MINNEAPOLIS — Two starters and one key backup in Auburn's backcourt are fighting cold-like symptoms, the players told Auburn Undercover.

Starters Jared Harper and Bryce Brown, who scored a combined 50 points to lead Auburn in an Elite Eight victory against Kentucky, received medicinal shots and are taking medicine to battle the illness.

Backup point guard J'Von McCormick is also battling a cold, but he said his symptoms are not as severe as what Harper and Brown are battling.

"I hate that it happened around this time," Brown said. "He's battling something, I'm battling something, I had to get a shot yesterday. I've been taking medicine trying to get better, he's taking medicine trying to get better. ... I honestly think we'll be fine. I don't see anything holding us back. I don't think a cold will hold us back."

Brown leads Auburn averaging 16 points per game and is shooting better than 44 percent beyond the arc in the postseason. Harper is Auburn’s second-leading scorer with 15.4 points and also the assists leader at 5.8 assists per game.

"They’re going to have to get past that," Auburn forward Malik Dunbar said, laughing. "I ain’t trying to hear none of that."

None of the players believe the sickness will affect them when the Tigers battle Virginia in the Final Four on Saturday. Tipoff is set for 5:09 p.m. CT on CBS.

"We've got a bunch of guys that are sniffling and hacking and coughing, but we don't play today," Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said. "Jared would be -- he would be less than 100 percent if we had to play today. If we played yesterday, Bryce would have been less than 100 percent. He'll be fine tomorrow."

"They’re fine," Auburn assistant coach Steven Pearl added. "I’m not overly concerned about it. Bryce felt a lot better this morning when he woke up. Jared is a little under the weather but that’s why we have our team doctors here, guys take care of them and get them the things they need to recover in time."

Auburn Undercover will update this story.