Cam Carter scored 21 points and LSU overcame a 10-point second-half deficit to defeat Alabama State 74-61 in a nonconference game Sunday in Baton Rouge, La. Jordan Sears added 18 points, Dji Bailey scored 15 and the Tigers (2-0) used tighter defense to trigger the turnaround. They outscored ASU 48-20 in the second half.
TJ Madlock scored 21, Amarr Knox had 20 and CJ Hines added 13 to lead the Hornets (0-2), who were just 1-for-20 on 3-pointers. LSU's first five points of the second half came on free throws before Daimion Collins's dunk ended a field-goal drought of nearly nine minutes dating to the first half. Robert Miller III followed with a basket that gave the Tigers a 35-34 lead with 16:13 left in the second half.
Madlock scored seven points and had an assist to help the Hornets open a 48-38 lead with 12:38 left. Carter scored five points to help LSU take a 59-51 lead after a 12-0 run. Mario Andrews, who finished with 10 rebounds, had a put-back to end a scoring drought of more than three minutes and a field-goal drought of four minutes for ASU.
Carter made three free throws and Sears added a layup to push the lead to 11. Madlock made a layup to trim the lead to nine, but Carter answered with a field goal. Madlock made two free throws to trim the lead to nine again, but Sears converted a three-point play for a 12-point lead with two minutes remaining.
The game was tightly contested throughout the first half. The Tigers scored the first four points of the game to take as .
