Oregon State
LSU
Beavers Fall To LSU In Sugar Bowl Classic
December 28, 2000 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 28, 2000
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Collis Temple III tied his career high with 22 points and Torris Bright added 15 off the bench as LSU beat Oregon State 78-68 on Thursday night in the Sugar Bowl Classic.
The Tigers began the game with their starting backcourt on the bench. Coach John Brady disciplined Bright and Lamont Roland for missing curfew the night before the game.
But the duo, who average a combined 25 points per game, didn't take very long to make an impact. They just needed to get in the game.
Roland stayed on the bench nearly six minutes, Bright sat out about 7 1/2 minutes. They combined for eight points and five assists before the half. Bright, coming off the bench for the first time in his career, scored all his points from 3-point range. The sophomore was 5-for-9 from beyond the arc.
Ronald Dupree had 20 points, 12 rebounds and four steals for LSU, while Roland finished with five points, four assists and four steals in a rare reserve role.
The Tigers (8-1) led by as many as 18 points early in the second half. But trailing 44-26, the Beavers (6-6) used an 18-2 run to pull within two points at 46-44. In the spurt, Deaundra Tanner scored nine points.
Tanner led the Beavers with 25 points on 8-for-15 shooting. But Oregon State, which has lost six of its last eight, couldn't get any closer.
LSU needed a late 13-6 run to put the game out of reach.
When the Tigers left the court at halftime, they thought they had a 14-point lead at 37-23. But with the teams in the locker room, the officials determined that they had inadvertently awarded LSU a one-and-one opportunity on the sixth team foul instead of the seventh.
Roland made both free throws, but the points were taken off the board. Brady, who twice argued face-to-face with referee John Clougherty in the first half, hardly objected.
LSU got the points back quickly - and emphatically - at the start of the second half. Temple got a dunk on the Tigers' first possession, putting the lead back to 14 points.
By MARK LONG
AP Sports Writer
