 Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 11/10/2025 LSU Sports Communications By: LSU Staff BATON ROUGE – The LSU basketball team used a 15-0 second half run to blow open the game at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and score a 93-58 win over the University of New Orleans here Monday night. LSU is now 2-0 going into a Thursday contest with Florida International University at the Maravich Center. LSU used a quick start to establish a lead over the Privateers, scoring the first six points and quickly getting its first double figure lead at 12-2 three minutes into the game. The Tigers struggled with shot selection late in the first 20 minutes and UNO cut the LSU lead to five at 35-30 at the 3:17 mark. LSU regrouped and finish the half on a 9-2 run to lead at intermission, 44-32. UNO still trailed 46-35 when LSU methodically put the game away in the second half. After two free throws each by Mike Nwoko and Pablo Tamba, Dedan Thomas Jr., hit a layup to increase the margin to 17, 52-35, at the 15:09 mark. A Tamba layup pushed the advantage to 19 and Jalen Reed scored in the paint to make it 56-35. That was followed on the next possession by a Reed rebound make and then a Reed 3-pointer from up top to make it 61-35 and a 26-point advantage with 12:46 to go in the contest. LSU would lead by as much as 36 points in the final four minutes of the game after leading for all but the first 20 seconds of the contest. LSU had four players in double figures with Nwoko leading the way with 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting and 4-of-5 at the free throw line. Reed had 15 points in 17 minutes, hitting 6-of-10 from the field. Also with 15 points was Marquel Sutton with a strong double double adding 15 boards. Tamba also double doubled with 10 points, 10 boards. Jakevion Buckley led the Privateers (1-1) with 12 points and eight boards, while Coleton Benson added 10 points. LSU shot 43.7 percent for the game, including 50 percent (16-of-32) in the second half. LSU overall was 31-of-71, making 10-of-27 from distance and 21-of-29 from the free throw line. UNO shot just 29.9 percent (20-of-67) with six treys and 12-of-17 at the line. The Tigers had another big rebound night, outrebounding the Privateers, 56-36, and had 21 assists on 31 made baskets as point guards Thomas and Jalen Reece combined for 12 assists (8 for Thomas, 4 for Reece) and just one turnover. The Tigers posted a 42-28 advantage in points in the paint and had just seven turnovers for the game. When the Tigers play on Thursday, the first 500 students will receive a free LSU hoodie and fans can get in for free by showing their football ticket to the LSU-Arkansas football game on Saturday. Post Game Press Conference Below 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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