Auburn basketball punched its ticket to the Final Four after defeating Michigan State 70-64 in the Elite 8 round Sunday.

However, the Tigers victory came with a little scare in the second half as leading scorer Johni Broome went down with a right elbow injury.

Despite checking back in the game, Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said the team will monitor Broome’s elbow ahead of Saturday’s game against Florida.

“I didn’t get any diagnosis. When Johni came out of the locker room, I hadn’t talked to the doctor, but I just asked him, are you good to go? He said, I am. I said, well, get your ass in there,” Pearl said postgame.

“I think we won’t really know until tomorrow and see what that was. Whether it’s a slight hyperextension or whatever it was. Obviously, the doctors were able to examine it and determine that there was no damage. I bet you it will be pretty sore Monday, though.”

Broome broke down the moments in the locker room and what gave him the confidence to check back in the game.

“I went to the locker room. We have a great support staff. I checked my arm out. The Doc said nothing’s wrong, you’re good. Nothing serious. So, at that moment, I just wanted to help my teammates,” Broome said postgame.

“If that’s coming back out and playing and hitting one shot and grabbing the rebound, I was going to do it. [Dylan Cardwell] needed a break, so I went in for a couple minutes just to help us win.”

Auburn will meet the No. 1 seed Florida Gators next weekend, with the winner advancing to the national championship game.

Jerry Humphrey III covers Auburn sports for AL.com. You can follow him on X at @Jerryhump3 or email him at [email protected].