Live Gameday Updates/Thread: No. 25 LSU vs Missouri
Pregame
After missing the last month of the season, junior college transfer Charles Manning is nearing a return. He won't play tonight but Will Wade hasn't ruled out a return against Alabama on Saturday.
Manning was seen getting some shots up in pregame with senior guard Skylar Mays.
Around the SEC: A few scoring updates you can tune into
Half: Vanderbilt 36, No. 12 Kentucky 27 (ESPN)
Half: Mississippi State 35, Ole Miss 33
Half: Tennessee: 40, Arkansas 23
Missouri comes to Baton Rouge after an 83-79 win over Arkansas over the weekend.
We're definitely a little thinner at the PMAC tonight than in previous outings. Students are starting to fill in nicely but not really anywhere else.
LSU starting lineup vs. Missouri (for the 16th consecutive game):
G Javonte Smart
G Skylar Mays
F Trendon Watford
F Darius Days
F Emmitt Williams
First Half
LSU wins the tip and Darius Days leaves a three ball short to start things off. It was a good look for Days, who's coming off a 19-point outing at Auburn.
Missouri just got hit with a "flop warning." This one could get crazy tonight.
17:00- Three minutes in and both teams are struggling to get points. Both teams 1-for-4 from the field and Tigers trail 4-2.
16:05- Skylar Mays just made a Missouri defender fall but couldn't connect on the shot. 9-6 start for Missou as Darius Days scores LSU's first field goal in three minutes
Timeout (official)- Missouri 12, LSU 8
Skylar Mays heading to the free throw line for a three-point play opportunity out of the break.
Missouri 3-for-4 from three-point range despite being one of the least efficient teams in the SEC from a scoring perspective.
13:07- Missouri has hit on 5 of last 7 shots and lead LSU 16-9 nearly seven minutes in. Missouri is making its threes and getting perimeter penetration right now.
11:33- Five offensive rebounds already for Missouri that's led to six second chance points . LSU is getting beat on the boards 11-7 and are shooting 3-for-10 from the floor, trail 18-10.
LSU is in the bonus the rest of the way, something it used to its advantage during the 10-game win streak. Let's see if they can utilize the line in this half.
Javonte Smart just got called for a foul on what clearly looked like a block. LSU offense is in shambles with 12 points and just three made field goals 10 minutes in
9:26- Missouri just doubled up LSU 24-12 as LSU shas gone last 4:33 without a made field goal.
8:00- Darius Days just put some poor guy on a poster, gives LSU its first field goal in six minutes Play ignites the crowd a little bit.
Timeout: Missouri 27, LSU 19
LSU really needs Darius Days to stay out of foul trouble tonight. His energy and production are a big reason why Tigers are only down eight points at the moment.
LSU as as many made free throws as shot attempts (15) tonight. Darius Days just picked up his second foul that puts Missouri in the bonus.
Missouri drains its fifth three-pointer of the half while LSU is 0-for-8 in the half. LSU trails 33-25 with 3:49 to go in the first half.
Skylar Mays and Darius Days have 18 of the Tigers 25 points as nobody else has had a pulse on offense in this first half.
18.2 seconds- LSU is 17-for-20 at the free throw line and that's about the only thing positive to take away from this half. They have a chance to cut an eight point lead down to five or six with the final shot here
Half: Missouri 43, LSU 37
LSU closes on an 8-2 run to make it a six point deficit at the break. Tigers were thoroughly outplayed for much of that half but seem to have found a bit of a rhythm at the end.
Skylar Mays has 11, Darius Days has 9 to lead LSU
Second Half:
Defense turns to offense as a block from Watford leads to a transition layup on the other end.
LSU gets its first three-pointer of the game four minutes into the second-half. Skylar Mays holds the pose for a second at the top of the key as if to say "finally"
15:36- Missouri 49, LSU 46
LSU finding a rhythm on offense as it's now close to 50% from the field after a 4-for-16 start.
The good: LSU ties the game up with a tip-in from Darius Days. The bad, Days just picked up his third foul.
Very rarely this season have opponents been able to match LSU in points in the paint. LSU and Missouri both had 28 before Watford's and-one just moments ago
11:38- Timeout: Missouri 56, LSU 52
Multiple times in this second half LSU looks like its about to grab control and Missouri knocks down a few shots.
LSU tied the game at 49 and it's been all Missouri since. 15-7 run for Missouri has LSU down 8 with 9:30 to play.
Darius Days just took an awkward foul and comes up gimpy on the play. Trying to walk it off at the free throw line.
Javonte Smart has scored seven of the last nine LSU points and is keeping the Tigers afloat. 69-65 is the Missouri lead with 6:41 to go.
7-0 run for LSU has Tigers up 72-69 with 4:42 to go off a Darius Days three. PMAC is loud as it's just LSU's second lead of the evening.
Darius Days staying out of foul trouble was huge. The sophomore might've just put this one away
He's scored 37 points over his last two contest, easily his best stretch of conference play. LSU leads 78-73
