AUBURN TIGERS PLAYER NEWS

Dowd had 15 points (5-8 FG, 4-5 3Pt, 1-2 FT), nine rebounds, two assists, two blocks and one steal in 27 minutes during Friday's 80-69 loss to Arizona.

Overton chipped in five points (2-13 FG, 1-7 3Pt), one rebound, one block and five steals in 24 minutes during Friday's 80-69 loss to Arizona.

Freeman will no longer play with a minutes restriction due to his offseason foot injury, Nathan King of 247Sports.com reports.

Pettiford logged 26 points (8-16 FG, 3-5 3Pt, 7-7 FT), three assists and one steal over 25 minutes during Monday's 75-53 win over App State.

Ngoy posted six points (3-5 FG), 11 rebounds and one block across 14 minutes during Monday's 75-53 win over App State.

Pettiford contributed 18 points (6-19 FG, 1-6 3Pt, 5-6 FT), two rebounds and four assists across 22 minutes during Wednesday's 92-59 win over Southeastern Louisiana.

Freeman (foot) ended with seven points (3-5 FG, 1-1 3Pt, 0-1 FT), six rebounds and one block over 11 minutes during Wednesday's 92-59 victory over Southeastern Louisiana.

Freeman (foot) is available for Wednesday's opener against Southeastern Louisiana, Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports reports.

Freeman (foot) is expected to be available for Auburn's opener on a minutes restriction, per Nathan King of 247Sports.com.

Williams started in Thursday's exhibition win over Samford and had 14 points (5-7 FG, 3-4 3Pt, 1-2 FT) and four rebounds in 21 minutes.

Freeman (foot) will not play in Thursday's exhibition game against Samford, Justin Ferguson of AuburnObserver.com reports.

Freeman (foot) went through shootarounds Thursday and is progressing well from his injury, Justin Ferguson of AuburnObserver.com reports.

King (teeth/eligibility) will be available for Thursday's exhibition game against Samford, Justin Ferguson of AuburnObserver.com reports.