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AUBURN, Ala. -- The play didnt come off precisely as Auburn drew it up, but T.J. Dunans made it turn out perfectly, anyway.Dunans hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer off an inbounds pass to lift Auburn to a 76-74 victory over Mercer on Sunday.I knew it was going in, he said. The way I shot, I knew it was going in.Dunans grabbed the pass from Mustapha Heron with 1.4 seconds left, turned and fired up the winning shot from the left corner for the Tigers (8-2), who have won two straight minus a pair of suspended starters. The play was designed by assistant coach Chuck Person to get the ball to Jared Harper off a screen but Danjel Purifoy jumped the gun.Jared curled and wasnt open, so really Mustapha had no one to throw the ball to, Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said. So he threw it to the tallest, next-available player and that was Dunans in the corner.Obviously he made a memorable shot.Rian Holland had scored five points in the final 11 seconds to give Mercer (5-6) a 74-73 lead. Auburn fumbled away its first chance to grab the win but cashed in on the last-gasp attempt.Heron couldnt control the inbounds pass near midcourt for the Tigers, who were forced to call timeout with 1.4 seconds to play. On the next inbounds attempt, Heron then found Dunans, who managed to get off the game-winner.Holland scored 24 points for the Bears. He hit a runner in the lane and then followed an Auburn free throw with a layup with 3.8 seconds left, drawing a foul and making the free throw for the Bears.Heron scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half for Auburn. Dunans scored 13 points and made three 3-pointers while TJ Lang had 11. Freshman Austin Wiley made the go-ahead basket with 45 seconds left in his Auburn debut.The five-star prospect, who signed in November, had nine points on 5-of-8 free throws. Auburn announced Friday that Wiley was cleared by the NCAA to join the team, and the 6-foot-11, 255-pounder debuted after two days of practice with the team.Hes a terrific young man whos extremely dedicated that worked really hard to get here, Pearl said.Added Wiley: At first I was nervous but as the game started flowing, I started picking it up and got comfortable out there as the game was going.Auburn made 9 of 25 3-pointers three days after tying the SEC record with 21.Jordan Strawberry added 13 points for Mercer and Demetre Rivers scored 10.Were not into moral victories, Mercer coach Bob Hoffman said. We wanted the `W today and we didnt get it, but I saw some things that we can carry (over) to get better.BIG PICTUREMercer: Has lost five of its last six games. Outrebounded Auburn 41-26.Auburn: Took the series lead, at 17-16, and has won eight of the last 10 meetings. Made 27 of 35 free throws.WILEYS DEBUTWiley was the centerpiece of Auburns Top 10 recruiting class. The son of former Tigers stars Aubrey Wiley and Vickie Orr came into the game with 12:55 left in the first half and was fouled going up for a shot three seconds later. He was 2 of 5 shooting with three rebounds and two blocked shots. Aubrey Wiley had 16 points in his Auburn debut while the Olympian Orr opened with 12 points and 10 rebounds.SUSPENSIONSAuburn starters Horace Spencer and Bryce Brown sat out their second straight game since being suspended following an arrest on misdemeanor marijuana possession charges.UP NEXTMercer hosts La Salle Thursday night.Auburn faces Oklahoma in the Hall of Fames Birthday of Basketball event Wednesday night in Uncasville, Conn.Fake Padres Jerseys . The head of USA Boxing came out swinging Tuesday with an open letter to Tyson -- a former Olympic hopeful himself -- that accuses the former heavyweight champion of trying to poach fighters who might be candidates for the U. San Diego Padres Store . 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Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres scored second-half goals to seal a fourth straight victory for Chelsea, which climbed above Arsenal and Manchester City in the standings ahead of their games on Monday and Sunday respectively.LEXINGTON, Va. -- Domique Allen threw for a touchdown and ran for another, Jonathan King returned a fumble 54 yards for a TD and The Citadel won its 10th straight after downing VMI 30-20 in Saturdays Military Classic of the South.The Bulldogs (10-0, 8-0 Southern Conference), who had their first undefeated conference season, face No. 17 North Carolina next Saturday.Trailing 17-7 at halftime, VMI (3-7, 1-6) rallied to within 23-20 after Tyain Smiths 5-yard scoring run, but The Citadel put the game out of reach in the fourth after Jonathan Dorogys 17-yard TD run.ddddddddddddAllen was 6 of 14 for 133 yards passing and 113 yards rushing. He threw an 8-yard TD pass to Tyler Renew and scored on a 7-yard run.Jake Paladino threw a 27 yard TD pass to Aaron Sanders and VMI scored on a trick play after backup quarterback Austin Coulling lateraled to tight end Ryan Swingle, who hit Coulling on a 30-yard TD pass. ' ' '