The tiger basketball team improved to 10-6, 1-4 SEC with their first SEC victory of the season by defeating Texas A&M 58-54.  The aggies fall to 12-6, 2-3 SEC with the loss.

Johnny O’Bryant had another great night with 14 points and 10 rebounds.  Shavon Coleman led the team with 17 points.  10 of which came in the second half.  Anthony Hickey had 10 points and 8 steals.

The tigers and the aggies were locked in a tie with the score at 50 to 50 with only 2:24 left on the clock.  The tigers then took the lead on a Shavon Coleman lay-up.  After LSU forced a Texas A&M turnover, Coleman made another lay-up on a feed from Anthony Hickey to go up for good with just 1:04 remaining.  The aggies got as close as 56-54 but Andre Stringer drained two free throws in the final seconds to close it out 58-54 tigers.