AUBURN, Ala. - It was a night Auburn's Kenny Gabriel will always remember and one Bethune-Cookman would like to forget as the Wildcats sustained a 67-41 loss to the Tigers Monday before 4,207 in the Auburn Arena.

While Gabriel did something Charles Barkley never did here and registered the first triple-double (24 points, 13 rebounds, 10 blocked shots) in Auburn history, the Wildcats (4-11) fell to 0-9 on the road and 1-10 away from home as they shot a dismal 23.7 percent from the field.

Ricky Johnson's career-high 17 points and the simple fact this wasn't a conference game - B-CU resumes Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play Saturday at North Carolina A&T.

The Wildcats missed their first seven shots and things didn't get much better after that.

With Gabriel swatting away, Auburn (10-3) limited B-CU to just eight points inside. The Wildcats scored more points from behind the three-point line (18) than inside (16).

Despite the cold start, B-CU was down just 8-2 after the first four minutes. Johnson, Anthony Breeze and Garrius Holloman connected on three consecutive trips that closed it to a 11-9 game with 11:27 remaining, but that's as close it got. Auburn led 34-19 at halftime.

Holloman dunked to start the second half, but Gabriel scored seven of Auburn's first nine points of the second half to push the Tiger lead to 43-21. B-CU never got closer than 21 after that.

Johnson was 5-8 on three-pointers to lead the Wildcats.

Holloman had nine points and five rebounds. Breeze finished with six points, while Javoris Bryant and Marc Mackeach had five boards.

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