After Alabama basketball upset Kentucky in Tuscaloosa, there was enthusiasm and hope for a second SEC win in Baton Rouge. The Crimson Tide lost by nine, 88-79 and closed the deficit to four points late, but the game was lost in the first half.
LSU started the game cold but the Crimson Tide could not take advantage. Shots outside the arc was a first-half problem. The Tide only took eight first-half threes but it made just two. LSU, however, was raining threes from everywhere, making eight of ten, including two treys that went in off the bank. But it wasn’t just luck for LSU, the Tide’s perimeter defense was lacking.