Senior guard Marcus Thornton and junior forward Tasmin Mitchell continued a month-long trend Wednesday night, leading the LSU men’s basketball team to an 80-62 win against Georgia (9-13, 0-7).The pair combined for 57 of LSU’s 80 points. Thornton led all scorers, continuing a month-long shooting streak by hitting 11-of-18 shots from the field for 30 points. Mitchell added 27 points and nine rebounds.”I don’t know if superb is the performance you would say, but offensively two guys did carry us,” said LSU basketball coach Trent Johnson in a postgame radio interview. “The most important thing is that you find ways to win, and I thought we did … I just think that from the standpoint of us coming in here, on the road, and being able to methodically wear a team down and win a game at this level is good.”The win caps a high-scoring month for LSU (18-4, 6-1). The Tigers own a six-game conference winning streak since dropping the conference opener at Alabama. LSU is averaging 81.2 points per game since Jan. 14, an offensive outburst largely fueled by Mitchell and Thornton. Mitchell has averaged 19.2 points and eight rebounds since the loss to the Crimson Tide, while Thornton is averaging 23 points per game. The win against Georgia marks Thornton’s third 30-point outing in the past five games and his fourth 29-point game in the same span.”They’re a handful,” Johnson said. “And the thing I like about them both is that Marcus made three really good decisions in turning down some shots in transition that he usually would have shot a week or two weeks ago … Uncharacteristically, Taz at times took  a couple of bad shots, but their light is green, and they’ve earned my trust. When they get it going like that they can take a couple of bad ones.”Georgia fired head coach Dennis Felton after an 0-5 start to conference play, but interim head coach Pete Herrmann has not improved the Bulldogs’ fortunes. The loss to LSU puts Georgia on a nine-game losing streak, and the Bulldogs have yet to win a game in 2009.”I liked how they were in the locker room immediately after the game,” Johnson said. “It wasn’t a bunch celebration, it was like we expected to win. But also they know that they didn’t play well and certain guys need to get in the gym and work hard. We’re getting there, and we took another step in terms of improving every game.”—-Contact David Helman at [email protected]