{"id":93642,"date":"2024-02-04T04:42:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T04:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/04\/auburn-star-explains-bizarre-in-game-run-in-with-actor-morgan-freeman\/"},"modified":"2024-02-04T04:42:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T04:42:18","slug":"auburn-star-explains-bizarre-in-game-run-in-with-actor-morgan-freeman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/04\/auburn-star-explains-bizarre-in-game-run-in-with-actor-morgan-freeman\/","title":{"rendered":"Auburn star explains bizarre in-game run-in with actor Morgan Freeman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Auburn star Johni Broome experienced a moment he won&#8217;t soon forget during a 91-77 win over Ole Miss on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the 16th-ranked Tigers&#8217; victory, Broome was involved in a minor confrontation courtside, slapping away the hand of a fan who&#8217;d reached out and made contact with the forward as he made a pass.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the fan in question happened to be legendary actor Morgan Freeman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Broome immediately apologized to Freeman but explained the bizarre incident in more detail after the game while speaking with reporters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I thought it was an Ole Miss fan like just grabbing my jersey, holding onto me,&#8221; Broome said via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CBSSportsCBB\/status\/1753993078610837531?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS Sports<\/a>. &#8220;I kind of got their hand off, but I saw who it was \u2014 I realized it was him, and I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Oh my gosh, I&#8217;m a big fan, I&#8217;m sorry.'&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Freeman&#8217;s response? According to Broome, he said, &#8220;Just keep playing.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, in the end, no harm, no foul.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For Broome, it was a real-life star-struck moment. A self-professed &#8220;movie guy,&#8221; the junior said it&#8217;s probable that he watched one of Freeman&#8217;s movies on the flight to Ole Miss before Saturday&#8217;s contest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The run-in with Hollywood royalty may have motivated Broome and the Tigers. Trailing Ole Miss by nine at the break, Auburn exploded in the second half en route to a 14-point victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The forward recorded 15 points, shooting 7-of-13 from the field and 1-of-3 beyond the arc while adding team-highs in rebounds (nine) and assists (seven).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Broome was one of six Auburn players to finish in double figures. Jaylin Williams led the way with 16 points, followed by Chad Baker-Mazara (15), Broome, K.D. Johnson (11), Denver Jones (11), and Tre Donaldson (10).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The win helped the Tigers improve to 18-4 overall and 7-2 against the SEC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n\t{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n\tif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n\tn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\tfbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/college_basketball\/articles\/auburn_star_explains_bizarre_in_game_run_in_with_actor_morgan_freeman\/s1_13132_39913629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Auburn star Johni Broome experienced a moment he won&#8217;t soon forget during a 91-77 win over Ole Miss on Saturday.\u00a0 During the 16th-ranked Tigers&#8217; victory, Broome was involved in a minor confrontation courtside, slapping away the hand of a fan who&#8217;d reached out and made contact with the forward as he made a pass.\u00a0 However, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6806],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-93642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}