Missouri 70, at LSU 78

BATON ROUGE, La. (Interstat) — In a pivotal Southeastern Conference clash between teams with identical records and aspirations, the LSU Tigers used a dominant first-half performance and clutch late-game execution to hold off a furious second-half rally by the Missouri Tigers, securing a 78-70 victory on Saturday afternoon at a raucous Maravich Assembly Center. The win, witnessed by 7,816 fans, pushed both LSU and Missouri to 13-5 overall, creating a logjam in the conference standings. The game’s most important sequence was not a single play, but a sustained stretch of defensive pressure and offensive efficiency by LSU in the final… Read more...