Overview
- Marquel Sutton scored 26 points and Max Mackinnon added 20 as LSU led wire-to-wire after opening with a 10-0 run.
- LSU collected 16 offensive rebounds, produced 21 second-chance points, and went 10-for-26 from three-point range.
- Missouri trimmed a 14-point deficit to four in the final minute behind Jayden Stone’s 20 points, with 16 after halftime, and Mark Mitchell’s 13, with 11 in the second half.
- Pablo Tamba hit two free throws after an offensive board and Sutton added two more following a late steal to close out the game.
- LSU improved to 13-5 overall and 1-4 in the SEC, Missouri fell to 13-5 and 3-2, with LSU visiting Florida on Tuesday and Missouri hosting Georgia.