Edwards' Drives, Smart's Assisted 3 Push Tigers to 4-0

With LSU and Louisiana Tech tied at 62 with just over two minutes to go, Ja’vonte Smart threw up a three-pointer from the left wing.

Three bounces later, the freshman’s prayer was answered, the ball falling through the net courtesy of an unseen hand.

“That was (Wayde) Sims was looking down,” said head coach Will Wade. “Those three bounces. He put that one in the basket for us.”

It’s a message Wade delivered to the team after LSU’s 74-67 win over Louisiana Tech Friday night, improving the Tigers to 4-0 for the first time since 2012-13.

But Smart, who finished with a career-high 16 points, knew as soon as it left his hands that Sims – a two-year letterwinner who was killed in September before…