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LSU basketball did something offensively that it hasn’t done without Dedan Thomas, who is ruled out for the season with foot surgery. What Matt McMahon’s team did in its three-point loss at Texas.
Dailyn Swain scored 21 points and got 10 rebounds and Jordan Pope added 18 points that included a huge basket in the final seconds as Texas outlasted hapless LSU 88-85 on Tuesday in a Southeastern Conference clash in Austin,
The Vols (18-7, 8-4 SEC) faced a shorthanded yet scrappy LSU team (14-11, 2-10) on Feb. 14. The Tigers kept the score close throughout the game, but Tennessee pulled away in the waning minutes of the second half to give coach Rick Barnes his 250th win with the Vols.
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