NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Trendon Watford scored 24 points and Darius Days added a double double, as the LSU men's basketball team defeated Ole Miss in the SEC Tournament quarterfinal late Friday, 76-73.
The victory was the 1,600th in LSU men's basketball history, but more importantly its first in the SEC Tournament since 2016.
LSU will face No. 2-seeded Arkansas in the SEC Tournament semifinal on Saturday at approximately 2:30 p.m. CT. The game will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network beginning at 2 p.m., with the telecast slated for ESPN.
Arkansas defeated seventh-seeded Missouri in the SEC quarterfinal on Friday, 70-64.