Auburn's Shamsid-Deen out for year

Tigers guard Tahj Shamsid-Deen will miss the remainder of the season after suffering yet another separated shoulder during Auburn's loss to Arkansas on Tuesday.

Auburn coach Bruce Pearl announced Shamsid-Deen, who started 15 games and averaged 6.1 points while being the team's best defender, would be shutdown on Friday and will have his first surgery on Thursday.

Shamsid-Deen separated his right shoulder during the season opener and left shoulder during the Jan. 21 game against Mississippi State. He played though both injuries with his shoulder heavily wrapped and scored in double-figures in two of the last four games but was a shell of himself on the defensive end as he was limited by the shoulder injuries.