SEC Men's Basketball Results for Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009


No. 13 Florida 80, Florida A&M 59


GAINESVILLE, Fla.(AP) -- Dan Werner scored 16 points, Alex Tyus added 15 and No. 13 Florida beat Florida A&M 80-59 on Tuesday night.

Vernon Macklin finished with 14 points and seven rebounds for the Gators, who improved to 7-0 for the first time since 2005.

Christopher Walker led the Rattlers (0-9) with 19 points and six rebounds.

Unranked to start the season, Florida jumped into the middle of The Associated Press' poll Monday after beating rival Florida State, upsetting then-No. 2 Michigan State three days later and knocking off Rutgers in the championship game of the Legends Classic in New Jersey.

It was the program's best week since winning a second consecutive NCAA championship in Atlanta in April 2007. The Gators have been ranked four times in the 33 months since, but never stayed in the poll very long.

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LSU 66, Louisiana-Lafayette 58

BATON ROUGE, La.(AP) -- Storm Warren scored 18 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to help LSU defeat Louisiana-Lafayette 66-58 on Tuesday night.

Warren recorded his fourth double-double in six games this season and his 16 rebounds were a career high.

Tasmin Mitchell also had a double-double for the Tigers (4-2) with a season-high 26 points and 10 rebounds. Bo Spencer added 14 points.

Travis Bureau led the Ragin' Cajuns with 10 points. Tyren Johnson and Randell Daigle, who were each averaging 13.8 points per game, were held to six and five points, respectively.

Louisiana-Lafayette (1-4), which trailed by as many as seven points early in the second half, tied the score at 43 on a 3-pointer by Lamar Roberson with 10:03 left. On the next possession, Chris Bass made a 3-pointer to give LSU the lead for good.

Warren then sank a pair of foul shots to give LSU a five-point lead.

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Auburn 87, Alabama A&M 52

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.(AP) -- Lucas Hargrove scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as Auburn defeated Alabama A&M 87-52 on Tuesday night.

Andre Malone added 10 points and Ty Armstrong had 12 rebounds for the Tigers (4-3) as they welcomed back Tay Waller, who missed the first six games of the season with a quadriceps injury.

The senior guard, who averaged 12.9 points per game last year, had 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting.

Alabama A&M (2-3) led 7-2 after a 3-pointer from leading scorer Casey Cantey and withstood Auburn's 12-2 run to trail just 23-21 after a trey from Cornelius Hester. But the Tigers went on an 18-3 run to close the first half.

Auburn outscored the Bulldogs 17-6 to start the second half.

The Tigers shot 50.7 percent from the floor and outrebounded Alabama A&M 52-31.

Cantey paced the Bulldogs with 21 points.



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