Auburn women’s basketball’s 2024-2025 season came to an end Wednesday night, falling 60-50 to Florida in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament.

The season concludes with Auburn finishing 12-18 overall, its worst record since the 2021-2022 season, a campaign the Tigers finished 10-18 in head coach Johnnie Harris’ first season on the Plains.

Wednesday’s loss to Florida comes after Auburn beat the Gators by 23 in the regular season. The Tigers couldn’t find the same success in the rematch, particularly on offense.

Auburn’s 50 points in Wednesday’s game were significantly less than the 74 scored back in January, and the offensive rhythm wasn’t there either. The Tigers shot 30% from the field and averaged .746 points per possession, two numbers that are difficult to win with.

Offense was a problem all season for Auburn, never really finding an identity after the loss of Arkansas transfer guard Taliah Scott. She was supposed to be Auburn’s go-to scorer in the backcourt, averaging 22.1 points per game as a freshman with Arkansas.

A wrist injury only allowed her to play three games this season, averaging 20.3 points in those games. She made her final appearance of the season against Cal on Nov. 22.

Star forward DeYona Gaston was a rare bright spot in the Tigers’ offense, averaging 22.5 points per game going into the SEC Tournament and earning All-SEC Second Team honors. However, most games she was largely on her own offensively.

She scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in Wednesday’s loss to Florida, one of just two Tigers to finish in double-figures.

Midseason enrollee Yuting Deng gave Auburn a small spark in SEC play, but it wasn’t enough for Auburn to win more than three games in the league.

Deng averaged 12 points per game in the regular season and was named to the SEC All-Freshman team. She scored 10 points in the loss to Florida, shooting 4-for-12 from the field.

Deng has plenty of time to develop and contribute to the program and her level of play coming in midseason is a reason to be optimistic about the impact she can have on Auburn long term.

Peter Rauterkus covers Auburn sports for AL.com. You can follow him on X at @peter_rauterkus or email him at [email protected]m