Last year, the 73.8 points per game the Tigers scored were just 4.2 more points than the Texans gave up (69.6).
LSU had a 14-4 record last season when scoring more than 69.6 points.
Tarleton State went 10-12 last season when allowing fewer than 73.8 points.
The Texans' 63.3 points per game last year were 10.3 fewer points than the 73.6 the Tigers gave up.
Tarleton State put together a 6-0 record last season in games it scored more than 73.6 points.
LSU had a 5-0 record last season when its opponents scored fewer than 63.3 points.
The Tigers outscored their opponents by just eight points last season (0.2 points per game on average), and opponents of the Texans outscored them by 202 more points on the year (6.3 per game).

Last season, the Tigers had a 44.5% shooting percentage from the field, which was 0.1% higher than the 44.4% of shots the Texans' opponents knocked down.
LSU went 12-5 when it shot higher than 44.4% from the field.
The Texans shot at a 43.2% clip from the field last season, 0.7 percentage points greater than the 42.5% shooting opponents of the Tigers averaged.
Last season, Tarleton State had a 9-5 record in games the team collectively shot above 42.5% from the field.

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The Tigers averaged 32.4 rebounds per game, outrebounding the Texans by 5.3 boards per contest last season.
LSU was 9-3 overall when they won the rebounding battle. Tarleton State was 1-17 when they failed to control the glass.
The Tigers were the 156th-ranked rebounding team in college basketball, and the Texans ranked 353rd.
The Tigers and the Texans were evenly matched on the offensive boards last season, with the teams averaging 8.7 and 7.9 offensive rebounds per game, respectively.
The Tigers were 5-4 straight up when they won the battle on the offensive boards. The Texans were 2-12 when they lost the offensive rebounding edge.
The Texans were the 353rd-ranked offensive rebounding team in college basketball. The Tigers finished 191st.
Rebounding was a weakness for both squads last season. LSU recorded a rebounding margin of -2.0 rebounds per game. Tarleton State averaged a margin of -1.5 rebounds.

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