LSU senior guard Garrett Temple landed awkwardly on his wrist during Saturday’s 79-69 win against Arkansas, but he said Sunday afternoon he “definitely” wouldn’t miss the Tigers’ mid-week trip to Georgia.”I came down on my back and landed on it when I was going for a ball,” Temple said. As former players and coaches honored 100 years of LSU men’s basketball history Saturday, Temple and his teammates’ roster almost forgot about the present.LSU (17-4, 5-1) ended the first half with a commanding 20-point lead against Arkansas (13-6, 1-5). But following a halftime celebration that featured former LSU legends like Bob Pettit and Rudy Macklin, the Tigers let that advantage slip as low as five in a sloppy win.”With all the festivities going on this weekend, I thought we did a really good job of finding a way to win the basketball game,” said LSU coach Trent Johnson. “I thought the guys got a little tight … with all the former players and coaches that were here. It weighed on them heavily.”An outstanding team performance from the 3-point line proved to be the difference for LSU. The Tigers shot 50 percent from 3-point range, and sophomore point guard Bo Spencer tied his career high with 21 points behind a 5-of-6 performance from the 3-point line.”They went into a zone and I had wide open shots, and I had confidence,” Spencer said. “Coach gave me the confidence, and I always work on my jumper. I knew I could knock down the jumper, and it just so happened that they kept leaving me open and I kept   knocking it down.”LSU’s shooting proficiency ended a dramatic Arkansas rally to seal the game despite eight Tiger turnovers in the second half. The Razorbacks cut the lead to seven points, but junior forward Tasmin Mitchell brought the 12,698 fans in attendance to their feet with a timely 3-pointer with just 2:37 remaining.”[Senior center] Chris [Johnson] tapped it back to me,” Mitchell said. “I saw it was wide open, so I took the shot and it went in.”Chris Johnson used the occasion to up his standing in LSU history with his second-consecutive double-double, the eighth of his season. Johnson finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds. His seven blocks on the afternoon moved him to No. 2 all-time in LSU history with 135.”I didn’t even know that, but it’s an honor to be up there with Shaq,” Johnson said. “I had more confidence today for some reason. The Xavier game, I keep dwelling on that and how they were scoring at will. I’m taking it personally and just trying to limit guys from what they want to do.”The win capped off an eventful birthday for LSU basketball, as prominent players flocked to the PMAC for an alumni game, outdoor festivities and a postgame party at Walk-On’s.But the Tigers may have received the best birthday gift of all from Ole Miss (12-9, 3-4). The Rebels defeated Mississippi State, 67-63, earlier in the day, putting LSU alone atop the Southeastern Conference Western Division. The Tigers hold a tiebreaker over Mississippi State (14-7, 4-2) because of a head-to-head victory, meaning they have a two-game lead in the division heading into Wednesday’s game against last place Georgia (9-12, 0-6).”It’s a great opportunity, but it’s not over,” Mitchell said. “This is the SEC — anybody can get beat any given night … It’s a privilege to be up right now.”—Contact David Helman at [email protected]