Third Star: Tari Eason
All season, LSU has gone where Tari Eason goes. The sixth man leads the team in scoring despite coming off the bench, and he did so again in this one, scoring 18 points (16 of which came in the second half).
He made some key free throws down the stretch that kept the Tigers in the game, but he also found himself in foul trouble. He committed four, and that limited him to just 20 minutes in this game.
An honorable mention goes to senior forward Darius Days, who may have played his final game in the purple and gold. He was the only other LSU player to score in double figures and finished with a 14-point, 12-rebound double-double.
Eason and Days fought to keep their team’s season going, but mistakes and poor offensive play ultimately proved to costly. Now, the Tigers will hope to put this result behind them as a new era is set to begin this offseason.
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