LSU basketball outplays UNO in second game of season

UNO was confident after having one of the biggest upsets in the first week of the college basketball season by beating TCU.

LSU was prepared to face the confident mid-major and never trailed in its 93-58 win over the Privateers on Monday at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

Mike Nwoko led LSU (2-0) with 22 points and five rebounds, and Marquel Sutton had 15 points and 15 rebounds. UNO’s top scorer was Jakevion Buckley with 12 points.

The Privateers were coming off a season-opening 78-74 victory at TCU, where they led by as many as 21 points. The Tigers didn’t allow UNO (1-1) to string together a scoring run at the onset like it did in its first win.

LSU’s ferocity on the offensive glass was an early trend. Pablo Tamba collected two of the team’s four offensive rebounds on its second p