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Final · Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, LA · attendance 7,732 · ESPN gamecast · Share this box score

LSU rolled past Texas Southern 92-51

By Hardwood Bricks staff · Fri, Nov 6, 2026

LSU rolled past Texas Southern 92-51 at Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

Saliou Niang led LSU with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Jason Kimbrough had 16 points and 4 3-pointers for Texas Southern.

LSU had 62 points in the paint to Texas Southern's 12. LSU covered the closing spread. Our model missed the final margin by 10.3 points.

Scoring · LSU: Saliou Niang 15, Abdi Bashir Jr. 15, Mo Dioubate 13, Michael Ruzic 12, Donovan Dent 10, Divine Ugochukwu 10, Brice Dessert 9, Skyy Clark 4, Gilad Levy 2, Jordan Bender 2. Texas Southern: Jason Kimbrough 16, Karris Bilal 9, Ben Vungo 6, Ahmed Nedal 6, Josh Akpovwa 4, Trey Lewis 4, Kehlin Farooq 3, Sayed Sayed 3.

What the model said

Projected that morning with only earlier games

TXSO 65, LSU 96model score

-30.7model spread (home)

160.6model total

10.3points off the final margin

UnderdogTXSO +36.55.8 Lost Under 161.50.9 Won

OverUnderFavoriteUnderdogThe colored fill is the gap between the model and the market: a full chip means 6 points or more. The number on each chip is that gap.

Leans are against the DraftKings closing line ESPN carries. Season record on the ratings page.

Line and result

	Spread (home)	Total	ML home	ML away	Source
Close	-36.5	161.5	-100000	5000	DraftKings via ESPN

Margin +41 (home) ATS LSU covered Total 143 → under

Travel and rest coming in

Team	Rest days	Miles in	Road streak	Time zone
TXSO	3	1,268	1	same
LSU	non-SWAC team, not tracked

Rest is full days off between games. Miles are an estimate from the travel model (see the travel page).

Team stats

Stat	TXSO	LSU
FG	14-59	36-63
FG%	24	57
3PT	7-24	5-22
3P%	29	23
FT	16-23	15-25
FT%	70	60
Rebounds	29	50
Offensive rebounds	10	12
Defensive rebounds	19	38
Assists	7	23
Steals	12	10
Blocks	2	8
Turnovers	14	14
Points off turnovers	9	18
Fast break points	9	23
Points in paint	12	62
Fouls	18	18
Largest lead	4	41
Possessions (est.)	73.9	76.9
Points per 100 possessions	69.0	119.7

Possessions = FGA − OREB + TO + 0.475 × FTA.

Texas Southern Tigers

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
Karris Bilal G	35	9	2-16	0-4	5-6	0	1	2	3	4	0	0
Jason Kimbrough G	31	16	5-10	4-7	2-2	1	3	1	2	0	0	3
Ben Vungo G	30	6	2-8	1-1	1-2	5	9	0	3	2	2	3
Kehlin Farooq G	30	3	0-7	0-4	3-4	0	7	3	0	1	0	4
Josh Akpovwa F	24	4	1-4	0-0	2-5	1	2	0	2	1	0	2
Ahmed Nedal	22	6	2-5	1-4	1-1	0	0	0	0	3	0	4
Sayed Sayed	14	3	1-5	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2
Trey Lewis	12	4	1-4	0-1	2-3	0	2	0	2	1	0	0
Jaylan Walton	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Andrews	DNP
Xander Wedlow	DNP
Josh Farmer	DNP
Jordan Gorecki	DNP
Jordan Hamilton	DNP
Cameron Patterson	DNP

LSU Tigers

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
Skyy Clark G	35	4	1-8	0-7	2-2	0	3	5	1	0	0	0
Donovan Dent G	32	10	4-11	0-3	2-5	0	0	10	0	3	4	1
Saliou Niang F	27	15	4-6	0-0	7-8	4	11	2	3	3	0	4
Mo Dioubate F	23	13	6-8	1-2	0-4	5	7	0	0	2	1	2
Brice Dessert C	12	9	4-6	0-0	1-3	0	2	0	2	0	0	3
Abdi Bashir Jr.	23	15	4-10	4-9	3-3	2	5	4	3	0	0	2
Michael Ruzic	22	12	6-7	0-1	0-0	1	11	1	1	0	2	3
Divine Ugochukwu	21	10	5-5	0-0	0-0	0	5	1	4	2	1	3
Gilad Levy	3	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Bender	2	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strake Pearson	DNP
Bradley Fife	DNP
Luke Stansbury	DNP
Austin Nunez	DNP