Men’s Basketball Set for Wednesday’s Home Finale

BATON ROUGE – The LSU men’s basketball team looks for its 11th Southeastern Conference win Wednesday night as its closes out the home portion of its regular season schedule with a 6 p.m. contest at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center against the University of Tennessee.

LSU 21-8 and 10-6 in the league will face the Vols (14-14, 6-10) in the first of two games scheduled on the SEC Network with Mike Morgan and Sean Farnham on the call of the telecast. The radio broadcast will be available in the Geaux Zone at LSUsports.net and on the affiliates of the LSU Sports Radio Network with Jim Hawthorne, Ricky Blanton and host Kevin Ford.

The game will be available on these stations in the following areas: Baton Rouge (WDGL 98.1 FM); Alexandria (KSYL 970 AM); Bogalusa (WBOX 92.9 FM); Ferriday (KFNV 107.1 FM); Houma (KJIN 1490 AM); Jena (KJNA 102.7 FM); Lafayette/Opelousas (KLWB, 103.7 FM); Lake Charles (KXZZ 1580 AM); Leesville (KJAE 93.5 FM); Monroe (KMLB 540 AM); Morgan City (KFRA 1390 AM); Natchitoches (KWLV 1907.1 FM); New Orleans (WWL 870 AM; 105.3 FM); Ruston (KRUS 1490 AM); Shreveport (KWKH 1130 AM); Tallulah (KTJZ 97.5 FM); Tylertown, Mississippi (WFCG 107.3 FM); Ville Platte (KVPI 1050 AM).

Tickets are available at www.LSUtix.net, at the LSU Athletics Ticket Office all day Wednesday and beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the upper concourse ticket windows of the Maravich Center.

This is the final of five straight games in which LSU has played teams it met earlier in the season. LSU defeated Tennessee, 73-55, using a dominating first half to open up on the Vols and then withstanding a couple of runs by Tennessee in the first meeting in Knoxville. LSU shot 53.2 percent from the floor for the game including making nine treys, seven in the first half.

Jordan Mickey had 20 points and 11 boars while Keith Hornsby had 16 and Tim Quarterman 13 points. Armani Moore led the Vols with 16 points, while Josh Richardson added 15 and Derek Reese 11.

SEC Standings, Schedule, Tournament
Pos.	Team	SEC	Overall
1.	Kentucky	17-0	30-0
2.	Arkansas	12-4	23-6
t3.	Texas A&M	11-6	20-9
t3.	Ole Miss	11-6	20-10
5.	LSU	10-6	21-8
6.	Georgia	10-7	19-10
7.	Florida	8-9	15-15
8.	Vanderbilt	7-9	17-12
9.	Alabama	7-10	17-13
10	Tennessee	6-10	14-14
t11	South Carolina	5-11	14-14
t11.	Mississippi St.	5-11	12-17
13.	Auburn	4-13	12-18
14.	Missouri	3-14	9-21
All times Central Upcoming Schedule Tues., March 3 Ole Miss def. Alabama, 82-74 Kentucky def. Georgia, 72-64 Florida def. Texas A&M, 66-62 Missouri def. Auburn, 63-61 Wed., March 4 6 p.m. – Tennessee at LSU, SEC Network 8 p.m. – Mississippi St. at Vanderbilt, SEC Network Thurs., March 5 6 p.m. – Arkansas at South Carolina, ESPN2 Sat., March 7 1 p.m. – Alabama at Texas A&M, ESPN3 1 p.m. – Florida at Kentucky, CBS 1 p.m. – LSU at Arkansas, ESPN 3 p.m. – Georgia at Auburn, SEC Network 3 p.m. – South Carolina at Tennessee, ESPN3 5:30 p.m. – Missouri at Mississippi St., SEC Network 8 p.m. – Vanderbilt at Ole Miss, SEC Network SEC Tournament Schedule | Home Nashville, Tenn. Wed., March 11 G1: 6 p.m. – Seed #12 vs. Seed #13 G2: 8:30 p.m. – Seed #11 vs. Seed #14 Thurs., March 12 G3: Noon – Seed #8 vs. Seed #9 G4: 2:30 p.m. – Seed #5 vs. G1 Winner G5: 6 p.m. – Seed #10 vs. Seed #7 G6: 8:30 p.m. – Seed #6 vs. G2 Winner Fri., March 13 G7: Noon – #1 Kentucky vs. G3 Winner G8: 2:30 p.m. – Seed #4 vs. G4 Winner G9: 6 p.m. – Seed #2 vs. G5 Winner G10: 8:30 p.m. – Seed #3 vs. G6 Winner Sat., March 14 G11: Noon – G7 Winner vs. G8 Winner G12: 2:30 p.m. – G9 Winner vs. G10 Winner Sun., March 15 G13: Noon – G11 Winner vs. G12 Winner

Tennessee Coach Donnie Tyndall will make his first appearance as a head coach in the Maravich Center on Wednesday. His first job in Division I came as an assistant coach on John Brady‘s LSU staff from 1997-01.

LSU comes in after a 73-63 win over Ole Miss on Saturday at the Maravich Center and with three straight victories. Quarterman was named the SEC Player of the Week after getting LSU’s first triple-double since 1992 (18 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists). But it was also his defensive job on the Rebels that punched LSU through after trailing at halftime.

Jarell Martin had his third consecutive double double and it was the 12th straight game that Hornsby scored in double figures.

The Tigers need to give the game the attention they have given opponents of late, no matter the record of the opponents.

“It’s attention to detail, but a lot of times kids can get caught up in records and teams,” said Coach Johnny Jones. “They’ve watched them play. You know what Ole Miss was bringing the other night – a team that had a nice winning streak going prior to it being broken – and they knew how tough our game was at Ole Miss. We shot the ball extremely well at Tennessee and had a pretty good cushion there for most of the game. Knowing that going back the second time around, it is going to be tough. We just have to be mindful of the type of start we have to get off to against a team of that caliber. You have to be playing well because anytime someone gets confidence whether they are at home or on the road, it is difficult to play against them and try to take that confidence away.”

The Tigers close out the regular season on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Arkansas.

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