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AUBURN, Ala. -- Danjel Purifoy and Jared Harper each scored 19 points, Horace Spencer added 12 points and Auburn topped Georgia State 83-65 on Monday night in the opening round of the Cancun Challenge.Auburn (2-0) pulled away in the second half as its shooting, which had been an issue in the first 20 minutes, picked up. They shot 56 percent in the second half to put away the Panthers, who were undone by a combination of turnovers and cold shooting.I thought we were very stagnant in the first half, much better in the second half, Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said. Its probably one of the better second-half defenses weve had. The defense was really good away from us tonight.Georgia State finished with 18 turnovers, which Auburn turned into 16 points.Purifoy was plagued with foul trouble early, and had to come out just three minutes into the game, and he didnt return for the rest of the half. But he scored 17 points in the second half to help propel the Tigers to a second consecutive win.The first half was tightly contested. Each team had trouble holding onto the ball, turning it over a combined 23 times -- 15 of which the Panthers were responsible for. Then, Harper canned two 3-pointers in the final two minutes to give Auburn a five-point lead at the break. It sparked the Tigers offense, and that carried over into the final frame.Every time they needed a play, they went to the point guard, said Georgia State coach Ron Hunter. I thought he was really, really special. He really set the tone for their team, you know, makes those other guys better.Jeremy Hollowell led Georgia State (1-1) with 20 points and four rebounds. Justin Seymour added 18 points and six rebounds for the Panthers.BIG PICTUREGeorgia State: The Panthers dropped their first game of the season, but theyll continue the Cancun Challenge with a chance to rebound.Auburn: Bruce Pearls squad keeps the undefeated start to the season rolling as his young team gains some much-needed experience.HE SAID ITHe was just all teeth. You couldnt get him to stop smiling, and thats something good to see because we got that win for him. He really wanted this win. -- Auburn forward Danjel Purifoy on center LaRon Smith, who played at Georgia State from 2012-14.HIGHLIGHT REELWith Auburn holding onto an 11-point lead and under four minutes remaining, guard T.J. Dunans picked off an errant pass and took it the length of the floor. 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Alonso had been in the top ten all weekend and thinks the result -- the best of the rest behind Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari -- was the best he could have hoped for at the Hungaroring.?In the end I was seventh also in the race, my position for the whole weekend, Alonso said. It was a bit of a boring race, from us and for the fans - I think only Jenson retired with an oil issue - but it was a good race for us, where we could score good points.We had a good start, we managed to do as many laps as planned with the supersoft tyres and then also with the softs. Im happy to be best of the rest, because Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari are way ahead of the rest of us. This is the battle we can have, and we did our best.In Monaco we were fifth but we were a bit lucky, so I think this was the best weekend weve had thiis year in terms of pace from start to finish.ddddddddddddAlonso was also able to keep the Toro Rosso of Carlos Sainz at bay, suggesting Hondas engine is now at leaston a par with the 2015 Ferrari engine. The characteristics of the Hungaroring suit the McLaren car and Alonso says a good result was important given the fact F1 visits Spa and Monza after the summer break.Carlos and I had a similar pace, almost in the same tenth, and to be able to pass him at the start was fundamental for the final result. I was on the clean side of track and that was a bit lucky.The progression of the team is very positive, were having a good run now, well have another race next weekend, the fourth from this marathon that is July, and I hope we can score points again, at this level, but I think it will be difficult.After the summer break there will be some pretty tough races for us, well suffer a lot, so we have to make the most out of this kind of tracks to score as many points as possible. ' ' '