So close. Again.
The LSU men’s basketball team had a second consecutive good effortfoiled as Mississippi State (19-8, 7-5) outgunned the Tigers (9-17,0-12), 60-59, Saturday in the PMAC.
“Well, I thought Mississippi State made some tough threes and theplays they needed to make,” said LSU coach Trent Johnson. “I thoughtwe did a very, very good job of executing.”
The execution came up a bit short. Senior forward Tasmin Mitchell ledLSU with 25 points and 9 rebounds, sophomore forward Storm Warren had14 points and freshman forward Dennis Harris contributed 10 points inthe losing effort.
The finish couldn’t have been more dramatic. Down 57-56, Mitchellfired in what looked to be the game winning 3-pointer with just 16ticks left on the clock.
Enter Bulldog junior guard Phil Turner. After Mitchell’s three, theBulldogs raced downcourt, neglecting to call a timeout. They didn’tneed one.
Turner received a kick-out pass from sophomore guard Dee Bost andproceeded to cooly drain a contested shot from beyond the arc to putMississippi State up by the final tally.
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