BATON ROUGE, La. — After a solid first half, the University of Missouri men’s basketball team couldn’t shut down LSU in the second, ultimately falling, 75-55, to LSU in a tough road matchup Saturday evening.
Missouri had four players in double-figures, led by Javon Pickett’s team-high 14. Amari Davis added 12, as Trevon Brazile tied a career-high 11 and Ronnie DeGray III rounded out the scoring efforts with 10. Davis and DeGray both shot 50 percent from the floor, going 4-of-8.
TURNING POINT
Mizzou held LSU without a field goal for the final 2:38 of the first half to inch back within six, 30-24, going into halftime. The Missouri Tigers couldn’t find a way to stop LSU’s offensive attack out of halftime, however, as they scored 15 unanswered points to create a deficit Missouri just couldn’t come back from.
GAME NOTES
- Kobe Brown recorded his 500th career rebound, making him the first junior to record 500 rebounds in a Mizzou uniform since Kelly Thames in 1996-97.
- DeMarre Carroll also reached the mark in his junior season, 2008-09, but played the first two seasons of his career at Vanderbilt.
- Brown becomes the second active SEC junior to have 500+ career rebounds, behind Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe.
- Javon Pickett has recorded double-digits in 13-straight conference games, recording 10 first half points.
- Pickett had a career-high seven assists, leading all players for both teams.
- Kaleb Brown recorded a pair of steals, for a career-high.
- Kobe Brown had his 16th game of the season with seven or more rebounds as he led all players with eight.
- Trevon Brazile tied a personal-best 11 points, and reached double-digits for the first time in his career in conference play.
- Amari Davis recorded his 14th game of the season in double-digits and seventh in conference play.
- Missouri held LSU to just one field goal in the final six minutes of the game.
UP NEXT
The Tigers conclude the road swing with a stop in Columbia, S.C. against South Carolina on March 1. The game is slated for a 6 p.m. tip on ESPNU.
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