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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Louisiana State 74, West Virginia 73
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 4, 2014
Where: WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, West Virginia
Officials: # Roger Ayers, # Joe DeRosa, # Kipp Kissinger
Attendance: 10802

LSU 74, No. 17 West Virginia 73: Tim Quarterman scored a career-high 21 points off the bench and Josh Gray scored the winning layup with 7.4 seconds left as the visiting Tigers rallied from a 14-point deficit to stun the Mountaineers in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.

Jarell Martin collected 18 points and 14 rebounds and Keith Hornsby added 15 points for LSU (6-2), which was 8-of-15 from 3-point range. Gray struggled to seven points on 3-of-7 shooting but dished out seven assists and drove up the right side of the lane for the winning bucket.

Juwan Staten scored 17 points on 6-of-19 shooting to lead West Virginia (7-1). Daxter Miles Jr. added 13 points and Tarik Phillip scored 12 off the bench as the Mountaineers shot 34.3 percent overall and were 5-of-17 from long range.

The Tigers led by as many as six points in the first half, but the Mountaineers held LSU to one field goal over the final 6:27 of the half to take a 43-38 lead into the break. West Virginia blitzed the Tigers with a quick 9-0 run over the first 1:53 of the second half to push the margin to 52-38.

The Mountaineers went cold from there as LSU steadily cut into the margin and pulled even at 56 on Hornsby's 3-pointer with 9:06 left, setting up a back-and-forth finish. West Virginia led 71-67 with 1:32 remaining before Martin's tip-in of Hornsby's miss and Hornsby's 3-pointer put the Tigers on top, and the Mountaineers regained the lead on Miles' tip-in of a missed free throw only to see Gray drive for the game-winner.

GAME NOTEBOOK: LSU F Jordan Mickey, who entered the game averaging a team-high 17.5 points, spent most of the first half on the bench in foul trouble and finished with four points on 2-of-4 shooting. … LSU committed 24 turnovers - 19 on West Virginia steals. … West Virginia lost for only the fourth time in its last 59 non-conference home games.

Top Game Performances
 
Louisiana State   West Virginia
Tim Quarterman 21 Scoring Juwan Staten 17
Josh Gray 7 Assists Juwan Staten 4
Jarell Martin 14 Rebounds Jonathan Holton 11
Jarell Martin 8 Free Throws Made Tarik Phillip 8
Josh Gray 3 Steals Jonathan Holton 4
Tim Quarterman 2 Blocks Elijah Macon 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Louisiana State 74 46.4 8-15 14-18 15 40 6 9 24
West Virginia 73 34.3 5-17 22-32 11 32 6 19 12