Overview
- Flau’Jae Johnson scored 16 as No. 5 LSU beat Washington State 112-35 to remain unbeaten and claim the Reef Division championship in St. Thomas.
- LSU’s NCAA-record run reached eight straight 100-point games, with all 11 Tigers scoring and seven in double figures; Amiya Joyner earned division MVP with a 12-point, 12-rebound double-double.
- The Tigers’ mark surpassed the previous record of six set by 1981–82 Louisiana Tech, a team led by Mulkey as starting point guard.
- Next up for LSU is an ACC/SEC Challenge road game at Duke on Thursday, offering a stronger barometer after a schedule heavy on overmatched opponents.
- No. 21 North Carolina finished 3-0 at the Cancun Challenge by topping Columbia 80-63 after earlier wins over South Dakota State and Kansas State, while N.C. State set the event’s scoring record in a 110-56 rout of Southern Miss.