Auburn to receive visit from Vanderbilt’s leading scorer
As usual, Auburn basketball head coach Bruce Pearl is going above and beyond in his efforts to bring in top talent from the transfer portal.
He is doing so on Friday as Nathan King of Auburn Undercover reports that Vanderbilt’s leading scorer from last season, Tyrin Lawrence, is taking an official visit to Auburn ($).
Lawrence is a rising senior guard from Monticello, Georgia, who signed with Vanderbilt as a member of the 2020 signing class. Auburn had amazing success recruiting in the Peach State during the 2020 cycle, as the state’s top-three recruits: Walker Kessler, Sharife Cooper, and J.T. Thor, all played for Auburn. Dylan Cardwell was the state’s No. 11 prospect for the 2020 class.
Since arriving at Vanderbilt, Lawrence has played in 77 games and has an average of 8.1 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. He has a field goal percentage of 48% and shoots 73% from the free-throw stripe.
As a junior during the 2022-23 season, Lawrence led the Commodores in scoring by averaging 13.1 points per game. He turned in 24 games of double-figures and scored 20 or more points in six games. During Vanderbilt’s NIT run, Lawrence averaged 19 points and eight rebounds per game. During the first two games of the NIT, Lawrence had a 25-point game against Yale in round one and scored 24 points against Michigan in round two.
Auburn has added two transfers in Denver Jones from FIU and Cheney Johnson from Alabama-Huntsville so far in this window and recently received a visit from Matthew Cleveland of Florida State.
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