 Graphic By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 11/10/2024 By: Mark Hawkins BATON ROUGE, LA - On Sunday afternoon the 7,247 fans that were in attendance, many whom were still wondering what went wrong on the gridiron Saturday night against Alabama, found themselves face to face with yet another Alabama team. This time however in the form of a SWAC member Alabama State. The Tigers found themselves trailing again at halftime, this time via the hardwood as ASU gave LSU fans and their basketball team all they could handle and more. The Hornets were coming off of a 93-79 loss at the hands of UNLV in their season opener and came to Baton Rouge as a game bunch with a nothing to lose attitude, saw ASU go into halftime leading, 32-26. This left most of the fans in shock as they spent most of the first 15 minutes watching the Hornets outplay their Tigers. Alabama State sticking to their game plan was one of the reasons they held a six point lead at the break. Being led by Amarr Knox, (20 points,2 rebounds and 2 assist), along with senior guard TJ Madlock (21 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assist) gave coach McMahon and his staff reason for concern. But not to be outdone, despite a subpar first half performance, the Tigers were able to turn things around and eventually pull away late to get the victory. LSU shooting was ice cold as they shot a miserable 32% from the field in the first half and we didn't see the shooting percentage rise much in the second half. The Tigers finished the night, 21-47 shooting for 44.7%. The LSU three point shooting wasn't much better as they only shot 7-20 from three point range for 35%. The play of senior transfer guard Dji Bailey's, 9 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assist helped keep the Bayou Bengals within reach at the half. Bailey finished the night with 15 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assist. The Tigers also got some much needed help in the second half from Cam Carter with his game high 21 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assist, which matched his 21 point effort in his season opening debut. Jordan Sears, another LSU transfer, making his second straight start as a Tiger played a big role in the second half run, pouring in 18 points, 3 rebounds along with 5 assist. The Tigers' shooting from the foul line in game one was something to take notice, as they shot a remarkable 17-19 for 85.9%. We watched the the foul shooting take a dip Sunday afternoon as the Tigers were 25-34 from the line, good for 73.5%. Even though the Hornets were the smaller team, we watched them out-rebound LSU on the night, 38-33. They also outscored LSU in the paint, 30 to 24. It was only game two of the season but the Tigers have a lot of work to clean up and work on. Being the bigger and supposedly more physical team, one would have expected or thought LSU would dominate the glass. Like the great Lee Corso would say, "Not so fast my friend". ASU won the battle on the boards tonight as our bigs have to play better. Jalen Reed coming off of a career high of 24 points in the season opener had an off night. Despite playing 24 minutes, he could only muster up 6 points, and 3 rebounds. Derek Fountain (6 rebounds), along with Dji Bailey (7 rebounds), were the Tigers' top glass eaters tonight. I think this LSU team has the ability and potential to become a field of 64 contestant, but McMahon and his team needs time to get familiar with his players knowing what each player gives him and which 5 players on the court gives them the best chance to win these first two games. We really haven't gotten much to go off of. It's too early to judge. If you're a fan and have seen this team in action you know one thing, the potential is there. But so is the youth. Only time will tell how far Coach McMahon can lead these Tigers. You can catch LSU in action again on Thursday night, November, 14, as they face off against Kansas State. Tipoff is set for 8:oo pm CST. The game can be viewed on ESPN 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. A huge Thank You to Cardio Health Solutions owned by Ron Sancho for sponsoring and believing in our publication!
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