 Photo By: Jonathan Mailhes Da Boot Sports 11/19/2021 By: Terrill J. Weil BATON ROUGE, LA: LSU improved to 4-0 on the season with a 85-46 blowout victory over the McNeese Cowboys on Thursday night in the Maravich Assembly Center. Tai Eason and Darius Days both finished the contest with a double-double. Eason scored 19 points while grabbing 14 rebounds, while Days finished with 14 points with 10 rebounds. Several Tigers played and got involved in the scoring as LSU picked up steam to dominate halfway through the first half after another sloppy start. The Cowboys controlled the opening tip but turn it over on a travel, allowing LSU to get on the board first as Efton Reid would hit a nice jump shot for an early 2-0 lead. Three minutes later Harwin Francois helped put McNeese on the board hitting a three point jumper cutting the score to 4-3, as both teams showed early offensive struggles. LSU would begin to heat up at the 15:10 mark going on a 11-2 run over the next two minutes, taking a 15-5 advantage with 12:43 left in the first half. McNeese responded with a 5-0 run of their own to pull to within 15-10 as the Tigers would fall back into sloppy offensively play. Leading 17-10 with 8:53 left on the clock, Tari Eason would pop a three pointer, followed by a fast break layup by Brandon Murray, who also drew a foul on the play, hitting the free throw to extend the LSU lead to 23-10 at the 7:34 mark. Despite their sloppy offensive start, LSU continued to play solid defense causing several turnovers and missed shots by the Cowboys, keeping them scoreless over the last six plus minutes. LSU finally started to play with a better flow, going on a 19-0 run over the last seven minutes to take a 34-10 lead with 3:49 left in the half. McNeese would finally break their seven minute scoreless streak hitting back to back three point jumpers to pull to within 34-16. But the Tigers continued to flex their muscles finishing the first half off with a 9-0 run to lead 43-16 at the half. Tari Eason would lead the Tigers at the half with 11 points and 8 rebounds. Darius Days and Brandon Murray both scored 7 each in the first half, While Xavier Pinson and Eric Gaines contributed 5 each. After the slow start, the Tigers finished the first 20 minutes shooting 17-39 from the floor for 44%, while going 4-14 from behind the arc for 29%. LSU's defense was suffocating in the first half, holding McNeese to 6-31 fro the floor for 19% while forcing 15 turnovers. The Tigers picked up where they left off to start the second half, outscoring the Cowboys 7-6 over the first five minutes to lead by 28, ... 50-22. With LSU up 60-27 at the 12:01 mark, Will Wade would decide to give some bench players some minutes and work on his full court pressure which gave the outmanned Cowboys fits, as LSU would go on a 8-3 run the next four minutes to extend their lead to 68-30. Wade would give nice minutes to the team reserves, emptying the bench with 8 minutes left in the contest, with LSU taking a 71-32 advantage into the officials timeout break. The bench players played well over the final six minutes as the Tigers would finish of McNeese, 84-46 to go 4-0 on the season. **Coach Will Wade Post Game Quotes:: Opening statement... “Good win, better start. We did a better job on the backboards. Not a good enough job on the turnovers.” On the start of the game... “We got up 10-2. There was a lull on offense. It was our offense more than our defense, turning the ball over. Did it bother me? Yes, everything bothers me.” On Tari Eason... “It took five minutes of watching film on him to know how good he was. I was stunned by how talented he is and now everyone else is beginning to see his talent. He’s had three double doubles in four games. He’s just a work horse. He’s a diligent worker.” Up next the Tigers will host Belmont on Monday, Nov. 22 at 7:00pm in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Grab your tickets and come out to watch these exciting young men play LSU Basketball... GEAUX TIGERS!!! Photos Below By: Jonathan Mailhes
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