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Eason propels LSU to 85-46 victory over McNeese

AP
Nov 18, 2021

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Sophomore Tari Eason came off the bench to score 19 points and grab a career-high 14 rebounds and LSU breezed to an 85-46 victory over McNeese State in nonconference action Thursday night.

Eason sank 8 of 13 shots from the floor and blocked three shots, notching his third double-double of the season for the Tigers (4-0). Darius Days finished with 14 points and 10 boards for his first double-double after posting eight of them last season. Sophomore reserve Eric Gaines pitched in with 10 points, six assists and four rebounds.

Freshman reserve Christian Shumate led the Cowboys (1-3) with 12 points and a career-best 15 rebounds for his first double-double.

LSU made 33 of 74 shots from the floor (44.6%), but hit only 7 of 24 from beyond the arc (29.2%). McNeese made just 17 of 59 shots overall (28.8%), including 4 of 27 from distance (14.8%). The Tigers forced 27 turnovers and led by 42 points in the second half.

LSU has won 26 consecutive regular-season and postseason games against Louisiana schools dating back to a loss to Nicholls in November, 2010.

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1st Half
MCNS
Cowboys
16
LSU
Tigers
43

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Brendan Medley-Bacon vs. Brandon Egemo (Johnathan Massie gains possession)
19:43		Harwin Francois misses three point jump shot
19:41		Brendan Medley-Bacon offensive rebound
19:38		Brendan Medley-Bacon turnover (traveling)
19:11	+2	Efton Reid makes two point jump shot (Brandon Murray assists)	0-2
19:02		Kellon Taylor turnover (bad pass) (Brandon Murray steals)
18:46		Brendan Medley-Bacon blocks Darius Days's two point jump shot
18:44		Brendan Medley-Bacon defensive rebound
18:22		Johnathan Massie turnover (lost ball) (Brandon Murray steals)
18:15	+2	Brandon Murray makes two point layup	0-4
17:57		Brendan Medley-Bacon turnover (bad pass) (Mwani Wilkinson steals)
17:41		Darius Days misses two point jump shot
17:39		Darius Days offensive rebound
17:39		Brandon Murray misses three point jump shot
17:38		Kellon Taylor defensive rebound
17:36		Kellon Taylor misses two point layup
17:34		Cowboys offensive rebound
17:19		Jump ball. Brendan Medley-Bacon vs. Mwani Wilkinson (Tigers gains possession)
17:19		Kellon Taylor turnover (lost ball) (Mwani Wilkinson steals)
17:04		Xavier Pinson misses two point layup
17:02		Efton Reid offensive rebound
17:02		Efton Reid misses two point layup
17:00		Brendan Medley-Bacon defensive rebound
16:50		Jump ball. (Cowboys gains possession)
16:47		Myles Lewis offensive foul
16:47		Myles Lewis turnover
16:34		Efton Reid misses three point jump shot
16:32		Mwani Wilkinson offensive rebound
16:30		Mwani Wilkinson turnover (lost ball) (Harwin Francois steals)
16:19	+3	Harwin Francois makes three point jump shot (Myles Lewis assists)	3-4
16:05		Brandon Murray misses two point jump shot
16:03		Harwin Francois defensive rebound
15:55		Kellon Taylor turnover (lost ball) (Mwani Wilkinson steals)
15:39		Brandon Murray turnover (traveling)
15:39		TV timeout
15:24		Harwin Francois misses three point jump shot
15:22		Eric Gaines defensive rebound
15:11	+3	Xavier Pinson makes three point jump shot (Eric Gaines assists)	3-7
14:49		Brendan Medley-Bacon turnover (bad pass)
14:23		Xavier Pinson misses two point jump shot
14:21		Tari Eason offensive rebound
14:15	+2	Tari Eason makes two point jump shot	3-9
14:03	+2	Myles Lewis makes two point layup	5-9
13:38	+2	Alex Fudge makes two point alley-oop dunk (Xavier Pinson assists)	5-11
13:30		Cowboys 30 second timeout
13:17		Efton Reid blocks TJ Moss's two point layup
13:16		Cowboys offensive rebound
13:11		Christian Shumate turnover (bad pass) (Xavier Pinson steals)
12:59	+2	Xavier Pinson makes two point layup	5-13
12:51		TJ Moss turnover (lost ball) (Eric Gaines steals)
12:45		Alex Fudge misses two point jump shot
12:46		Efton Reid offensive rebound
12:45	+2	Efton Reid makes two point putback layup	5-15
12:34		Zach Scott misses two point jump shot
12:32		Brendan Medley-Bacon offensive rebound
12:31		Brandon Murray personal foul
12:15	+2	Christian Shumate makes two point layup	7-15
12:15		Efton Reid shooting foul (Christian Shumate draws the foul)
12:15		Christian Shumate misses regular free throw 1 of 1
12:15		Efton Reid defensive rebound
11:55		Efton Reid misses two point jump shot
11:53		Christian Shumate defensive rebound
11:44		Trae English misses three point jump shot
11:42		Tari Eason defensive rebound
11:35		Eric Gaines misses three point jump shot
11:33		Trae English defensive rebound
11:16		Alex Fudge shooting foul (Brendan Medley-Bacon draws the foul)
11:16		TV timeout
11:16	+1	Brendan Medley-Bacon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-15
11:16		Brendan Medley-Bacon misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:16		Darius Days defensive rebound
10:55		Darius Days misses three point jump shot
10:53		Christian Shumate defensive rebound
10:44		Efton Reid blocks TJ Moss's two point layup
10:43		Cowboys offensive rebound
10:34		Zach Scott misses three point jump shot
10:32		Efton Reid defensive rebound
10:23		Darius Days misses three point jump shot
10:21		Christian Shumate defensive rebound
10:12		Christian Shumate misses three point jump shot
10:10		Christian Shumate offensive rebound
10:10		Eric Gaines personal foul (Christian Shumate draws the foul)
10:00		Harwin Francois misses three point jump shot
9:58		Xavier Pinson defensive rebound
9:51		Darius Days turnover (lost ball) (Trae English steals)
9:46	+2	Trae English makes two point driving layup	10-15
9:46		Xavier Pinson shooting foul (Trae English draws the foul)
9:46		Trae English misses regular free throw 1 of 1
9:46		Darius Days defensive rebound
9:36		Xavier Pinson offensive foul (Trae English draws the foul)
9:36		Xavier Pinson turnover
9:12		Harwin Francois misses two point floating jump shot
9:10		Mwani Wilkinson defensive rebound
8:53	+2	Darius Days makes two point pullup jump shot	10-17
8:38		Myles Lewis misses three point jump shot
8:36		Kellon Taylor offensive rebound
8:36		Kellon Taylor turnover (out of bounds)
8:21	+3	Tari Eason makes three point jump shot (Eric Gaines assists)	10-20
8:02		Tari Eason blocks Johnathan Massie's two point layup
8:00		Cowboys offensive rebound
7:56		Tari Eason blocks Kellon Taylor's two point layup
7:54		Tari Eason defensive rebound
7:49	+2	Brandon Murray makes two point layup (Tari Eason assists)	10-22
7:47		Harwin Francois shooting foul (Brandon Murray draws the foul)
7:47		TV timeout
7:47	+1	Brandon Murray makes regular free throw 1 of 1	10-23
7:35		Trae English turnover (lost ball)
7:19		Myles Lewis personal foul (Tari Eason draws the foul)
7:14	+2	Eric Gaines makes two point reverse layup	10-25
6:57		TJ Moss misses three point jump shot
6:55		Eric Gaines defensive rebound
6:54		Eric Gaines turnover (out of bounds)
6:47		Zach Scott misses two point layup
6:45		Tari Eason defensive rebound
6:36		Alex Fudge misses three point jump shot
6:34		Tari Eason offensive rebound
6:30		Tari Eason misses three point jump shot
6:28		Christian Shumate defensive rebound
6:21		TJ Moss misses three point jump shot
6:19		Xavier Pinson defensive rebound
6:10	+3	Eric Gaines makes three point jump shot (Xavier Pinson assists)	10-28
5:42		Christian Shumate misses three point jump shot
5:40		Tigers defensive rebound
5:40		Cowboys turnover (shot clock violation)
5:27		Brandon Murray misses three point jump shot
5:21		Tari Eason offensive rebound
5:21		Zach Scott shooting foul (Tari Eason draws the foul)
5:21	+1	Tari Eason makes regular free throw 1 of 2	10-29
5:21	+1	Tari Eason makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-30
5:12		Zach Scott misses two point layup
5:10		Xavier Pinson defensive rebound
5:05		TJ Moss shooting foul (Alex Fudge draws the foul)
5:05	+1	Alex Fudge makes regular free throw 1 of 2	10-31
5:05	+1	Alex Fudge makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-32
4:40		Kellon Taylor misses two point layup
4:38		Christian Shumate offensive rebound
4:38		Alex Fudge blocks Christian Shumate's two point layup
4:37		Xavier Pinson defensive rebound
4:29		Xavier Pinson misses three point jump shot
4:27		Zach Scott defensive rebound
4:27		Efton Reid shooting foul (Kellon Taylor draws the foul)
4:27		Kellon Taylor misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:27		Kellon Taylor misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:27		Kellon Taylor misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:27		Tari Eason defensive rebound
4:07		Darius Days misses two point layup
4:05		Alex Fudge offensive rebound
4:00		Alex Fudge misses two point layup
3:58		Christian Shumate defensive rebound
3:52		Harwin Francois turnover (lost ball) (Tari Eason steals)
3:49	+2	Tari Eason makes two point driving dunk	10-34
3:48		TV timeout
3:48		TV timeout
3:37		Harwin Francois misses three point jump shot
3:35		Harwin Francois offensive rebound
3:29	+3	TJ Moss makes three point jump shot (Harwin Francois assists)	13-34
3:08		Brendan Medley-Bacon blocks Eric Gaines's two point driving layup
3:06		Cowboys defensive rebound
2:51		Tari Eason blocks TJ Moss's three point jump shot
2:49		Eric Gaines defensive rebound
2:34		Christian Shumate blocks Brandon Murray's two point layup
2:32		Christian Shumate defensive rebound
2:22	+3	Harwin Francois makes three point jump shot (Christian Shumate assists)	16-34
2:12		Tari Eason misses three point jump shot
2:10		Harwin Francois defensive rebound
1:53		Eric Gaines personal foul (Brendan Medley-Bacon draws the foul)
1:53		Brendan Medley-Bacon misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:53		Darius Days defensive rebound
1:38	+2	Tari Eason makes two point driving layup	16-36
1:16		TJ Moss misses three point jump shot
1:14		Darius Days defensive rebound
1:07	+2	Darius Days makes two point driving layup (Xavier Pinson assists)	16-38
0:56		Christian Shumate turnover (lost ball) (Brandon Murray steals)
0:50	+2	Brandon Murray makes two point alley-oop dunk (Xavier Pinson assists)	16-40
0:39		TJ Moss turnover (bad pass) (Xavier Pinson steals)
0:29	+3	Darius Days makes three point jump shot (Xavier Pinson assists)	16-43
0:07		Harwin Francois misses three point jump shot
0:05		Tari Eason defensive rebound
0:00		Tari Eason turnover (lost ball)

2nd Half
MCNS
Cowboys
30
LSU
Tigers
42

Time		Play	Score
19:43		Darius Days turnover (lost ball) (Kellon Taylor steals)
19:33		Mwani Wilkinson shooting foul (Myles Lewis draws the foul)
19:33	+1	Myles Lewis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-43
19:33		Myles Lewis misses regular free throw 2 of 2
19:33		Efton Reid defensive rebound
19:07		Efton Reid misses two point jump shot
19:05		Myles Lewis defensive rebound
18:45		Brendan Medley-Bacon turnover (lost ball) (Darius Days steals)
18:32	+2	Efton Reid makes two point layup (Xavier Pinson assists)	17-45
18:21		Johnathan Massie turnover (10-second violation)
18:13		Brandon Murray turnover (lost ball) (Harwin Francois steals)
17:55		Myles Lewis misses two point jump shot
17:53		Darius Days defensive rebound
17:45		Darius Days misses two point layup
17:43		Darius Days offensive rebound
17:41		Kellon Taylor shooting foul (Darius Days draws the foul)
17:41	+1	Darius Days makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-46
17:41		Darius Days misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:41		Darius Days offensive rebound
17:32		Mwani Wilkinson misses two point layup
17:30		Brandon Murray offensive rebound
17:23		Darius Days misses three point jump shot
17:21		Xavier Pinson offensive rebound
17:21		Xavier Pinson turnover (lost ball) (Kellon Taylor steals)
17:19		Darius Days personal foul (Kellon Taylor draws the foul)
17:02		Mwani Wilkinson shooting foul (Brendan Medley-Bacon draws the foul)
17:02		Brendan Medley-Bacon misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:02	+1	Brendan Medley-Bacon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	18-46
16:56		Johnathan Massie personal foul (Eric Gaines draws the foul)
16:45		Tari Eason misses three point jump shot
16:43		Brendan Medley-Bacon defensive rebound
16:33		Johnathan Massie turnover (bad pass) (Tari Eason steals)
16:23	+2	Tari Eason makes two point driving layup	18-48
16:03	+2	Kellon Taylor makes two point alley-oop layup (Johnathan Massie assists)	20-48
15:45	+2	Efton Reid makes two point jump shot (Xavier Pinson assists)	20-50
15:26	+2	Myles Lewis makes two point pullup jump shot	22-50
15:13		Xavier Pinson misses three point jump shot
15:11		Cowboys defensive rebound
15:11		TV timeout
14:57	+2	Brendan Medley-Bacon makes two point floating jump shot (Kellon Taylor assists)	24-50
14:41		Eric Gaines misses two point layup
14:39		Darius Days offensive rebound
14:34	+2	Darius Days makes two point putback layup	24-52
14:07		TJ Moss misses three point jump shot
14:05		Tari Eason defensive rebound
13:55	+2	Tari Eason makes two point driving layup	24-54
13:40		TJ Moss misses three point jump shot
13:38		Kellon Taylor offensive rebound
13:35		Kellon Taylor misses two point layup
13:33		Brandon Murray defensive rebound
13:32		Trae English shooting foul (Darius Days draws the foul)
13:32	+1	Darius Days makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-55
13:32	+1	Darius Days makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-56
13:20		TJ Moss misses three point jump shot
13:18		Brandon Murray defensive rebound
13:10		Darius Days turnover (Kellon Taylor steals)
13:00		TJ Moss misses two point layup
12:58		Christian Shumate offensive rebound
12:58	+2	Christian Shumate makes two point layup	26-56
12:59	+2	Darius Days makes two point layup	26-58
12:57		Kellon Taylor shooting foul (Darius Days draws the foul)
12:57		Darius Days misses regular free throw 1 of 1
12:57		Christian Shumate defensive rebound
12:45		Zach Scott misses three point jump shot
12:43		Tari Eason defensive rebound
12:34		Darius Days misses two point jump shot
12:32		Zach Scott defensive rebound
12:32		Mwani Wilkinson shooting foul (Kellon Taylor draws the foul)
12:27		Kellon Taylor misses regular free throw 1 of 1
12:27	+1	Kellon Taylor makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-58
12:11		Trae English shooting foul (Eric Gaines draws the foul)
12:11	+1	Eric Gaines makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-59
12:11	+1	Eric Gaines makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-60
12:03		Kellon Taylor turnover (bad pass) (Eric Gaines steals)
11:58		Christian Shumate personal foul (Eric Gaines draws the foul)
11:58		TV timeout
11:58	+1	Eric Gaines makes regular free throw 1 of 1	27-61
11:58		Efton Reid turnover (lane violation)
11:44	+3	Zach Scott makes three point jump shot (Myles Lewis assists)	30-61
11:30	+3	Mwani Wilkinson makes three point jump shot (Xavier Pinson assists)	30-64
11:14		Trae English turnover (bad pass) (Mwani Wilkinson steals)
11:02		Tari Eason turnover (lost ball) (Myles Lewis steals)
10:57		Mwani Wilkinson blocks Trae English's two point driving layup
10:55		Christian Shumate offensive rebound
10:49		Christian Shumate turnover (lost ball)
10:39		Tari Eason misses three point jump shot
10:37		Tari Eason offensive rebound
10:36		Tari Eason misses two point layup
10:34		Christian Shumate defensive rebound
10:25		Johnathan Massie turnover (bad pass) (Brandon Murray steals)
10:07		Mwani Wilkinson misses two point jump shot
10:05		Tari Eason offensive rebound
10:05	+2	Tari Eason makes two point putback layup	30-66
9:56		Christian Shumate misses three point jump shot
9:54		Tari Eason defensive rebound
9:40		Mwani Wilkinson misses three point jump shot
9:38		Zach Scott defensive rebound
9:24		Zach Scott misses three point jump shot
9:22		Tari Eason defensive rebound
9:12	+2	Tari Eason makes two point driving layup	30-68
8:39		Efton Reid shooting foul (Christian Shumate draws the foul)
8:39	+1	Christian Shumate makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-68
8:39	+1	Christian Shumate makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-68
8:24	+3	Parker Edwards makes three point jump shot (Eric Gaines assists)	32-71
8:09		Jerrell Colbert blocks Harwin Francois's three point jump shot
8:07		Darius Days defensive rebound
8:01		Parker Edwards misses three point jump shot
7:59		Brendan Medley-Bacon defensive rebound
7:59		Jerrell Colbert personal foul (Brendan Medley-Bacon draws the foul)
7:59		TV timeout
7:46		Trae English offensive foul (Parker Edwards draws the foul)
7:46		Trae English turnover
7:33		Trae English personal foul (Eric Gaines draws the foul)
7:33		Eric Gaines misses regular free throw 1 of 1
7:33		Christian Shumate defensive rebound
7:16		TJ Moss misses two point reverse layup
7:14		Christian Shumate offensive rebound
7:11		Christian Shumate turnover (lost ball) (Alex Fudge steals)
7:11		Christian Shumate personal foul (Alex Fudge draws the foul)
7:11		Alex Fudge misses regular free throw 1 of 1
7:11		Bradley Ezewiro offensive rebound
7:11		Brendan Medley-Bacon blocks Bradley Ezewiro's two point layup
7:09		TJ Moss defensive rebound
7:03	+2	TJ Moss makes two point layup	34-71
7:03		Xavier Pinson shooting foul (TJ Moss draws the foul)
7:03	+1	TJ Moss makes regular free throw 1 of 1	35-71
6:45		Xavier Pinson misses two point floating jump shot
6:43		Jerrell Colbert offensive rebound
6:39		Alex Fudge offensive foul (Brendan Medley-Bacon draws the foul)
6:39		Alex Fudge turnover
6:27		TJ Moss turnover (lost ball)
6:15		TJ Moss personal foul (Bradley Ezewiro draws the foul)
6:15	+1	Bradley Ezewiro makes regular free throw 1 of 2	35-72
6:15		Bradley Ezewiro misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:15		Alex Fudge offensive rebound
5:58		Alex Fudge misses two point jump shot
5:56		Johnathan Massie defensive rebound
5:47		Christian Shumate misses two point jump shot
5:45		TJ Moss offensive rebound
5:40		TJ Moss turnover (bad pass) (Alex Fudge steals)
5:37		Xavier Pinson turnover (bad pass) (Harwin Francois steals)
5:32	+2	Christian Shumate makes two point layup	37-72
5:32		TV timeout
5:32		TV timeout
5:20		Alex Fudge misses three point jump shot
5:18		Bradley Ezewiro offensive rebound
5:13	+2	Bradley Ezewiro makes two point putback layup	37-74
4:59		Johnathan Massie misses two point layup
4:57		Harwin Francois offensive rebound
4:51		Jump ball. Harwin Francois vs. Jerrell Colbert (Cowboys gains possession)
4:45		Johnathan Massie turnover (bad pass) (Jerrell Colbert steals)
4:31	+3	Parker Edwards makes three point jump shot (Eric Gaines assists)	37-77
4:06	+2	Myles Lewis makes two point layup	39-77
3:42	+2	Alex Fudge makes two point alley-oop dunk (Eric Gaines assists)	39-79
3:41		TV timeout
3:31		Christian Shumate misses two point jump shot
3:29		Christian Shumate offensive rebound
3:23	+2	Christian Shumate makes two point putback layup	41-79
3:08		Johnathan Massie blocks Eric Gaines's two point layup
3:06		Eric Gaines offensive rebound
2:59	+2	Eric Gaines makes two point putback layup	41-81
2:50		Christian Shumate misses three point jump shot
2:48		Jonathan Lucas offensive rebound
2:48		Parker Edwards personal foul (Jonathan Lucas draws the foul)
2:48		Jonathan Lucas misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:48		Alex Fudge defensive rebound
2:21	+2	Alex Fudge makes two point layup (Parker Edwards assists)	41-83
2:02	+2	Jonathan Lucas makes two point jump shot	43-83
1:38	+2	Bradley Ezewiro makes two point dunk (Eric Gaines assists)	43-85
1:21		Trae English misses three point jump shot
1:19		Alex Fudge defensive rebound
0:49		Parker Edwards misses two point pullup jump shot
0:47		Zach Scott defensive rebound
0:41	+2	Christian Shumate makes two point dunk (Zach Scott assists)	45-85
0:35		Jerrell Colbert offensive foul (Johnathan Massie draws the foul)
0:35		Jerrell Colbert turnover
0:18		Brandon Egemo shooting foul (Johnathan Massie draws the foul)
0:18		Johnathan Massie misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:18	+1	Johnathan Massie makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-85
0:18	+1	Johnathan Massie makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-85
0:00		End of period

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Johnathan Massie makes regular free throw 2 of 2