LSU Basketball Defeats Boise State in 64-45 Win at Home

The LSU men's basketball team defeated Boise State in front of a nice crowd in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center Saturday, December 10, 2011 in Baton Rouge, LA. The LSU Tigers looked impressive in their 64-45 win over the Boise State Broncos.

The Tigers seem to be finding their stride and have won five of their last six games, and three consecutive games in a row now. Defense was the key in the Boise State game, with the Tigers holding the Broncos to a mere 45 points.

The Tigers and Broncos fought it out during the first half of the game with the lead going back and forth between the two teams. The Tigers had a three point lead at half time with a score of 25-22. The score quickly rose as the Tigers took to the floor during the third quarter and started putting points on the board breaking away from Boise State.

During the second half of the game, the Tigers outscored Boise State 22-8.

Fired up after a spectacular dunk by LSU's Malcom White that was followed up with a nice layup from Justin Hamilton, the Tigers stretched the lead to 39-30 with just 13:01 left to play. Other highlights in the last quarter of play were a jump play by Storm Warren and another dunk by Johnny O'Bryant III.

Leading scorers for the game for LSU were Justin Hamilton with 14 points, Anthony Hickey with 11 points and Johnny O'Bryant III and Storm Warren both scoring 10 points each.

LSU held Boise's Anthony Drmic scoreless for 28 minutes of play, almost an entire half of the game. Drmic came into the game with LSU averaging 15 points per game.

Derrick Marks led the Boise Broncos with 12 points, followed by Jeff Elorriaga with 11 points in the game.

LSU had two player who did not dress out for the game due to injuries. Starting guard Andre Stringer, who had a fainting spell earlier in the week did not play due to tests being performed. John Isaac also did not play or dress out for the game due to a knee injury received at afternoon practice.

Eddie Ludwig started the game for Stringer and accomplished 9 rebounds, one assist and one block in just 33 minutes of play. Stringer also contributed two points to the scoreboard.

The win over Boise State puts the Tigers at 6-3 for the season.

The Tigers will next take on California-Irvine on Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 7:00 pm in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

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