Twenty-one points. LSU senior forward Tasmin Mitchell only needs 21 points to reach 2,000 career points as a Tiger. The point total is one only two LSU players have reached before him, but Mitchell said he is not concerned with reaching the landmark and is more worried about winning games.  “Y’all are putting pressure on me,” he said. “I just want to go down there and play basketball, and if I get it, it would be an honor, and if I don’t, it would still be an honor to be up there with the greats.”LSU has only one guaranteed game remaining — against No. 16 Tennessee in the Southeastern Conference tournament — and it will take a special performance from Mitchell to reach the milestone. The Denham Springs native averages 17 points and 9.5 rebounds this season, but has only scored more than 20 points in seven of LSU’s 30 contests this far. He’s only averaged 13.3 points in his last four outings, but he scored 20 points in his most recent game. “I don’t want to force anything upon myself to try to reach,” he said days prior to this weekend’s victory against Georgia. “I just want to finish with a victory.”Victories are important, but getting 2,000 points would put Mitchell in elite company. The LSU record holder for points is basketball legend Pete Maravich. Maravich scored 3,667 points in his career. The other LSU player to reach the 2,000 mark was former Rudy Macklin, who scored 2,080. Both of those men have their numbers hanging from the rafters of the PMAC in honor. Mitchell has been the bedrock of the LSU basketball program throughout his career, and some would say he’s already one of the best to ever play at LSU whether he reaches 2,000 points or not.”I’ve been doing this a long time, whether as an assistant coach or a player,” said LSU coach Trent Johnson. “Sometimes, you are fortunate enough to come across a basketball player like Tasmin Mitchell who is very passionate about his school, team and this game and respects his opponents.” The praise from Johnson is not undeserved. Mitchell is one of four players in LSU history with 1,900 career points and 900 rebounds. He has tallied 28 career double-doubles and is the only player in Tiger history in the top 10 in points, rebounds and assists. Junior forward Malcolm White had the opportunity to play against Mitchell — when White played at Ole Miss — and with him at LSU  and said he looks up to Mitchell both as a player and person.”As a player, I look up to his leadership,” he said. “I admire him for that. Off the court, he’s just a great person and has a great attitude. He’s always positive and never negative and he’s always in that leadership mode.”Mitchell has played in 135 games in his five seasons at LSU. In those games, he has seen 95 career victories, two Southeastern Conference titles and a Final Four in 2006. He started 134 of his 135 games. The game he didn’t start, LSU started five seniors to honor them on their 2009 Senior Day. Mitchell had his own senior day last weekend, which featured a pregame ceremony in which Mitchell and his fellow senior, guard Alex Farrer, were both honored.  “The ceremony was really emotional because I have been here for a while and it was my last game playing at the PMAC,” Mitchell said. “I just cherish this moment and having all of my family out there absorbing the moment with me. It was really emotional for me.”—-Contact Johanathan Brooks at [email protected]