LSU cruises to easy win over Houston Baptist 75-58

By: Associated Press

Posted: Fri 10:06 PM, Dec 28, 2012

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Shavon Coleman had 11 points and 13 rebounds, and LSU used balanced scoring to cruise past Houston Baptist 75-58 on Friday.

Andre Stringer and Jalen Courtney scored 11 points apiece, and Andrew Del Piero, Charles Carmouche, Malik Morgan and Eddie Ludwig chipped in nine points each for the Tigers (8-2).

LSU played without sophomore guard Anthony Hickey, who was suspended by coach Johnny Jones because of a disciplinary situation.

Tyler Russell led Houston Baptist (4-8) with 15 points, and Caleb Crayton had 11.

Houston Baptist hung in, trailing only 12-9 on Spenser Gales' free throw with 11:05 left in the first half, but LSU ran off 13 in a row with Morgan, Corbin Collins and Stringer making 3-pointers for a 25-9 advantage at 8:14.

The Huskies closed to 35-26 at the half, but with Coleman scoring five points, LSU led 45-29 just over 3 minutes into the second.

Aggie Damitria Buchanan Added To Whitaker's Staff

We ask that the following Community Standards be followed:

Comments must not be profane or vulgar.

Comments must not use hate speech, racial slurs, or violent descriptions.

We encourage varying views to be shared. We do ask commenters to not personally attack other readers, groups, people featured in our stories, or other posters for disagreeing with their views.

Comments must not contain negative, comparative debates between community standards of cities or towns.

Comments must contribute to the discussion, flaming and/or trolling will not be tolerated.

Comments must be truthful and not intentionally falsified. Providing a source link is encouraged.

If you find that a comment violates the above rules, please use the flagging option located to the right of the comment to notify the moderators.
For a complete list of guidelines, please follow this link:
http://www.kbtx.com/home/misc/Online-Commenting-Policy-181579421.html