WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. (AP) Jordan Sears scored 25 points, Jalen Reed had 21 points and 13 rebounds, and LSU defeated UCF 109-102 in triple overtime on Sunday to take third place at the Greenbrier Tip-Off.
LSU trailed by 18 points early in the second half, then failed to hold a lead at the end of regulation and each of the first two overtime periods.
The Tigers went up by five with a minute to go in the third overtime. UCF cut it to three, then Vyctorius Miller made a driving layup, Jordan Sears followed with a dunk and the Tigers were able to hold on when leading by seven.
Cam Carter scored 20 points, Miller had 16 and Dji Bailey 14 for LSU (5-1).
Darius Johnson had 25 points, eight assists and six rebounds for UCF (4-2). Keyshawn Hall had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Jordan Ivy-Curry scored 20.
South Florida led by 15 points at halftime and maintained a double-digit lead for all but a few possessions in the first 11 1/2 minutes of the second half. UCF led 62-48 with 8 1/2 minutes remaining but Sears hit three 3-pointers and LSU drew to within 64-59 with 6 minutes to go. The Tigers scored the last six points of regulation to force overtime.
In the first half, LSU led 15-13 about eight minutes into the game but the Tigers missed 15 of 16 shots while being outscored 25-3 over the next 10 minutes. South Florida led 40-25 at halftime after shooting 46% to 25% for LSU.
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J. Sears G | 25PTS | 9REB | 3AST | |
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D. Johnson G | 25PTS | 6REB | 8AST | |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| V. Miller | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C. Givens III | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Williams III | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Miller III | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Fountain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| A. Benhayoune | – | – | – | – |
| T. Ward | – | – | – | – |
| T. Green | – | – | – | – |
| T. Young | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 109 | 44 | 16 | 20 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| D. Johnson | 25 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| K. Hall | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Ivy-Curry | 20 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Thiam | 8 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| D. Coleman | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| R. Jocius | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| B. Williams | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| T. Hendricks | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Machowski | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| E. Hulsewe | – | – | – | – |
| P. Warakulnukroh | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 102 | 46 | 16 | 24 |