LSU played a great opening half Tuesday evening but the high powered offense we’ve grown accustomed to seeing all season ran out of gas and the Tigers were eliminated by Michigan 86-78.
The first 10 minutes of LSU’s Round of 32 game went about as well as LSU could have hoped. The Tigers were getting up and down the court and the tempo clearly rattled the Wolverines who prefer a more deliberate pace. At one point Cameron Thomas had as many points by himself, 12, as Michigan did as a team.
But the 100 meter dash LSU was hoping for eventually turned into a cross country meet and the issues that plagued the Tigers all season long, namely rebounding and a true big in the middle, reared its ugly head.