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AUBURN, Ala. -- Mustapha Heron had his first career double-double -- 24 points and 10 rebounds -- Danjel Purifoy scored 16 points, and Auburn beat Eastern Kentucky 85-64 Thursday night in a Cancun Challenge game.Heron shouldered the load, but Auburn needed a team effort to keep its season-opening win streak alive.The Tigers led 10-2 but went cold while Eastern Kentucky (1-2) rallied and stayed ahead until two and a half minutes left in the first half. Purifoy hit a 3-pointer amid a 9-2 run and Auburn led 37-34 at halftime.The Colonels (1-2) closed to within 38-39 early in the second half on Jaylen Babb-Harrisons layup. Auburn pulled away on a 15-2 run and led 65-50 after a free throw by Heron and Eastern Kentucky got no closer.Auburns 34.5 shooting percentage in the first period became a scorching 56.7 percent in the second half as the Tigers broke the game open.Theyre a good team, and you cant give a team like that second- and third-chance opportunities, and thats what we did, Eastern Kentucky coach Dan McHale said. We allowed them to impose their will, and they made us pay.The Tigers (3-0) were by propelled by Heron, a freshman, who connected on all eight of his field goal attempts, but only made seven of his 13 free throws.Auburn outrebounded the Colonels 51-30, but made 25 of 41 free throws (61 percent), which helped Eastern Kentucky stay close for most of the game.I thought that we were obviously, our physicality -- the difference between the OVC and the SEC showed up on the boards, Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said. And obviously we took advantage of some things. I dont think that our offensive execution is not what it needs to be. Were going to spend some time doing a better job with that.Nick Mayo led the Colonels with 22 points and five rebounds, and Dillon Avare added 14 points.THE TAKEAWAYAuburn: The Tigers finish their opening homestand 3-0 and head to Cancun, Mexico, on a roll.Eastern Kentucky: The Colonels drop the first of two games against Power 5 opponents and fall below .500 on the season.HE SAID ITInteresting. Weve struggled from the free throw line and we were shooting great in the preseason and we actually shot more free throws this week than we have in a while. I think Im not going to shoot any more free throws and just let them do it on their own because that could have been an issue in the outcome. -- Auburn coach Bruce PearlMAJOR MILESTONEAuburn guard Ronnie Johnson finished with 13 points, but it was a seemingly meaningless layup midway through the second half that mattered the most. With those two points, Johnson eclipsed 1,000 total points for his career. Johnson, a graduate transfer, scored 697 points in his first two years at Purdue and had 291 at Houston last year.STARTING HOTWith the win, Auburn moves to 3-0 for the first time since 2011-12. Its the second time in 12 years thats happened on The Plains.UP NEXTAuburn travels to Cancun to play Texas Tech on Tuesday for the Tigers first away game, and theyll look to keep Bruce Pearls best start at Auburn going.Eastern Kentucky also plays the Red Raiders in Cancun, but the Colonels take on Texas Tech on Saturday.Donte Jackson Panthers Jersey .Y. -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse have another World Cup gold medal after winning the two-women bobsled race on Saturday in Lake Placid, N. Custom Carolina Panthers Jerseys . Jeff Green scored 13 points and Kris Humphries 12 for the Celtics, who nearly blew an 18-point, second-half lead. 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SPREAD -- Kansas City 4-6, Denver 7-3SERIES RECORD -- Chiefs lead 57-55LAST MEETING -- Chiefs beat Broncos 29-13, Nov. 15, 2015LAST WEEK -- Chiefs lost to Buccaneers 19-17, Broncos had bye, beat Saints 25-23 on Nov. 13AP PRO32 RANKING -- Chiefs No. 6 (tie), Broncos No. 5CHIEFS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (24), RUSH (21), PASS (22).CHIEFS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (25), RUSH (27), PASS (16).BRONCOS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (27), RUSH (22), PASS (23).BRONCOS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (4), RUSH (29), PASS (2).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Chiefs win in Denver last year snapped Broncos seven-game series winning streak. ... Andy Reid has won just twice in eight career games vs. Denver. ... Chiefs are plus-13 in takeaways. ... Chiefs are seeking eighth consecutive win in AFC West and QB Alex Smith aims for 15th consecutive divisional road game without interception. ... Rookie WR Tyreek Hill has 187 yards receiving and TD in last two road games. ... TE Travis Kelce, Chiefs leading receiver, had 108 yards last week. ... 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Fantasy Tip: Chiefs RB Spencer Ware has six TD runs in last six divisional games and ranks third in AFC with 109 scrimmage yards per game.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/ntasy Tip: Chiefs RB Spencer Ware ha ' '