 Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 11/18/2025 By: Terrill J. Weil BATON ROUGE, LA - LSU returned to the hard wood on Tuesday night, hosting a winless Alcorn State team in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and came away with a 107-81 victory. The Braves played LSU tough most of the night, before the Tigers were able to pull away late for a comfortable win. LSU continues to shoot well from the floor as they finished 35-63 for 56%. They sank 6-21 from three point land for 29%. LSU was very solid from the charity stripe, hitting 31-39 for 79%. The Tigers out-rebounded the Braves, 43-28. LSU committed 11 turnovers while forcing 13. Mike Nwoko led the team with 29 points. Marquel Sutton and Dedan Thomas had 16 points each. Robert Miller finished with 9. Jalen Reed and Jalen Reece both contributed 8 points each. Max Mackinnon added 7 points. Ron Zipper had 5. Palbo Tamba finished with 4 points. PJ Cater 3 and Rashad King 2. The Tigers started the game hot as they hit their first three shots to take a 6-3 advantage at the 18:13 mark. Alcorn State went on a 15-6 run over the next four minutes to take the lead. At the 14:30 official's timeout, the Braves led LSU, 18-12. The Braves continued to take advantage of sloppy LSU play, holding a five points lead, 25-20 with 10:29 left in the half. LSU battled back to tie the game at 34-34 on a nice basket by Marquel Sutton at the 4:56 mark. Two minutes later, the Bayou Bengals took the lead back on a three pointer by Jalen Reed. 41-38, Tigers with 3:07 remaining until the break. The Tigers would out-score Alcorn State, 9-6 over the final three minutes of the first half to take a 50-44 lead into the locker room at halftime. LSU shot well in the first half, hitting 16-31 from the floor for 52%. They hit 3-13 from behind the arc for 23%. The Tigers continue to be outstanding at the free throw line sinking 15-22 for 68%. Alcorn State led in rebounding, 21-20. LSU committed seven first half turnovers while the Braves had six. Mike Nwoko led the team at the break with 12 points. Dedan Thomas added 10 points. Max Mackinnon finished with 7. Jalen Reed scored 6 points. Robert Miller and Marquel Sutton both added 5 points each. PJ Carter scored 3 and Pablo Tamba finished with 2 points. LSU began the second half shooting the ball well, but an inspired Alcorn State squad kept pace to stay within striking distance. With 11:57 left in the contest, LSU held an eight point advantage, 74-66. At the 7:51 mark, the Tigers had increased their lead to 13 points, 83-70. Over the next three minutes, LSU out-scored the Braves, 10-4 to slowly begin to pull away. At the 4:57 official's timeout, LSU now led, 93-74. Alcorn State finally ran out of gas and LSU would go on a 14-7 run over the final five minutes of the game for the final margin. With the win, LSU improves to 4-0. Next up, the Tigers will host Omaha in the PMAC on Friday, November 21. Tipoff is set for 7:00 pm. The game will be televised on SEC Network Plus. 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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