The last time Auburn beat Vanderbilt in basketball, the Tigers were still playing home games at Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum.

The year was 2007, and Auburn took down Vanderbilt 68-65 at home. Since then, the Tigers have tried and failed 13 times to beat the Commodores.

"Thirteen straight by Vanderbilt is a lot," Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said. "They've been a terrific program, really solid, one of the better basketball brands in the SEC historically. I have just had no success against them here at Auburn."

No. 11 Auburn (20-2, 8-1 SEC) hopes to snap that dubious streak on Saturday night when it hosts Vanderbilt (8-14, 2-7) at 7:30 in Auburn Arena, where the Tigers are undefeated on the season.

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Despite the Commodores' last-place standing in the SEC, the first-place Tigers aren't overlooking them heading into Saturday's matchup. No, Vanderbilt certainly has Auburn's attention -- even before it almost knocked off Kentucky on Tuesday night at Rupp Arena.

The Commodores defeated the same Alabama team that handed Auburn one of its two losses this season. They also took down TCU in the Big 12/SEC Challenge last week.

"Once again it's a great opportunity," Pearl said. "... Their strength of schedule is four. I think they've played the toughest road schedule of anybody in the country if you look at some of their games."

In Vanderbilt, Pearl sees some of his own team. He compared Commodores guard Riley LaChance to Bryce Brown because "he's a tough cover and deadly from three and gets to the foul line." He also likened 6-foot-6 forward Jeff Robertson, Vanderbilt's leading scorer, to the Tigers' 6-foot-3 forward Desean Murray because he's "a very tough matchup and can stretch you defensively."

If there was ever an Auburn team that could snap the skid against Vanderbilt, it's this one. The Tigers are in the midst of a fairytale season that started nothing like one, and on the way to their 20-2 record they've already ended a few unflattering trends -- including a 10-season losing streak on the road at Ole Miss that Auburn snapped on Tuesday night.

When asked what the 13-game losing streak to Vanderbilt meant, Murray was straightforward.

"The same as it meant for -- who was it, Ole Miss? Mississippi State? -- I mean, a lot of teams," Murray said. "We're going to go in there and play as hard as we can and we're going to work hard to change that."

Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.