Bruce Pearl continues to make history at Auburn.

The fourth-seeded Tigers defeated Memphis 90-76 on Wednesday to secure their first-ever Maui Invitational championship. Auburn became just the third SEC team and the first in 31 years to win the country’s most prestigious pre-conference tournament.

Auburn, which improves to 7-0 this season, was led by Johni Broome, who was named MVP of the season after totaling 21 points, 16 rebounds, six assists, four blocked shots and a steal, the 65th double-double of his career tournament was appointed.

Dylan Cardwell scored a career-high 18 points to go along with three rebounds, six assists and one steal. He made all eight of his field goal attempts.

Chad Baker-Mazara had 14 points and five assists and Denver Jones had 11 points.

Auburn opened the game with a 9-0 run and built a 20-point lead with a 14-2 run late in the first half. AU led the entire game and led by double digits 28:38 into the final game.

AU beat Memphis 32-26, scoring 20 points off 11 UM turnovers. AU shot 56.7 percent from the floor, including 8 of 24 from 3-point range.

The Tigers joined Kentucky in 1993 and Vanderbilt in 1986 as SEC teams that won the Maui Invitational 41 years ago.

Auburn gets a week off before playing at No. 1 next Wednesday. 11 Duke plays. Kickoff at Cameron Indoor Stadium is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. CT on ESPN.