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Cook scores 28 to help LSU fend off Vanderbilt 77-69

AP
Jan 09, 2024

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Jalen Cook scored a season-high 28 points to help LSU fend off Vanderbilt 77-69 on Tuesday night.

Cook made 10 of 19 shots but just 1 of 7 from 3-point range for the Tigers (10-5, 2-0 Southeastern Conference), who have won four in a row. He made all seven of his free throws. Jordan Wright had 15 points, while Mike Williams III scored 10 with eight rebounds.

Ezra Manjon finished with 19 points on 8-for-13 shooting to lead the Commodores (5-10, 0-2). Tyrin Lawrence and Ven-Allen Lubin both scored 11 with Lawrence snagging six rebounds. Jason Rivera-Torres and Evan Taylor added 10 points each off the bench.

Manjon had a layup to pull Vanderbilt even at 28 with 2:12 left before halftime. Wright made two free throws 29 seconds later and LSU took a two-point lead into intermission after both teams went scoreless over the final 1:43.

Cook and Wright combined to score nine in an 11-4 run to open the second half and LSU pushed its advantage to nine. Cook and Williams had back-to-back three-point plays and the Tigers led 49-34 with 14:10 left to play.

LSU was still leading by 15 with seven minutes to go, but Rivera-Torres and Tasos Kamateros sank 3-pointers in a 10-2 run to get Vanderbilt within 67-61 with 3:33 remaining. The Tigers hit 6 of 8 free throws over the next 1:38 to get their lead back to 10. Cook had a three-point play and two free throws from there to preserve the victory.

LSU snapped a 13-game SEC losing streak on the road with a 68-53 victory over Texas A&M last time out.

Vanderbilt, which leads the all-time series with the Tigers 65-58, lost its SEC opener 78-75 to Alabama. The Commodores are 20-37 all-time in Baton Rouge.

UP NEXT

LSU: The Tigers travel to play Auburn on Saturday.

Vanderbilt: The Commodores travel to play Mississippi on Saturday.

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1st Half
VAN
Commodores
28
LSU
Tigers
30

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Tigers gains possession)
19:41		Mike Williams III misses two point jump shot
19:39		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
19:19		Ezra Manjon misses three point jump shot
19:17		Jordan Wright defensive rebound
18:59		Will Baker misses two point jump shot
18:57		Tasos Kamateros defensive rebound
18:35		Ezra Manjon turnover (lost ball)
18:22	+2	Derek Fountain makes two point layup (Will Baker assists)	0-2
17:53	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point layup	2-2
17:42		Jordan Williams personal foul (Jordan Wright draws the foul)
17:30	+2	Will Baker makes two point layup	2-4
17:15		Jordan Wright shooting foul (Tyrin Lawrence draws the foul)
17:15	+1	Tyrin Lawrence makes regular free throw 1 of 2	3-4
17:15	+1	Tyrin Lawrence makes regular free throw 2 of 2	4-4
16:55		Jalen Cook misses three point jump shot
16:53		Tasos Kamateros defensive rebound
16:47	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point layup (Tyrin Lawrence assists)	6-4
16:34		Will Baker misses two point jump shot
16:32		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
16:18		Ven-Allen Lubin misses two point jump shot
16:16		Derek Fountain defensive rebound
16:09		Jalen Cook misses two point jump shot
16:07		Mike Williams III offensive rebound
16:05		Mike Williams III misses two point layup
16:03		Mike Williams III offensive rebound
16:01		Mike Williams III misses two point layup
15:59		Ven-Allen Lubin defensive rebound
15:57		Ven-Allen Lubin turnover (lost ball) (Mike Williams III steals)
15:48	+2	Jordan Wright makes two point jump shot	6-6
15:19		Tyrin Lawrence misses three point jump shot
15:17		Mike Williams III defensive rebound
15:10		Jalen Cook turnover (lost ball) (Ezra Manjon steals)
15:10		TV timeout
14:51		Tasos Kamateros misses three point jump shot
14:49		Mike Williams III defensive rebound
14:33	+2	Will Baker makes two point jump shot (Jordan Wright assists)	6-8
14:07		Tyrin Lawrence misses two point jump shot
14:05		Mike Williams III defensive rebound
13:59	+2	Derek Fountain makes two point dunk (Mike Williams III assists)	6-10
13:29		Tyrin Lawrence misses three point jump shot
13:27		Derek Fountain defensive rebound
13:18		Will Baker misses three point jump shot
13:16		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
12:55		Jason Rivera-Torres turnover (lost ball) (Trae Hannibal steals)
12:51	+2	Trae Hannibal makes two point layup (Jordan Wright assists)	6-12
12:20	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point layup (Ezra Manjon assists)	8-12
12:14	+3	Mike Williams III makes three point jump shot (Trae Hannibal assists)	8-15
11:51	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point layup	10-15
11:33		Tasos Kamateros blocks Jordan Wright's two point layup
11:31		Jason Rivera-Torres defensive rebound
11:28		Jason Rivera-Torres turnover (bad pass) (Mike Williams III steals)
11:24	+2	Jordan Wright makes two point dunk (Trae Hannibal assists)	10-17
11:07		Tasos Kamateros misses three point jump shot
11:05		Mike Williams III defensive rebound
10:52		Derek Fountain misses two point layup
10:50		Tasos Kamateros defensive rebound
10:41	+2	Jason Rivera-Torres makes two point dunk	12-17
10:20	+2	Will Baker makes two point layup	12-19
9:53		TV timeout
9:47		Evan Taylor misses three point jump shot
9:45		Carter Lang offensive rebound
9:28		Paul Lewis turnover (lost ball)
9:17	+2	Jalen Cook makes two point jump shot	12-21
9:02		JaQualon Roberts misses three point jump shot
9:00		Jalen Cook defensive rebound
8:46		Tyrell Ward misses three point jump shot
8:44		Paul Lewis defensive rebound
8:36		Jalen Reed shooting foul (JaQualon Roberts draws the foul)
8:36		JaQualon Roberts misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:36		JaQualon Roberts misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:36		Trae Hannibal defensive rebound
8:27		Jalen Reed turnover (bad pass)
8:03	+3	Jason Rivera-Torres makes three point jump shot (Evan Taylor assists)	15-21
7:50		Jordan Wright misses two point layup
7:48		Evan Taylor defensive rebound
7:47	+3	Paul Lewis makes three point jump shot	18-21
7:25		Jordan Wright misses two point jump shot
7:23		Jason Rivera-Torres defensive rebound
7:23		Hunter Dean personal foul (Jason Rivera-Torres draws the foul)
7:23		TV timeout
7:06		Jason Rivera-Torres misses two point jump shot
7:04		JaQualon Roberts offensive rebound
7:02		Jason Rivera-Torres misses three point jump shot
7:00		Jalen Cook defensive rebound
6:51	+2	Jalen Cook makes two point layup	18-23
6:32	+2	Evan Taylor makes two point jump shot	20-23
6:22	+3	Jalen Cook makes three point jump shot	20-26
6:02		Evan Taylor misses three point jump shot
6:00		JaQualon Roberts offensive rebound
5:59		JaQualon Roberts turnover (lost ball) (Hunter Dean steals)
5:51		Jalen Cook misses three point jump shot
5:36		Jason Rivera-Torres defensive rebound
5:36		Jason Rivera-Torres turnover (Tyrell Ward steals)
5:36		JaQualon Roberts blocks Tyrell Ward's two point layup
5:34		Jason Rivera-Torres defensive rebound
5:30		Jason Rivera-Torres turnover (bad pass) (Jalen Reed steals)
5:26		Jalen Cook misses three point jump shot
5:24		Carter Lang defensive rebound
5:08		Evan Taylor misses two point jump shot
5:06		Jordan Wright defensive rebound
4:52		Jalen Reed misses two point layup
4:50		JaQualon Roberts defensive rebound
4:31	+2	Carter Lang makes two point jump shot (Paul Lewis assists)	22-26
4:17	+2	Jalen Cook makes two point jump shot	22-28
3:56		Jason Rivera-Torres misses two point jump shot
3:54		Hunter Dean defensive rebound
3:43		Jalen Cook misses two point jump shot
3:41		JaQualon Roberts defensive rebound
3:19		Jalen Reed personal foul (Jason Rivera-Torres draws the foul)
3:19		TV timeout
3:15		Mike Williams III shooting foul (Evan Taylor draws the foul)
3:15	+1	Evan Taylor makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-28
3:15	+1	Evan Taylor makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-28
2:57		Trae Hannibal turnover (bad pass) (Tyrin Lawrence steals)
2:54	+2	Tyrin Lawrence makes two point dunk	26-28
2:35		Mike Williams III misses three point jump shot
2:33		Evan Taylor defensive rebound
2:30		Mike Williams III personal foul (Ezra Manjon draws the foul)
2:12	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point layup	28-28
1:58		Tasos Kamateros personal foul (Derek Fountain draws the foul)
1:43		Tasos Kamateros shooting foul (Jordan Wright draws the foul)
1:43	+1	Jordan Wright makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-29
1:43	+1	Jordan Wright makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-30
1:26		Ezra Manjon turnover (lost ball) (Trae Hannibal steals)
1:16		Jalen Cook misses two point layup
1:14		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
0:48		Ezra Manjon misses two point jump shot
0:46		Jordan Wright defensive rebound
0:38		Jalen Cook misses three point jump shot
0:36		Ezra Manjon defensive rebound
0:27		Tasos Kamateros misses three point jump shot
0:25		Trae Hannibal defensive rebound
0:17		Tigers 30 second timeout
0:02		Ven-Allen Lubin blocks Trae Hannibal's two point jump shot
0:00		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
VAN
Commodores
41
LSU
Tigers
47

Time		Play	Score
19:41	+2	Jordan Wright makes two point layup	28-32
19:20	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point jump shot	30-32
19:06	+2	Mike Williams III makes two point jump shot	30-34
18:34		Tasos Kamateros misses three point jump shot
18:32		Derek Fountain defensive rebound
18:25	+2	Jalen Cook makes two point jump shot	30-36
17:55	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point layup (Jordan Williams assists)	32-36
17:38		Will Baker misses two point jump shot
17:36		Derek Fountain offensive rebound
17:32		Derek Fountain turnover (lost ball) (Ven-Allen Lubin steals)
17:09		Jordan Williams misses three point jump shot
17:07		Derek Fountain defensive rebound
17:03	+2	Jalen Cook makes two point layup	32-38
17:03		Ezra Manjon shooting foul (Jalen Cook draws the foul)
17:03	+1	Jalen Cook makes regular free throw 1 of 1	32-39
16:35		Tyrin Lawrence misses three point jump shot
16:33		Will Baker defensive rebound
16:22		Mike Williams III misses two point layup
16:22		Ven-Allen Lubin defensive rebound
16:22		Jerry Stackhouse technical foul
16:22		Commodores turnover
16:22	+1	Jordan Wright makes technical free throw 1 of 2	32-40
16:22	+1	Jordan Wright makes technical free throw 2 of 2	32-41
16:00		Will Baker blocks Ven-Allen Lubin's two point jump shot
15:58		Ven-Allen Lubin offensive rebound
15:55	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point layup	34-41
15:40		Will Baker misses three point jump shot
15:38		Jordan Williams defensive rebound
15:28		Jordan Williams turnover (lost ball)
15:28		TV timeout
15:09	+2	Jalen Reed makes two point layup	34-43
14:53		Tyrin Lawrence turnover (lost ball) (Jordan Wright steals)
14:41		Jalen Reed misses two point layup
14:39		Tigers offensive rebound
14:36	+2	Jalen Cook makes two point jump shot	34-45
14:36		Ezra Manjon shooting foul (Jalen Cook draws the foul)
14:36	+1	Jalen Cook makes regular free throw 1 of 1	34-46
14:22		Will Baker blocks Ezra Manjon's two point layup
14:20		Mike Williams III defensive rebound
14:10	+2	Mike Williams III makes two point layup	34-48
14:10		Ezra Manjon shooting foul (Mike Williams III draws the foul)
14:10	+1	Mike Williams III makes regular free throw 1 of 1	34-49
13:51	+3	Evan Taylor makes three point jump shot (Paul Lewis assists)	37-49
13:30		Jalen Reed turnover (lost ball) (Ezra Manjon steals)
13:24		Paul Lewis misses three point jump shot
13:22		Mike Williams III defensive rebound
13:18		Jalen Cook misses three point jump shot
13:16		Ezra Manjon defensive rebound
13:12		Mike Williams III shooting foul (Ezra Manjon draws the foul)
13:12	+1	Ezra Manjon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	38-49
13:12	+1	Ezra Manjon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-49
12:56		Jalen Reed misses three point jump shot
12:54		Hunter Dean offensive rebound
12:38		Carter Lang shooting foul (Jordan Wright draws the foul)
12:38	+1	Jordan Wright makes regular free throw 1 of 2	39-50
12:38	+1	Jordan Wright makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-51
12:21		Evan Taylor misses two point layup
12:19		Hunter Dean defensive rebound
12:10		Carter Lang blocks Trae Hannibal's two point layup
12:08		Evan Taylor defensive rebound
11:57		Evan Taylor misses three point jump shot
11:55		Trae Hannibal defensive rebound
11:45		Jordan Wright misses three point jump shot
11:43		Paul Lewis defensive rebound
11:24		Jason Rivera-Torres misses three point jump shot
11:22		Carter Lang offensive rebound
11:16		Jason Rivera-Torres misses two point layup
11:14		Carter Lang offensive rebound
10:56	+3	Evan Taylor makes three point jump shot (Ezra Manjon assists)	42-51
10:33	+2	Jordan Wright makes two point layup	42-53
10:00		Ezra Manjon misses two point layup
9:58		Jalen Reed defensive rebound
9:45		Jason Rivera-Torres blocks Jordan Wright's two point jump shot
9:43		Hunter Dean offensive rebound
9:43	+3	Tyrell Ward makes three point jump shot (Hunter Dean assists)	42-56
9:24		Evan Taylor turnover (lost ball) (Jalen Reed steals)
9:22		Evan Taylor shooting foul (Jalen Reed draws the foul)
9:22		TV timeout
9:22		Jalen Reed misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:22	+1	Jalen Reed makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-57
9:08	+2	Tyrin Lawrence makes two point layup	44-57
9:08		Hunter Dean shooting foul (Tyrin Lawrence draws the foul)
9:08		Tyrin Lawrence misses regular free throw 1 of 1
9:08		Derek Fountain defensive rebound
8:51		Jalen Cook turnover (bad pass) (Tyrin Lawrence steals)
8:47		Tyrin Lawrence misses two point layup
8:45		Jalen Cook defensive rebound
8:42		Tyrell Ward misses two point layup
8:40		Trae Hannibal offensive rebound
8:36		Tyrin Lawrence blocks Trae Hannibal's two point layup
8:34		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
8:17		Tyrin Lawrence turnover (bad pass) (Tyrell Ward steals)
8:17		Tyrin Lawrence personal foul (Tyrell Ward draws the foul)
8:17		Tyrell Ward misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:17		Jason Rivera-Torres defensive rebound
7:55		JaQualon Roberts turnover (lost ball) (Tyrell Ward steals)
7:49		Tasos Kamateros blocks Tyrell Ward's two point layup
7:47		JaQualon Roberts defensive rebound
7:37		Paul Lewis misses three point jump shot
7:35		Tyrell Ward defensive rebound
7:18	+2	Jalen Cook makes two point jump shot (Derek Fountain assists)	44-59
7:02		Tyrin Lawrence misses two point layup
7:00		JaQualon Roberts offensive rebound
6:57	+2	Jason Rivera-Torres makes two point jump shot (JaQualon Roberts assists)	46-59
6:46	+2	Trae Hannibal makes two point layup (Jalen Cook assists)	46-61
6:46		Tigers 30 second timeout
6:46		TV timeout
6:18	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point jump shot	48-61
6:00	+2	Jalen Cook makes two point jump shot (Trae Hannibal assists)	48-63
5:43	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point jump shot	50-63
5:43		Derek Fountain shooting foul (Ven-Allen Lubin draws the foul)
5:43		TV timeout
5:43	+1	Ven-Allen Lubin makes regular free throw 1 of 1	51-63
5:35	+2	Derek Fountain makes two point layup	51-65
5:11	+2	Tyrin Lawrence makes two point layup	53-65
5:00		Jordan Wright misses two point layup
4:58		Commodores defensive rebound
4:39	+3	Jason Rivera-Torres makes three point jump shot	56-65
4:33		Jalen Cook turnover (lost ball) (Jason Rivera-Torres steals)
4:28	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point layup	58-65
4:07		Jordan Wright misses three point jump shot
4:05		Ezra Manjon defensive rebound
3:59		Jason Rivera-Torres misses three point jump shot
3:57		Will Baker defensive rebound
3:48		Ezra Manjon shooting foul (Mike Williams III draws the foul)
3:48		TV timeout
3:48	+1	Mike Williams III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-66
3:48	+1	Mike Williams III makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-67
3:33	+3	Tasos Kamateros makes three point jump shot (Ven-Allen Lubin assists)	61-67
3:19		Tasos Kamateros shooting foul (Will Baker draws the foul)
3:19	+1	Will Baker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-68
3:19	+1	Will Baker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	61-69
3:08		Jalen Cook shooting foul (Ezra Manjon draws the foul)
3:08		Ezra Manjon misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:08	+1	Ezra Manjon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-69
2:47		Will Baker turnover (lost ball) (Jason Rivera-Torres steals)
2:47		Will Baker personal foul (Jason Rivera-Torres draws the foul)
2:33		Jason Rivera-Torres misses three point jump shot
2:31		Jalen Cook defensive rebound
2:28		Jason Rivera-Torres personal foul (Jalen Cook draws the foul)
2:28	+1	Jalen Cook makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-70
2:28	+1	Jalen Cook makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-71
2:05		Jordan Wright personal foul (Ezra Manjon draws the foul)
1:59		Tasos Kamateros misses three point jump shot
1:57		Jordan Wright defensive rebound
1:55		Tasos Kamateros personal foul (Jordan Wright draws the foul)
1:55		Jordan Wright misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:55	+1	Jordan Wright makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-72
1:39	+3	Tyrin Lawrence makes three point jump shot (Ezra Manjon assists)	65-72
1:22	+2	Jalen Cook makes two point layup	65-74
1:22		Ven-Allen Lubin shooting foul (Jalen Cook draws the foul)
1:22	+1	Jalen Cook makes regular free throw 1 of 1	65-75
1:05	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point layup	67-75
1:00		Tigers 30 second timeout
0:54		Tyrin Lawrence personal foul (Jalen Cook draws the foul)
0:54	+1	Jalen Cook makes regular free throw 1 of 2	67-76
0:54	+1	Jalen Cook makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-77
0:47		Ezra Manjon misses two point layup
0:45		Hunter Dean defensive rebound
0:15		Jalen Cook misses three point jump shot
0:13		Tasos Kamateros defensive rebound
0:03	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point layup	69-77
0:00		End of period

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Ezra Manjon makes two point layup