Auburn reveals Keyshawn Hall’s status ahead of Saturday’s game at Arkansas
By Andrew Olson
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Keyshawn Hall will not play for a struggling Auburn squad in a big game at Arkansas on Saturday. Hall was listed as out on Friday’s initial availability report for Saturday’s showdown in Fayetteville.
Hall, Auburn’s leading scorer, did not play the final 12:38 of Auburn’s loss at Vanderbilt. AU head coach Steven Pearl was asked about Hall ahead of Friday evening’s status reveal.
“We’d obviously love for Key to close out games for us because he’s a guy that can get to the foul line and do a lot of great things,” Pearl said in a Friday media opportunity.When he’s in games, we’re obviously better. The lineup that we had out there cut the lead from 14 to 4, so that group did a really good job of being aggressive defensively and running good offense. It was more of a coach’s decision to roll with the guys we had.”
Keyshawn Hall was on the bench for the final 12:38 of Auburn’s loss to Vandy.
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Steven Pearl was asked if we can expect to see Hall return to the Tigers’ closing lineup moving forward:
“We’d obviously love for Key to close out games for us…when he’s in games, we’re obviously… pic.twitter.com/xFXGdZyBVP
Hall, a transfer from UCF, is averaging 20.7 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. He has started 23 games for the Tigers.
Auburn enters the game on a 3-game losing skid, 14-10 overall and 5-6 in SEC play. No. 21 Arkansas is 18-6 overall and 8-3 in conference contests.
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