Early Saturday morning the father of Auburn guard Antoine Mason, Anthony Mason, passed away. So to honor him and as a show of respect the Aggies observed a moment of silence prior to the start of the game.
After the game Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl expressed how appreciative he was of the gesture:
"I want to thank the Texas A&M administration and the basketball program for a really first-class gesture before the game," an emotional Pearl said. "That really was very, very kind, very, very thoughtful, and it meant a lot to us. And it really kind of makes me proud that Texas A&M is part of the SEC family, because that was what family does.
"The other thing their equipment staff did was they got these pins for us, and they embroidered them on our players’ jerseys. We had the jerseys in the locker room this afternoon and they went in and got everything, they took care of everything.[TexAgs]
"That’s just, those are the kind of stories you don’t hear in sports when teams are competing like that. That’s pretty special, and it meant a lot to our team."
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