Auburn won its second game in four days at the Charleston Classic thanks to a torrid shooting performance and second-half surge.

The Tigers shot a season-high 59.3 percent (32 of 54) from the field, including 9 of 19 from 3-point range, in a 89-78 win over Hofstra in the third-place game of the Charleston Classic Sunday night at TD Arena.

Mustapha Heron went 8 for 13 from the field and 5 of 6 from the free throw line for a season-high 22 points, two shy of the sophomore's career-high, to lead four Tigers in double-figures.

"I think whenever I'm having fun," Heron said during a postgame radio interview, "everything just comes (through)."

The teams traded the lead 13 times in the first half, with the Pride taking a 50-49 lead at the break behind 19 points from Eli Pemberton. Auburn kept up its hot shooting from the field and went on an 18-0 run after halftime while Hofstra went 7:52 without a basket and never got within seven points again.

"You score 49 points in the first half and you're down one, we're not going to win any games that way," Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said during a postgame radio interview. "... We actually changed all five (matchups in the second half), because I guess if you're going to let them score, shoot 64 percent, just change everything. And it all worked."

Auburn (3-1) held Hofstra to 11 of 28 from the field in the second half, with Pemberton adding just four points after the break. Justin Wright-Foreman scored 16 points and Kenny Wormley an Stafford Trueheart each had 10 for the Pride (3-2).

Bryce Brown scored 17 points in his fourth straight game in double-figures, Jared Harper had 13 and Desean Muarry added 12 for Auburn, which had all nine of its scholarship players score.

The Tigers return to the court against Winthrop at 6 p.m. CT Friday at Auburn Arena.

James Crepea is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @JamesCrepea.