LSU Wins In OT, UK Wins In A Rout

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There were two games on the SEC slate last night and in case you missed ‘em…


LSU 65, Auburn 58 in OT

In a see-saw battle between two of the SEC’s three sets of Tigers (already counting Missouri on that one), LSU outscored Auburn 9 to 2 in overtime to notch a 65-58 win in Baton Rouge.  The win pushes LSU back to 2-2 in the SEC and drops AU to 1-3.

Trent Johnson’s team finished the game on a 27-12 run including an 18-10 spurt that tied the game in regulation.

Frankie Sullivan led Auburn with 19 points.  LSU was led in scoring by freshman Anthony Hickey’s 18-point effort.  All 18 of his points came off the bench.


Kentucky 86, Arkansas 63

Arkansas’ Mike Anderson said before yesterday’s game that his team was going to run.  They ran into a buzzsaw.  The buzzsaw’s name was Anthony Davis.

The freakish UK freshman scored a career-high 27 points but he also blocked seven shots on the night.  With 12 more SEC games to play, Davis snapped Kentucky’s single-season blocked shots record with his 84th of the year. 

As for the game itself, well, it never was much of a contest.  Anderson learned that you don’t take a team into Rupp Arena and challenge the uber-athletic Wildcats to a race.  Arkansas fell behind 8-0 to start the game and trailed by 16 at the half.  For the night, the Hogs shot just 40.4% from the floor while the Cats blistered the nets with 57.1% shooting.