BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Cameron Thomas scored a career-high 32 points and Darius Days scored 18 with 10 rebounds, and LSU beat Texas A&M 77-54 on Tuesday night in a Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.
The true freshman Thomas now has five, 20-plus point scoring efforts this season - the most in the nation at the Division I level. He entered as the nation's 10th-leading scorer.
Trendon Watford's layup with 12:41 before halftime put LSU up 13-12 and it never trailed again. Days sandwiched a pair of 3-pointers around one from Thomas and LSU used the 9-0 spurt for a 28-18 lead. The Tigers led 41-27 at halftime on 53.3% shooting (16 for 30).
LSU (6-1, 1-0) emerged from the break to outscore Texas A&M 23-15 over the first 10 minutes of the second half, and Jalen Cook's 3 with 10:05 remaining made it a 64-42 advantage.
Quenton Jackson led the Aggies with 17 points and Emanuel Miller 14.
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Texas A&M Men's Basketball Postgame Notes
LSU 77, Texas A&M 54
Pete Maravich Assembly Center (Baton Rouge, La.)Â
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RECORDS & SERIES NOTES
- Texas A&M fell in its conference opener, 77-54, at LSU on Tuesday.
- The Tigers now lead the all-time series 25-18.
TEAM NOTES
- The Aggies took a three-point lead, 12-9, with 13:23 remaining, but were doomed by a 27-9 LSU run that spanned over the next 11 minutes.
- The Maroon & White outscored the Tigers on fast breaks 12-4.
- Texas A&M used the starting lineup combination of LaDamien Bradford, Andre Gordon, Quenton Jackson, Kevin Marfo and Emanuel Miller (0-1) for the first time this season.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Senior Quenton Jackson finished with 17 points on 6 of 10 shooting and was 4 of 4 from the free-throw line. His 17 points are the most since his 28-point outburst in the season-opening win over New Orleans on Nov. 28.
- Sophomore Emanuel Miller scored in double-digits for the sixth time this season. He is the first Aggie since Danuel House in 2015-16 to score 10-or-more points in his first six appearances to start the season. Miller finished with 14 points and was 6 of 7 from the field.
- Freshman Jaxson Robinson provided a spark of the bench as he recorded season highs in points (5) and rebounds (7) in a season high 18 minutes of play.
- Senior Savion Flagg led the team in assists for the fourth time this season.
- Graduate transfer Kevin Marfo registered a season-high two blocks, the most by an Aggie this season.
- Buzz Williams is 21-16 in his career at Texas A&M and 274-171 in his 14 seasons as a head coach.