 Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 1/17/2026 By: Terrill J. Weil BATON ROUGE, LA - LSU hosted Missouri hoping to pick up their first SEC victory of the season and that they did, defeating a good Missouri team, 78-70 on Saturday afternoon in front of 7,816 fans in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The Tigers shot 42% from the field on the day. They hit 10-26 from behind the three point arc for 38%. They sank 18-23 from the free throw line. LSU out-rebounded Mizzou, 35-30. The Tigers committed seven turnovers while Missouri had 12. Sutton led the team with 26 points. Mackinnon scored 20. Tamba added 8 points. Reece and King both scored 7 points each. Nwoko contributed 6. and Miller finished with 4 points. The Tigers opened the contest playing tenacious defense, keeping Missouri scoreless over the first four and a half minutes. At the 15:34 media timeout, LSU led 8-0. The visiting Tigers finally settled down and began to put the ball in the basket. Over the next four minutes, Mizzou out-scored LSU, 7-3 to cut the Tigers' lead to 11-7 at the 11:36 mark. LSU would then go on an 8-2 run to extend their lead to 19-9 at the 7:46 media timeout. The Tigers continued to play suffocating defense, limiting Missouri's offensive attack. At the 3:42 mark, LSU led by eleven, 29-18. Over the last 3:42 of the first half, both teams basically traded scores as LSU took a 37-27 advantage into the locker room at halftime. LSU shot 11-25 from the field for 44% in the first half. They hit 5-13 from behind the arc for 38%. At the charity stripe they sank 10-12 for 83%. Rebounding was very close with Mizzou leading 16-15. LSU only turned the ball over four times during the first 20 minutes while Missouri had eight. Marquel Sutton had a huge first half with 19 points. Mackinnon scored 10. Reece added 4 points. Miller and Nwoko finished with 2 points each. Both teams shot the ball well to start the second half, with LSU doing enough to maintain their double digit lead. At the 14:52 media timeout, the Tigers led 48-38. Over the next three minutes, Missouri cut the LSU lead in half. With 11:54 remaining, the Tigers led, 50-45. LSU responded with a 10-7 run to extend their lead to eight, 60-52 as Missouri called a timeout with 7:43 left on the clock. Missouri refused to go away, keeping the contest close as LSU was unable to pull away. With 3:25 remaining, the Tigers led, 69-61. With 53 seconds left, Missouri cut the LSU lead to four, 74-70. Tamba sank two free throws at the 23 second mark to give LSU a little breathing room. 76-70, Tigers. Sutton added two more free throws to extend the advantage to eight, 78-70 with 12 seconds remaining. The Tigers improve to 13-5 overall and 1-4 in SEC play. Next up, LSU will travel to Gainesville to play the Gators on Tuesday, January 20 at 6:00pm. The game will be televised on ESPN2. **There will be no podcast this Monday, January 19 due to the NCAA Football National championship Game. We will return on Monday, January 26 with the Dale Brown Tribute Podcast Show at 7pm CST. **Please be sure to go to our Da Boot Sports YouTube Channel every Monday night at 8pm CST for our live podcast, 'Talking Tigers with Da Boot Sports!' Host David Penn, co-hosts Mark Hawkins & former LSU Basketball great Clarence Ceasar will talk LSU Men's & Women's Basketball. Make sure you tune in for a great show! Thank You for your support! GEAUX TIGERS!!! *John 14:6 - "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior) *John 3;16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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