National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Louisiana State 66, UC Irvine 60
When: 10:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Where: Bren Events Center, Irvine, California
Officials: # James Giron, # Mike Greenstein, # Michael Reed
Attendance: 1536

Louisiana State 66, UC Irvine 60: Andre Stringer scored a season-high 19 points and Shavon Coleman had 13 as the visiting Tigers won their first road game of the season.

Anthony Hickey was the only other player in double figures for LSU (7-1), finishing with 10 points off the bench.

Adam Folker scored 13 points for Irvine (5-7) and Michael Wilder, Chris McNealy and Alex Young had nine apiece.

Hickey scored seven points in a 10-0 run that gave LSU a 27-17 lead with 6:59 remaining in the first half.

The Anteaters scored the first five points of the second half to trim the deficit to three and another surge by Irvine in the closing minutes cut the deficit to three again, but the Tigers held off the Anteaters at the free-throw line.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Hickey came into the game leading the nation in steals (4.4). He finished with two. ….The Anteaters entered the week ranked ninth in the nation in field-goal defense (35.1). The Tigers shot 26-for-70 (37.1). … LSU freshman G Corban Collins started for the second time this season and finished with six points.
Top Game Performances
 
Louisiana State   UC Irvine
Andre Stringer 19 Scoring Adam Folker 13
Charles Carmouche 3 Assists Derick Flowers 4
Johnny O'Bryant III 13 Rebounds Michael Wilder 11
Charles Carmouche 2 Free Throws Made Adam Folker 3
Shavon Coleman 4 Steals Chris McNealy 2
Andrew Del Piero 2 Blocks Conor Clifford 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Louisiana State 66 37.1 8-28 6-12 14 39 3 6 11
UC Irvine 60 37.3 5-15 5-9 17 44 4 5 17