LSU Falls To No. 25 Alabama At The PMAC, 90-83

BATON ROUGE – The LSU men’s basketball had five players in double figures and stayed with No. 25 Alabama for much of the game before falling 90-83 Saturday evening at the Maravich Center.

The Tigers, down three at intermission, fell behind by as much as 16 with 7:11 to play, but rallied to cut the margin to just six twice in the final 2:38 of the game.

While Alabama, known for its three-point shooting, made 10, the Tigers countered with nine of their own. But the big difference came at the free throw line where Alabama made 30-of-37 attempts, while LSU made 16-of-22.

Marquel Sutton had his sixth straight double figure game for LSU, his second straight of 21 points, hitting 7-of-16 attempts, a three and 6-of-8 at the free throw line. Freshman point guard Jalen Reece continued his impressive play of late, scoring 14 points with five assists. PJ Carter his three treys in scoring 13 points, while Rashad King hit a couple of threes for 12 points.

Pablo Tamba had a 10-point, 12-rebound double double in 26 minutes that included five offensive rebounds and 5-of-6 from the floor.

Alabama also had five in double figures with Aden Holloway scoring 17. Amari Allen had 16, Latrell Wrightsell Jr., posted 14 and London Jemison and Aiden Sherrell scored 12 each. Sherrell also had a double us with 10 rebounds.

The Tigers and Alabama went back and forth in a first half that featured seven lead changes and six ties. Alabama led by as much as nine (41-32) with 1:29 to go in the half, but the Tigers finished on an 8-2 run to cut the lead for the Crimson Tide to 43-40 at intermission.

Sherrell hit a two-pointer and a three-point field goal to open the second half to push the lead to eight and began a steady trip to the free throw line, making 16-of-23 in the half after making all 14 attempts in the first half.

LSU used a 10-3 run to cut the margin to nine, 77-68, with 4:40 left and down 11 with 2:50 left, Tamba hit a layup and Carter a three-pointer to cut the Tide lead to 81-75 at the 2:38 mark. But the Tigers could not get a crucial stop as Allen scored inside to move the lead back to eight.

LSU would use two Sutton buckets in a three-second period to cut the margin back to six (89-83) with 14 seconds left and the Tide added a free throw for the final margin.

For the game, LSU would shoot 42 percent (29-of-69) and 9-of-20 from distance. LSU was 16-of-22 from the free throw line (72.7 percent). Alabama finished 25-of-58 (43.1 percent) and 10-of-30 from distance (33.3 percent) along with the massive free throw total.

LSU had 36 points in the paint to 26 for Alabama.

The Tigers will travel to Oxford for a Wednesday 8 p.m. game against Ole Miss. The game will be televised by the SEC Network and broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network.

(Release via LSU Athletics)

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