The SEC championship is within the Tigers grasp.
LSU, road warriors of the conference, try to go a perfect 9-0 in SEC games away from the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. In their way is a Florida team that resuscitated its NCAA tournament hopes by beating these very same Tigers two weeks ago in Baton Rouge.
LSU found out the hard way that Florida’s defense is as good as advertised. The Tigers shot 42 percent from the floor and 31 percent from three. LSU was uncharacteristically poor from the free throw line in the first meeting, making only 64 percent of their freebies.