It’s comforting to know that even in these crazy, uncertain times that the 2020 calendar year has handed us we can still count on one thing: the LSU basketball team playing a lesser team far closer than necessary.
LSU opened the 2020-2021 season with a 94-81 victory over Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. The Tigers led the Cougars for the entirety of the game, and had a 26-4 advantage to start the game.
It wouldn’t stay that close, however. The Cougars got within two at various points throughout the second half thanks to hot shooting from three—13 makes on 27 attempts—and a Herculean 28-point effort from the bench.