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Ole Miss?football coach Hugh Freeze shored up his staff Thursday by hiring Wesley McGriff as his defensive coordinator and Phil Longo to lead the offense.McGriff is rejoining the Rebels, sources told ESPN, to head up a defense that struggled this season. He has NFL and college coaching experience and was most recently the co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at?Auburn.Longo led an up-tempo offense at?Sam Houston State?that produced 22,243 yards of total offense over the past three seasons. The Bearkats, who were eliminated in the FCS quarterfinals, rolled up 7,115 yards this season and had 7,975 yards in 2015 -- third-most in FCS history.McGriff worked under Kevin Steele this season at Auburn, which had one of the top defenses in the country. The Tigers ranked fifth nationally in scoring defense (15.6 points per game) and were outstanding in red-zone defense (fourth nationally), rushing defense and eliminating explosive plays -- areas that plagued the Ole Miss defense in 2016.Auburn allowed just five rushing touchdowns. The only FBS team that allowed fewer this season was Alabama, with three.McGriff has previously worked at Vanderbilt, Miami, Baylor and Kentucky, among other schools. He was the cornerbacks coach at Ole Miss under Freeze in 2012 and was the point man in recruiting several of the Rebels best players over the past few years. He left Ole Miss to coach defensive backs with the NFLs New Orleans Saints. He has been with Auburn the past two seasons.McGriff was the defensive backs coach at Miami in 2010, and the Hurricanes ranked No. 2 nationally in pass defense. 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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 HHunter.dddddddddddd. 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. He whipped a behind-the-back pass to a trailing Horace Spencer, who thundered home a monstrous two-handed dunk that sent Auburn Arena into a frenzy.UP NEXTGeorgia State travels to Purdue on Thursday to take on another Power 5 opponent.Auburn looks to start 3-0 this season when the Tigers host Eastern Kentucky on Thursday. ' ' '