The Gamecocks fall to 0-13 in SEC play. LSU, the second-worst team in the SEC standings, was arguably USC’s best chance to get a conference win.

With momentum on its side and a seven-game losing streak in its rearview, LSU basketball played with confidence against South Carolina. The Tigers returned from Oklahoma to the comforts of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and went to work immediately against a struggling Gamecocks squad.

The LSU Tigers racked up its third SEC victory and second consecutive win by securing its largest margin of victory over an SEC opponent, an