AUBURN, Ala. — Chad Baker-Mazara had 19 points and six steals off the bench and No. 16 Auburn won its ninth straight by double digits, 93-78 over LSU on Saturday night.
Auburn (14-2, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) had a season-high 16 steals and scored 26 points off of 17 total turnovers from LSU (10-6, 2-1).
Johni Broome added 18 points and seven rebounds for the Tigers, who shot 40% on 3-pointers and 87.1% from the free-throw line.
LSU cut an early Auburn lead to two with 6:37 left in the first half, but Auburn closed with an 19-4 run to go into halftime with a 17-point lead. Auburn held LSU scoreless for more than five minutes of the run.
Auburn led by 28 in the second half before a 21-2 LSU run cut the hosts’ lead back to single-digits. Baker-Mazara then hit a 3-pointer with 4:13 remaining to reassert Auburn’s control.
Auburn has now won nine straight games for the first time since the 2021-22 season, when it won 19 in a row and climbed to No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the first time in school history.
LSU was led by Trae Hannibal and Jordan Wright with 18 points each. LSU shot 39% from 3-point range.
BIG PICTURE
LSU: High turnover rates have cost LSU in many of its losses this season, and Saturday was the latest example. The loss snapped the visiting Tigers’ four-game winning streak.
Auburn: Bruce Pearl passed Cliff Ellis for the second-most wins by an Auburn head coach. His 187 victories with the Tigers now only trails Joel Eaves, who had 213 from 1942 to 1963.
UP NEXT
LSU: Hosts Ole Miss on Wednesday.
Auburn: Visits Vanderbilt on Wednesday.
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