BATON ROUGE, La. — Senior guard Andre Stringer made six 3-pointers and scored 22 points Wednesday to lead LSU to an 80-45 men's basketball exhibition victory against Xavier University of Louisiana.
The Tigers, projected as an NCAA Tournament No. 9 seed by CBSSports.com, scored 16 unanswered points to erase the 6-4 lead of the Gold Rush, ranked 19th in NAIA Division I.
Stringer had 11 points and three 3-pointers in each half.
Jordan Mickey scored 12 points and blocked eight shots, Jarell Martin scored 11 and Malik Morgan scored 10 for LSU. Johnny O'Bryant had nine points — he was 3-of-3 from the floor and 3-of-3 from the line — and grabbed 11 rebounds.
Sydney Coleman scored Xavier's first six points and finished with 15 points and eight rebounds. Wesley Pluviose-Philip and Morris Wright scored nine apiece. Pluviose was 4-of-4 from the floor and grabbed eight rebounds.
LSU outshot Xavier 46.8 to 25 percent from the floor and had advantages of 13-1 in 3-pointers made, 24-2 in assists, 12-1 in blocked shots and 6-0 in dunks. The Tigers and Gold Rush had 16 turnovers apiece and 21 personal fouls apiece.
LSU led 42-11 at halftime and took its biggest lead, 66-25, on Martin's dunk with 9:51 remaining.
"LSU is just long," XU coach Dannton Jackson said. "Their length caused us a lot of problems, and their athleticism caused us a lot of problems. They got a chance to go out there and transition, and they did a great job on the boards."
It was the first-ever meeting between LSU and Xavier in men's basketball and the only exhibition this season for either team. Xavier won its regular-season opener Friday.
"This was a great game for us at our state's flagship school," Jackson said. "Great atmosphere, great fan base and we enjoyed every minute of it."
Xavier will play at 2 p.m. Saturday against Albany State at the Convocation Center. It'll be a doubleheader that day; the XU women will play their home opener at 4 p.m. against Spring Hill.
By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
XULAATHLETICS
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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