National Player of the Year candidate Johni Broome and No. 3 Auburn captured the Maui Invitational championship with a 90-76 win over Memphis on Wednesday at Lahaina Civic Center. Broome and frontcourt running mate Dylan Cardwell dominated Penny Hardaway’s Tigers (6-1).

Johni Broome scored 21 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead No. 4 Auburn to the Maui Invitational championship with a 90-76 win over Memphis on Wednesday.Auburn (7-0) opened the game with a 9-0 run spurred by Broome's 3-pointer from the right wing just 22 seconds in.

It’s the first time in program history that Auburn has won out in Maui. It beat a pair of ranked teams to do so, surviving a scare from No. 5 Iowa State on Monday and handling No. 12 North Carolina late Tuesday night to get to Wednesday’s Memphis matchup.