Forget scoring 20 or more points for a 15th time this year. Marks Sears really wanted to reach 10 assists for his second double-double of his final college season. During a timeout, Sears found the inspiration for his 10th assist of the night.

The first time Auburn and Alabama men’s basketball faced off this season, it was as the Nos. 1 and 2 teams in the country, the first time that had ever happened in the history of the SEC. Their second meeting was somehow even better.

Mark Sears hit a game-winning floater as time expired, and No. 7 Alabama spoiled the home finale of rival and No. 1 Auburn with a 93-91 overtime road win Saturday. The off-balance buzzer-beater from the free-throw line was only the third made basket of the game for Sears,