GAME NOTES. Arkansas. SKYLAR MAYS G So Baton Rouge, Louisiana. TREMONT WATERS G Fr New Haven, Connecticut

@LSUBasketball 2017-18 MEN S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES NATIONAL TITLES 1935 SEC CHAMPIONS 1935 1953 1954 1979 1981 1985 1991 2000 2006 2009 NCAA FINAL FOUR 1953 1981 1986 2006 GAME 15 at Arkansas JANUARY 10, 2018 8 p.m. CT Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas SEC Network LSU Sports Radio Network (BR Flagship 98.1) 2017-18 LSU SCHEDULE LSU (10-4, 1-1) H - 7-2 (0-1); A - 2-0; N - 1-2; OT - 0-0 November Fri, 10 ALCORN STATE (SECN+) W, 99-59 Thurs. 16 SAMFORD (SECN+) W, 105-86 Maui Jim Maui Invitational - Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii Mon. 20 vs. Michigan (ESPNU) W, 77-75 Tues. 21 vs. Notre Dame (ESPN) L, 53-92 Wed. 22 vs. Marquette (ESPN2) L, 84-94 Wed. 29 UT MARTIN (SECN+) W, 84-60 December Sun. 10 UNCW (SECN+) W, 97-84 Wed. 13 HOUSTON (SECN) W, 80-77 Sat. 16 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (SECN) L, 82-83 Tues. 19 SAM HOUSTON STATE (SECN+) W, 80-58 Fri. 22 NORTH FLORIDA (SECN+) W, 104-52 Thur. 28 at Memphis (CBSSN) W, 71-61 January Wed. 3 *KENTUCKY (SECN) L, 71-74 Sat. 6 *at Texas A&M (SECN) W, 69-68 Wed. 10 *at Arkansas (SECN) 8 p.m. Sat. 13 *ALABAMA (SECN) 7:30 p.m. Tues. 16 *GEORGIA (ESPNU) 6 p.m.. Sat. 20 *at Vanderbilt (SECN) Noon Tues. 23 *TEXAS A&M (ESPNU) 8 p.m. Sat. 27 *at Auburn (SECN) 5 p.m. Wed. 31 *at Tennessee (SECN) 5:30 p.m. February Sat. 3 *ARKANSAS (SECN) 2:30 p.m. Wed. 7 *at Florida (SECN) 5:30 p.m. Sat.10 *OLE MISS (ESPNU) 3 p.m. Tues. 13 *at Alabama (SECN) 8 p.m. Sat. 17 *MISSOURI (ESPN/2) 1 p.m. Tues. 20 *VANDERBILT (SECN) 8 p.m. Sat. 24 *at Georgia (ESPNU) 1 p.m. Wed. 28 *at South Carolina (SECN) 5:30 p.m. MARCH Sat. 3 *MISSISSIPPI STATE (SECN) Noon SEC Tournament -- St. Louis, Missouri March 7-11 TBA (SECN, ESPN) TBA * SEC Games; All Times Central; Home Games in ALL CAPS. ON THE AIR LSU POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUP 4 SKYLAR MAYS G So. 6-4 200 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 3 TREMONT WATERS G Fr. 5-11 201 New Haven, Connecticut 5 DARYL EDWARDS G Jr. 6-3 165 Fresno, California 1 DUOP REATH F So. 6-6 217 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 21 AARON EPPS F Sr. 6-10 214 Ball, Louisiana BREAKDOWN Last Gm: 11 pts, 6 asts; 12.1 pg, 4.1 rg, 3.5 ag; SEC: 8.0 pg, 3.0 rg, 4.5 ag 6-of-14 in two road wins, 2-of-7 at A&M... 9 games in double figures Second guard in Coach Wade s two point-guard system. Scored high of 20 points vs. Samford (11/16); 20 treys season; 58-127 FGs, 33-38 FTs Mays, a Baton Rouge native, cames to LSU from Findlay Prep (Nev.) Spent grades 8-11 playing at University High, won state 2014 & 15 there 4.0 pre-med major Last Gm: 21 pts, 4 asts; 17.4 pg, 3.6 rg, 6.0 ag; SEC: 19.5 pg, 8.0 rg, 3.5 ag No. 1 in the SEC in assists average and steals average (2.4 spg) Made 2 30-ft treys (1 with 12 seconds; other with 0.7 left) to push LSU past A&M, 69-68 All-Tourney in Maui; 39 pts vs. Marquette; 4th best game in MI history. Third double double vs. UK, but first pts-rebs with 18-11. 3 games 10 assists against UTM (11/29), UNCW (12/10), and UNF (12/22). For season, made 38 3FG (43.7%); 5-of-9 at A&M; 50-61 FT (82.0%). Last Gm: 8 pts; 6.2 pg, 1.5 rg, 1.1 ag; SEC: 4.0 pg, 1.0 rg, 0.5 ag Moved into the starting lineup for the Sam Houston game (12/19) Double figure scoring games before Christmas: 10 vs. SFA; 11 vs. SHS, 13 vs. UNF High game of 15 vs. UT Martin. 9-18 3FG last 6 gms; 19-41 3FG season (46.3%) Junior college transfer from Northwest Florida State Last Gm: 9 pts, 10 reb; 12.6 pg, 5.5 rg; SEC: 16.5 pg, 10.5 rg Eight career double doubles, including 24 points, 11 rebs vs. UK (1/3). Double figure scoring in nine games this season,, topped by 30 against UNCW 72-124 from the field (58.1%, 2nd in the SEC; 6-11 from the arc. Started 30-of-31 games a year ago, 41 career starts. Originally from South Sudan, moved to Australia where he took up basketball. At A&M (1/6), just missed another double with 9 points and 10 rebounds. Last Gm: 11 pts, 8 rebs; 10.2 pg, 6.2 rg; SEC: 12.0 pg, 5.5 rg Fourth year senior for the Tigers... scoring average up 4.0 pts this season Started each of the last 10 games; 33 total in LSU career. Two double doubles this season -- 26-16 vs. Houston; 16-10 vs. SFA Last seven games rebound average up from 3.7 to 6.2; pts from 6.5 to 10.2 For season, 50-of-95 (52.6%) from the floor shooting, 13-of-36 from 3PT arc Last 4 games, 19-of-32 FGs, 6-13 3FG. Chris Blair, play-by-play John Brady, analyst (Former LSU Head Coach) SEC NETWORK Mike Morgan, play-by-play Pat Bradley, analyst LSU RECORD 10-4, 1-1 RANKING NA LAST GAME W, 69-68, at Texas A&M (1/6) HEAD COACH Will Wade CAREER RECORD 101-49 (5th season) LSU RECORD 10-4 (1st season) WADE VS. ARKANSAS First meeting ARKANSAS RECORD 11-4, 1-2 RANKING NA LAST GAME L, 77-88, at Auburn (1/6) HEAD COACH Mike Anderson CAREER RECORD 339-176 (16th season) ARKANSAS RECORD 139-78 (7th season) ANDERSON VS. LSU 6-7

LSU UPCOMING MEN S BASKETBALL MEDIA CALENDAR 8MONDAY SEC Teleconference 10:28 a.m.; MEDIA SESSION 4 p.m. The WIll Wade Radio Show, 7 p.m. from TJ Ribs on Acadian Thruway & LSU Sports Radio Network affiliates 9TUESDAY Team leaves for Fayetteville. 10 WEDNESDAY Game 15 -- LSU at Arkansas (Bud Walton Arena), 8 p.m. TV: SEC Network. Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network (Eagle 98.1 Flagship). 11 THURSDAY MEDIA SESSION -- TBA 12 FRIDAY 13 SATURDAY Game 16 -- Alabama at LSU (Maravich Center), exas A&M (Reed Arena), 7:30 p.m. TV: SEC Network. Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network (Eagle 98.1 Flagship) 14 SUNDAY Inside LSU Basketball (LSU Sports TV Network), 10:35 p.m. in BR WBRZ-TV LSU Media Services MEDIA AVAILABILITY Coach Will Wade is available in his office for early morning appointments and phone interviews. Please contact Basketball SID Kent Lowe (225-578-1864, clowe@lsu.edu) at least 24 hours in advance. SEC TELECONFERENCE The 14 SEC coaches are featured on a teleconference beginning in January. The teleconference will be held every other week starting at 10 a.m. Coach Wade is on at 10:28 a.m. CT. To access the media only number contact Kent Lowe or SEC Media Relations Office (205-458-3010). MEDIA SESSIONS Coach Wade meets, when travel schedules permit, usually one or two days prior to games in non-conference play and usually on Mondays and Thursdays during the SEC season. The sessions take place in the practice facility meeting room. Times are announced based on practice plans with requested players brought first, followed by Coach Wade. Some travel and scheduling issues may change the time and day so media should contact the Sports Information Office to confirm start time... Player requests need to be in to Kent Lowe at clowe@lsu.edu no later than 24 hours in advance. THE WILL WADE SHOW Presented by Capital One Bank The weekly call-in show takes place primarily on Mondays at 7 p.m. from T.J. Ribs on Acadian Thruway... The show airs in Baton Rouge on local flagship Eagle 98.1 FM, on the Internet at www. LSUsports.net and on many LSU Sports Radio Network affiliates. The first show is Monday, Nov.. 27. INSIDE LSU BASKETBALL Presented by Academy Sports and Outdoors Coach Wade s weekly TV show is on a state-wide and regional network... WBRZ-TV, Channel 2, airs the show at 10:35 p.m. Sundays. Television affiliates for the show are listed online at LSUsports.net/tvaffiliates. The first TV show is set for Dec. 3 and will air weekly once conference play begins through the end of the regular season. POST GAME Coach Wade will be in the media room of the practice facility after the game, the NCAA cooling off period and his courtside radio show... Requested players will be brought to the practice facility media room as well.... THE LSU DRESSING ROOM IS CLOSED... To reach the media room, take the Northwest Corridor portal (where the LSU team enters the floor)... When reaching the multipurpose room and the glass doors, turn right... Before reaching the steps, turn left and then take a right down the first hallway to the double wood doors and enter the media room. LSU marshalls will help direct you to the area... The visiting coach will be available in the Northeast Corridor after Nov. & Dec. games and in the media room during the post-game process for SEC games. WHO TO CONTACT COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE (225) 578-8226 Michael Bonnette - mbonnet@lsu.edu Assoc. AD/Sports Information Director C. Kent Lowe - clowe@lsu.edu Sr. Assoc. Sports Information Director (Basketball Contact) COMMUNICATIONS ADDRESS Athletics Administation Building Baton Rouge, La. 70803 ON THE INTERNET LSUsports.net/media The Official Website of LSU Athletics is home to all the basketball information you need. Schedules, results, rosters, bios, statistics and game notes can be found and are always up to date. LSUsports.net/media Request credentials online, go to the men s basketball credentials link. LSUsports.net/brand Quickly access the official LSU Athletics brand standards, colors and logos online. To request logos please email creative@lsu.edu. LSU BASKETBALL SOCIAL MEDIA facebook.com/lsubasketball twitter.com/lsubasketball instagram/lsubasketball twitter.com/wwadelsu twitter.com/lsukent twitter.com/lsumediaalerts LSUsports.net/connect 2017-18 LSU MEN S BASKETBALL

Will Wade Head Coach @wwadelsu 1st Year at LSU 5th Year as a Head Coach Frank William Will Wade was named the 22nd head men s basketball coach at LSU on March 20, 2017. He comes to LSU after a two-year stint as the head coach at Virginia Commonwealth University with four years of very successful experience as a head basketball coach. Wade was introduced to LSU fans in a most unique way for an introduction of a Tiger coach -- at a special media event held in the middle of the LSU Student Union. Wade told the media and a large contingent of LSU students: I am so excited about the opportunity to lead this program and LSU Basketball back to the top of the SEC and back to regular, consistent NCAA Tournament appearances. We have been to four Final Fours. We have been to 21 NCAA Tournaments. We have 10 SEC Championships, and we are going to add to all three of those categories over our tenure here. We are going to have players, staff members, everyone in our program is going to be committed to doing what it takes to make LSU the best basketball program that it can be. We are going to have unwavering commitment to put the team first, to put the state first, to put our school first to represent all of these folks in a firstclass fashion. We are going to be a hardworking team that represents this great university that represents this great state, Wade said. LSU and its fans are not looking for a rebuilding program, but taking the foundation and making it solid again a change of culture that gives the program a look of consistency yearafter-year. Wade, one of the youngest coaches in Division I at 34, but one of the most energetic showed his recruiting chops early with a class for the 2017-18 season that was ranked 16th in college basketball in the composite recruiting rankings. Wade s recruiting chops and promotional ideas has created a buzz in the pre-season that hasn t been seen too often and the Coach has done his part, speaking most of the summer on the Tiger Tour and to student groups making sure they feel a part of the program. Coach Wade has been seen on the night prior to football game visiting with folks in the RV lots and on the first day of school was out in a golf cart picking up students and giving them a lift to opening day classes. The native of Nashville, Tennessee, directed VCU to a 51-20 record and two NCAA Tournament appearances the last two seasons. The 2016 Rams advanced to the second round of the tournament, defeating seventh-seed Oregon State before losing to Oklahoma. Wade was the youngest head coach in the NCAA Tournament in 2016. In 2017, VCU lost to St. Mary s in the first round of the 2017 tourney. The Rams were 28-8 over his two years in the Atlantic 10 Conference, posting 14-4 records both years. The team was 25-11 in 2016 and earned a share of the Atlantic 10 Conference regular season crown. The 2017 team won 26 games and finished second in the league, one-game behind Dayton. Under his tutelage, guard Melvin Johnson earned First Team All-Atlantic 10 honors in 2015-16 while Je Quan Lewis represented VCU on the 2016-17 first team. Mo Alie-Cox was named to the A-10 Defensive Team in both 2016 and 2017. Wade, age 34, previously served at VCU as an assistant with the Rams under Shaka Smart from 2009-13. VCU was 113-37 during that time, reached three NCAA Tournament and won the 2012 Colonial Athletic Association Championship. He was part of the staff in 2011 when VCU advanced from the NCAA First Four all the way to the Final Four in Houston. During his tenure as a Ram assistant, Wade, who worked closely with VCU s post players, saw the Milwaukee Bucks select center Larry Sanders with the 15th overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft (now with Cleveland). In addition, Wade played a major role in the development of current NBA players Troy Daniels (Memphis) and Briante Weber (Charlotte). Weber owns VCU records for 3-pointers in a single season and career steals. Wade is credited with being a key figure in four top non-power five recruiting classes in his four seasons at VCU. Prior to becoming the head coach at VCU, Wade served as the head coach at Chattanooga for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons. His first Mocs squad went 18-15 in 2014, finishing 12-6 and second in regular season Southern Conference play. The 18 wins overall were the most by the program since 2008-09 and the 12 wins in league games was the highest total since 2010-11. The team made the school s first postseason appearance since 2009 in the CIT. Wade was honored with the Anton Foy Southern Conference Coach of the Year award for his efforts in 2014. Also that year, Z. Mason became the first Chattanooga student-athlete to win the conference s Defensive Player of the Year award. The Mocs won 22 games in 2015 and finished 15-3 in the league as Wade guided Chattanooga to its first 20-win season since 2004-05. He finished his two seasons there at 40-25 and 27-7 in league play. In the two seasons prior to his arrival, Chattanooga was 24-40 overall and 13-23 in SoCon play. In his four years as a head coach, he has a combined record at Chattanooga and VCU of 91-45 and THE WADE RECORD 55-15 in conference play with three post-season appearances. Wade s reputation, where ever he has coached, is a person who is a tireless worker and relentless recruiter. Wade was VCU Head Coach Shaka Smart s first hire upon being named the head VCU coach in 2009. That reputation was cemented prior to his arrival on the VCU campus. He served as an assistant to Tommy Amaker at Harvard in 2007-08 and 2008-09. Much like at VCU, he was Amaker s first hire. In their second year, the Crimson went 14-14, the first season of.500 or better in the program since 2001-02. Wade had a hand in the development of future NBA standout Jeremy Lin and assembled a top 25 recruiting class during his stay. Wade s coaching start came at Clemson where he served as Director of Basketball Operations (2006-07) and Graduate Assistant (2005-06) after four seasons as a student manager (2002-05). There he worked for coaches Larry Shyatt (2002-03) and Oliver Purnell (2004-07). In eight years on coaching staffs at Clemson, Harvard and VCU, the teams had a record of 177-97 with six postseason appearances (2005-13). Wade is married to the former Lauren Deason, and the couple has one daughter, Caroline Elizabeth. /----OVERALL---/ THE WADE FILE Birthdate: Nov. 26, 1982 Age: 35 Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee High School: Franklin Road Academy College: Clemson, 2005 Wife: Lauren Deason Child: Caroline Elizabeth COACHING EXPERIENCE 2005-06 - Clemson, Graduate Assistant 2006-07 - Clemson, Director of Operations 2007-09 - Harvard, Assistant Coach 2009-13 - VCU, Assistant Coach 2013-15 -UT-Chattanooga, Head Coach 2015-17 - VCU, Head Coach March 22, 2017 - LSU, Head Coach /---CONF.---/ YEAR SCHOOL W-L PCT. W-L PCT. FINISH 2013-14 Chattanooga 18-15.545 12-4.750 CIT FIrst Round 2014-15 Chattanooga 22-10.687 15-3.833 2015-16 VCU 25-11.694 14-4.778 NCAA Rd of 32 2016-17 VCU 26-9.743 14-4.778 NCAA Rd of 64 2017-18 LSU 10-4.714 1-1.500 Totals 5 Years 101-49.673 56-16.778 Chattnooga 2 Years 40-25.615 27-7.794 VCU 2 Years 51-20.718 28-8.778 LSU 1 Year 10-4.693 1-1.500 2017-18 LSU MEN S BASKETBALL

CAREER NUMBERS CAREER DOUBLE-FIGURE GAMES Duop Reath 30 Brandon Sampson 26 Skylar Mays 22 Aaron Epps 20 Wayde Sims 13 Tremont Waters 10 Daryl Edwards 4 Randy Onwuasor 2 Brandon Rachal 1 CAREER DOUBLE-FIGURE REBOUNDS Duop Reath 9 Aaron Epps 5 Wayde Sims 2 Tremont Waters 1 CAREER DOUBLE-FIGURE ASSISTS Tremont Waters 3 Skyler Mays 2 CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES Duop Reath 8 Aaron Epps 5 Tremont Waters 3 Wayne Sims 1 CAREER THREE-POINTERS Brandon Sampson 66 Skylar Mays 41 Tremont Waters 38 Aaron Epps 35 Wayde Sims 21 Daryl Edwards 19 Duop Reath 17 Randy Onwuasor 5 Marshall Graves 3 Galen Alexnader 2 Brandon Rachal 1 CAREER ASSISTS Skylar Mays 165 Tremont Waters 84 Brandon Sampson 78 Duop Reath 36 Aaron Epps 25 Wayde Sims 23 Daryl Edwards 16 Randy Onwuasor 13 Brandon Rachal 12 Marshall Graves 8 Galen Alexander 1 Mayan Kiir 1 CAREER BLOCKS Duop Reath 58 Aaron Epps 33 Wayde Sims 24 Brandon Sampson 19 Skylar Mays 7 Jeremy Combs 3 Randy Onwuasor 2 Daryl Edwards 2 Brandon Rachal 2 Tremont Waters 2 Mayan Kiir 2 CAREER STEALS Skylar Mays 60 Brandon Sampson 38 Tremont Waters 34 Wayde Sims 30 Duop Reath 22 Aaron Epps 19 Brandon Rachal 11 Randy Onwausor 7 Daryl Edwards 7 Marshall Graves 1 Galen Alexander 1 Mayan Kiir 1 2017-18 LSU MEN S BASKETBALL ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CLASS EXP. HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL 0 Brandon Sampson G 6-5 184 Jr. 2L Baton Rouge, La. (Madison Prep) 1 Duop Reath F 6-11 244 Sr. 1L Perth, Australia (Lee College) 2 Brandon Rachal G 6-5 215 Fr. HS Natchitoches, La. (Natchitoches-Central HS) 3 Tremont Waters G 5-11 167 Fr. HS New Haven, Conn. (Notre Dame HS) 4 Skylar Mays G 6-4 200 So. 1L Baton Rouge, La. (Findlay Prep) 5 Daryl Edwards G 6-3 165 Jr. JC Fresno, Calif. (Northwest Florida St.)(Fresno Central HS) 10 Galen Alexander F 6-6 210 Fr. HS Breaux Bridge, La. (Lafayette Christian Academy) 11 Kavell Bigby-Williams** F 6-11 230 Sr. TR London, England (Oregon) (Harris Academy Beckenham) 12 Marshall Graves G 6-2 185 So. 1L Ponchatoula, La. (University Lab School) 14 Randy Onwuasor G 6-3 210 Gr. TR Inglewood, Calif. (Inglewood HS) 15 Reed Vial G 6-3 189 Sr. 1L Baton Rouge, La. (Parkview Baptist HS) 21 Aaron Epps F 6-10 214 Sr. 3L Ball, La. (Tioga HS) 35 Mayan Kiir F 6-9 201 Fr. HS Bradenton, Fla. (Victory Rock Prep) 44 Wayde Sims F 6-6 217 So. 1L Baton Rouge, La. (University HS) ** -- will not play in 2017-18 under NCAA Transfer rules. COACHING STAFF YEAR AT LSU Head Coach: Will Wade (Clemson, 2005) 1 Assistant Coach: Bill Armstrong (UAB, 2001) 1 Assistant Coach: Tony Benford (Texas Tech, 1992) 1 Assistant Coach: Greg Heiar (Mount Saint Claire, 2000) 1 Director of Basketball Operations: Nelson Hernandez (Utah State, 2013) 1 Coordinator of Basketball Operations: Brian Merritt (Texas Tech, 1992) 1 Strength & Conditioning Coordinator: Greg Goldin (Canisius, 2011) 1 Athletic Trainer: Shawn Eddy 22 (13 with Men s Basketball) Director of Student-Athlete Development: Tasmin Mitchell (LSU, 2010) 1 (Played from 2005-2010 at LSU) Director of Video Operations: Alex Wharton (Houston, 2011) 1 Administrative Assistant: Brittany Carvalhido (Oklahoma State, 2005) 10 (7 with Men s Basketball) PRONUNICATION GUIDE Duop Reath -- Dw-op Reeth Reed Vial -- Vee-owl Brandon Rachal -- Rach shell Randy Onwuasor -- On-wuh-sir Mayan Kiir -- MAY-an Kurr Greg Heiar -- HIgh-er TRANSACTIONS Brandon Sampson sprained his ankled on the first LSU possession of the Notre Dame semifinal in Maui (11/21)... Returned on Dec. 22 vs. UNF... Jeremy Combs (chronic ankle) out for year. THE NUMBERS GAME Here are some of the important numbers with the LSU basketball program: 53-10 Record when holding opponent to 70 points or less since start of 2012-13 season. 68-24 Record since start of 2012-13 season when out rebounding opponent. 58 Wins since start of 1980-81 when LSU was down by 5 or more points at halftime. 43-5 Number of times since 2012-13 LSU has shot 50 percent or more in a game and won. 22 Number of head coaches in LSU basketball history including new coach Will Wade. 1976 -- Last time a freshman scored more on opening night than Tremont Waters. 10 -- LSU rank in nation in 2-point % (58.4%), 61.7% at home... Last season 50.2% 25 -- Combined threes in two road wins at Memphis and A&M... 13 at Memphis, 12 at A&M. 18th -- Ranking nationally in overall FG percentage, 50.2 (45 percent last year) 1.298 -- Positive assist-to-turnover ratio; LSU was 0.878 last year. LAST TIME OUT LSU 69, #11 TEXAS A&M 68 -- COLLEGE STATION -- Jan. 6, 2018 Tremont Waters is a freshman and Wednesday night he wanted to help LSU down nationally-ranked Kentucky in Baton Rouge and he had a three-point shot in the final seconds to possibly tie the game. It didn t work and LSU lost 74-71. Saturday, Waters put LSU on its back in the final half minute and took advantage of o missed free throws around two 30-foot plus three-pointers that ended up giving LSU a 69-68 win over No. 11 Texas A&M in College Station. LSU won its second straight road game, its first in the league since the opening road game a year ago at Missouri. The last time LSU knocked off a team ranked higher on the road was No. 9 Alabama in 1992. Down 68-63 after Tyler Davis hit a jump shot with 19 seconds to play, Waters came down and hit a long-range 30-foot three that cut it to 68-66 with 12 seconds left. LSU called timeout and on the ensuing inbounds, fouled Davis who was a 66 percent free throw shooter for the year. He missed both free throws and Aaron Epps got the rebound and Coach Wade called time out with 3.0 to play. Brandon Sampson inbounded the ball to Waters past the 28-foot line on the side of the LSU bench. He took one dribble and got a semi-leaning line shot up over TJ Starks and a closing Tonny Trocha-Morales, who had guarded the inbounds pass. Waters watch as the shot rattled home, sending the LSU bench and a large group of fans into a frenzy, to give the Tigers a 69-68 lead with 0.3 showing on the clock. The officials reviewed the time and added four-tenths to give the Aggies 0.7 to play with. Trocha-Morales tried a full-court pass to Davis who caught the ball on the left side of the lane but his turn and throw shot drew nothing as the horn sounded. Waters led LSU with 21 points and four assists, making 5-of-9 treys, while Skylar Mays had 11 points and six assists, with Aaron Epps also getting 11 markers. Epps had eight boards, while Duop Reath had 10 rebounds to 2017-18 LSU MEN S BASKETBALL

go with his nine points. LSU shot 40 percent for the game (46.2 percent in the second half) and 12-of-28 from the arc for the game. A&M GAME STARTS WILL WADE ON NEXT HUNDRED Just a couple of games after winning his 100th game as a college head coach on Dec. 29, the next 100 started with a bang on Tremont Waters winning three at A&M. Number 100 happened on the first try in the 71-61 win at Memphis. The win occurred in his 148th career game as a Division I coach. Wade came to LSU after two years at Chattanooga (40) and two years at VCU (51) with 91 combined wins and his ninth win at Memphis made it 100. Coach Wade is among the youngest head coaches in the major conferences this season: Name School Birthdate David Padgett Louisville 2/13/1985 Will Wade LSU 11/26/1982 Richard Pitino Minnesota 9/16/1982 Mike Boynton, Jr. Oklahoma St. 1/17/1982 Lavall Jordan Butler 4/16/1979 TIGERS GET FIRST WIN OF SEASON OVER NATIONALLY-RANKED TEAM After losses to Notre Dame in Maui and then last week at home against Kentucky, the A&M game marked the first win against a nationally-ranked team this year. The Aggies were ranked No. 11 in the AP poll and the Tigers are now 6-10 all-time against teams ranked No. 11 The win was win No. 79 by LSU when unranked against a ranked team in the history of the AP poll (79-254, 23.7%). WATERS BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF ANOTHER THREE AGAINST AGGIES Radio analyst and former head coach John Brady was one of the first ones to remember this when Tremont Waters was burying two 30-footers against the Aggies on Saturday Back in the second round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament, it only took one to advance LSU to the Sweet 16. In Jacksonville, Florida, senior point guard Darrel Mitchell took a pass from Garrett Temple and after three dribbles took a step back three to take the lead, 58-57, with 3.9 to play. A&M failed to score and LSU would eventually get to the Final Four. WATERS EARNS SECOND SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK HONOR For Tremont Waters, the play at the end of the Texas A&M game certainly helped him earn his second SEC Freshman of the Week honor in a season that has already seen him three times get recognition on SportsCenter s Plays of the Day. The 5-11, 167-pounder averaged 19.5 points, eight rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals against 17thranked Kentucky and at No. 11 Texas A&M. Waters made two treys from 30-plus feet in the final 12 seconds to beat Texas A&M Saturday in College Station. The first came with LSU down five and 12 seconds left. The game winner came after A&M missed two free throws and an LSU timeout with 3.0 to play. Waters hit a 35-footer over two Aggies with 0.7 on the clock to give LSU the win. Overall, Waters is averaging a team best 17.4 points a game, 3.6 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 2.43 steals. He is fourth in the league in scoring, first in assists and steals, ninth in field goal percentage (48.4%) and fourth in three-point percentage (43.7%). Waters first earned FOW honors after his opening game in which he scored 27 points, the most by a freshman in an opening game since 1976. ESPN analyst Jay Bilas tweeted the following on Sunday: LSU s Tremont Waters is a terrific player, and one of the best freshmen in the country. What he did against Texas A&M at the end of the game was simply ridiculous. Houdini in short pants. CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES AARON EPPS (5) Game Date Pts Reb.. 2015-16 (1) Gardner-Webb 12/16/15 10 11 2016-17 (2) Auburn 1/18/17 15 13 Ole Miss 2/14/17 14 14 2017-18 (2) Houston 12/13/17 26 16 SFA 12/16/17 16 1 10 DUOP REATH (8) Game Date Pts Reb.. 2016-17 (7) Wofford 11/12/16 23 14 Old Dominion 11/24/16 16 10 Miss. State 1/7/17 19 13 Texas Tech 1/28/17 12 11 Texas A&M 2/4/17 16 16 Arkansas 2/11/17 14 15 Miss. State 3/4/17 12 12 2017-18 (1) Kentucky 1/3/28 18 11 TREMONT WATERS (3) Game Date Pts Asts. 2017-18 (1) UNCW 12/10/17 20 10 UNF 12/22/17 15 10 Kentucky 1/3/18 18 11 (Reb.) WAYDE SIMS (1) Game Date Pts Rebs. 2017-18 (1) SHS 12/19/17 10 10 TREMONT WATERS THREE DOUBLE FIGURE ASSIST GAMES THIS YEAR LSU freshman Tremont Waters has posted 10 assists on three occasions this season, vs. UT Martin (11/29), UNCW (12/10) and UNF (12/22). Here is the list of those with double figure assists games for LSU since the start of the 2002-03 season: 11 Skylar Mays, vs. Houston, 11/29/2016 10 Tremont Waters, vs. UNF, 12/22/2017 10 Tremont Waters, vs. UNCW, 12/10/2017 10 Tremont Waters, vs. UT Martin, 11/29/2017 10 Ben Simmons, vs. NC State, 11/24/2015 10 Charles Carmouche, at Marquette, 12/22/2012 10 Garrett Temple, vs. Troy, 11/30/2008 10 Tack Minor, vs. UNO, 11/24/2004 10 Tack Minor, vs. Ohio State, 1/15/2005 While Tack Minor had 10 assists in the same 2004-05 season, Waters becomes the first player to go back-to-back double figure assists since Randy Livingston as a redshirt freshman had three straight games of double figure assists in the 1994-95 season 12 vs. Georgia State, 12 vs. Md-Baltimore and 11 vs. Florida This was the second of two set of three consecutive games in double figure assists that Livingston had that season. Against Kentucky (1/3), Waters had another double double but it was points and rebounds with 18 points and 11 rebounds. BRANDON SAMPSON BACK AT FULL GO Brandon Sampson has now appeared in three games since the Maui Invitational ankle sprain with his best game at Memphis when he scored 12 points with three treys. Sampson has played eight total games this season with four starts, averaging 7.9 points, having made 24-of-47 field goals (51.1%) with nine treys. 2017-18 LSU MEN S BASKETBALL

LSU RECORD... LSU RECORD... 17-18 In November 4-2 In December 5-1 In January 1-1 In February In March In April LSU vs. AP Ranked Opponents At home 0-1 On the road 1-0 Neutral 0-1 LSU s Record in Games... Decided by 5 pts or less 3-2 Decided by 10 pts or less 4-3 Decided by 11 pts or more 6-1 At night 8-2 During the day 2-2 Decided in Overtime Televised 5-3 LSU s Record When Scoring... Less than 60 points 0-1 60-69 points 1-0 70-79 points 2-1 80-89 points 3-2 90-99 points 2-0 100 or more points 2-0 LSU s Record When Allowing... Less than 60 points 3-0 60-69 points 2-1 70-79 points 2-1 80-89 points 2-1 90-99 points 0-2 100 or more points LSU s Record When... Leading at the half 8-0 Losing at the half 1-3 Tied at the half 2-0 Lead 10 minutes left 9-0 Losing 10 minutes left 0-3 Tied 10 minutes left 1-1 Lead 5 minutes left 8-1 Losing 5 minutes left 1-3 Tied 5 minutes left 1-0 LSU s Record When Shooting... 50% or higher 6-0 Less than 50% 4-4 Better than opponent 10-0 Worse than opponent 0-4 Even Shooting More 3PT FGs than opp. 6-1 LSU s Record When... Outrebounding opp. 7-1 Outrebounded by opp. 2-3 Equal rebounds 1-0 Sampson played the first three games of the year and then sprained his left ankle in the first 30 seconds of the semifinal game with Notre Dame in Maui. LSU SECOND IN LEAGUE IN SHOOTING The Tigers have been over the 50 percent mark from the field in six games this season: Alcorn State 11/10/17 36-of-69 61.0% (H) Samford 11/16/17 39-of-65 60.0% (H) Vs. Michigan 11/20/17 27-of-46 58.7% (Maui) UT-Martin 11/29/17 31-of-62 50.0% (H) UNCW 12/10/17 36-of-61 59.0% (H) UNF 12/22/17 43-of-80 53.8% (H) LSU is second in the league in field goal percentage at 50.2 percent, just behind league leader and Wednesday opponent, Arkansas, at 50.5 percent. Last year, LSU shot 45.1 percent from the field. LSU is continuing to try to improve its field goal percentage defense which after 13 games stands at 43.9 percent, 13th in the conference. However, on the plus side, last year opponents shot over 47 percent against the Tigers. LSU has now won seven straight games when shooting over 50 percent, dating back to last season. LSU INSIDE THE ARC For much of the non-conference season, LSU was 60 percent or better shooting from inside the arc, but LSU is now at 58.4 percent, 10th in the country according to TeamRankings.com. Mississippi State is the next SEC school at No. 11 at 58.3%. LSU s 14-game total is way up from last season when LSU shot 50.2% inside the arc. LSU WITH 25 TREYS IN TWO ROAD WINS While LSU has been shooting the ball better from the arc everywhere, in the last two road games, the Tigers made 13-of-26 trey attempts in the 71-61 road win at Memphis (12/29) and 12-of-28 (1/6) in the 69-68 win at A&M. The 13 treys against Memphis tied the fourth most three-pointers LSU has made in a single game and the 11th time LSU has made 13 or more three-pointers in a single game: 17 vs. Vanderbilt 12/29/16 17 at Tennessee 3/1/03 16 vs. Auburn 2/26/03 13 eight times (Last: at Memphis 12/29/17 The Tigers have helped themselves in their three-pointers made this year, 123 three-pointers for the season. LSU is averaging 8.8 threes a game, up from last year when the Tigers made 6.3 a contest. In the last couple of games, LSU has made up a wide difference in opponents three-point makes, now having a +4 on opponents (123-119). Opponents have taken 21 more attempts. LSU s 37.5 percent shooting percentage from the arc is sixth in the league. LSU last year shot 33.6 percent for three. FREE THROWS It did look like A&M would take care of LSU all at the free throw line in the first 20 minutes as the Aggies were 11-of-15 and LSU had one lone front end of a one-and-one attempt. But in the second half, LSU was 9-of- 12, while A&M was just 8-of-15 in the last 20 minutes, including two misses in the final seconds. Earlier in the year, LSU was on the mark against Samford (11/16), making 19-of-20 for the game, including 16-of-16 in the first half. LSU s lone miss came in the first half with 2:38 to play after LSU made its first three of the night. It marked the fourth time since 1966-67 for LSU to shoot at least 95% when attempting at least 20 FT s in a game: 11/16/2017 W, vs. Samford 105-86; 19-of-20 FTs (95.0%) 2/21/2009 W, vs. Auburn 79-72; 21-of-22 FTs (95.5%) 2/2/2008 L, at Alabama 72-81; 21-of-22 FTs (95.5%) 2/4/1989 L, at Miss. State 79-96; 19-of-20 FTs (95.0%) After nine games, LSU was at an incredible 78.4 percent at the line, but now LSU is 74.4 percent (195-262), fourth in the league. That is still way ahead of the 69.6 percent that LSU shot at the line during the 2016-17 season. LSU is making 13.9 free throws a game LSU has made 21 more free throws than opponents and has 16 more attempts. OVER 20 ASSISTS AGAIN For the third time this year, LSU was over 20 assists in the UNF game (12/22), this time recording 26 assists for the 43 buckets it made. LSU had 29 assists in the Samford win in November and 22 assists in the win over UT-Martin, also in November. LSU has had five games of 30 assists or more, the last coming in December 2002. LSU is averaging 15.6 assists per game, sixth in the league. Waters leads the team in scoring average at 17.2 points per game and leads the SEC with an average of 6.2 assists per game and 2.5 steals per game. He is fifth in the league in scoring average and eighth in field goal percentage (72-of-148, 48.6%) His 33-of-78 from three-point range percentage of 42.3 percent is also seventh in the conference. DUOP REATH S 30 POINTS VS. UNCW EARNED HIM HIS SECOND CAREER SEC POW LSU senior forward Duop Reath earned SEC Player of the Week honors for the second time in his LSU 2017-18 LSU MEN S BASKETBALL

career after a huge scoring night against UNCW in LSU s 97-84 win on Dec. 10. The 6-11 native of Australia made a career high 13 field goals, including one three, and added 3-of-4 field goal attempts to finish with a career high 30 points. Now Reath posted his second highest scoring game of his career with 24 points against Kentucky and now finally has his first double double of the year (eight over two years) after grabbing 11 rebounds. Reath was 11-of-17 in the game including 2-of-3 treys. He also had two assists and two blocks in 35 minutes. Against A&M, Reath just missed back-to-back double doubles with nine points and 10 rebounds. Reath has started 10 games and is second on the team in scoring at 12.6 points per game and 5.2 rebounds a game. Reath is 72-of-124 from the field or 58.1 percent and that is second best in the SEC In the first two conference games, Reath is averaging 16.5 points and 10.5 rebounds a game. THE OPPONENT ARKANSAS Arkansas comes into the game 1-2 in the league and 11-4 overall after falling in Auburn on Saturday, 88-77. Jaylen Barford led the Razorbacks with 21 points, while Anton Beard scored 11 and Daryl Macon 10. Mike Anderson is in his seventh season as the head coach of the Razorbacks. In his career, he is 6-7 against the Tigers. This is the first of two meetings between LSU and Arkansas with the Razorbacks up 35-28. Arkansas has won three straight, including the last two in Bud Walton Arena. Arkansas leads in games in Fayetteville, 19-6, with those six wins coming in Bud Walton. LSU is 8-7 in the last 15 meetings. SKYLAR MAYS GOOD ON AND OFF THE FLOOR It all fits in doesn t it pre-med major; 4-plus GPA and starting guard on the team. Last year it was starting point guard for 25 of 31 games. This year it s still somewhat starting point guard because in Coach Wade s system, he believes in having two point-guard types out on the floor to smoothly run the offense through. So far the numbers are good as he is averaging 12.1 points per game, 4.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. Mays has had nine games in double figure scoring, including eight-of-the-last-10 games. In the last six games he has had a combined 29 assists and 12 steals Mays has posted at least five assists in 12 games in his career, five this season including six against A&M on Saturday. In the last eight games, he has hit six or more field goals four times Against Memphis, he hit 4-of-7 three-point field goals, stopping a string of 2-of-14 shooting from the arc over the four games previous to that. Mays hit his only trey attempt against Kentucky and was 2-of-7 on Saturday. For the season, he is 20-of-58 from three-point range (34.5 percent), but he has been a consistently good force from the free throw line, making 33-of-38 for the season (86.8%) For his 45-game career he is 102-of- 123 or 82.9%. EPPS DECEMBER HIGHLIGHTED BY BACK-TO-BACK DOUBLE DOUBLES After a 26 point, 16 rebounds game against Houston on Dec. 10, Epps came back with another double double of 16 points and 10 rebounds against SFA on Dec. 13. In the two games, Epps scored 42 points and had 26 rebounds. He played 59 minutes, made 13-of-24 field goals, 4-of-8 3 FGs and 12-of-13 free throws. His night of 26 rebounds and 16 rebounds marked just the third time since the start of the 2010-11 season, according to sports-reference.com, that an LSU player has had 25 points or more and 15 or more rebounds in a single game. Epps is also the only one of the three to be on a winning side in their game. Aaron Epps (12-13-17) --- vs. Houston (W) Ben Simmons (1-9-16) at Florida (L) Jordan Mickey (1-31-15) at Miss. State (L) 26 points, 16 rebounds 28 points, 17 rebounds 25 points, 20 rebounds Epps has started the last 10 games for the Tigers and his first two SEC games were good ones as against Kentucky the senior posted 13 points on 6-of-11 shooting, including one trey. At A&M, he was 4-of-7 from the field with three of those three-pointers for 11 points with eight rebounds. He is averaging 10.2 points per game and a team best 6.2 rebounds. Epps has made 50-of-95 field goals for 52.6 percent with 13 treys. In the two SEC games, he is averaging 12.0 points per game Epps, from Ball, Louisiana, is one of those rare quantities in college basketball these days a four-year letterman. JC TRANSFER DARYL EDWARDS Daryl Edwards is beginning to find his niche in the LSU system after only playing about a third of the time in the three games of the Maui Invitational. But from there his minutes increased and he has started the last five games for the Tigers. He has also been in double figures in four games, including 15 against UT Martin (11/29) and the three games prior to Christmas versus Stephen F. Austin (10), Sam Houston (11) and 10 vs. UNF. AT A&M, Edwards had eight points, hitting 3-of-6 shots, including a trey. The junior college transfer is averaging 19.4 minutes a game and 6.2 points a contest, up from 3.6 points leaving Maui. For the season he is 28-of-56 from the field with 19 treys. SCORING BREAKDOWNS CLASS PTS PCT. Freshmen (SEC-46--32.8%) 342 29.6 Sophomores (SEC-25--17.8%) 283 24.5 Juniors (SEC-12--08.6%) 150 13.0 Seniors/Grads (SEC-57--40.7%) 381 32.9 SCORING PTS PCT. Starters 796 68.8 Bench 360 31.1 POINTS IN PAINT PTS APG LSU 526 37.6 Opponents 380 27.1 POINTS OFF TO PTS APG LSU 245 17.5 Opponents 163 11.6 SECOND CHANCE POINTS PTS APG LSU 162 11.6 Opponents 160 11.4 BENCH SCORING PTS APG LSU 360 25.7 Opponents 280 20.0 FT% LAST 5 MINUTES (SEC GMS) PCT LSU (0-0, 00.0) 39-54 72.2 Opponents (4-8, 50.0) 49-68 72.1 FG% LAST 5 MINUTES (SEC GMS) PCT LSU (9-19, 47.4) 47-101 46.5 Opponents (9-17, 52.9) 43-102 42.2 3FG% LAST 5 MINUTES (SEC GMS) PCT LSU (5-12, 41.7) 16-51 31.4 Opponents (1-3, 33.3) 14-42 33.3 TIMES LEADING SCORERS -- Waters 7, Reath 4, Mays 3, Sampson 1, Epps 1, Onwausor 1. TIMES LEADING REBOUNDER -- Reath 4, Epps 3, Sims 3, Mays 2, Waters 2, Rachal 1, Sampson 1. TIMES LEADING ASSISTS -- Waters 11, Mays 4, Onwuasor 1, Rachal 1 TOTAL DUNKS -- Reath 9, Epps 8, Mays 6, Kiir 3, Sampson 3, Sims 2, Onwausor 2, Rachal 1, Alexander 1 DOUBLE FIGURE SCORING GAMES -- Reath 9. Mays 9, Waters 9, Epps 5, Edwards 4, Sims 4, Sampson 3, Onwausor 2, Rachal 1 DOUBLE DOUBLE -- Tremont Waters 3, Aaron Epps 2, Wayde SIms 1, Duop Reath 1 20-POINT GAMES (Season) -- Waters 5 (27 vs. Alcorn; 21 vs. Michigan, 39 vs. Marquette; 20 vs. UNCW; 21 at A&M); Sampson 1 (20 vs. Samford); Mays 1 (20 vs. Samford); Epps 1 (26 vs. Houston); Reath 1 (24 vs. UK) OPENING JUMP BALL CONTROLLED -- Opponents 8, LSU 6 SCORED FIRST LSU POINTS -- Reath 5, Waters 3, Epps 2, Sims 2, Sampson 1, May 1 PLAYERS SCORING IN DOUBLE FIGURES BY GAME 0 1 2 3 4 5 or more 1 7 4 2 CLOCK TIME LEADING THE GAME -- 348:08 CLOCK TIME TRAILING THE GAME -- 179:49 CLOCK TIME TIED -- 32:43 RANDY ONWUASOR Grad student Randy Onwuasor got the nod for the first five games that Brandon Sampson was out before coming off the bench in recent contests. His best game came in the first game off the bench when he played 17 minutes and hit 5-of-9 field goals, including two treys in a 13-point night. At this points in the season, Onwuasor is averaging 4.2 points per game and 1.7 rebounds. He is 20-of-42 from the field, making five treys and averaging 14.5 minutes per game. IS MAYAN KIIR READY TO MAKE HIS MOVE FOR PLAYING TIME? Freshman Mayan Kiir has struggled at times to find the court but has certainly found more playing time in the final two games before the Christmas break against Sam Houston and UNF In the two games he played a combined 18 minutes, scoring 12 points combined with 11 rebounds. He shot 4-of-6 from the floor and 4-of-6 at the line. In 11 minutes versus North Florida, Kiir had nine points. 2017-18 LSU MEN S BASKETBALL

INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES Tremont Waters - Games 5 Assts. or More 2017-18 (9) 11/10 -- vs. Alcorn State -- 6 11/17 -- vs. Samford -- 8 11/20 -- vs. Michigan -- 5 11/29 -- vs. UT Martin -- 10 12/10 -- vs. UNCW -- 10 12/13 -- vs. Houston -- 6 12/16 -- vs. SFA -- 6 12/22 -- vs. UNF -- 10 12/29 -- at Memphis -- 8 -- Skylar Mays - Games 5 Assts. or More (12) 2016-17 (7) 11/12 -- vs. Wofford -- 6 11/15 -- vs. USM -- 6 11/29 -- vs. Houston -- 11 1/7 -- vs. Miss. State -- 5 1/21 -- at Arkansas -- 6 1/25 -- vs. Florida -- 7 2/11 -- vs. Arkansas -- 5 2017-18 (5) 11/10 -- vs. Alcorn State -- 6 12/16 -- vs. SFA -- 6 12/19 -- vs. SHS -- 5 12/22 -- vs. UNF -- 5 1/6 -- at A&M -- 6 -- Brandon Sampson - Gms 5 Assts. or More (2) 2016-17 (1) 2/25 -- at UGA -- 6 2017-18 (1) 11/16 -- vs. Samford -- 7 -- Tremont Waters - Games 5 Steals or More 2017-18 (2) 11/10 -- vs. Alcorn State -- 5 11/22 -- vs. Marquette -- 5 -- Kirr made his sixth appearance of the season against Kentucky, playing two minutes with one point and one rebound. AT A&M, he played three minutes with an offensive rebounds, a block and a steal. He is averaging 2.1 points per game. TWO LOUISIANA FRESHMAN COMING OFF BENCH Brandon Rachal of Natchitoches-Central High in Natchitoches and Galen Alexander of Breaux Bridge (Lafayette Christian Academy) have also been looking for playing time with Rachal getting the bulk of the time of the freshman outside of Waters. Rachal has played in 13 games with a 17 minutes per game average. He is posting at 5.2 points per game and 3.1 rebounds a game. Rachal is 26-of-52 from the field. Against A&M, Rachal played 16 minutes and hit 3-of-4 field goals for six points. Alexander, who missed a lot of his senior season with knee surgery and was a bit slow in recovery, has played in six games with a 2.5 points per game average and 2.7 rebounds. WAYDE SIMS GETS FIRST COLLEGE DOUBLE DOUBLE Wayde Sims, the sophomore son of former LSU men s basketball player Wayne Sims, recorded his first college double up December 19 in a 20-minute stunt off the bench against Sam Houston. Sims had 10 points and 10 rebounds to go with a career best three blocks. It was his fourth double figure scoring game this year and the second double figure rebound game at LSU. Sims, who has scored eight points each in three-of-the-last four games, is averaging 7.1 points and 3.6 rebounds. He has started eight games and played an average of 20.3 minutes. Sims is 39-of-81 from the field (48.1%) with seven treys. ON THE NBA FRONT Here s the list of former LSU players in the NBA and G-League: Jarell Martin Memphis Grizzlies Jordan Mickey Miami Heat Johnny O Bryant III Charlotte Hornets Ben Simmons Philadelphia 76ers Garett Temple Sacramento Kings NBA G-League Antonio Blakeney Windy City Bulls; Josh Gray Northern Arizona Suns; Keith Hornsby Texas Legends; Craig Victor -- Rio Grande Valley Vipers EARLY SIGNING PERIOD LSU men s basketball coach Will Wade and his coaching staff made the most of their first fall signing period together as a staff putting together three outstanding signees that has LSU ranked ninth in the nation in the 247 composite team recruiting rankings. The Tigers signed two players in the top 32 in the country and three in the top 61, according to ESPNU (one five-star and two four-star athletes) and the 247sports.com composite team rankings has LSU presently ranked eighth in the country with the three signees. According to its website, the 247Sports Composite is a proprietary algorithm that compiles rankings and ratings listed in the public domain by the major media recruiting services, creating the industry s most comprehensive and unbiased prospect and team rankings. The Tigers signed five-star forward Naz Reid of Rochelle Catholic in New Jersey, ranked No. 18 by ESPNU and four-star athletes Ja Vonte Smart of Scotlandville Magnet in Baton Rouge (ranked No. 32); and, Darius Days of IMG Academy in Florida (ranked No. 61). FINALLY BACK HOME The Tigers get back home this Saturday for a couple of games 7:30 p.m. against Alabama and then next Tuesday at 6 p.m. against Georgia. The Alabama game is the Saturday primetime game on the SEC Network and the Georgia game will air on ESPNU. Tickets for both games are available at LSUTix.net. 2017-18 LSU MEN S BASKETBALL

BRANDON SAMPSON Guard * 6-5 *184 * Junior * 2L * Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Madison Prep) 0 Top Performances Points 20, vs Samford (11/16/17) Career: 24, twice 8, vs. Samford (11/16/17) Career: 8, twice Field Goals Made 8, vs. Samford (11/16/17) Career: 8, twice 3 PT FG Made 3, at Memphis (12/29/17) Career: 4, four times Free Throws Made 3, vs. Samford (11/16/17) Career: 11, vs. Tennessee (3/1/17) Assists 7, vs. Samford (11/16/17) Career: 7, vs. Samford (11/16/17) Blocks 2, vs. Alcorn (11/10/17) Career: 3, vs. Houston (11/29/16) Steals Career: 2, twice 3 twice Junior Season (2017-18) Brandon Sampson had the fifth 20-point game of his career against Samford (11/16), also tying his career high in rebounds (8) and had a career high seven assists... Sprained his ankled in the first 30 seconds of the Notre Dame game in Maui (11/21) and out for 3-4 weeks... After six games, returned to play against North Florida for 10 minutes, scoring 7 (12/22)... Played 25 minutes in the win at Memphis (12/29), posting first double figure game of his return and fourth of the season, 12 points. Sampson s Game-by-Game Statistics 2017-18 OPPONENT MIN FG 3FG FT REB PF/D A TO BLK STL PTS Alcorn State* 20 4-4 2-2 0-0 5 1/0 0 1 2 2 10 Samford * 28 8-13 1-5 3-3 8 2 7 1 0 1 20 Michigan (Maui Inv.) 18 3-6 2-5 2-2 2 5/1 0 1 0 1 10 Notre Dame (Maui Inv.) 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marquette (Maui. Inv.) DNP-Injury UT Martin DNP-Injury UNCW DNP-Injury Houston DNP-inijury Stephen F. Austin DNP-injury Sam Houston State DNP-injury North Florida 10 3-5 1-2 0-0 3 2 2 1 0 0 7 at Memphis 25 4-7 3-6 1-3 1 2 0 1 0 1 12 *Kentucky 29 1-7 0-5 0-0 2 3 4 1 0 0 2 *at Texas A&M 18 1-4 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 *at Arkansas *Alabama *Georgia *at Vanderbilt *Texas A&M *at Auburn *at Tennessee *Arkansas *at Florida *Ole Miss *at Alabama *Missouri *Vanderbilt *at Georgia *at South Carolina *Mississippi State MInutes Played 28, vs. Samford (11/16/17) Career: 37, at Georgia (2/25/17) Top Career Scoring Games 1. 24 vs. Tennessee (3/1/17) 1. 24 vs. Old Dominion (11/24/16) 3. 21 vs. Texas A&M (2/4/17) 4. 20 vs Samford (11/16/17) 4. 20 vs. Charleston (12/19/16) 6. 18 vs. NC State (11/24/15) 6. 18 vs. McNeese State (11/13/15) 8. 17 at Kentucky (2/7/17) 9. 16, vs. South Carolina (2/1/17) 9. 16 vs. Houston (11/29/16) 9. 16 vs. North Florida (11/18/16) Brandon Sampson s Career Stats YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB.-AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG. 15-16 27-5 357/13.2 35-109.321 18-67.269 19-27.704 32-1.2 18-0 22 17 3 12 107-4.0 16-17 31-26 853/27.5 121-255.475 39-115.339 78-100.780 96-3.1 55-0 42 63 14 19 359-11.6 17-18 8-4 149/18.6 24-47.511 9-25.360 6-9.667 23-2.9 15-1 14 7 2 7 63-7.9 Totals 66-35 1359/20.6 180-411.438 66-207.319 103-136.757 151-2.3 88-1 78 87 19 38 529-8.0

DUOP REATH Forward * 6-11 * 244 * Senior * 1L * Perth, Australia * (Lee College) 1 Top Performances Points 30, vs. UNCW (12/10/17) Career: 30, vs. UNCW (12/10/17) 11, vs. Kentucky (1/3/18) Career: 16, vs. Texas A&M, 2/4/17 Field Goals Made 13, vs. UNCW (12/10/17) Career: 13, vs. UNCW (12/10/17) 3 PT FG Made 2, vs. Kentucky (1/3/18) Career: 2, four times Free Throws Made 4 twice Career: 5, vs. Wofford, 11/12/16 Assists 2, vs. Kentucky (1/3/18) Career: 3, twice Blocks 3, vs. Notre Dame (11/21/17) Career: 5, vs. Houston, 11/29/16 Steals 1, six times Career: 3, vs. Wofford, 11/12/16 Minutes Played 36, at Texas A&M, 1/6/18 Career: 38, vs. VCU, 11/25/16 Senior Season (17-18) Reath had his second double figure game of the season vs. Samford (11/16) and hit 4-of-5 field goals in a 12-point night... Came off the bench against UTM to record his fifth double figure game of the season and just missed his eighth career double double... Reath off the bench played 27 minutes and scored career high 30 points and made career high 13 field goals, against UNCW... 13-of-17 from the field with one trey, 3-of-4 free throws... Returned to the starting lineup against Sam Houston, playing 17 minutes, hitting 4-of-5 free throws and 3-of-6 at the line to score 11 points. Followed with 15 points, 7 boards versus N. Florida... FIrst game since opener that he shot below 50 percent from the field in the win at Memphis (12/29)... Eighth double double versus UK (1/3), second highest scoring game of career. Reath s Game-by-Game Statistics 2017-18 OPPONENT MIN FG 3FG FT REB PF/D A TO BLK STL PTS Alcorn State* 17 4-9 0-0 3-6 2 2-0 1 1 0 0 11 Samford * 22 4-5 0-0 4-4 6 3 1 1 1 0 12 Michigan (Maui Inv.)* 30 5-9 0-1 3-5 5 4 0 2 0 0 13 Notre Dame (Maui Inv.)* 27 6-10 1-1 4-5 6 2 0 1 3 1 17 Marquette (Maui Inv.)* 10 1-1 0-0 2-2 1 4 0 2 0 0 4 UT Martin 21 6-9 0-0 3-4 9 2 0 0 0 0 15 UNCW 27 13-17 1-2 3-4 5 1 1 1 1 1 30 Houston 16 2-3 1-1 0-0 2 3 1 1 0 0 5 Stephen F. Austin 23 3-4 0-0 0-1 3 2 2 2 1 1 6 Sam Houston State* 17 4-5 0-0 3-6 4 2 1 0 0 1 11 North Florida* 21 7-12 0-0 1-1 7 0 0 0 2 0 15 at Memphis* 25 2-9 0-0 0-2 6 5-1 1 1 1 1 4 *Kentucky * 35 11-17 2-3 0-0 11 3 2 2 2 1 24 *at Texas A&M* 36 4-14 1-3 0-0 10 3-1 1 2 1 0 9 *at Arkansas *Alabama *Georgia *at Vanderbilt *Texas A&M *at Auburn *at Tennessee *Arkansas *at Florida *Ole Miss *at Alabama *Missouri *Vanderbilt *at Georgia *at South Carolina *Mississippi State Top Career Scoring Games 1. 30 vs. UNCW, 12/10/17 2. 24 vs. Kentucky, 1/3/18 3 23 vs. Charleston, 12/19/16 3. 23 vs. Wofford, 11/12/16 5. 21 vs. Texas Southern, 12/17/16 6. 19 vs. Miss. State, 1/7/17 7. 17 vs. Notre Dame, 11/20/17 7. 17 at Arkansas, 1/21/17 7. 17 vs. North FLorida, 11/18/16 10. 16 vs. Texas A&M, 2/4/17 Duop Reath s Career Stats YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB.-AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG. 16-17 31-30 859/27.7 157-308.510 11-35.314 47-78.603 193-6.2 105-6 25 65 46 16 372-12.0 17-18 14-10 327/23.4 72-124.581 6-11.545 26-40.650 77-5.5 36-1 11 16 12 6 176-12.6 Totals 45-40 1186/26.4 229-432.530 17-46.370 73-118.619 270-6.0 141-7 36 81 58 22 548-12.2

BRANDON RACHAL Guard * 6-5 * 215 * Freshman * HS * Natchitoches, Louisiana (Natchitoches-Central HS) 2 Top Performances Points 10, vs. Samford (11/10/17) Career: 10, vs. Samford (11/10/17) 7, vs. UNCW (12/10/17) Career: 7, vs. UNCW (12/10/17) Field Goals Made 4, vs. Samford (11/16/17) Career: 4, vs. Samford (11/16/17) 3 PT FG Made 1, vs. UNCW (12/10/17) Career: 1, vs. UNCW (12/10/17) Free Throws Made 3, three times Career: 3, three times Assists Career: Blocks Career: 3, twice 3, twice 1, twice 1, twice Steals 3, vs. UTM (11/29/17) Career: 3, vs. UTM (11/29/17) Freshman Season (2017-18) Posted his first double figure scoring game of his LSU career by scoring 10 against Samford (11/16)... Hit all three field goals and had three steals in 11 minutes against UTM... Scored seven off three field goals against UNCW... Continues to get more minutes and abilities on court helping TIgers... Off the bench posted 16 minutes and had six points in the win at Texas A&M (1/6). Rachal s Game-by-Game Statistics 2017-18 OPPONENT MIN FG 3FG FT REB PF/D A TO BLK STL PTS Alcorn State 19 3-6 0-0 0-1 6 3 /0 1 0 0 1 6 Samford 15 4-7 0-1 2-2 3 1 3 1 0 2 10 Michigan (Maui Inv.) 23 2-3 0-0 3-7 4 3 3 0 0 0 7 Notre Dame (Maui Inv.) 19 1-1 0-0 1-2 2 2 0 3 0 1 3 Marquette (Maui Inv.) 26 2-5 0-0 1-1 5 4 1 1 0 2 5 UT Martin 11 3-3 0-0 1-2 2 4 1 1 0 3 7 UNCW 25 3-6 1-2 0-0 7 1 1 1 0 0 7 Houston 23 1-3 0-0 3-4 5 2 0 1 0 0 5 Stephen F. Austin 18 2-6 0-1 3-4 2 1 1 0 1 0 7 Sam Houston State 4 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 North Florida 13 0-3 0-1 0-0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 at Memphis 8 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 *Kentucky DNP_Coach s Decision *at Texas A&M 16 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 0 0 0 6 *at Arkansas *Alabama *Georgia *at Vanderbilt *Texas A&M *at Auburn *at Tennessee *Arkansas *at Florida *Ole Miss *at Alabama *Missouri *Vanderbilt *at Georgia *at South Carolina *Mississippi State MInutes Played 26, vs. Marquette (11/22/17) Career: 26, vs. Marquette (11/22/17) Top Career Scoring Games 1. 10 vs. Samford (11/16/17) 2. 7 vs. SFA (12/16/17) 2. 7 vs. UNCW (12/10/17) 2. 7 vs. UTM (11/29/17) 2. 7 vs. Michigan (11/20/17) 6. 6 at Texas A&M (1/6/18) 6. 6 vs. Alcorn, 11/10/17 8. 5 vs. Houston (12/14/17) 8. 5 vs. Marquette, 11/22/17 10. 4 vs. Sam Houston (12/19/17) Brandon Rachal s Career Stats YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB.-AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG. 17-18 13-0 220/16.9 26-52.500 1-5.200 15-25.600 40-3.1 25-0 12 9 3 11 68-5.2 Totals 13-0 220/16.9 26-52.500 1-5.200 15-25.600 40-3.1 25-0 12 9 3 11 68-5.2

TREMONT WATERS Guard * 5-11 * 167 * Freshman * HS * New Haven, Connecticut (Notre Dame HS) 3 Top Performances Points 39, vs. Marquette (11/22/17) Career: 39, vs. Marquette (11/22/17) 11, vs. Kentucky (1/3/18) Career: 11, vs. Kentukcy (1/3/18) Field Goals Made 13, vs. Marquette (11/22/17) Career: 13, vs. Marquette (11/22/17) 3 PT FG Made 5, twice Career: 5, twice Free Throws Made 8, twice Career: 8, twice Assists Career: 10, three times 10, three times Blocks 1, vs. Houston (12/13/17) Career: 1 vs. Houston (12/13/17) Steals Career: 5, twice 5, twice MInutes Played 40, vs. Marquette (11/22/17) Career: 40, vs. Marquette (11/22/17) Top Career Scoring Games 1. 39 vs. Marquette (11/22/17) 2. 27 vs. Alcorn (11/10/17) 3. 21 at Texas A&M (1/6/18) 3. 21 vs. Michigan (11/20/17) 5. 20 vs. UNCW (12/10/17) 6. 19 vs. SFA (12/16/17) 7. 18 vs. Kentucky (1/3/18) 7. 18 at Memphis (12/29/17) 9. 17 vs. Houston (12/13/17) 10. 15 vs. N. Florida (12/22/17) Freshman Season (2017-18) After opening game that earned him SEC Freshman of the Week honors, a scoring game in which only one LSU freshman had scored more points since 1976, Waters came off the bench to play 27 minutes and had five points, eight assists and just one turnovers. In two games 14 assists, two turnovers... LSU record in Maui of 39 points against Marquette... Had two SportsCenter Top play moments (No. 2 & No. 1) in Maui win over Michigan... Did not have a good shooting night in UTM game but dished out 10 assists and had four steals... For second straight game had 10 assists against UNCW, just missed triple double with 20 points and nine rebounds... Earns West Coast edition Top play on SportsCenter again after his block of a potentially tyng three pointer in the final six seconds of the 80-77 win... Waters continued his strong play with 19 points, six assists, four steals against SFA... Second double double vs. North Florida (15 pts, 10 asts); third game of 10 assists this season... Helped LSU to the road win at Memphis (12/29) wtih 18 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals)... First double double of points and rebounds in the loss to Kentucky (1/3)... Equaled season high of treys (5), making two 30-plus foot shots in the final 12 seconds that proved the difference in 69-68 win at Texas A&M (1/6) Waters Game-by-Game Statistics 2017-18 OPPONENT MIN FG 3FG FT REB PF/D A TO BLK STL PTS Alcorn State* 27 9-13 4-6 5-6 5 0 6 1 0 5 27 Samford 27 2-5 1-4 0-0 1 2 8 1 0 1 5 Michigan (Maui Inv.)* 31 7-13 3-5 4-5 1 3 5 5 0 1 21 Notre Dame (Maui Inv.)* 25 2-7 2-4 2-2 3 1 3 3 0 0 8 Marquette (Maui.Inv.)* 40 13-22 5-11 8-10 2 2 4 5 0 5 39 UT Martin * 34 2-10 1-7 3-4 4 1 10 1 0 4 8 UNCW * 37 6-13 1-4 7-8 9 3 10 7 0 0 20 Houston 39 7-14 3-5 0-1 2 3 6 3 1 3 17 Stephen F. Austin 34 4-10 3-7 8-10 4 2 6 5 0 4 19 Sam Houston State* 28 3-7 2-4 0-0 1 1 1 3 0 1 8 North Florida* 26 5-9 3-6 2-2 2 2 10 1 0 4 15 at Memphis* 38 6-12 3-6 3-5 1 3 8 4 0 4 18 *Kentucky* 37 6-13 2-9 4-4 11 0 3 2 1 2 18 *at Texas A&M* 36 6-13 5-9 4-4 5 2 4 5 0 1 21 *at Arkansas *Alabama *Georgia *at Vanderbilt *Texas A&M *at Auburn *at Tennessee *Arkansas *at Florida *Ole Miss *at Alabama *Missouri *Vanderbilt *at Georgia *at South Carolina *Mississippi State Tremont Waters Career Stats YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB.-AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG. 17-18 14-13 459/32.8 78-161.484 38-87.437 50-61.820 51-3.6 25-0 84 46 2 34 244-17.4 Totals 14-13 459/32.8 78-161.484 38-87.437 50-61.820 51-3.6 25-0 84 46 2 34 244-17.4

SKYLAR MAYS Guard * 6-4 * 200 * Sophomore * 1L * Baton Rouge, Louisiana (University HS/Findlay Prep) 4 Top Performances Points 20, vs. Samford (11/16/17) Career: 22, at Arkansas (1/21/17) 9, vs. Houston (12/14/17) Career: 9, vs. Houston (12/14/17) Field Goals Made 7, vs. SFA (12/16/17) Career: 7, vs. SFA (12/161/7) 3 PT FG Made 4, three times Career: 4, three times Free Throws Made 8, vs. Marquette (11/22/17) Career: 9, at Arkansas (1/21/17) Assists 6, twice Career: 11, vs. Houston (11/29/16) Blocks 2, vs. Michigan (11/20/17) Career: 2, vs. Michigan (11/20/17) Steals 4, vs. Sam Houston (12/19/17) Career: 4, three times Minutes Played 37, vs. Houston (12/10/17) Career: 37, vs. Houston (12/10/17) Sophomore Season (2017-18) After starting much of last year as lead point guard, has moved to the second point-guard in Coach Will Wade s two point guard system. Had the second 20-point game of his career against Samford with 20 points, hitting four treys in 29 minutes... Second time with four treys and six total FGs vs. UTM... Third straight double figure scoring game against UNCW (14) and fourth came against Houston (18 points, 9 rebounds)... Five straight against SFA (17) with career high field goals made (7) and season high in assists in 6...13 more points against Sam Houston to extend double figure scoring string to six games... Six game scoring in double figures stopped in North Florida game... Third straight game of five assists or more... Found touch again from the arc with four treys made in 14 pts effort in win at Memphis (12/28) Mays Game-by-Game Statistics 2017-18 OPPONENT MIN FG 3FG FT REB PF/D A TO BLK STL PTS Alcorn State* 23 3-5 0-1 1-1 3 0 5 1 0 2 7 Samford * 29 6-11 4-7 4-4 1 1 2 2 0 1 20 Michigan (Maui Inv.)* 34 3-6 0-2 2-2 5 3 3 4 2 1 8 Notre Dame (Maui Inv.)* 28 3-10 1-4 1-1 7 0 0 4 0 0 8 Marquette (Maui Inv.)* 34 1-3 0-2 8-8 5 5/1 2 4 1 0 10 UT Martin* 34 6-12 4-10 2-5 1 0 3 1 1 1 18 UNCW* 26 5-6 2-3 2-2 2 3 3 2 0 1 14 Houston* 37 6-16 0-5 6-6 9 0 2 2 0 1 18 Stephen F. Austin* 32 7-10 1-2 2-3 4 4 6 4 1 3 17 Sam Houston State* 31 6-11 1-6 0-0 3 0 5 2 0 4 13 North Florida* 21 3-6 0-1 0-0 6 1 5 1 0 2 6 at Memphis* 30 4-9 4-7 2-2 5 4 4 3 0 1 14 *Kentucky* 30 2-11 1-1 0-0 1 1 3 1 0 2 5 *at Texas A&M* 30 3-11 2-7 3-4 5 1 6 1 0 0 11 *at Arkansas *Alabama *Georgia *at Vanderbilt *Texas A&M *at Auburn *at Tennessee *Arkansas *at Florida *Ole Miss *at Alabama *Missouri *Vanderbilt *at Georgia *at South Carolina *Mississippi State Top Career Scoring Games 1. 22, at Arkansas (1/21/17) 2. 20, vs. Samford (11/16/17) 3. 19, at Ole Miss (2/14/17) 4. 18, vs. Houston (12/10/17) 4. 18, vs. UTM (11/29/17) 6. 17, vs. SFA (12/16/17) 7. 15, at Miss. State (3/4/17) 7. 15, at Georgia (2/25/17) 9. 14, three times Skylar Mays Career Stats YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB.-AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG. 16-17 31-25 711/22.9 83-202.411 21-64.328 69-85.812 69-2.2 55-0 113 69 2 40 256-8.3 17-18 14-14 419-29.9 58-127.457 20-58.345 33-38.868 57-4.1 23-1 49 32 5 20 169-12.1 TOTALS 45-39 1130/25.1 141-329.429 41-122.336 102-123.829 126-2.8 78-1 162 101 7 60 425-9.4

DARYL EDWARDS Guard * 6-3 * 165 * Junior * JC * Fresno, California (NW Florida State/Fresno Central HS) 5 Top Performances Points 15, vs. UTM (11/29/17) Career: 15, vs. UTM (11/29/17) 5, vs. Sam Houston (12/19/17) Career: 5, vs. Sam Houston (12/19/17) Field Goals Made 6, vs. UTM (11/29/17) Career: 6, vs. UTM (11/29/17) 3 PT FG Made 3, twice Career: 3, twice Free Throws Made 4, vs. SFA (12/16/17) Career: 4, vs. SFA (12/16/17) Assists 6, vs. Samford (11/16/17) Career: 6, vs. Samford (11/16/17) Blocks Career: Steals Career: 1, twice 1, twice 1, seven times 1, seven times Junior Season (2017-18) Got the start against Samford and had eight points for the second straight game, also had six assists and no turnovers in 26 minutes... Played 25 minutes off the bench against UTM and hit 6 field goals, including three treys for 15 points... Also had three assists, no turnovers... Second double figure scoring game against SFA with 10... Returned to the starting lineupagainst Sam Houston and scored 11 points, his second straight double figure scoring game... Three straight double figure games, last two since moving into the starting lineup... Eight points in 25 minutes in the win at A&M (1/6) Edwards Game-by-Game Statistics 2017-18 OPPONENT MIN FG 3FG FT REB PF/D A TO BLK STL PTS Alcorn State 20 3-5 2-4 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 1 8 Samford * 26 2-4 2-4 2-2 2 8 6 0 0 1 8 Michigan (Maui Inv.) 10 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 Notre Dame (Maui Inv.) 16 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 Marquette (Maui.Inv.) 7 0-2 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 UT Martin 25 6-11 3-6 0-0 2 0 3 0 0 1 15 UNCW 18 2-2 2-2 1-1 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 Houston 25 1-6 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Stephen F. Austin 24 2-4 2-4 4-4 2 3 0 3 0 1 10 Sam Houston State* 27 3-6 3-6 2-2 5 2 1 1 1 0 11 North Florida* 18 4-4 2-2 0-0 1 0 3 1 0 1 10 at Memphis* 21 2-3 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 0 5 *Kentucky * 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 *at Texas A&M * 25 3-6 1-4 1-2 1 2 1 2 0 1 8 *at Arkansas *Alabama *Georgia *at Vanderbilt *Texas A&M *at Auburn *at Tennessee *Arkansas *at Florida *Ole Miss *at Alabama *Missouri *Vanderbilt *at Georgia *at South Carolina *Mississippi State MInutes Played 27, vs. Sam Houston (12/19/17) Career: 27, vs. Sam Houston (12/19/17) Top Career Scoring Games 1. 15, vs. UTM, 11/29/17 2. 11, vs. Sam Houston, 12/19/17 3. 10, vs. N. Florida, 12/22/17 3. 10, vs. SFA, 12/16/17 5. 8, at Texas A&M, 1/6/17 5. 8, vs. Samford, 11/16/17 5. 8, vs. Alcorn, 11/10/17 8 7, vs. UNCW, 12/10/17 9. 5, at Memphis, 12/28/17 10 3, vs. Houston, 12/13/17 Daryl Edwards Career Stats YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB.-AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG. 17-18 14-6 272/19.4 28-56.500 19-41.463 12-13.923 21-1.5 18 16 12 2 7 87-6.2 Totals 14-6 272/19.4 28-56.500 19-41.463 12-13.923 21-1.5 18-0 16 12 2 7 87-6.2

GALEN ALEXANDER Forward * 6-6 * 210 *Fr. * HS * Breaux Bridge, La. (Lafayette Christian Academy) 10 Top Performances Points 8, vs. North Florida, 12/22/17 Career: 8, vs. North Florida, 12/22/17 5, vs. Sam Houston (12/19/17) Career: 5, vs. Sam Houston (12/19/17) Field Goals Made 3, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Career: 3, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) 3 PT FG Made 1, twice Career: 1, twice Free Throws Made 1, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Career: 1, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Assists 1, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Career: 1, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Blocks Career: Freshman Season (2017-18) After not seeing action in four games, gets most extensive minutes against Sam Houston State, playing 13 minutes with five boards... Double digit minutes for second straight game and highest point total versus North Florida. Alexander s Game-by-Game Statistics 2017-18 OPPONENT MIN FG 3FG FT REB PF/D A TO BLK STL PTS Alcorn State 5 2-3 1-2 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 Samford Michigan (Maui Inv.) Notre Dame (Maui Inv.) 7 1-4 0-3 0-0 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 Marquette (Maui Inv.) 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 UT Martin UNCW Houston Stephen F. Austin Sam Houston State 13 0-3 0-3 0-0 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 North Florida 15 3-4 1-2 1-2 4 0 1 0 0 1 8 at Memphis *Kentucky *at Texas A&M *at Arkansas *Alabama *Georgia *at Vanderbilt *Texas A&M *at Auburn *at Tennessee *Arkansas *at Florida *Ole Miss *at Alabama *Missouri *Vanderbilt *at Georgia *at South Carolina *Mississippi State Steals 1, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Career: 1, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) MInutes Played 15, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Career: 15, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Top Career Scoring Games 1. 8 vs. North Florida (12/22/17) 2. 5 vs. Alcorn State (11/10/17) 3. 2 vs. Notre Dame (11/21/17) Galen Alexander s Career Stats YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB.-AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG. 17-18 5-0 45/9.0 6-14.429 2-10.200 1-2.500 15/3.0 5-0 1 2 0 1 15-3.0 Totals 5-0 45/9.0 6-14.429 2-10.200 1-2.500 15/3.0 5-0 1 2 0 1 15-3.0

MARSHALL GRAVES Guard * 6-2 * 185 * Sophomore * 1L * Ponchatoula, Louisiana (University High) 12 Top Performances Points 7, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Career: 7, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) 2, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Career: 2, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Field Goals Made 3, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Career: 3, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) 3 PT FG Made 2, vs. UTM (11/29/17) Career: 2, vs. UTM (11/29/17) Free Throws Made Career: 2 vs. Miss. State (SECT) (3/8/17) Assists 2, twice Career: 3, vs. Texas A&M (2/4/17) Blocks Career: Sophomore Season (2017-18) Career night off bench against UTM, playing 16 minutes, hitting two treys and scoring six points... Career high seven points vs. North Florida. Graves Game-by-Game Statistics 2017-18 OPPONENT MIN FG 3FG FT REB PF/D A TO BLK STL PTS Alcorn State 7 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 Samford 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Michigan (Maui Inv.) Notre Dame (Maui Inv.) 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marquette (Maui Inv.) UT Martin 16 2-3 2-2 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6 UNCW 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Houston Stephen F. Austin Sam Houston State 11 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 North Florida 10 3-4 1-2 0-0 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 at Memphis *Kentucky *at Texas A&M *at Arkansas *Alabama *Georgia *at Vanderbilt *Texas A&M *at Auburn *at Tennessee *Arkansas *at Florida *Ole Miss *at Alabama *Missouri *Vanderbilt *at Georgia *at South Carolina *Mississippi State Steals: Career: 1, vs. Houston, 11/29/16 Minutes Played 16, vs. UTM (11/29/17) Career: 16, vs. UTM (11/29/17) Top Career Scoring Games 1. 7, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) 2 6, vs. UTM (11/29/17) 3 2, vs. Alcorn (11/10/17). 3 2 vs. Miss. State (3/8/17) 3. 2 vs. VCU (11/25/16) Marshall Graves Career Stats YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB.-AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG. 16-17 15-0 48/3.2 1-9.111 0-6.000 2-3.667 5-0.3 7-0 3 3 0 1 4-0.3 17-18 7-0 52/7.4 6-14.429 3-10.300 0-0.000 2-0.3 0-0 0 2 0 0 7-2.1 Totals 22-0 100/4.5 7-23.304 3-16.188 2-3.667 7-0.3 12-0 8 6 0 1 19-0.9

RANDY ONWUASOR Guard * 6-3 * 210 * Graduate * TR * Inglewood, California (Southern Utah/Inglewood HS) 14 Top Performances Points Career: 13, twice 13, twice 5, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Career: 5, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Field Goals Made 5, twice Career: 5, twice 3 PT FG Made 2, twice Career: 2, twice Free Throws Made 4, vs. Alcorn (11/10/17) Career: 4, vs. Alcorn (11/10/17) Assists 4, vs. Notre Dame (11/21/17) Career: 4, vs. Notre Dame (11/21/17) Blocks 1, vs. Alcorn (11/10/17) Career: 1, vs. Alcorn (11/10/17) Graduate Season (2017-18) Started his first game at LSU against Marquette in place of Brandon Sampson, who was injured in Notre Dame game... Responded with 13 points and four rebounds... Started last four games for LSU at the third guard spot... Came off the bench to equal his season high of 13 points against Sam Houston State... Onwuasor s Game-by-Game Statistics 2017-18 OPPONENT MIN FG 3FG FT REB PF/D A TO BLK STL PTS Alcorn State 19 0-0 0-0 4-4 2 0 1 1 1 0 4 Samford Michigan (Maui Inv.) 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Notre Dame (Maui Inv.) 20 3-4 1-1 0-0 4 0 4 2 0 0 7 Marquette (Maui Inv.)* 34 5-11 2-3 1-1 2 4 0 1 0 1 13 UT Martin * 12 2-3 0-0 1-1 0 4 2 1 0 0 5 UNCW* 24 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 Houston* 6 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 Stephen F. Austin* 17 0-2 0-0 1-2 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 Sam Houston State 17 5-9 2-6 1-2 2 2 1 1 0 1 13 North Florida 16 3-8 0-2 0-0 5 2 3 0 0 4 6 at Memphis 6 0-2 0-1 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 *Kentucky 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 *at Texas A&M 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 *at Arkansas *Alabama *Georgia *at Vanderbilt *Texas A&M *at Auburn *at Tennessee *Arkansas *at Florida *Ole Miss *at Alabama *Missouri *Vanderbilt *at Georgia *at South Carolina *Mississippi State Steals 4, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Career: 4, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) MInutes Played 34, vs. Marquette (11/22/17) Career: 34, vs. Marquette (11/22/17) Top Career Scoring Games 1. 13, vs. Sam Houston, 12/19/17 1. 13, vs. Marquette, 11/22/17 3. 7, vs. Notre Dame, 11/21/17 4. 6, vs. North Florida, 12/22/17 5. 5, vs. UTM, 11/29/17 6. 4, vs. Alcorn State, 11/10/17 7. 2, vs. Houston, 12/13/17 7. 2, vs. UNCW, 12/10/17 9. 1, twicee Randy Onwuasor s Career Stats YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB.-AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG. 17-18 13-5 189/14.5 20-42.476 5-13.385 9-12.750 22-1.8 23-0 13 10 2 7 54-4.2 Totals 13-5 189/14.5 20-42.476 5-13.385 9-12.750 22-1.8 23-0 13 10 2 7 54-4.2

REED VIAL Guard * 6-3 * 189 * Senior * 1L * Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Parkview Baptist HS) 15 Top Performances Points Career: 1, vs. Southern Miss, 11/15/16 1, vs. Sam Houston, 12/19/17 Career: 1, twice Field Goals Made Career: 3 PT FG Made Career: Free Throws Made Career: 1, vs. Southern Miss, 11/15/16 Assists Career: Blocks Career: Senior Season (2017-18) Vial s Game-by-Game Statistics 2017-18 OPPONENT MIN FG 3FG FT REB PF/D A TO BLK STL PTS Alcorn State 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Samford 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Michigan (Maui Inv.) Notre Dame (Maui Inv.) 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marquette (Maui Inv.) UT Martin UNCW DND-Coach s Decision Houston Stephen F. Austin Sam Houston State 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 North Florida 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Memphis *Kentucky *at Texas A&M *at Arkansas *Alabama *Georgia *at Vanderbilt *Texas A&M *at Auburn *at Tennessee *Arkansas *at Florida *Ole Miss *at Alabama *Missouri *Vanderbilt *at Georgia *at South Carolina *Mississippi State Steals Career: Minutes Played 4, vs. Alcorn (11/10/17) Career: 4 vs. Alcorn (11/10/17) Top Career Scoring Games 1. 1, vs. Southern Miss, 11/15/16 Reed Vial s Career Stats YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB.-AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG. 16-17 7-0 7/1.0 0-0.000 0-0.000 1-2.500 1-0.1 0 0 1 0 0 1-0.1 17-18 5-0 12/2.4 0-3.000 0-2.000 0-0.000 1-0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0-0.0 Totals 12-0 19/1.6 0-3.000 0-2.000 1-2.500 2-0.2 1 0 1 0 0 1-0.1

AARON EPPS Forward * 6-10 * 214 * Senior * 3L * Ball, Louisiana (Tioga HS) 21 Top Performances Points 26, vs. Houston (12/13/17) Career: 26, vs. Houston (12/13/17) 16, vs. Houston (12/13/17) Career: 16, vs. Houston (12/13/17) Field Goals Made 8, vs. Houston (12/13/17) Career: 8, vs. Houston (12/13/17) 3 PT FG Made 3, at A&M (1/6/18) Career: 3, twice Free Throws Made 8, vs. Houston (12/13/17) Career: 8, vs. Houston (12/1017) Assists 1, vs. UNCW (12/10/17) Career: 2, three times Blocks 3, at Memphis (12/28/17) Career: 3 twice Steals 2, vs. Michigan (11/20/17) Career: 2, twice Senior Season (2017-18) Epps missed the opener after suffering a foot injury in pre-season practice. Was limited to 10 minutes in his first return game but hit 4-of-5 field goal attempts and had eight points... Received first start in Maui against Marquette... Started and played 24 minutes against UTM, 6 pts-8 rebs... An amazing game featuring a career high in both points and rebounds as he collected his fourth career double double for LSU... Back to-back double doubles against SFA (12/16) and Sam Houston... 13 pts and 9 boards agaisnt North Florida... Epps has his fifth double figure scoring game for the season with 13 against Kentucky, 6-11 from field)... Back-to-back double figure games with 11 at A&M (1/6), hitting three treys. Epps Game-by-Game Statistics 2017-18 OPPONENT MIN FG 3FG FT REB PF/D A TO BLK STL PTS Alcorn State DND -- injury Samford 10 4-5 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 Michigan (Maui Inv.) 23 6-7 2-3 0-0 4 2 0 0 0 2 14 Notre Dame (Maui Inv.) 23 1-7 1-5 0-0 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 Marquette (Maui Inv.)* 8 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 UT Martin * 24 2-7 0-3 2-4 8 2 0 0 0 0 6 UNCW* 17 2-5 0-1 2-3 7 0 1 1 0 0 6 Houston * 29 8-12 2-4 8-9 16 3 0 1 1 0 26 Stephen F. Austin* 30 5-12 2-4 4-4 10 2 0 2 0 1 16 Sam Houston State* 23 2-6 0-2 3-4 6 2 0 0 0 0 7 North Florida* 21 6-11 0-1 1-2 9 1 0 0 1 0 13 at Memphis* 20 3-3 2-2 0-0 6 5-1 0 2 3 0 8 *Kentucky * 26 6-11 1-5 0-0 3 2 1 2 2 0 13 *at Texas A&M* 27 4-7 3-5 0-0 8 3 0 0 0 1 11 *at Arkansas *Alabama *Georgia *at Vanderbilt *Texas A&M *at Auburn *at Tennessee *Arkansas *at Florida *Ole Miss *at Alabama *Missouri *Vanderbilt *at Georgia *at South Carolina *Mississippi State Minutes Played 30, vs. SFA (12/16/17) Career: 34, at Auburn (1/18/17) Top Career Scoring Games 1. 26 vs. Houston (12/13/17) 2 17 vs. Wofford (11/12/16) 3. 16 vs. SFA (12/16/17) 4. 14 vs. Michigan (11/20/17) 4. 14 vs. North Florida (11/18/16) 4. 14 vs. North Florida (12/2/15) 7. 13 vs. Kentucky (1/3/18) 7. 13 vs. North Florida (12/22/17) 9. 12 at Houston (12/13/15) 10. 11 five times Aaron Epps Career Stats YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB.-AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG 14-15 14-2 87/6.2 8-24.333 2-8.250 0-0.000 20-1.4 9-0 4 6 5 4 18-1.3 15-16 29-2 265/9.1 49-90.544 6-20.300 7-9.778 53-1.8 55-2 6 14 9 5 111-3.8 16-17 30-19 515/17.2 71-144.493 14-32.438 29-43.674 133-4.4 85-2 13 41 11 5 185-6.2 17-18 13-10 281/21.6 50-95.529 13-36.361 20-26.769 80-6.2 26-1 2 8 8 5 133-10.2 TOTALS 86-33 1148/13.3 178-353.504 35-96.365 56-78.718 286-3.3 175-5 25 69 33 19 447-5.2

MAYAN KIIR Forward * 6-9 * 201 * Freshman * HS * Bradenton, Florida (Victory Rock Prep) 35 Top Performances Points 9, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Career: 9, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) 7, vs. Sam Houston (12/19/17) Career: 7, vs. Sam Houston (12/19/17) Field Goals Made 3, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Career: 3, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) 3 PT FG Made Career: Free Throws Made 3, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Career: 3, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Assists Season 1, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Career: 1, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Blocks Career: 1, twice 1, twice Freshman Season (2017-18) Kiird has seven rebounds in seven minutes against Sam Houston, includig five offensive boards... Just missed first double figure scoring game against North Florida with nine points. Kiir s Game-by-Game Statistics 2017-18 OPPONENT MIN FG 3FG FT REB PF/D A TO BLK STL PTS Alcorn State DNP-Coach s decision Samford DNP-Coach s decision Michigan (Maui Inv.) DNP-Coach s decision Notre Dame (Maui Inv.) 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marquette (Maui Inv.) 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 UT Martin DNP-Coach s decision UNCW 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Houston Stephen F. Austin Sam Houston State 7 1-2 0-0 1-3 7 1 0 0 0 0 3 North Florida 11 3-4 0-0 3-3 4 0 1 1 1 0 9 at Memphis *Kentucky 2 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 *at Texas A&M 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 *at Arkansas *Alabama *Georgia *at Vanderbilt *Texas A&M *at Auburn *at Tennessee *Arkansas *at Florida *Ole Miss *at Alabama *Missouri *Vanderbilt *at Georgia *at South Carolina *Mississippi State Steals: 1, at Texas A&M (1/6/18) Career 1, at Texas A&M (1/6/18) Minutes Played Season 11, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Career: 11, vs. North Florida (12/22/17) Top Career Scoring Games 1. 9, vs. North Florida, 12/22/17 2. 3, vs. Sam Houston, 12/19/17 3. 2, vs. Marquette, 11/22/17 4. 1, vs. Kentucky, 1/3/18 Mayan Kiir s Career Stats YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB.-AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG. 17-18 7-0 37/5.3 5-8.625 0-0.000 5-8.625 15-2.1 4-0 1 5 2 1 15-2.1 Totals 7-0 37/5.3 5-8.625 0-0.000 5-8.625 15-2.1 4-0 1 5 2 1 15-2.1

Wayde Sims Forward * 6-6 * 217 * Sophomore * 1L * Baton Rouge, Louisiana (University HS) 44 Top Performances Points 13, vs. Samford (11/16/17) Career: 15, vs. Texas A&M, 2/4/17 10, vs. Sam Houston (12/19/17) Career: 11, vs. South Carolina, 2/1/17 Field Goals Made 5, vs. Samford (11/16/17) Career: 7, vs. Texas A&M, 2/4/17 3 PT FG Made 2, twice Career: 4, vs. Vandy, 12/29/16 Free Throws Made 3, twice Career: 4, four times Assists Career: 2, twice 2, five times Blocks 3, vs. Sam Houston (12/19/17) Career: 3, vs. Sam Houston (12/19/17) Steals 4, vs. UTM (11/29/17) Career: 4, vs. UTM (11/29/17) Sophomore Season (2017-18) Opened the season with two double figure scoring games, 11 vs. Alcorn, 13 vs. Samford... Made 9-of-15 from the field in the two games... First collegiate double double vs. Sam Houston State wtih 10 points and 10 rebounds in 20 minutes off the bench... SIms has his third consecutive games of eight points off the bench against Kentucky 1/3) Sims Game-by-Game Statistics 2017-18 OPPONENT MIN FG 3FG FT REB PF/D A TO BLK STL PTS Alcorn State* 20 4-6 2-3 1-2 2 3 0 1 2 1 11 Samford* 22 5-9 0-0 3-3 5 0 0 1 1 1 13 Michigan (Maui Inv.)* 20 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 Notre Dame (Maui Inv.)* 17 2-4 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 4 Marquette (Maui Inv.) 28 3-9 0-5 3-4 7 3 0 1 1 0 9 UT Martin* 23 2-4 0-2 0-0 4 1 2 3 0 4 4 UNCW* 22 4-10 1-5 2-2 6 3 0 1 0 0 11 Houston* 24 2-5 0-2 0-0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 Stephen F. Austin* 22 2-3 1-2 1-1 2 2 0 0 1 0 6 Sam Houston State 20 4-7 1-2 1-3 10 1 0 0 3 0 10 North Florida 15 3-9 2-4 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8 at Memphis 27 4-7 0-2 0-0 7 2 1 0 1 1 8 *Kentucky 18 3-5 0-1 2-3 1 3 0 1 0 0 8 *at Texas A&M 6 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 *at Arkansas *Alabama *Georgia *at Vanderbilt *Texas A&M *at Auburn *at Tennessee *Arkansas *at Florida *Ole Miss *at Alabama *Missouri *Vanderbilt *at Georgia *at South Carolina *Mississippi State Minutes Played 28, vs. Marquette (11/22/17) Career: 31, vs. South Carolina (2/1/17) Top Career Scoring Games 1. 15, vs. Texas A&M, 2/4/17 2. 14, vs. Vandy, 12/291/6 3. 13, vs. Samford, 11/16/17 3. 13, vs. Wofford, 11/12/16 5. 12, vs. Florida, 1/25/178 6. 11, vs. UNCW, 12/10/17 6. 11, vs. Alcorn, 11/10/17 8. 10, five times Wayde Sims Career Stats YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB.-AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS-AVG. 16-17 31-5 588/19.0 77-153.503 14-34.412 32-43.744 117-3.8 53-1 17 32 14 22 200-6.5 17-18 14-8 284/20.3 39-81.481 7-30.233 14-20.700 51-3.6 23-0 6 11 10 8 99-7.1 Totals 45-13 872/19.4 116-234.496 21-64.328 46-63.730 168-3.7 76-1 23 43 24 30 299-6.6