BATON ROUGE, La. (Interstat) — LSU cruised to a 93-58 men’s basketball victory over New Orleans on Monday night at the Maravich Assembly Center. The Tigers improved to 2-0 while the Privateers fell to 2-1.

Michael Nwoko led LSU with 22 points, one of five Tigers to score in double figures. Jalen Reed added 15 points and Dedan Thomas dished out eight assists. Coleton Benson scored 10 points for New Orleans, which struggled offensively, shooting just 29.9 percent from the floor. LSU built a 44-32 halftime lead and extended it after the break, outscoring the Privateers 49-26 in the second half. An announced crowd of 6,505 watched the game.