By Hunt Palmer
THE STORY
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Texas A&M is great on the offensive glass. LSU struggles on offense.
Those two identities had been true for 17 games, and they very much held Saturday in the regular season finale. A&M took over the paint and smothered the Tigers’ offense to win 66-52 on Senior Day at the Maravich Center.
Scoring droughts were the story throughout.
LSU had just one field goal from the 18:17 mark of the first half to the 12 minute mark, over six minutes. Then Texas A&M went 6:14 without a point which allowed LSU a 17-0 run to take a seven-point lead.
LSU held the Aggies off the rest of the first half and got to the break up two.
After halftime, LSU’s offense stalled as it has often times throughout the conference season. Texas A&M’s defense feasted on it. The Aggies went on a 10-0 run to take the lead by eight and then a 9-0 run to stretch that lead to 16.
Ultimately the Aggies won it by 14.
In his final game in the Maravich Center, Cam Carter struggled. That’s a harbinger of bad, bad things for the LSU offense. Carter made two of his 12 shots and scored just seven points, tying his second lowest output all season. He scored seven against Florida. LSU lost by 14. He scored four against Texas. LSU lost by 31.
A&M’s physically pummeled an undermanned Tiger team.
Robert Miller III and Daimion Collins both fouled out in the frontcourt. Texas A&M won the glass 42-27 including 14 offensive rebounds that led to 17 second chance points.
That’s the Aggie identity.
The Tigers ultimately lost the second half by 16 points as the home team wore down.
LSU heads to Nashville as the No. 15 seed in the SEC Tournament. The Tigers finished league play 3-15.
THE STATS
After halftime LSU shot 22 percent from the floor, 6-for-27. That included a 3-for-15 effort from three, 20 percent.
A&M won paint point 34-12.
LSU shot 30 percent for the game 15-for-50.
Jordan Sears had a good Senior Day. He played 35 minutes, shot 6-for-13 from the floor and 3-for-8 from deep. He made 6-of-7 from the free throw line and scored 21 points to go with two assists and three steals.
Henry Coleman III had six offensive rebounds for the Aggies. He and Andersson Garcia each finished with 10 rebounds. Cam Carter led LSU with five rebounds.
LSU missed 13 straight shots in the second half from the 17:07 mark to the 7:30 mark. Nearly 10 minutes without a make.
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