LSU Tigers Drop Penultimate Game 88-74 To Auburn Tigers
· Yahoo Sports
After weeks of showing fight, it appears that the LSU Tigers Men's Basketball regular season will end with a whimper after losing 88-74 to the Auburn Tigers on Tuesday night.
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There is now just one game remaining left in the regular season and the Tigers were already coming off another near 20-point loss to the Oklahoma Sooners a few days ago.
LSU now falls to 15-15 on the year and just 3-14 in conference play. They will not be entering the SEC tournament with confidence or rhythm.
Matt McMahon's job security has been talked about all season. While it appears that it's still up in the air if he will return or not, these types of performances won't really help.
The only purple and gold Tiger in this game that had a standout performance was Mike Nwoko with 19 points. They mostly came from the charity stripe, where he was 11-of-13.
Even Nwoko had just five rebounds, which is a number that he would have liked to see higher. LSU did match Auburn as a team with 27 rebounds. It was Auburn that performed better on the offensive boards, though, picking up six more second-chance points.
That at the -7 in turnover differential that LSU had were the biggest differences in this game. Both teams shot around the same, rebounded the same, had the same amount of assists and even had about the same night at the free throw line.
McMahon's Tigers were just sloppier. Jalen Reece had five turnovers alone, the team combined for 16. This is the kind of thing that would have completely changed with DJ Thomas on the court, as he brought a bit more organization to things.
LSU's final game of the regular season will be at home against the Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday, March 7 at 5 pm CT.