Da Boot Sports 2/7/2024 LSU Sports Communications By: LSU Staff KNOXVILLE, Tennessee – The LSU men’s basketball team found itself in a deep hole in the first half and then made a run to cut it to single digits before falling 88-68 to No. 6 Tennessee Wednesday night at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center. The Tigers fall to 12-10 and 4-5 in the league while Tennessee remained in the hunt for the league lead at 17-5 and 7-2 overall. Tennessee scored the first 13 points of the game and scored 50 first half points with the Vols shooting 18-of-31 for 58.1 percent and 9-of-14 from distance for 64.3 percent in building a 50-27 halftime advantage. LSU committed 8 first-half turnovers that Tennessee turned into a 14-2 advantage in points off turnovers. The Tigers, playing without point guard Jalen Cook who was out because of a hamstring issue since the Arkansas game last Saturday. But LSU, like the game at Auburn last month, went on a 17-2 run as LSU was able to close the game to single digits, at 72-64, with 4:39 to play in the game. But LSU was unable to sustain the game down the stretch and the Volunteers were able to move the game back out to the 20-point final margin. LSU got another strong double figure effort by Will Baker who played 36 minutes and scored 16 points with eight rebounds. Derek Fountain had 11 points and seven boards. Trae Hannibal, who had to play the majority of the minutes at point guard (31 minutes) had eight points, 11 rebounds, four assists and two steals. Dalton Knecht led Tennessee with 27 points, while Jordan Gainey had 18, Zakai Zeigler 17 and Jonas Aidoo 10. LSU outrebounded Tennessee, 40-26, and 18-5 on the offensive boards. LSU had a 20-10 advantage in second chance points. LSU finished the game at 41.4 percent shooting (24-of-58) with six treys and 14-of-22 at the line (63.6%). LSU finished at 55.4 percent (31-of-56) with 11 three-pointers and 15-of-20 at the line. The Tigers are back at home on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. against the University of Alabama. Tickets are available at LSUTix.net. Postgame Quotes via the LSU Radio Network LSU Head Coach Matt McMahon On cutting the deficit to eight and showing effort in the second half… “I was proud of that ten-minute stretch there in the second half where we really did a good job taking care of the basketball. We got good shots, guys stepped up and knocked them down. That enabled us to set our defense and make it more of a half-court game as we would have liked for it to have been. And we were able to get it back down to eight. But you know, the first half you’re on your heels because of poor offense, poor shot selection there early and turnovers. Now you’re in transition, one of the top five transition teams in America and credit to them, they (Tennessee) stepped up and knocked down open threes there in the first half, got off to a great start, and we were playing from behind the entire evening.” On the effort of Trae Hannibal and Mwani Wilkinson … “Yeah, I really respect their effort. I thought they really battled through injuries and illness, obviously that is part of it. Hunter Dean had been out since Saturday’s win. He got ill and hadn’t practiced this week. He tried to give it a go but couldn’t do it. Jalen Cook had a sore hamstring and he couldn’t give it a go. So we have what we have. I thought the guys really fought and competed there in the second half to try to get back and make it a game. You know, I think the formula continues to be pretty consistent for us. You saw it Saturday against Arkansas from an offensive standpoint. Taking care of the ball, doing a good job executing and moving the basketball. That’s how we were able to get the lead back down to eight, kind of resorted back to some of the over-dribbling and forcing there in the last three minutes and we weren’t able to stretch it out there.” Tune in to our Da Boot Sports YouTube page on Monday night for Talking Tigers with Da Boot Sports Podcast as we talk LSU Men's and Women's basketball with host David Penn, co-hosts Clarence Ceasar and Russell Grant. It's always a fantastic show. See you Monday night at 7:00pm 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! CARDIO HEALTH SOLUTIONS The company who cares for your heart and what your heart cares for!! 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Da Boot Sports 2/3/2024 By: Jason Watson Jr. Baton Rouge, LA- The LSU Men's basketball team earned a dominant win over the Arkansas Razorbacks, 95-74. Matt McMahon and the LSU Tigers basketball team duked it out with SEC Rival Arkansas on a rainy Saturday morning at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. After dropping their last three, LSU sought to replicate their home success and climb back to the win column. Arkansas won the tip and looked primed to score right away, but Jalen Reed defended the paint well for LSU with two mean blocks. He also managed the first bucket of the game for the Tigers. In a low-scoring first four minutes of play, LSU jumped out in front with a high-arcing three from Mike Williams III off a solid dish from Trae Hannibal. Hannibal helped extend the Tiger scoring run to 10-0 with a flashy assist to Will Baker in the corner for the trey. Baker followed that up by scoring his team’s next four field goal attempts, including two more three-pointers before taking a breather. The big man quickly found himself within double digits, leading LSU to a 20-7 advantage as LSU stayed hot, shooting 88% from the field. LSU and Arkansas continued to trade free throws, but the difference in the game was plain to see. The Tigers were HOT, and the Razorbacks…they were not. With 7:50 showing on the first-half game clock, Matt McMahon’s team was shooting a blazing 78% from the floor while holding the visitors to 33%. A 32-14 lead was the early result of LSU’s tenacity and aggressiveness on both sides of the floor. Will Baker scored his 15th point of the game to halt a 3 minute plus scoring drought for the Tigers, but a 6-0 Razorback run over just a minute forced McMahon to call a timeout with the LSU lead down to 12. A trip to the free-throw line earned Jalen Cook his first points of the contest for the Tigers, and on the very next possession, Cook nailed a triple. An impressive opening half of basketball from LSU came to a close as the teams headed to the break with a 45-30 lead. Will Baker led the way for the Tigers with 17 points; Mike Williams followed with 10. Arkansas was out-rebounded and out-shot and out played over the first 20 minutes, and it did not help that three of their starters were held scoreless. Foul calls were aplenty and came often, with both teams racking up nine each. The second half could not have started any worse for the Razorbacks as they failed to score with the opening possession and allowed Will Baker to convert an basket and-one on the other end. Baker’s point total rose to 20. Arkansas missed a pair of free throws before allowing Reed to get his three-point play opportunity. Williams delivered another triple for the Tigers, giving them their largest lead at 24. The two teams swapped baskets as time proceeded, and LSU’s lead remained stagnant before the home crowd fans got treated to two electrifying plays. LSU took full advantage of a breakaway chance off a missed Razorback shots. Trae Hannibal corralled the rock with Jordan Wright tailing behind. Hannibal passed to Wright and went up to snag the lob, finishing the play with a powerful alley-oop jam. The PMAC erupted but didn’t have time to settle before Hunter Dean slammed a turnaround dunk off the bench. With five minutes to go, LSU’s lead sat at 21 following a three-pointer from Cook. That bucket would push him to the 20-point mark. LSU led 84-63. From there, it was all Tigers. With 96 seconds remaining, McMahon let his reserves get some minutes in with the victory already on lock. After putting on their best performance of the season, a roaring standing ovation was given to Baker, Cook, Wright, and the rest of the LSU team. The Tigers improve to 12-9 overall and 4-4 in the SEC. Next on tap, your LSU Fighting Tigers will travel to #5 Tennessee for a road date with the Volunteers. That game will be on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at 6:00 pm CST. Geaux Tigers! You can watch the contest on the SEC Network. Tune in to our Da Boot Sports YouTube page on Monday night for Talking Tigers with da Boot Sports Podcast as we talk LSU Men's and Women's basketball with host David Penn, co-hosts Clarence Ceasar and Russell Grant plus special guest, Coach Dale Brown! It will be a fantastic show. See you Monday night at 7:00pm Photos Below By: Paige Luper 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! CARDIO HEALTH SOLUTIONS The company who cares for your heart and what your heart cares for!! Cardio Health Solutions (CHS) utilizes PET and CPET technology to detect all forms of cardiovascular disease even in its earliest stage. We also provide financing, support, and management services to practices interested in exploring the functional capacity of their patients through detection and ancillary imaging. GEAUX to https://www.cardiohealthsolutions.net/ for more information, or call 1-800-578-0654 DA BOOT SPORTS SUPPORTS AUTISM AWARENESS Da Boot Sports 1/27/2024 LSU Sports Communications By: LSU Staff TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – The Alabama Crimson Tide outscored LSU 9-4 at the end of the first half and then shot 66.7 percent in the second half while holding the Tigers to just 36.8 percent shooting to win a 109-88 offensive shootout at Coleman Coliseum Saturday night. Alabama was 20-of-30 from the field in the second half with six three-pointers and 13-of-14 at the free throw line, scoring 59 second-half points to break open a 50-44 game in favor of the Crimson Tide at the half. The teams battled almost evenly for much of the first 20 minutes with five ties and nine lead changes in the first 20 minutes. Both teams kept control of the basketball as well with LSU turning it over twice and LSU just five times. LSU out shot Alabama in the first half, making 16-of-33 (48.5%) with five treys while Alabama was 15-of-33 (45.5%) with eight treys. LSU was just 7-of-13 in the first half of play at the free throw line while Alabama made 12-of-14. The Crimson Tide was able to get the ball moving inside in the second half and took advantage of LSU mistakes to get some easy transition buckets. Alabama outscored LSU, 22-4, on fast break buckets and 17 of those came in the second half. As they built the lead to as much as 23 in the final minute. LSU had five players in double figures with Mike Williams III scoring 16 points, Derek Fountain 14, Will Baker 12, Jalen Cook 11 and Jordan Wright getting 10 points and five assists. Wright keeps his double figures scoring streak alive at 17 games. Alabama was led by Mark Sears who had 21 points and five assists and was 11-of-11 at the line. Latrell Wrightsell Jr., hit five treys in scoring 19 points, while Aaron Estrada had 18. Both Grant Nelson and Rylan Griffen had 12 each. Alabama finished the game shooting 55.6 percent (35-of-63) with 14 treys and 25-of-28 at the free throw line. LSU finished at 42.3 percent (30-of-71), making 11 treys (the fourth straight game with double digit three pointers) and was 17-of-27 at the free throw line. Alabama out rebounded LSU, 42-33. LSU is off in the midweek and will host Arkansas next Saturday (Feb. 3) at the Maravich Center at 11 a.m. CT. Postgame Quotes Via LSU Radio LSU Head Coach Matt McMahon On having success in the first half… “The first 17 minutes especially, I thought both teams played at a really high level on the offensive side of the ball. There were very few turnovers, it was a tight game there and then in the least three minutes, we had three turnovers that I thought hurt us. But with all that said, you go into the half only down six. We were able to finish some plays at the rim, and we got to the free-throw line, wish we could have converted at a higher rate in the first half at the free-throw line. Then in the second half, we weren’t able to get to the rim and finish plays. They (Alabama) blocked some of those, walled us up and now you are in their transition game. I know they scored too many points in the first half, but they only had five in transition and a lot of them were just good half-court execution. But then in the second half, they got those stops, we took some quick shots that I thought really hurt us and fueled their transition game and they have that ability as we just saw to put up a lot of points in a hurry.” On the contribution from the LSU bench… “I think we had four guys with two fouls fairly early in the first half. I thought Mike Williams III was really effective on the offensive side of the ball. Off the bench, Derek Fountain came in and had 14 points and 6 rebounds, I thought that gave us a big lift. Hunter Dean, didn’t put up big numbers, but you look and when he was on the floor, it was an even game. I thought he came in and enabled us to hang around there in the first half. Just unfortunately in the second half, we couldn’t get it done on either end of the floor.” On trying to slow Alabama down… “In the first half, the pace was very up-tempo, but it was still a half-court game with a lot of half-court possessions for both teams. We would have liked to be able to guard them better. But in the second half, some poor offense on our part really fueled their transition game. You can’t let turnovers or poor shots on offense fuel that transition game and I think in that stretch where the game went from a four-point game to a 20-point game, that was some of what happened.” 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! CARDIO HEALTH SOLUTIONS The company who cares for your heart and what your heart cares for!! Cardio Health Solutions (CHS) utilizes PET and CPET technology to detect all forms of cardiovascular disease even in its earliest stage. We also provide financing, support, and management services to practices interested in exploring the functional capacity of their patients through detection and ancillary imaging. GEAUX to https://www.cardiohealthsolutions.net/ for more information, or call 1-800-578-0654 DA BOOT SPORTS SUPPORTS AUTISM AWARENESSDa Boot Sports 1/24/2024 LSU Sports Communications By: LSU Staff ATHENS, GEORGIA – Russell Tchewa scored and made a free throw with 2.3 seconds to play to give Georgia a 68-66 win over LSU Wednesday night at Stegeman Coliseum. LSU, which had taken the lead seconds earlier, launched a length-of-the-court pass to Jordan Wright who made an over-the-shoulder catch and his three-point attempt was on line but skipped in and out as the horn sounded. The Tigers trailed by eight, 65-57, with 2:55 to play in the content to the Bulldogs before Jalen Cook hit a three-pointer and Trae Hannibal got a layup and a free throw to cut the Georgia lead to 65-63 with 2:05 to go. Georgia missed on a couple of possessions and Jordan Wright missed a two-pointer and after another Georgia miss, Wright had his driving layup blocked out of bounds, but LSU retained possession with 26 seconds left. On the in-bounds, Cook drove to the bucket got the ball to fall in and was fouled with 16 seconds left. Cook made the free throw to give the Tigers a 66-65 advantage. Georgia, with the clock running down, attempted a long three-pointer, but Tchewa got the rebound and made the bucket. He was fouled on the play to give Georgia the winning points. The game was eerily similar to last year’s game when LSU scored to take the lead and Georgia scored in the waning seconds to win by two points. The effort overshadowed good scoring performances by Cook and Wright who combined for 39 of LSU’s 66 points. Cook had 21 points including four treys while Wright had 18 points and three from distance. Silas Demary Jr., led Georgia with 15 points, while Tchewa had 11 points and 11 boards with Noah Thomasson also getting 11 points. The teams ended up even in rebounds at 34-34. LSU shot 22-of-57 for the game (38.6%), making double-figure threes for the third straight game with 10 (10-23, 43.5%). LSU was 12-of-14 at the line. UGA shot 43.1 percent overall 22-of-51 with five treys and 19-of-24 at the free throw line. LSU had 16 turnovers to Georgia’s 18 but LSU had an 18-12 advantage in points off turnovers. LSU is now 11-8 (3-3) in the league, while Georgia is 14-5 and 4-2 in the league. The Tigers return to play on Saturday at 7 p.m. in Tuscaloosa against the University of Alabama. Postgame Quotes Via LSU Radio LSU Head Coach Matt McMahon On LSU’s Effort… “I thought our guys showed great resiliency throughout the game. We got down multiple times and just kept playing and kept fighting. Really competed at a high level and always had a run in us to get back into the game. I thought guys really made some big-time plays in that last minute down the stretch to get us the lead. I thought Hunter Dean had a great box out there on that shot with three seconds to go, I’ll have to watch the film again. Just a tough way to lose there at the end.” On LSU’s Play Throughout the Game… “We shot the ball extremely well from three. I thought we really struggled in the paint to finish plays. Credit to Georgia, I’m sure they had a lot to do with that. I believe, looking at the box score, both teams took 34 twos in the game, they made 17 and we only made 12. I always talk to our players about the value of every possession. I thought defensively we did a good job forcing turnovers, it was good to see that back for us. Forced 18 turnovers and had 9 steals, but then we turned it over 16 times ourselves and I thought some of them were really unforced and every possession is so significant in a high-level game like this.” 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! CARDIO HEALTH SOLUTIONS The company who cares for your heart and what your heart cares for!! Cardio Health Solutions (CHS) utilizes PET and CPET technology to detect all forms of cardiovascular disease even in its earliest stage. We also provide financing, support, and management services to practices interested in exploring the functional capacity of their patients through detection and ancillary imaging. GEAUX to https://www.cardiohealthsolutions.net/ for more information, or call 1-800-578-0654 DA BOOT SPORTS SUPPORTS AUTISM AWARENESS Da Boot Sports 1/20/2024 By: Terrill J. Weil BATON ROUGE, LA - LSU played host to Texas A&M on Saturday hoping to sweep the Aggies on the season. But A&M had other plans, as they held on to defeat the Tigers, 73-69 in front of 9.085 fans in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. In a close game, it was rebounding and second chance points that did LSU in. Texas A&M owned the glass all game long, out-rebounding LSU, 48-34 allowing them to score 27 second chance points. The Aggies have been a poor three point shooting team all season, but had a good day from behind the arc, sinking ten huge three pointers to help down the Bayou Bengals. Jordan Wright lead the Tigers with a double-double, scoring 15 points while grabbing 10 rebounds. Jalen Cook finished with 12 points. Mike Williams III finished with 11 points, while Jalen Reed and Tyrell Ward added 10 points each. “Hard fought college basketball game. Great credit to Texas A&M for doing the things they needed to do to get the win." Matt McMahon said. "Obviously, they flipped the script on us from the first matchup where we were 18-to-three in second-chance points in our favor. Today, 27-to-zero was obviously the difference in the game. If you look at our defensive effort, I thought our energy and effort, all of that was great. Probably held them in their first shot of possession somewhere around 29-30% from the floor, but could not finish the possessions with rebounds, especially there in the second half. We have been able to turn people over averaging 10 steals a game; we only had one today. We did not turn it over a lot, but we were only able to force six there. Credit to them for getting the win here today.” With Texas A&M leading 72-69 with 12.6 seconds remaining, the Tigers took their last opportunity to try and force overtime. Jalen Cook would miss a three pointer attempt with an Aggie in his face. Soloman Washington was foul after grabbing the rebound for A&M. Washington sank both of his free throws to clinch the game for Texas A&M. The Tigers started the contest with a 9-0 run over the first four minutes, thanks to solid defense and nice offensive play before A&M finally hit their first basket at the 15:42 mark. The Aggies survived the early LSU run by outscoring LSU 24-17 over the next ten and a half minutes, to tie the game at 26-26. But LSU would outscore Texas A&M, 9-7 over the final five minutes of the first half to lead 35-33 at the halftime break. Jordan Wright lead the Tigers at the break with 10 points. Jalen Cook added 7 while Mike Williams III scored 6 and Tyrell Ward finished with 5. In the first half LSU shot 13-31 from the floor for 42%.. They hit 6-17 from behind the three point arc for 35% and made 3-4 from the charity stripe for 75%. LSU forced 4 Texas A&M turnovers while committing 3. The Aggies won the first half rebound battle, 21-19. LSU opened the second half with a quick three pointer by Jalen Reed but A&M responded going on a 9-0 run to take their largest lead of the game, 42-38 with 17:32 left on the clock. Trailing 47-41 with 14:54 left, the Tigers would go on a 11-4 run to retake the lead, 52-51 at the 12:18 mark. Texas A&M continued to own the boards, scoring several second chance points off of offensive rebounds, helping them go on 8-2 run over the next four minutes taking a 59-54 lead. In a game of runs, LSU took advantage of their next one, grabbing the lead back while going on a 11-4 run to go up 65-63 at the 6:27 mark. With the game even at 67-67, A&M's Wade Taylor hit a three pointer to put the Aggies up, 70-67 with 2:56 left in the contest. From there LSU struggled offensively, leading to the late game dramatics with Texas A&M taking the victory. With the loss, LSU is now 11-7 overall and fall to 3-2 in SEC play. Next up, the Tigers will travel to Athens to take on the Georgia Bulldogs on Wednesday, January 24th. Tipoff is set for 5:30pm CST and the game will be carried on the SEC Network. 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! CARDIO HEALTH SOLUTIONS The company who cares for your heart and what your heart cares for!! Cardio Health Solutions (CHS) utilizes PET and CPET technology to detect all forms of cardiovascular disease even in its earliest stage. We also provide financing, support, and management services to practices interested in exploring the functional capacity of their patients through detection and ancillary imaging. GEAUX to https://www.cardiohealthsolutions.net/ for more information, or call 1-800-578-0654 Da Boot Sports 1/17/2024 By: Jason Watson Jr. BATON ROUGE, LA- The Men’s Tiger basketball team hosted the 22nd-ranked Ole Miss Rebels Wednesday evening, earning a statement victory in the Matt McMahon era. LSU defeated Mississippi 89-80 in a gritty effort, picking up the Tigers’ second ranked-victory in as many years. Ole Miss won the tip-off and was quickly forced into three turnovers by the Tigers’ defensive prowess. The negative for LSU? They could not convert any points from it and gave up four turnovers of their own. The Rebels scored the first basket of the game, a three-pointer from guard Jaylen Murray. LSU responded with a Mike Williams III trey. Murray got his offensive game going early with nine quick points. In the opening four minutes, he knocked down two triples, got an easy layup off a Rebel steal, and split a pair from the charity stripe. Will Baker nailed a high-arcing three-pointer to halt the Rebel 6-0 scoring run. Baker attacked the glass early on both ends of the floor and earned a trip to the free-throw line as a reward, where he’d shoot 1-2. Jalen Reed soared for a rebound and finished with the putback, making the score 11-9 Rebels. Both squads used aggressive rebounding on the offensive end, leading to easy baskets. Mississippi led 21-17 midway through the opening half. Tyrell Ward earned an LSU fastbreak bucket off a steal from Jordan Wright. Ward slammed home an emphatic two-handed dunk and followed that up with a sweet dish to Jalen Reed for the three, tying the ballgame at 24 apiece after a 7-0 run from the Tigers. Williams stole a cross-court pass and drove the length of the court, where he got met at the rim and went on to make one of two free throws for the Tigers. Allen Flanigan of Ole Miss got a fiery dunk of his own with a one-handed jam off a fast break opportunity. During an official timeout, the PMAC honored the 2024 edition of the LSU Tiger Girls for their national championship routine in the hip-hop division at UDA Nationals. LSU jazz dance also brought home the bronze medal, a huge accomplishment for those ladies. Jordan Wright brought the LSU crowd back to life with a one-handed slam to give the Tigers their first lead in the contest. Jalen Cook, LSU’s offensive powerhouse who had been a no-factor through the game, earned his first points of the night on a deep three-pointer with 1:04 to go in the half. That proved all she wrote for the first twenty minutes as LSU led Ole Miss 35-33, headed to the locker room. LSU got outshot by the Rebels up to this point, 41% to 42% from the field and 60% to 75% from the free throw line. LSU began the second half with possession and extended their lead to five with a triple from Jordan Wright, the Tigers’ leading scorer. Wright went to work immediately, converting a tough layup underneath the basket and making his free throw to finish the three-point play. The Tigers got into foul trouble early as they picked up all six of their allowable team fouls just seven minutes into the second half. Mike Williams was responsible for three of those. LSU’s dominant defensive effort continued to be displayed as they held Ole Miss to a shooting stretch of just 1-8 FGA. LSU utilized this time to jump out to an 11-point advantage. Tyrell Ward drilled two big-time buckets from beyond the arc, putting the Tigers up 57-46 with 11:41 to go in the game. McMahon had the #22 Rebels against the ropes. Ward’s electric shooting continued as he would bury a third triple in the second half. Hunter Dean was also huge off of the bench for LSU, making big plays in doing the small things like rebounding and finishing inside the paint correctly. LSU extended their lead to 15 as an acrobatic layup from Wright made the score 66-51. The Rebels secured two back-to-back baskets to draw within 11 with 6:54 remaining. Lackadaisical play on the offensive end and questionable whistles against LSU allowed Ole Miss to go on a 12-2 run, making it a 6-point game at 66-60. Jalen Cook came through in the clutch and responded with two buckets, including a one and-one, not backing down even on an off-shooting night. Effort and staying with the basketball allowed Jordan Wright to collect his rebound and put back a missed shot to put LSU back up by 11 with under four minutes to play. The Tigers improved their free throw shooting and got to ice the game away once they got into the bonus. The teams exchanged free throws over the last minutes of game time before Mike Williams delivered a massive three-pointer in the corner to put the Tigers up by eight with 64 seconds remaining. Ole Miss gave the Tigers all they could handle, and they absorbed it all en route to the win. With the victory, the Tigers are now 11-6 overall and 3-1 in SEC play. LSU will host Texas A&M on Saturday, January 20, 2024, at 3:00 pm CST. Geaux Tigers! “Really fired up for our team. Proud of their effort and toughness that they showed on the court tonight." Matt McMahon said. "A great atmosphere with well over 1,000 students here tonight. Great energy in the endzone and from the fans that were here. Ole Miss has a terrific team. They are 15-1 for a reason. They have great talent and play extremely hard. I thought in the second half, minus the free-throw line, our defense was terrific. We had 32% from the floor. We were really concerned with Ole Miss being one of the top three-point shooting teams in the country, over 40%, which you do not see too often. We held them to six of 24, which is 25% there. I thought our offensive execution in the second half, minus a few possessions at the end of the game, was just terrific. We were five-of-eight from the three in the second half and 55% from the floor. The guys did a great job at making free throws.” 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! CARDIO HEALTH SOLUTIONS The company who cares for your heart and what your heart cares for!! Cardio Health Solutions (CHS) utilizes PET and CPET technology to detect all forms of cardiovascular disease even in its earliest stage. We also provide financing, support, and management services to practices interested in exploring the functional capacity of their patients through detection and ancillary imaging. GEAUX to https://www.cardiohealthsolutions.net/ for more information, or call 1-800-578-0654 DA BOOT SPORTS SUPPORTS AUTISM AWARENESS Da Boot Sports 1/13/2024 LSU Sports Communications By: LSU Staff AUBURN, Alabama – The LSU Tigers fought back and cut a 28-point deficit to single digits before falling to No. 16 Auburn, 93-78, Saturday evening at Neville Arena. LSU came out good at the beginning of the first half, taking an 12-8 lead in the first five minutes as the two teams both made points seem easy. Jalen Cook would have seven points during that opening spurt by the Tigers. But Auburn then went on the first of two big runs in the opening 20 minutes that gave them the lead back at 13-12 and eventually 18-12 before LSU would score again. LSU found its turnover issues cropping up with the tight Auburn defense and in the half that resulted in a 14-5 advantage for the Auburn Tigers in points off turnovers. Auburn’s margin swung as the home Tigers closed the half on a 19-4 run over the final 6:23. Much of that cam at the foul line as Auburn failed to make a field goal for over five minutes. Unfortunately, LSU went six minutes on their own without a field goal and almost five minutes without any points. Down 28 points with 11:37 to play in the game, the Tigers went on a 12-0, paced by three Tyrell Ward three-pointers to cut the margin from 73-45 to 73-57 with 7:48 to play in the game. Auburn continued to miss shots and the LSU defense set up the LSU offense with Jordan Wright and Tae Hannibal setting things up to push the run to 21-2 and the Auburn lead to nine at 75-66. It was a three-point play by Hannibal with 2:12 to play that cut the Auburn lead to eight, 81-73, but LSU could get no closer in the final two minutes. Wright and Hannibal each scored 18 which featured both players going 7-of-7 at the line. Wright had seven rebounds. Will Baker had a double double with 13 points and 10 rebounds (5 offensive) for the Tigers and Ward, who ended up with four treys, finished with 12 points. Chad Baker-Mazara had 19 points to lead Auburn, while Johni Broome scored 18. Aden Holloway led Auburn with 13 and Tre Donaldson had 10. Auburn finished the night forcing 17 turnovers and posted a 26-10 advantage in points off turnovers. LSU started the game making 9-of-12 field goal attempts but was just 2-of-15 the rest of the way to finish the half 12-of-27 (44.4%). Auburn was 14-of-28 overall from the field in the opening half and 7-of-14 from distance. But Auburn shot 19 free throws in the first half, making 16. LSU was 6-of-11. LSU finished the game at 42.4 percent (25-of-59) with 9-of-23 from distance (39.1%). LSU made 19-of-25 from the free throw line for 76 percent. Auburn finished the game 28-of-61 overall (45.9%), 10-of-25 from distance (40 percent) and a very good 27-of-31 at the free throw line (87.1%). The teams were about even in points in the paint at 32-30, in favor of Auburn LSU returns home on Wednesday, Jan. 17, as they host Ole Miss at 6 p.m. CT in the PMAC. LSU Postgame Quotes Head Coach Matt McMahon On LSU’s late fight and comeback… “A lot to unpack there, you look at the first 28 minutes or so of the game and Auburn had everything to do with this, but the turnovers, they forced us into some tough shots. The biggest issue with the 17 turnovers that we had for the game: 16 of them were Auburn steals. So, you’re better off just throwing the ball into the stands so you can at least set your defense, but they had 16 live ball steals that put them out in transition and that’s how they were able to build the huge lead. Now, 11:30 to go, getting run out of the building, I loved the fight and the toughness that group showed on the floor. We were able to start taking care of the ball which kept us out of transition defense, we were able to get downhill, and get to the rim, (Trae) Hannibal and (Jordan) Wright were terrific finishing players there, Tyrell Ward hit three threes in a row in that stretch and we were able to set our defense and be a lot more solid on that end of the floor to get it back to a single digit game. But a team like that with no weaknesses, you can’t get in that big of a hole and think you are going to come back and win the game.” On moving forward… ” Looking forward to getting back home. Like I said, it’s 18 one-game seasons, very disappointed in the result, but we’ve got to learn from the good of the last 12 minutes and the bad of the first 28 minutes and get better and prepare for a really talented Ole Miss team on Wednesday night.” 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. huge Thank You to Cardio Health Solutions owned by Ron Sancho for sponsoring and believing in our publication! CARDIO HEALTH SOLUTIONS The company who cares for your heart and what your heart cares for!! Cardio Health Solutions (CHS) utilizes PET and CPET technology to detect all forms of cardiovascular disease even in its earliest stage. We also provide financing, support, and management services to practices interested in exploring the functional capacity of their patients through detection and ancillary imaging. GEAUX to https://www.cardiohealthsolutions.net/ for more information, or call 1-800-578-0654 DA BOOT SPORTS SUPPORTS AUTISM AWARENESS Da Boot Sports 1/9/2024 By: Jason Watson Jr. Baton Rouge, LA- The Pete Maravich Assembly Center hosted SEC Men’s basketball on a brisk Tuesday night. Your LSU Tigers battled with the Commodores of Vanderbilt (5-9) en route to a 77-69 victory. LSU won the tip and scored the first basket of the game, a nice reverse layup from Derek Fountain off an excellent dish from Will Baker. Fountain would earn his second bucket of the game with an electrifying slam. The Tigers’ stingy defensive attacking aided the offensive side of the ball as they turned multiple steals in the opening ten minutes into easy, fast-break baskets. After a slow start of shooting 30% from the field, McMahon’s squad got out and ran to a 19-12 lead midway through the first half, thanks in large to a 13-6 run over five minutes. Vanderbilt used two quick three-pointers to get back to within a one-score game. The first was from guard Paul Lewis, and the second was Jason Rivera-Torres. Tyrell Ward made a nice defensive stop by picking the pocket of the Vanderbilt ballhandler. However, Ward could not finish the play as JaQualon Roberts said, “Not so fast,” and made the emphatic block from behind. Fans believed there to be a foul-call discrepancy against the home team and let the refs hear it. Six fouls were called against LSU in the opening half, while the Commodores only heard three whistles. The Tigers shot just two free throws in the first 20 minutes, and the scoreboard was evidence of the difference-making. LSU led Vanderbilt 30-28 after a sloppy first half from both teams. Neither team shot over 40%, and the two combined for 4-21 shooting beyond the arc. Vanderbilt turned the ball over nine times, including seven off of LSU steals, as opposed to three for the Tigers. The Tigers came out of the locker room on fire with an 11-6 scoring run within the first four minutes. Jalen Cook and Jordan Wright got into double-digits for the Tigers. Cook and Mike Williams III helped get LSU to the charity stripe more often, each converting acrobatic and one’s. LSU led 53-42 with ten to go in the game, but their lack of rebounding and efficient shooting from the three-point line kept Vanderbilt within striking distance. Ward got the ball dished to him in the corner and drained a big three-ball to put the Tigers up 56-42 at the 9:22 mark. The crowd erupted when the ball found the bottom of the net. Ward picked up his second and third steals of the contest, a big night for him attacking the ball, especially in the second half. The Commodores stayed aggressive deep into the game, even pulling to within six at one point, but LSU was just too much to overcome. The Tigers made the plays when needed and sealed the game by knocking down their free throw attempts. Jalen Cook led the team with 28 points, and the Tigers finished with three players in double figures. A hard-fought second half earned the Tigers a 77-69 home win. LSU will take their 4-game win streak on the road into Auburn, where they will duke it out with the 16th-ranked Tigers. That game will be broadcast live on SEC Network at 5:00 pm CST on Saturday, January 13, 2024. Geaux Tigers! Photos Below By: Michael Bacigalupi Photos Below By: Jonathan Mailhes 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! A huge Thank You to Cardio Health Solutions owned by Ron Sancho for sponsoring and believing in our publication! DA BOOT SPORTS SUPPORTS AUTISM AWARENESS Da Boot Sports 1/6/2024 LSU Sports Communications By: LSU Staff BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The LSU Tigers picked a perfect time to break a 13-game road court losing streak by outscoring the Texas A&M Aggies, 38-21, in the final 20 minutes to win easily 68-53 Saturday night at Reed Arena. LSU has now won three straight games and is 9-5 and 1-0 in the Southeastern Conference while A&M drops to 9-5 on the year and is 0-1 in the SEC. The last time LSU outscored an opponent by at least 17 points in the second half on their home court was Feb. 26, 2005 at Auburn. The 25.4 percent shooting by A&M is the second lowest field goal percentage by an LSU opponent on its home court in records that go back to 1965-66. LSU’s last road win was in the 2022 season, ironically here at A&M. The Tigers trailed by just two points after a first half in which they trailed for much of the first 20 minutes. But LSU never allowed A&M to get more than a five-point advantage in that opening half and was behind only on a foul that resulted in free throws in the final second of the half. But in the second half the Tigers scored the first eight points of the second half, taking the lead at 34-32 and advancing to 38-32 in front. The opening 8-0 run came at the hands of a Jordan Wright free throw, a converted and-one from Jalen Cook and back-to-back layups from Wright and Jalen Reed. The Aggies would tie the game at 42-42 with 14:48 to play but never got the lead away from LSU as an eventual 9-0 run put LSU up 55-44 at the 8:07 mark. LSU’s 9-0 run came courtesy of a Tyrell Ward three, Jordan Wright jumper, Hunter Dean layup and then Ward capped off the run with an emphatic two-handed dunk. Texas A&M kept missing shots and LSU was hanging almost even or ahead in rebounds which allowed the Tigers to put the lead to double digits, 61-49, forcing Texas A&M to call their last timeout with 5:03 to play. Jordan Wright led LSU with 20 points and 10 rebounds, while Jalen Cook was the only other one in double figures with 13 points, three assists and two steals. Wade Taylor IV led Texas A&M with 23 points, while Tyrece Radford had 11. Wright finished in double figures for the 11th straight game. It was also his ninth career double-double. LSU shot 40.3 percent (27-of-67) for the game with six made three-pointers. LSU didn’t shoot a lot of free throws, making 8-of-11. A&M finished at 25.4 percent (15-of-59) from the field and was just 5-of-28 from the arc (17.9%). The Aggies were 18-of-26 at the free throw line. LSU won the rebound battle, 46-40, and 14-13 on the offensive end. LSU had a 36-20 advantage in the paint and made a big dent in winning the game by going 18-3 over A&M in second chance points. LSU’s biggest lead of the game came with 1:17 to play when the Tigers built a 68-53 advantage which was the final score. The Tigers will open home SEC play on Tuesday night at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center against Vanderbilt at 8 p.m. Tickets for the game are available at LSUTix.net. Post Game Quotes Head Coach Matt McMahon On being physical from start to finish… “I thought the physicality and toughness was on full display, every area we’ve been trying to make improvements in. The strengths of this A&M team is their ability just to dominate you on the offensive glass, to destroy you at the free throw line and to win the turnover battle. And you know I just can’t say enough about our guy’s effort on the on the defensive glass. I thought our rim protection we contested even when we got beat guys came over and helped. We made them take some tough shots and then I really liked our composure on the offensive side of the ball. We didn’t shoot a great percentage but I thought we got good quality shots in the second half and guys did a tremendous job taking care of the ball.” On what was the message to the team at the half… “Our focus the whole time, is just competing your tail off, playing with great energy and effort and bringing toughness to every possession and I thought our guys did a great job of that. You know, we were a little concerned sometimes you see and we made a bad mistake there to end the half and sometimes that momentum carries over into the start of the second half. So the messaging was real simple we’ve got to just move on to the next play. We’re competing our butts off out here, let’s go out and get off to a great start. I agree with you, the first half we left a few points on the board, didn’t finish some plays, but you know did enough on the defensive side of the ball to give ourselves a chance going in just down two.” On what this win means for the team… “ That’s the ultimate goal in that we’ve gotten better and Coach Brady it kind of sounds strange, but our season kind of started over December 16th when we got Jalen Cook eligible and it changed the way we’re able to play. I think the ultimate quality of a good point guard is the ability to make everyone else around him better. I think he’s done that. I think we had tremendous leadership from Jordan Wright tonight. He goes for 20 and 10. You know we just knew coming into this game there were three stats where A&M just absolutely dominates their opponents. Number one is the rebounding, two is the free throw line where they did outplay us there and then the turnover battle, and we were solid in two of those three areas. If you would have told me we’d outscore them 18 to 3 in second-chance points, I would have lost everything I owned. But I was proud of our guys’ toughness and fight there.” Guard Jalen Cook On winning the rebounding battle… “It was great. We attacked the boards. We kept them off the boards. They’re one of the best offensive rebounding teams in the country so it was big time for sure.” On how the team as a whole made an impact on the game… “It was an all-around team effort. The guys on the bench stepped up and took on the challenge. We knew coming into the game that it was going to be an all-around team effort, so we just have to go back to the drawing board and stay focused.” On the chemistry between Jalen and Jordan Wright… “Jo is an experienced guy. He’s good on the defensive and offensive end. I think playing with him, he’s a good guy to play with for sure.” Be sure to join us on Monday night, January 8 as we have our first basketball podcast of the season. Host David Penn along with former LSU basketball greats, Dennis Tracey, Russell Grant & Clarence Ceasar will join in to talk LSU basketball. So join us on our Da Boot Sports YouTube Channel at 7pm tomorrow night for a great time. 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! CARDIO HEALTH SOLUTIONS The company who cares for your heart and what your heart cares for!! Cardio Health Solutions (CHS) utilizes PET and CPET technology to detect all forms of cardiovascular disease even in its earliest stage. We also provide financing, support, and management services to practices interested in exploring the functional capacity of their patients through detection and ancillary imaging. GEAUX to https://www.cardiohealthsolutions.net/ for more information, or call 1-800-578-0654 DA BOOT SPORTS SUPPORTS AUTISM AWARENESS Da Boot Sports 12/29/2023 LSU Sports Communications By: LSU Staff BATON ROUGE – The LSU Tigers took control of the final non-conference game of the year just past the seven-minute mark of the first half and went on to a dominating 96-55 win over Northwestern State Friday night at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The Tigers finish the non-conference schedule 8-5 and will begin conference play on Saturday, Jan. 6, at Bryan-College Station against the Texas A&M Aggies. Northwestern State drops to 2-11. The Tigers, after starting 4-of-11 from the field in the first 8:03 of the game, made 10-of-their-next 12 shots, including 3-of-4 from distance as they used a 16-2 run to go up 39-20 with four minutes to go in the first half. LSU finished the half making 13-of-17 to shoot 17-of-28 for the opening 20 minutes (60.7%) and 5-of-10 from three-point range in building a 47-21 halftime advantage. LSU would shoot 61.3 percent in the second half (19-of-31) and 6-of-11 from distance outscoring the Demons, 49-34, in the final 20 minutes. LSU’s biggest lead was 45 points, 88-43, with 4:27 to play in the game. The Tigers finished the contest making 36-of-59 field goal attempts for 61.0 percent. It marked the first time LSU had shot 60 percent from the floor since Feb. 10, 2021 when LSU shot 61.3 percent (38-62) at Mississippi State. In all, six Tigers were in double figures led by Mike Williams III who is 21 minutes off the bench hit six three-pointers (6-of-9) in a 20-point performance. Will Baker pushed past 1,000 career points for his playing time at Texas-Nevada-LSU with 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting. Jalen Cook had 13 points and five assists, while Hunter Dean had his first LSU double double with 11 points and 10 boards. Dean was a perfect 5-of-5 from the floor. Rounding out the Tigers scoring was Derek Fountain with his fifth career double double of 10 points and 10 rebounds and Jordan Wright stretched his double figure scoring streak to 10 with 10 points. LSU had 22 assists on 36 made buckets and was 11-of-21 from distance (52.4 percent). The Tigers recorded 17 steals off 20 Northwestern State turnovers, leading to a 29-8 advantage in points off turnovers. The Tigers for the second straight game were close to single digit turnovers but a late couple of miscues put the Tigers at 11 by game’s end. LSU had a 38-31 rebound lead and had 50 points in the paint. Northwestern State was led by Chase Forte and Jimel Lane with nine points apiece. The Demons shot 21-of-59 for the game (35.6%) and made 5-of-21 three-point attempts. While LSU will open SEC play on the road, the first conference home game will be on Tuesday, Jan. 9, at 8 p.m. against Vanderbilt. Tickets are on sale at LSUTix.net. POST GAME QUOTES LSU COACH MATT MCMAHON Opening Statement… “Good way to come back from Christmas break. I thought our guys came back and prepared the right way. We had one of the better practices I have been a part of the day after Christmas, and I believe that set the tone for the week. We had a slow start in the first half, but when Mike Williams, Trey Hannibal, and Hunter Dean came into the game, the defensive energy picked up, and everyone else sustained that for the rest of the half. There were some outstanding individual performances, but overall, I am excited about the win and look forward to starting preparation for SEC play. From an availability standpoint, Jalen Reed has been out with the flu, Tyrell Ward has been out with an illness, Mwani Wilkinson has been out with a hip injury that has been bothering him for the last two weeks, and I am hoping to have those guys back in practice starting Sunday.” On the impact Hunter Dean gives off the bench… “He’s fantastic, which was displayed in his double-double tonight. Also, he’s a lot more athletic than people think; he plays above the rim, moves well, and has elite basketball intelligence. With his ability to see the game, process what’s going on offensively and defensively, and fix many of our mistakes on both sides of the floor, he can free our guys up for open shots very well.” On this team’s potential… “I think we have made great progress in the last two and a half games, starting with the second half against Texas. Our assist-to-turnover ratio has been a major problem for us all season long, and there has been a lot of improvement in that area over the past two and a half games. As the competition level rises next week, it needs to continue to be an area of improvement for us. Our three-point defense had been really poor through the first 11 games, but improvements have been made. Our defensive rebounding has been atrocious early in the season and we have also been making improvements there. I believe our guys played great tonight, and I believe they competed well on the defensive end and displayed great unselfishness on the offensive end of the floor.” -- Northwestern State Coach Rick Cabrera Opening Statement… “There weren’t many positives in this game. I love my guys and will never give up on them, but I am disappointed as we have to find better results throughout the season than we saw tonight. However, a great thing about basketball is we have another game. There are 18 more games and a conference tournament. So, we will pull our bootstraps up and get better.” On some improvements you can make with the current team… “We have to find better ways to score the basketball consistently. So, I have to find ways to help our guys get into the positions they need to show their talent. But that is also a credit to Matt McMahon and his team. They guarded their tails off and made our guys work for every basket we scored. They forced a lot of turnovers and played extremely hard. I think they played like this was the last game they would ever play, whereas our guys played like we had 18 more games in the season. So, I have to instill that same mentality into my guys as every game isn’t guaranteed, and we need to work hard every game.” 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! CARDIO HEALTH SOLUTIONS The company who cares for your heart and what your heart cares for!! Cardio Health Solutions (CHS) utilizes PET and CPET technology to detect all forms of cardiovascular disease even in its earliest stage. We also provide financing, support, and management services to practices interested in exploring the functional capacity of their patients through detection and ancillary imaging. GEAUX to https://www.cardiohealthsolutions.net/ for more information, or call 1-800-578-0654 DA BOOT SPORTS SUPPORTS AUTISM AWARENESS Da Boot Sports 12/21/2023 LSU Sports Communications By: LSU Staff BATON ROUGE – The LSU Tigers played a stellar 20 minutes to open the contest Thursday night and scored a convincing 87-66 win over Lamar at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The Tigers scored 45 first half points, forced 15 turnovers, had 10 assists and just four turnovers, grabbed 10 steals and posted a 16-0 advantage in points off turnovers in the opening 20 minutes to get a 45-26 halftime lead. LSU is now 7-5 on the year, while Lamar fell to 5-7. For the game, Jalen Cook, in his second game back at LSU and his first game on the home court, led the Tigers with 17 points and had five rebounds and five assists in 33 minutes. Carlos Stewart had one of his best efforts as a Tiger with 16 points with four treys and three assists. Jordan Wright had his ninth consecutive double figure game with 15 points and four steals and Will Baker got back in the double figure column with 12 points and eight rebounds. Lamar was led by Ja’Sean Jackson with 14 points, while Terry Anderson and Jakevion Buckley each had 12 points and Chris Pryor scored 10 points. For the game, LSU shot 43.1 percent (31-of-72) from the field with nine makes treys. Lamar was 26-of-60 from the field for 43.3 percent with six made threes. LSU out rebounded the Cardinals, 44-38, and had 44 points in the paint. LSU quickly took advantage of four consecutive Lamar turnovers to get a 13-4 advantage with 14:11 to go in the first half and pushed the advantage to 13 points at 25-12 with 9:36 left in the opening 20 minutes. When the Tigers were scoring it was on fast breaks and efficient offensive possessions the lead increased as a 13-0 run pushed the margin to 41-20 in the final minutes of the first half. LSU led by as much as 30 points with 10:52 to go in the contest. The Tiger basketball team will be off for the Christmas break until mid-afternoon on Dec. 26 when practice will resume in preparation for the final non-conference game, Dec. 29, against Northwestern State in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. -- POST GAME QUOTES LSU Coach Matt McMahon Opening Statement… “Loved our energy and effort on the defensive side of the ball tonight. I thought our guys really came out locked in and played with a lot of intensity on that end of the floor. We forced 15 turnovers in the first half and had 10 steals, I just thought our overall effort there was terrific. It really brought a tear to my eye seeing 18 assists and only 11 turnovers. To be positive there, I know we got sloppy there at the end of the game, but overall, a good win for us. A good way to go into the break.” On what contributed to the victory… “We missed a lot of open threes, I thought we moved the ball and got the shots that we wanted to. We knew that was how they played. They do a good job swarming to the basketball on drives to take away a lot of your shots around the rim, so it led to open threes, obviously would have liked to shoot a higher percentage. A stat that has really hurt us early in this year is points off turnovers, it’s been a very negative stat for us and at halftime it was 15-to-0 in our favor, so not having the self-inflicted wounds on our offensive end and then on our defensive end, being able to some tempo and some mismatches. I thought the other key there was against the press in the first half, Jordan Wright and Jalen Reed on a couple of occasions did a good job of throwing over the top of the press and it and it led to some easy transition baskets as well.” -- Lamar Coach Alvin Brooks On the turnovers and how LSU took advantage of them… “I think LSU did a good job. They are well coached and had their kids prepared. We pressured the basketball to control the pace of the game. In this case we wanted to slow them down and control the pace. We had 15 turnovers in the first half and that changed the momentum of the game. It kept us on our heels since we were playing behind the entire night. It’s hard to play with anyone when you turn the ball over that much. We shot a good percentage when we were able to take a good shot. It hurt us defensively because we were scrambling the whole time. We allowed too many live ball turnovers.” On the adjustments for the second half… “Well, our group never quits and we played hard, we did that until the very end. I thought the last 17 minutes, in that stretch we had two turnovers, so we played well down the stretch. We dug ourselves into too big of a hole and we could not get out of it. Against another team like this, it is going to be difficult. It is a good learning experience for us and for some of my guys, it is their first time playing in the lights of a big arena, an SEC team. I think some of them were a little spooked by that. I am accustomed to doing it on a regular basis, and it is my group’s first time in an environment like this and a team like this. I think it will help us prepare for conference play down the road, so that is the positive. Once they settle down, we will be good. We have been a good rebounding team. They had 17 offensive rebounds; we have not allowed 17 offensive rebounds all year. You could argue that they are a bigger team, but we have played against some big teams, such as SMU. I thought we were a little slow in our reactions, but you have to give them credit, they took advantage of that.” 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! CARDIO HEALTH SOLUTIONS The company who cares for your heart and what your heart cares for!! Cardio Health Solutions (CHS) utilizes PET and CPET technology to detect all forms of cardiovascular disease even in its earliest stage. We also provide financing, support, and management services to practices interested in exploring the functional capacity of their patients through detection and ancillary imaging. GEAUX to https://www.cardiohealthsolutions.net/ for more information, or call 1-800-578-0654 DA BOOT SPORTS SUPPORTS AUTISM AWARENESS Da Boot Sports 12/13/2023 LSU Sports Communications By: LSU Staff BATON ROUGE – The LSU Tigers used a 19-3 run over a seven-minute period of the second half to rally from five down and take a 74-56 decision over the Hornets Wednesday night at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The Tigers, now 6-4 on the season, rallied from a 34-30 halftime deficit and a 40-35 disadvantage with 17:23 left in the game. From there LSU began to assert itself offensively and defensively as well. After a made free throw and an offensive rebound, freshman Mike Williams III hit a three-pointer to put LSU down one, 40-39. ASU turned the ball over and Williams made a long jumper to give LSU the lead for good at 41-40 with 15:24 to play. ASU missed a three and Williams countered on the other end with another made three to extend the lead after which Jalen Reed added one-of-two free throws to make it 45-40. The Hornets turned the ball over again and that led to a three-pointer again by Williams that made the advantage, 48-40, and a 13-0 run with 13:57 to play. Alabama State would hit a three, but Jordan Wright countered with his own trey and Derek Fountain hit a distance shot of his own to complete the run and give LSU its first double digit lead at 54-45 with 9:56 to play. The Tigers would also put a 9-0 run together late in the contest and their 18-point margin at the end was their largest of the game. Ironically, on a night that the Wayde Sims Foundation was honored at halftime on what would have been Wayde Sims’ 26th birthday, the Tigers scored points that equaled the jersey number of both Wayde and his late father, Wayne, in the final 20 minutes – “44”. Four Tigers were in double figures led by Mike Williams with 15 points with three treys and three assists. Both Jalen Reed and Jordan Wright had 13 points each. Reed drew eight fouls in the contest and had a team high seven boards, while Wright (who had his seventh consecutive double figure scoring game) had six assists and no turnovers in 36 minutes. Trae Hannibal, playing with Williams at the guard position in the second half, had 11 points and three steals. Antonio “TJ” Madlock had 18 points to lead Alabama State, while Isaiah Range added 15 and CJ Hines 13. Ubong Okon led all players with 14 rebounds. LSU shot 52.1 percent for the game (25-48), highlighted by 15-of-26 (57.7%) in the second half. LSU was 9-of-23 from the arc (39.1%) and 15-of-23 from the free throw line. ASU made just 36.1 percent of their free throw attempts (22-of-61) including nine treys and 3-of-8 at the line. LSU out rebounded Alabama State, 37-30 on the offensive end and got 22 points off the 13 Hornet turnovers. LSU will travel to Houston Friday for an 11 a.m. game on Saturday against Texas in the Halal Guys Showcase presented by Gallery Furniture at the Toyota Center. The game will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network and televised by ESPN2. POST-GAME QUOTES LSU HEAD COACH MATT MCMAHON QUOTES Head Coach Matt McMahon Opening Statement… “I was really excited about our second-half performance there. I really loved the energy and the effort the guys came out of the locker room with. I thought that we were able to be a little more disruptive in our full-court pressure there and had some great individual performances from guys who really stepped forward and earned their time tonight. We can go through each of them, but I thought that Jordan Wright with six assists and zero turnovers was huge. Mike Williams III was really more aggressive to start the second half. I thought that he passed up some opportunities in the first half, got us going, and hit some big shots for us. That is the shooter I believe he is capable of being for us. Trae Hannibal’s energy and defensive effort was tremendous. Derek Fountain, Jalen Reed, I can go down the line. I thought that Hunter Dean came in and gave us a physical presence on the floor and was fantastic on the glass and his ball-screen coverage. All in all, a strong 20 minutes and something we hope to build on going forward.” On second-half adjustments for Mike Williams III… “There was nothing special, from a coach’s standpoint, but I really believe in him and I shared a few words with him before the start of the second half. As I mentioned, I thought he passed up some open looks and was a little tentative against the zone. I loved his aggressiveness on the offensive side of the ball, and his defense has been pretty consistent. I thought his offensive aggressiveness there, shooting the ball well from three, attacking off of the dribble, I thought he was fantastic.” On Jalen Cook being cleared to play against Texas… “That is our expectation. He will have two good days of preparation here, Thursday and Friday, and my understanding is that he is fully cleared and ready to go on Saturday. There was a lot of confusion throughout the afternoon and evening, and there was not much clarity in the right path. My understanding is he will be locked in and ready to go for Saturday, and I am really happy for him.” Alabama State Head Coach Tony Madlock On the team’s performance and some of their takeaways from this game… “The first takeaway is that a basketball game is two halves. We did some good things in the first half that confused them a little bit. We made some plays and shots but in the second half, when the ball was away from our bench, we needed to do a better job at communicating.” On LSU’s team and what they focused on when preparing for the game… “We knew they were coming off a tough loss at home to Kansas State, so they were going to be fired up at the opportunity to get a win at home. We knew they were going to play well, and we came out playing well too, but the second half they came out and made shots. We didn’t do a good job defensively. They shot 52% for the game and 58% the second half. Those numbers are not good enough for us to win on the road. We needed to get more stops.” 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. 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Whether we are cheering on our LSU Tigers in opposing stadiums, catching an afternoon game at Wrigley Field or standing at Amen Corner during The Master’s, Mr. Fun’s travel is committed to proving exceptional customer service, lasting memories and a hassle-free travel experience where we take care of the details for you! We hope you’ll join us on an upcoming trip and see why everyone doesn’t just want to go, but instead Geaux With The Preauxs! www.mrfunstravel.com **Please let them know you heard about them from Da Boot Sports! Cole Freeman's: HEART HAS NO LIMITPlease check out the website and grab up some inspiring gear to wear! www.hearthasnolimit.com **Please let them know you heard about them from Da Boot Sports! Da Boot Sports 12/9/2023 By: Jason Watson Jr. Baton Rouge, LA- LSU’s men’s basketball team suffered their fourth season defeat, this time against the Kansas State Wildcats by a score of 75-60. With the loss, Matt McMahon’s squad fell to 5-4 early in the year. Kansas State guard Cam Carter tore through a lackluster Tiger defense in the first half, accounting for 19 of the Cats’ 42 points through the first twenty minutes. Carter would finish the game with 21 PTS, enough to finish with the game-high. Junior forward Arthur Kaluma tallied up a double-double, going for 17 points and ten boards while aiding in the Kansas St. victory. The Wildcats moved up in the Big 12 conference rankings with the win. They moved to 8-2 overall. LSU’s senior guard led the home team with 19 points in the afternoon contest, but it was not enough to keep up with the offensive power of K-State. LSU only managed two double-digit scorers as opposed to four for the Wildcats. Jalen Reed scored 12 for the Tigers. LSU managed to maintain competitiveness throughout most of the first half, exchanging baskets with K-State. However, a scoring drought came with roughly ten and a half minutes to go as the Tigers’ point total only grew from 20 to 25 in six minutes of action. During this time, Kansas State created an eleven-point advantage and never trailed again. LSU was outrebounded 39-26 against the Wildcats. The Tigers could not get their perimeter shooting in a rhythm either, only shooting 30% from beyond the arc. The Tigers have struggled to score points thus far, as they’ve only managed to put up 70+ in half of their games this young season. A young team and a lack of scoring are bad for LSU as we move toward SEC play. Next up for the Tigers is a home date on Wednesday night against a 4-4 Alabama State team. The PMAC will play host on December 13th at 7:00 pm CST while LSU looks back to the winning column. Geaux Tigers! Photos Below By: Michael Bacigalupi ohn 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! CARDIO HEALTH SOLUTIONS The company who cares for your heart and what your heart cares for!! Cardio Health Solutions (CHS) utilizes PET and CPET technology to detect all forms of cardiovascular disease even in its earliest stage. We also provide financing, support, and management services to practices interested in exploring the functional capacity of their patients through detection and ancillary imaging. GEAUX to https://www.cardiohealthsolutions.net/ for more information, or call 1-800-578-0654 DA BOOT SPORTS SUPPORTS AUTISM AWARENESS Da Boot Sports 12/1/2023 LSU Sports Communications By: LSU Staff BATON ROUGE – The LSU Tigers went 9-of-12 at the free-throw line in the game’s final three minutes to help outlast Southeastern 77-66 Friday night at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. With the win, LSU improves its overall record to 5-3 and its winning streak to 14 games against the Southeastern Lions (2-6). The Tigers will matchup against Kansas State at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9 at the Maravich Center. The game will air on SEC Network. Southeastern pieced together a late 14-4 run highlighted by a corner 3-pointer with 29 tics left to play to cut LSU’s lead to three points at 69-66, erasing a once 15-point advantage in the second half. Jordan Wright sealed the game down the stretch, going 4-of-4 at the stripe, and pulled down a defensive board to help hold off the Lions. Will Baker finished the game with 18 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the floor and was 7-of-9 at the free-throw line. Baker also had a team-high seven rebounds. In addition to Wright’s 16 points, he registered four rebounds, three steals, and 5-of-6 at the charity stripe. Mike Williams III logged a season-high 15 points and four assists, and Tyrell Ward rounded out the top scorers for the Tigers with 11 points. Southeastern’s Nick Caldwell matched Baker’s 18 points, followed by Roger McFarlane and Roscoe Eastmoond’s 10 points, respectively. A tightly contested first half saw LSU take a 39-32 lead over Southeastern at the intermission. In the first 20 minutes, there were eight ties and four lead changes. LSU created space on the scoreboard thanks to a 19-7 run highlighted by seven unanswered points to make the count 36-27 – its largest lead of the half. SLU had a quick 5-0 burst to trim the deficit to four at 36-32, but Wright ended the frame with his second triple of the half to push the Tigers’ lead back to seven at the break. Although the Lions struck first in the second half with a free throw, the Tigers sprinted to an 11-1 run to balloon their lead to 50-35 at the 15:56 mark. Southeastern connected on a 3-pointer for its first field goal of the second half and trimmed LSU’s advantage to 52-45 behind an overall 10-2 run when the Tigers called for time with 12:51 left to play. A dunk and layup by LSU’s Baker stretched the home team’s lead back to 11, but Southeastern responded quickly with a jumper and another three-ball to cut the Tigers’ lead to six at 56-50 and trailed 57-52 at the under eight-minute media timeout. LSU put together another 7-0 run featuring four free throws and a 3-pointer from Wright, making the count 64-52, but Southeastern hung around thanks to an 11-1 run of its own with eight free throws to make the count 65-63 with 2:19 on the clock. After a pair of free throws by Baker and Williams III to make the score 69-63, a 3-point heave from Caldwell hit the bottom of the net with 29 seconds left to play before Wright put the game on ice with four free throws. LSU shot 48.9 percent from the floor (22-of-45), 34.8 percent from behind the arc (8-of-23) and 21-of-29 from the free-throw line (21-of-29). SLU shot 36.1 percent from the field (22-of-61) and 25.8 percent from the three (8-of-31). The Lions were 14-of-16 at the stripe (87.5%), with all their free-throws coming in the second half. LSU Head Coach Matt McMahon Opening statement “I want to start with congratulating Coach (Kim) Mulkey on her 700th win. That’s an unbelievable accomplishment and it was a great atmosphere in here last night. As for the game, I’m proud of our players finding a way to win. I thank Coach (David) Kiefer and Southeastern. They have a fantastic team and they play really hard. Just when you think you’ve seen it all in a basketball game, you see something new down the stretch. The 15-point lead turned to three. I’m proud of our players getting their composure back together and finding a way to win. Availability wise, Daimion Collins is still out with the injured shoulder he suffered in the North Florida game. For Jalen Cook we’re still waiting. He meets all the criteria and we’re certainly hoping for good news on his appeal. I don’t know what the holdup is. Trae Hannibal dislocated a finger against North Florida. He tried to play through it a little bit tonight but he was limited and that’s why he was unable to play extended minutes. With all of that said, we’re thankful to get a win against a good basketball team and now we have a great opportunity to get better this week and finish strong with final exams. We’ll be able to reevaluate where we are and focus on how to get better as a team. On shaking up the lineup… “The lineup had nothing to do with demotion and promotion, we just needed some change. I thought Tyrell (Ward) got us off to a great start shooting the basketball. We did not perform well defensively in the first four minutes of the game. I thought we improved there in the last 16 minutes of the first half. I think we held them to 16 points in the final 16 minutes. I thought Jordan (Wright) responded well. He hit some big free throws and knocked down some big shots for us. He had a big rebound late in the game. Hunter Dean was really good defensively and on the glass. Their big fellow (Brody Rowbury) presented a match-up problem in there. He takes up space and is very skilled in the post. I thought Hunter did a nice job defensively and he had a really nice finish on one of his post ups.” *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) A huge Thank You to Cardio Health Solutions owned by Ron Sancho for sponsoring and believing in our publication! CARDIO HEALTH SOLUTIONS The company who cares for your heart and what your heart cares for!! Cardio Health Solutions (CHS) utilizes PET and CPET technology to detect all forms of cardiovascular disease even in its earliest stage. We also provide financing, support, and management services to practices interested in exploring the functional capacity of their patients through detection and ancillary imaging. GEAUX to https://www.cardiohealthsolutions.net/ for more information, or call 1-800-578-0654 DA BOOT SPORTS SUPPORTS AUTISM AWARENESS Da Boot Sports 11/28/2023 LSU Sports Communications By: LSU Staff SYRACUSE, New York – The Syracuse Orange went on a 22-7 run in the final seven minutes of the first half and the first 90 seconds of the second half to take control Tuesday night at the JMA Wireless Dome as Syracuse defeated LSU, 80-57, in the inaugural ACC/SEC Challenge. The loss drops LSU to 4-3 on the season going into a Friday night game with Southeastern at 7 p.m. at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Syracuse is now 5-2 on the year. Jordan Wright led LSU with 15 points, while Jalen Reed had his first college career double double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Reed hit 6-of-10 field goals for the game and of his 11 rebounds, five were offensive. Judah Mintz carried Syracuse with 33 points and four assists, getting fouled 11 times and making 13-of-15 free throws. It was part of a first half, especially in the last seven minutes, when Syracuse was 14-of-15 from the free throw line. Chris Bell had 20 points with six made threes. In the second half, the Orange hit 8-of-13 three-pointers and scored 47 points to keep the Tigers from any chance of getting back in the game. LSU struggled from the arc, making just 2-of-22, one in each half, and got 44 of their 57 points in the paint. Syracuse got 26 points off LSU’s 19 turnovers for the game. LSU had a 19-16 lead and a 21-19 lead inside 10 minutes to go in the half, before Syracuse began to get to the foul line and take control of the game, opening up a 33-28 lead at intermission. Syracuse scored the first 10 points of the second half to go up 38-28, forcing LSU to call timeout 90 seconds into the half. QUOTES FROM THE LSU SPORTS RADIO NETWORK LSU HEAD COACH MATT MCMAHON On the difference between the first and second half… “The first half, I thought offensively, the numbers won’t reflect it, but when we moved the ball, I thought we got some good shots. We weren’t able to convert some of those, we turned it over too many times but at one point we were plus 10 on the glass. I thought we really defended well in the first half and despite the poor shooting percentages, it enabled us to hang around. (Judah) Mintz getting to the free throw line, he drew eight fouls in the first half, we really struggled with him and then that run to start the second half we were not able to overcome that.” On taking away any positives from the game… “I think when you look at Jalen Reed’s rebounding, that would be a positive there and then Jordan Wright’s defensive rebounding. A lot of those 50/50 rebounds in the second half we were unable to get and that’s how you went from plus 10 to minus seven on the glass at that point. A lot of lessons to be learned there, I know the number that stands out is the 2-of-23 from three, but I think some of the things that have to get cleaned up are the turnovers and then the ability to guard the three point shot, where we continue to struggle.” *John 14:6 - "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." 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