BATON ROUGE - The LSU men's basketball team used two even halves of scoring to take out Texas Southern 92-51 on Friday at the Maravich Center.

Will Wade's Tigers dominated the paint as LSU outscored the Tigers 62-12 en route to shooting 57% from the floor compared to Texas Southern who managed just 17% in the second half.

LSU was led by six Tigers in double-figures with both Abdi Bashir and Saliou Niang pouring in 15 points each.

The Tigers will be back on the court on Monday night against LA Tech with a 7 p.m. tip.