LSU men's basketball will play Central Florida in an exhibition at noon on Oct. 26 at Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida, according to a Thursday release from UCF.

This will be the first time a coach Matt McMahon -led LSU team will play a power conference opponent in an exhibition game. The fourth-year head coach had his team play Loyola-New Orleans in an exhibition contest last season, winning 110-48.

LSU played UCF last season in the sixth contest of the regular season. The Tigers won 109-102 in triple overtime in the third-place game of the Greenbrier Tipoff Classic held at the Colonial Hall at The Greenbrier in West Virginia. Jalen Reed, who returned to Baton Rouge for his redshirt junior season, had 21 points on 7-of-12 shooting, 13 rebounds, four assists, two blocks

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