12-17-2017, 03:50 AM
BATON ROUGE â A wild final 61 seconds resulted in a winning bucket with five seconds left to be followed by a missed layup by LSU with just over one second to play that resulted in a Stephen F. Austin 83-82 upset win over LSU Saturday at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
The Tigers fall for the third time this year and go to 6-3 while Stephen F. Austin is now 10-1 on the year. LSU hosts Sam Houston State on Tuesday night at 7 p.m.
LSU was unable to sustain a nine-point first half lead and a seven-point lead with 14:47 to play in the contest in a game that had 15 ties and 18 lead changes.
And although many things put the game where it was in the final 61 seconds, it was a finish that had people standing and living on every play that was made.
Tremont Waters hit two free throws to tie the game and give LSU a 79-78 lead. After an LSU timeout, Ty Charles missed a jumper for SFA but Shannon Bogues got the offensive rebounds and Ivan Canete hit a three with 31 seconds left to give the Lumberjacks an 81-79 advantage.
LSU came down and Waters kept the ball in his hands and drained his own three-pointer with 18.8 left to give LSU an 82-81 advantage. Waters almost made a steal at midcourt, but in the scramble Aaron Augustin found Canete under the basket for a layup with 5.9 left to five SFA an 83-82 advantage.
The Tigers quickly moved up the court and Waters went to Epps with a bullet pass under the goal that Epps grabbed and put on the board but it rolled away with 1.3 left, sending the Tigers home on the losing side.
Waters led LSU with 19 points, six assists and four steals, while Skylar Mays had 17 points, six assists and three steals. Aaron Epps made it back-to-back double doubles with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Canete hit four treys and led SFA with 20 points and had four assists. Kevon Harris had 11 points and Shannon Bogues 10.
The Tigers hit 63 percent in the first half from the field (17-27) and 62.5 percent from the arc (5-8), but only managed to hit 8-of-24 overall in the second 20 minutes and 4-of-12 from the arc. LSU was outrebounded 32-20 for the game and while both team committed 17 turnovers, LSU had a 25-12 advantage in points off turnovers.
SFA opened up its biggest lead of the half at five with 16:50 to go in the first half, 10-5, but LSU was able to get back in the game and with the game tied at 27-27, LSU began to put distance in the score as Mays and Epps hit layups, Mays hit two free throws and then assisted on a bucket by Wayde Sims. An ensuing free throw made it 36-27 LSU with 5:59 to play in the half.
But SFA went on a 12-2 run to take a one-point, 39-38, led with 3:20 to go in the first half and would lead, 48-47, at intermission.
LSU would score the first seven points of the half to take the six point advantage, 54-58, with 17:38 to go, but by the 10:31 mark, the game would be tied for the ninth time at 63-63 and neither team was able to get more than a three-point lead the rest of the way.
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The Tigers fall for the third time this year and go to 6-3 while Stephen F. Austin is now 10-1 on the year. LSU hosts Sam Houston State on Tuesday night at 7 p.m.
LSU was unable to sustain a nine-point first half lead and a seven-point lead with 14:47 to play in the contest in a game that had 15 ties and 18 lead changes.
And although many things put the game where it was in the final 61 seconds, it was a finish that had people standing and living on every play that was made.
Tremont Waters hit two free throws to tie the game and give LSU a 79-78 lead. After an LSU timeout, Ty Charles missed a jumper for SFA but Shannon Bogues got the offensive rebounds and Ivan Canete hit a three with 31 seconds left to give the Lumberjacks an 81-79 advantage.
LSU came down and Waters kept the ball in his hands and drained his own three-pointer with 18.8 left to give LSU an 82-81 advantage. Waters almost made a steal at midcourt, but in the scramble Aaron Augustin found Canete under the basket for a layup with 5.9 left to five SFA an 83-82 advantage.
The Tigers quickly moved up the court and Waters went to Epps with a bullet pass under the goal that Epps grabbed and put on the board but it rolled away with 1.3 left, sending the Tigers home on the losing side.
Waters led LSU with 19 points, six assists and four steals, while Skylar Mays had 17 points, six assists and three steals. Aaron Epps made it back-to-back double doubles with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Canete hit four treys and led SFA with 20 points and had four assists. Kevon Harris had 11 points and Shannon Bogues 10.
The Tigers hit 63 percent in the first half from the field (17-27) and 62.5 percent from the arc (5-8), but only managed to hit 8-of-24 overall in the second 20 minutes and 4-of-12 from the arc. LSU was outrebounded 32-20 for the game and while both team committed 17 turnovers, LSU had a 25-12 advantage in points off turnovers.
SFA opened up its biggest lead of the half at five with 16:50 to go in the first half, 10-5, but LSU was able to get back in the game and with the game tied at 27-27, LSU began to put distance in the score as Mays and Epps hit layups, Mays hit two free throws and then assisted on a bucket by Wayde Sims. An ensuing free throw made it 36-27 LSU with 5:59 to play in the half.
But SFA went on a 12-2 run to take a one-point, 39-38, led with 3:20 to go in the first half and would lead, 48-47, at intermission.
LSU would score the first seven points of the half to take the six point advantage, 54-58, with 17:38 to go, but by the 10:31 mark, the game would be tied for the ninth time at 63-63 and neither team was able to get more than a three-point lead the rest of the way.
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