 Photo By: Michael Bacigalupi Da Boot Sports 1/4/2025 By: Terrill J. Weil BATON ROUGE, LA - The LSU men's basketball team started out 2025 with a tough, 80-72 loss to a good Vanderbilt Commodores team on Saturday in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. LSU shot 50 % from the floor for the game, but missed some shots late during key moments of the contest. They shot 5-18 from behind the arc for 28%. They sank 19-23 free throws for 83%. Turnovers helped do the Tigers in as they committed 15 total with some of them happening at key moments of the game that was costly. Vandy out-rebounded LSU, 37-27 Cam Carter led the team with 22 points. Jordan Sears finished with 17. Corey Chest had 12 points. Dji Bailey added 9. Curtis Givens III scored 6 points. Daimion Collins finished with 4, while Robert Miller III had 2. Both teams started the contest with fast and physical play, trading baskets. Vanderbilt held a 10-8 lead at the official's timeout at the 15:17 mark. Over the next eight minutes, Vandy would out score LSU, 13-9 to increase their lead to 23-17 with 7:10 left in the first half. The Tigers were in a four minutes span without scoring a point. A couple of drought spells and sloppy turnovers by the Tigers helped contribute to Vanderbilt building a ten point lead, 29-19 with 3:37 left on the clock. LSU trailed the Commodores, 34-27 at the half. After starting fast, the Tigers struggled with sloppy ball handling and a couple of dry spells over the final 12 minutes of the first half. Cam Carter led the team at the break with 7 points. Jordan Sears and Dji Bailey scored 6 points each, while Daimion Collins and Corey Chest each finished with 4 points. LSU would go on a 10-6 run over the first four minutes of the second half to cut the Vandy lead to 42-37. The Tigers continued to scratch and claw themselves back into the game, going on a 18-13 run over the next eight minutes to tie the game at 55-55 with 8:13 left in the contest. The Commodores made the shots and got the calls down the stretch to hold off the Tigers for the win. Vanderbilt outscored LSU, 25-17 over the final 8:13 of the game. With the loss, LSU falls to 11-3 overall and 0-1 in the SEC. Next up the Tigers will travel to Columbia to play Missouri on Tuesday, January 7. Tipoff is set for 8:00 pm and will be on the SEC Network. Make sure you go to DaBootSports.com for all of your LSU and Saints coverage all season long. Also, please Subscribe to our Da Boot Sports YouTube Channel for our live 'Talking Tigers with Da Boot Sports' Podcast. Starting every Wednesday night at 7:30 pm on January 8, we will begin out Talking Tigers Basketball Podcast. Join David Penn and former LSU great, Clarence Ceasar as they talk LSU men's and women's basketball. Thank you for all the support! GEAUX TIGERS!!! **If your a Saints fan, tune into our YouTube Channel next Monday night at 8pm for our new live Saints podcast, Fleur De Lis Focus. Check it out and join us for some fun New Orleans Saints football Talk... Photos Below By: Michael Bacigalupi 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. A huge Thank You to Cardio Health Solutions owned by Ron Sancho for sponsoring and believing in our publication!
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