Eastern Montgomery’s Tyler Mannon goes up hard as Auburn’s Daniel Brotherton defends in Wednesday’s cross-county matchup.Rusty Marshall steals the ball and breaks for the basket as Auburn beat Eastern Montgomery 57-45 in the opener for both teams. Marshall had nine points in the contest.Dylan Akers is up and around Eastern Montgomery’s Garrett East for the layup. Akers finished with 14 points to lead the Eagles. Lucas Matthews for Auburn added 10 points in the win.Eastern Montgomery’s Garrett East fires a mid-range jump shot. He had 13 in the game. Hunter Marshall led the Mustangs with 14 points, while Trey Wilson added 12.