Auburn improves in 2nd scrimmage.

Tyler Harris totaled 23 points, six rebounds and two steals, Devin Waddell 16 points on four of six treys and Kareem Canty 12 points and seven assists in Auburn’s second intrasquad scrimmage on Wednesday in Auburn Arena.

Horace Spencer chipped in 11 points on five of seven field goals, seven rebounds, two blocks and two steals while Tahj Shamsid-Deen and Danjel Purifoy added 10 points apiece. Shamsid-Deen had three assists while T.J. Dunans had scrimmage-highs of seven assists and four steals to go along with four points and zero turnovers.

Harris went 8-of-10 from the floor and 7-of-8 from the foul line.

The Tigers scrimmage included a pair of 10-minute periods and a pair of four-minute sessions.

“I thought we made some progress,” said second-year Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl. “We had a positive assist-turnover, but we still turned it over too much. We turned it over less. I thought we executed some things really well. We have more size, and Horace did some things around the basket. Tyler shoots 8-of-10 and the two shots he missed were layups.”

Cinmeon Bowers notched eight points, five assists and four steals while making all three of his field goal attempts and both of his foul shots. TJ Lang had eight points on 2-of-4 three-pointers while New Williams had three points and two rebounds.

“I thought we got good point guard play between Kareem with seven assists and three turnovers and Tahj three and one,” Pearl said. “We didn’t shoot it particularly well. We shot it great from the foul line, over 80 percent. I’ve been pretty hard on them. I think today was better. The strength isn’t going to be our five. It is going to be our 10.”

Auburn shot 49.3 percent from the floor, making 35-of-71 field goal attempts and made nine 3-pointers while shooting 81.3 percent from the foul line on 26-of-32 attempts.

“I thought it went well today,” said Shamsid-Deen. “I think the guys were more focused and learning the plays and defensive schemes better. That is a big part in that the season is two weeks away.”

Auburn plays its first of two exhibition games against Brevard College on Oct. 30 followed by Indianapolis on Nov. 5. The Tigers open the regular season at home against UAB, who reached the third round of last season’s NCAA Tournament by upsetting No. 3 seed Iowa State, on Nov. 13.