Auburn won the Legend’s Classic on Friday with a 77-60 win over St. Bonvanenture.

Auburn blew out its opponents in each of the two games it played this week, beating Notre Dame on Thursday before St. Bonaventure.

Auburn rides a serious wave of momentum with one more game before a short Thanksgiving break. It is 4-1 overall this season and winners of three straight after letting the opener against Baylor slip away.

Auburn’s offense? Elite

Should it be maintained, Auburn’s offense makes it a serious contender in the SEC this year.

But what makes it so dangerous is that Auburn doesn’t just rely on one thing or one player. Auburn can score from anywhere, and it can do so efficiently and quickly. Take the end of the first half tonight.

Over the final 11 minutes of the first half, Auburn outscored St. Bonaventure 26-11. Eight Auburn players scored in the first half. Auburn made 7-14 3-pointers. It assisted on 15 of 17 made field goals. That came against only five turnovers. Auburn had already been among the top 25 teams in the nation in terms of assists per game.

That stretch put Auburn put by 20 at halftime, a cushion that helped it pull away for good. Auburn shot 9-15 over the final nine minutes of the first half. That’s 60%.

As a team, Auburn is shooting close to 50% as a team this season and more than 40% from deep. The fact that Auburn has that offense in its arsenal, and can unleash it pretty much at any moment is an incredible asset.

St. Bonaventure is a quality opponent, and Auburn blew past it. At least it did in the first half. Auburn’s offense had possibly its worst half of the season in the second half against St. Bonaventure, but even as the gap closed slightly, Auburn had played well enough offensively in the first half that Auburn never seemed in danger of losing the lead.

Auburn’s 3-point defense this week was incredible — albeit unsustainable

Auburn nearly went an entire 40 minutes without allowing a 3-pointer. Notre Dame’s Braeden Shrewsberry made a shot from deep with 1:19 to go in the first half of Auburn’s win Thursday. Notre Dame didn’t make a 3-pointer in the second half. St. Bonaventure then didn’t make a 3-pointer until Moses Flowers made one with 1:57 before halftime.

In the two games, Auburn allowed a combined 5-53 from deep.

Obviously, that’s incredible. And obviously, that’s unsustainable.

But the point here is Auburn is figuring things out on defense. It’s not really that Notre Dame and St. Bonaventure were missing open looks — though both teams did, in fact, miss open — but more that Auburn’s closeouts at the perimeter have been greatly improved.

Even if that type of defense is impossible to keep up, for that to extend against two different teams in two different games means that Auburn maintained its perimeter defense.

And that comes after Baylor blitzed Auburn to make nearly half of its 3s. Southeastern Louisiana made greater than 35%.

Auburn has an identity

Auburn has played its best defense of the season in the two Brooklyn games this week. As a whole, that may still be something Auburn is going to keep building on as it didn’t exactly play two offensive powerhouses this week.

But what is maybe more notable is the offensive identity Auburn is already finding through just four games.

Pearl discussed this after the win against Notre Dame. And that identity appears to be an ability to play team basketball. To be balanced. To be efficient from all parts of the floor.

“Obviously, if you’ve got to guard in the perimeter, it opens up driving lanes,” Pearl said after beating Notre Dame. “It opens up Johni Broom on the inside, Dylan Cardwell. I just think we’ve had great spacing and we’re getting open looks. We’re getting open looks and that’s what you want. Try to get a feel for how other teams are going to guard. It does look like in November this team has got an idea of what we want to try to do offensively.”

As discussed above, Auburn’s offensive numbers this season are among the best in the nation in numerous categories — before considering that Auburn has not played cupcakes to open the season.

To have the same tropes discussed after each game — high assist rate, high shooting percentage, reliable from beyond the arc — is a further sign of the consistency and identity Auburn is finding.

Matt Cohen covers Auburn sports for AL.com. You can follow him on X at @Matt_Cohen_ or email him at [email protected]