BATON ROUGE, La. (BNN)-- Will Baker made 2 totally free tosses with 15 seconds to play and after that LSU stopped 2 Georgia misses in the lane at the other end as the video game ended to offer the Tigers a 67-66 win over the Bulldogs Tuesday night at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
The Tigers have actually now won more video games than a year earlier at 15-13 and upped their SEC record to 7-8 with three video games remaining. LSU will be no worse than eighth in the standings after Wednesday's video games are finished.
The video game turned into a back-and-forth affair in the end that included 6 lead changes and 2 ties. The teams were tied with three minutes to dip into 61-61 before Georgia's Justin Hill hit a 3 to offer Georgia a 64-61 benefit with 2:41 to play.
The Tigers, then, worked their way back. Jordan Wright, who would make 10-of-11 totally free throws on the night, drew a nasty driving for the goal and made both free tosses to cut the Georgia cause 64-63 with 2:31 to play.
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Georgia brought the ball over halfcourt and called timeout and when play resumed, Wright had the ability to force a steal and get the ball to Tyrell Ward who scored and drove to put LSU up 65-64 with 2:05 to play.
Georgia missed out on a mid-range jumper; LSU got the rebound and missed out on a long-range jumper as the video game entered the final minute of play. Silas Demary Jr. missed out on a layup and the ball wound up in a scramble on the flooring offering Georgia the belongings on the jump ball with 38 seconds to play.
Georgia's Hill was able to get to the objective and rating to give the Bulldogs back the lead at 66-65 with 29 seconds to play.
LSU had been out of timeouts because the 4:28 mark so the Tigers needed to use. Baker drew the foul within as he went up with the ball and went to the line where he was 1-of-3 to that point in the game.
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Hill drove the paint and missed out on the layup, however LSU might not come up with the ball. Dylan James did for Georgia, and he got the ball to Noah Thomasson whose driving shot to the lane was blocked by LSU's Jalen Reed.
Georgia dropped to 15-13 total and 5-10 in the SEC.
Wright led LSU with 17 points on 3-of-7 shooting with a three-pointer and the 10 free throws. Baker had 12 points on 4-of-9 shooting with a three-pointer and 3 complimentary throws. Ward showed no result of the injury that kept him out much of Saturday's loss to Mississippi State and had 8 points, with two three-pointers. Reed had eight points on 4-of-6 shooting.
Tiger point guard Trae Hannibal played nearly 39 minutes with 6 points, six rebounds, a group co-high 8 assists and simply 2 turnovers.
Georgia was led by Thomasson with 16 points while Hill had 11 for the Bulldogs.
LSU shot 46.8% for the video game (22-of-47) and 9-of-18 from distance. LSU improved its free throw shooting to 14-of-18 (77.8%). When the Tigers developed a 40-27 halftime benefit, LSU shot 58.3% (14-of-24) and 7-of-10 from deep in the first 20 minutes.
Georgia finished at 37.3% (22-of-59) with 7 three-pointers and 15-of-19 at the line.
Georgia won the rebound battle, 34-31 with a 9-0 advantage on second opportunity points.
After LSU hit simply 3 three-pointers and four assists in the entire game Saturday versus Mississippi State, the Tigers had three three-pointers and 4 helps by the 15:46 mark of the very first half Tuesday night.
The Tigers go on the road Saturday to
Nashville to face Vanderbilt in Memorial Gymnasium at 2:30 p.m. on the SEC Network and the LSU Sports Radio Network.
LSU head coach Matt McMahon
Opening statement:
The video game wasn't a thing of appeal, however at the end of the day the goal is to win by any ways necessary. Credit to Georgia, you understand an actually nice play there at the buzzer to create a little momentum on the tip-in, and then came out and I thought really were the assailant in the 2nd half. The durability, the grit, to find a way to make enough plays there in the last minute to get the win."
On the enhancement in the group's late-game play
" It has no to do with coaching. It's all about the players. Their buy in, how they've worked in practice, even after a few of those difficult losses at the buzzer at Georgia, at the buzzer at Florida, they never wavered. They've returned to practice to find out and get better. They've stuck as a group as guys have actually fallen off for whatever reasons; injuries, disease. Just a big believer in if you continue to put in the work, if you're about the best things, you'll make those improvements essential. And ultimately, Glen, you've got to win one of them. And after that it begins to create some belief, and I'm eagerly anticipating watching the last belongings due to the fact that I understand our guys were tired. We were gassed, but I thought our guys were flying around and had some great contests at the rim, breaking up the rhythm. And After That Jalen Reed with an incredible contest to win it. So, it's something for us to continue to build on, however I believe it just speaks to the character and strength of our players, their resiliency to persevere and find ways to win."
LSU forward Jalen Reed
On the final seconds of the video game
" It was chaotic. They were moving truly fast trying to get to the rim. I am glad that I remained in there and able to make a play for my group and assist us get a meaningful win today."
On developing his defense
With my frame, I think I am able to get a couple of blocks in, particularly on smaller guards. I think my wall-ups are really efficient.
On continuing to win
" Winning is hard. Honestly, throughout my profession I have discovered that. I have actually been on the losing side of a lot of close video games. We are learning and figuring out how to win. I believe that is the biggest thing with this team, coming off of the season in 2015 and the games that we have remained in earlier in the year, we are finding out the strength and togetherness that we need to have to finish these close video games. I believe Jalen (Reed) was awesome down the stretch with a terrific drop-off to Will (Baker) and those 2 back-to-back wall-ups and required contested lay-ups. I think we did not have those characteristics early on in the year. We might have required a shot, we may have fouled at the end of the game, we may have quit offensive rebounds at the end of the video game. Learning how to win, having poise, and, like Coach said, confidence is actually what you need to win video games down the stretch."
On the sluggishness of the second half
I think offensively, we were the ones that got stagnant. I believe we did get a little bit complacent. I think that a lot of us score easier baskets, and when a group is scoring so much, it slows the game down since you have to constantly take the ball out and run sets.
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Georgia head coach Mike White
On the total video game and the last 15 seconds of the game
" Tough, we required a rating and a stop, and we did not get a stop. We fouled, and they did not foul, that is it. We put a lot of pressure on the rim. Justin Hill and Noah Thomasson did an actually good job and the additional belongings developed by Dylan James's activity was a heck of a play. I am harmed for our guys. Hard environment in our locker room right now due to the fact that our guys laid it on the line and played as tough as they have played all year. In numerous methods, I believed we deserved that win, however LSU did too. Those guys are playing their finest basketball of the year, and they made a great deal of plays. Hard loss for us, however an excellent win for LSU."
On Dylan James's play tonight and his progress in his freshman season
Just changing to this level, a 6' 9" guy with excellent length, with a good skill level that has actually changed the level of his game quite quickly. From being a block guy who sometimes selects and pops to a guy who is playing mainly on the perimeter. He is also a guy who does a lot of things beginning with his length.
( Press release provided by LSU Athletics).
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