The LSU Men’s basketball team looked unimpressive Tuesday night as they lost their SEC opener to Tennessee 68-50. The Volunteers jumped out to a 14 point lead by halftime thanks to some hot shooting. The Tigers were never able to close the gap.

LSU was led by forwards Jordan Mickey and Johnny O’Bryant III with 14 and 11 points respectively. LSU returns to action on Saturday at 12:30 when they travel to South Carolina.

The 12th ranked LSU women will play their SEC home opener Thursday night against Texas A&M. The Lady Tigers are coming off a dominating win over Tulane and are already 1-0 in the SEC.

Thursday night’s contest will be the ladies annual “gold game.” Tip off is at 6pm, you’ll hear the game here on 1130 the Tiger with pregame starting at 5:30p.

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