Johni Broome had 23 points and 15 rebounds and No. 3 Auburn held off Ole Miss 62-57 in a quarterfinal of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Friday afternoon in Nashville.Denver Jones added 13 points for the top-seeded Tigers (28-4), who will face No. 8 Tennessee in a semifinal on Saturday afternoon. Tennessee, the tourney’s fourth seed, defeated Texas later on Friday.Dre Davis and Sean Pedulla each scored 12 points and Jaylen Murray and Malik Dia added 10 apiece to lead the eighth-seeded Rebels (22-11).Chad Baker-Mazara’s three-point play extended Auburn’s lead to nine with 1:34 left in the second half. Pedulla’s steal and layup were part of a 6-0 run that trimmed the lead to three with 38 seconds left, but Broome made a jumper with 11 seconds left.No. 4 Florida 95, No. 21 Missouri 81Walter Clayton Jr. recorded 18 points and six assists to lead a balanced effort as the second-seeded Gators eliminated the seventh-seeded Tigers to reach the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament at Nashville.Alijah Martin scored 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting and Will Richard also scored 17 points for Florida (28-4). The Gators’ Thomas Haugh contributed 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Florida will face third-seeded Alabama in one semifinal on Saturday. Alabama crushed sixth-seeded Kentucky later on Friday.Tamar Bates scored 16 points for Missouri (22-11), which lost for the fourth time in five games. Tony Perkins and Anthony Robinson II added 13 points apiece, and Caleb Grill had 11. The Tigers played without Mark Mitchell, who sustained a right knee injury in the team’s Thursday victory over Mississippi State.No. 5 Alabama 99, No. 15 Kentucky 70Labaron Philon scored 21 points and the Crimson Tide never trailed while routing the Wildcats in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville.