After a first half in which both teams gave homage to the #SECBasketballFever gods, LSU got itself in gear in the second half, doing things Ole Miss could not and is not capable of doing, on its way to an 83-69 win. The Tigers’ size and athleticism, particularly that of their big men, allowed them to turn Ole Miss’ half-court offense into a machine that lacked every bit of oil.
The Tigers teetered on the edge of blowing the game open in the second half, pushing their lead to double digits several times from the 10-minute mark to the eight-minute mark, but Ole Miss, despite offensive struggles, refused to yield and kept the game within single digits until the final two minutes.