18-1.
That’s how LSU (12-1, 0-1) started off SEC play in maybe the toughest arena in the conference against what looks like the best team in the league. From that moment on LSU would outscore Auburn 54-52 but starting off in a 17-point hole is too big of a deficit to overcome and the Tigers were handed its first loss of the 2021-22 season.
The Tigers could not have picked a worse time to have its worst shooting night in quite some time. LSU shot 20% from the floor in the first half, which per ESPN Stats & Info was the worst performance by an LSU team in any half since the 2013-2014 season.