GAME THREAD for MBB vs. LSU

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Peruna is not having a ton of luck trying to get LSU fans into a dance battle

[HorsePower]

Neutral site games like this have weird vibes. No real home team, no real road team.

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Field goal percentages

LSU: 37 (7/19)
SMU: 28 (5/18)

LSU leads, 17-13

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Ambrose-Hylton ends ends 0-for-8 SMU shooting skid with dunk

LSU answers with a 3, leads 22-15

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Tigers have hit 5 of last 6

Boopie Miller cans a 3

26-20

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LSU's Jordan Sears leads all players with 10 points on 5/6 shooting
Boopie Miller leads SMU with 7

LSU 28, SMU 22
3:51 to go in first half

[PonyPride]

Chuck Harris corner 3 cuts LSU lead to 28-25

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Oquendo misses a 3 ΓÇö he's shooting 0/4 so far ΓÇö but Cross gets 2 offensive rebounds, giving him 10 boards with a minute left in the first half.

Cross has 7 straight games with at least 8 rebounds. The last Mustang to have 8 or more in 10 straight games was Markus Kennedy in 2013-14.

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Halftime

LSU 33, SMU 27

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SMU halftime leaders
Points: Miller (7)
Field goals: Miller (3)
3-point field goals: Harris, Miller, Edwards (1)
Free throws: Yi─ƒito─ƒlu, Cross (1)
Rebounds: Cross (10)
Offensive rebounds (5)
Assists: Miller (5)
Fouls: Edwards, Miller, Traore, Cross, Harris (1)
Turnovers: Miller (3)
Blocked shots: Yi─ƒito─ƒlu (2)
Steals: Miller, Yi─ƒito─ƒlu (1)
Plus/minus: Yi─ƒito─ƒlu, Traore (minus-1)

[PonyPride]

SMU outscoring LSU, 8-4, in second half

LSU 37, SMU 35

[HorsePower]

Samet and Sears mixed it up a little after diving for a loose ball. Considering Sears is about half Samet's size, he's lucky the big man just laughed at him.

[PonyPride]

Baby hook by Yi─ƒito─ƒlu ties it at 37-37

[PonyPride]

Samet and Sears mixed it up a little after diving for a loose ball. Considering Sears is about half Samet's size, he's lucky the big man just laughed at him.

Shoves exchanged after the whistle ΓÇö Yi─ƒito─ƒlu doesn't look amused this time.
Yi─ƒito─ƒlu called for his first foul, after which he and LSU's Vyctorius Miller pick up matching technicals.

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Dunks by Cross and Colbert, followed by a Harris 3, put Ponies ahead, 45-39