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Waters' Layup Lifts LSU to NCAA Sweet 16

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Tremont Waters' layup with 1.9 seconds remaining put the third-seeded LSU Men's Basketball team in the NCAA Sweet 16, 69-67, over No. 6 seed Maryland on Saturday afternoon.

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Maryland fell to 23-10.

With the victory, LSU (28-6) improved to 13-4 away from home in 2018-19 including 9-0 in SEC regular-season play. Only three LSU squads have won more than 13 games away from home in a season: 1980 (16), 1981 and 1987 (14).

The Tigers' 28 wins is the most by an LSU squad since 1999-2000, when John Brady's Tigers won 28 en route to the NCAA Sweet 16.