Banged up and running on fumes, the LSU Tigers could never get it going against the Utah Utes tonight as they fell by a final score of 95-71. Utah advances to the NIT quarterfinals, while LSU’s season comes to an end with an 18-15 record.
The Tigers found themselves down 10 points only five minutes into the game, and down 19 points by the end of the first quarter. It was a frightening reminder of earlier road games: the perimeter got destroyed and it rained threes. By the end of the first half, the Utes had scored 47 points on 27 attempts.