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MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica – Sam Merrill's three-pointer with 57 seconds remaining proved to be the winning bucket that allowed No. 15 Utah State to escape the Montego Bay Convention Centre with an 80-78 victory over LSU at the Jersey Mike's Jamaica Classic Friday night.

The Tigers fell to 3-2 and will play again on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. CT against Rhode Island, a winner Friday over North Texas in the event. Utah State is now 6-0 on the year.

Utah State rallied from 19 points down in the second half to tie the game at 71-71 with 4:11 to play. The teams then traded three-pointers to put the game at 74-74.

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cajunguy60 months
They suck. It will be a long season,. If u can't beat vcu or Utah st in basketball, how are u going to beat half the teams in the sec unless you are saying the sec is easier competition. How does LSU keep giving up leads keep turning the ball over multiple times? How?
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ByUselves60 months
Seems like the Tigers had the same problem last year. Big lead, fall asleep, lose game.
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SuckFickNaban60 months
Yep
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BooBooMeister60 months
This will be a solid team before the end of the season. Some temporary growing pains with players in new roles is my guess.
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FlyinTiger9360 months
Missing a quality point guard. This will happen to us often, this year.
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Bignick50460 months
Skyler Mays losses another game with a turnover if you want someone to lose a game give the ball to Skyler Mays
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CrystalPreserves60 months
They were killing them like 29-13 in the first half. What the hell happened
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Yeti_Chaser60 months
Who gives a frick. Joe burrow 4 heismam
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OU81260 months
Roundball is a 3rd tier sport at LSU!
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bapple60 months
I remember the same thing last year when they couldn’t successfully close out a game. That problem went away as the season went on. Let’s hope that happens again. Geaux Tigers.
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SuckFickNaban60 months
Until we almost choked away a 10 point lead to Maryland in the second round of the tourney. And wait weren't we up by 7 with like 2 minutes to go against Florida in the SEC tourney?
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chadr0760 months
Well at least LSU beat the shite out of them on the football field.
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