1960, its name was officially changed to Auburn University, as it had long been popularly known. Auburn is one of only 13 American universities designated as a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research center.
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