LSU falls at home to Texas A&M 73-69, drops to 3-2 in SEC
BATON ROUGE – Texas A&M was able to reverse the stats from the first meeting two weeks ago and it resulted in a 73-69 win over LSU Saturday afternoon at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
In the Tigers opening SEC road win on Jan. 6, 68-53, the Tigers were able to stop the nation’s top offensive rebounding team and gain an 18-3 advantage in second half points.
Saturday, the Aggies posted a 21-6 advantage in offensive rebounds that resulted in a 27-0 advantage in second chance points as A&M rallied from a 35-33 deficit at the half.
Despite that LSU still held a 65-63 lead with 6:27 to go in the game and the game was tied at 67-67 with 4:09 to play. A&M missed two shots and LSU would miss a layup and a three pointer over the next minute.
On A&M’s next possession, the Aggies missed a jump shot for the lead but got the offensive rebounds again and Wade Taylor IV hit a three-pointer to give Texas A&M the lead for good, 70-67, at the 2:56 mark.
LSU missed a jump shot, but got a shot clock violation to get the ball back with 2:14 to go. The Tigers quickly missed a three-pointer but A&M couldn’t capitalize. LSU had a layup attempt blocked with 1:21 to play and after A&M missed the front end of the one-and-one Jalen Reed scored inside to cut it to 70-69 with 1:04.
LSU fouled Taylor with 43 seconds to play and he made two free throws with 43 seconds left. LSU missed three-point opportunities with 26 and six seconds remaining and the Aggies made two free throws for the final margin.
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Jordan Wright led LSU with 15 points, 10 rebounds and six assists and just one turnover as he recorded his 15th consecutive double figure scoring game. Jalen Cook had 12 points, Mike Williams III 11 and Tyrell Ward and Jalen Reed each scored 10.
Taylor had 19 points, all in the second half to go with four assists, while Tyrece Radford scored 15, Jace Carter 13 and Andersson Garcia had 10 points and 10 boards.
LSU shot 41.7 percent for the game (25-of-60) and 11-of-34 from distance. LSU was 8-of-10 at the free throw line. The Aggies finished 26-of-69 (37.7%), 10-of-33 from the three and 11-of-20 at the free throw line.
The Aggies out rebounded LSU overall 48-34.
LSU had 15 assists on 25 baskets and just eight turnovers, while A&M had 11 assists and six turnovers. It resulted in both teams posting 10 points off turnovers.
The Tigers are now 3-2 in the SEC and 11-7 overall while A&M goes to 11-7 and 2-3 in the league.
LSU will be on the road all the coming week, traveling to Georgia on Wednesday for a 5:30 p.m. CT game in Athens and next Saturday will be in Tuscaloosa to face Alabama at 7 p.m. LSU’s next home game is on Feb. 3 against Arkansas.
