Texas A&M at LSU preview: Tigers with a chance to get back on track
Things haven’t been great for LSU on the hardwood lately. Just a couple weeks ago, they were 15-1, fighting for a one seed.
Now, they’ve lost three in a row and are below .500 in conference play. Things have been better.
Their last win came on Jan. 12 at Florida. It’s LSU’s lone win since losing Xavier Pinson against Tennessee.
It doesn’t sound like Pinson will be back when LSU hits the court against Texas A&M on Wednesday night. To make matters worse, LSU could also be without Darius Days.
Without Pinson and Days, LSU is a completely different team. Those are two guys with a lot of experience. They’re also guys that can get hot shooting the 3-ball, something LSU doesn’t have a lot of this year.
Texas A&M’s defense is good. If LSU really struggles on offense again, they could lose this game.
The injuries to Pinson and Days have made what was supposed to be the easy part of the schedule a bit more challenging.
This will be the first opponent not in the top 40 LSU has faced in over a month. It’ll also be a welcome trip back home after the environments LSU had to play in last week.
Like LSU, Texas A&M is also 15-4. It’s just come against a much easier schedule.
A&M just has two wins against top 100 teams. A win over Notre Dame in December and a win over Arkansas earlier this month.
They’re coming off back-to-back losses to Kentucky and Arkansas. A&M held their own in both games, losing by just a combined nine points.
The Aggies don’t have an elite scorer, but they have three players averaging in the double-digits per night. Senior guard Quenton Jackson is their leading scorer with 12.6 points per contest.
Duke transfer Henry Coleman is one of the better big men in the conference and will present a challenge for LSU down low.
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Prediction
I think LSU gets the win here, but it might be closer than people think.
