BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Johni Broome scored 20 of his 26 points in the second half and had 16 rebounds to help top-ranked Auburn beat LSU 87-74 on Wednesday night for its 12th straight victory.
Auburn (19-1, 7-0 Southeastern Conference) matched the best 20-game start in school history. Kelly Miles added 13 points, Chad-Baker Mazara had 11 and Tahaad Petiford 10.
Cam Carter led LSU (12-8, 1-6) with 24 points. Dji Bailey had 13, and Jordan Sears finished with 11.
Auburn: Auburn dominated ith its overwhelming physicality, athleticism and depth. It repeatedly used double-team traps to bully LSU’s guards into turnovers and had 18 possessions with multiple shot attempts.
LSU: LSU’s only hope at an upset was reducing its plethora of early turnovers, but 15 first-half turnovers led to 15 Auburn points.
Pettiford’s second-chance 3-pointer ignited an 11-4 run in the second half.
Auburn attempted a season-high 80 field goals.
On Saturday, LSU hosts Texas, and Auburn is at No. 23 Mississippi.
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STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
J. Broome | 26 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
M. Kelly | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
C. Baker-Mazara | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
D. Jones | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
D. Cardwell | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
T. Pettiford | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
J. Hudson | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
C. Johnson | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
J. Pegues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Moore | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
C. Williams | – | – | – | – |
P. Patterson | – | – | – | – |
A. Scott | – | – | – | – |
R. Trapp | – | – | – | – |
B. Muschalek | – | – | – | – |
J. Shay | – | – | – | – |
J. Howard | – | – | – | – |
D. Cardwell | – | – | – | – |
Total | 87 | 46 | 16 | 23 |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
C. Carter | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
D. Bailey | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
C. Givens III | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
C. Chest | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
D. Collins | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
J. Sears | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
D. Fountain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
R. Miller III | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
T. Green | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
M. Williams III | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
V. Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Benhayoune | – | – | – | – |
T. Ward | – | – | – | – |
N. Boyde | – | – | – | – |
T. Young | – | – | – | – |
Total | 74 | 32 | 10 | 19 |