Cinmeon Bowers shows off his ball-handling skills against Alabama.

Auburn basketball: Bruce Pearl starts 6-7, 260-pound Cinmeon Bowers at point guard

Joe Boozell | NCAA.com

Last Updated - Feb 6, 2016 17:49 EST

A 6-7, 260-pound basketball player started a game at point guard today, and his name is not LeBron James.

Auburn announced before its clash against Georgia that Cinmeon Bowers, typically a power forward for the Tigers, would start Saturday’s game against the Bulldogs running the point.

According to Auburn, Cinmeon Bowers will start at point guard this afternoon against Georgia. That is not a typo.
— Tom Green (@AUBlog) February 6, 2016

Auburn's starters; F Horace Spencer, F Tyler Harris, G Cinmeon Bowers, G Bryce Brown, G TJ Lang. Auburn at Georgia 4:30 pm CT on SEC Network
— Auburn Basketball (@AuburnMBB) February 6, 2016

Bowers is averaging 10.9 points and 9.0 rebounds per game this season. He has tallied 28 assists on the year. Keep an eye on Auburn and Georgia this evening, because this should be a sight to see.

Joe Boozell has been a college basketball writer for NCAA.com since 2015. His work has also appeared in Bleacher Report, FOXSports.com and NBA.com. Joe’s claim to fame since joining NCAA.com: he’s predicted the correct national championship game twice… and picked the wrong winner both times. Growing up, Joe squared off against both Anthony Davis and Frank Kaminsky in the Chicagoland basketball scene. You can imagine how that went.

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