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BATON ROUGE, La. — Freshman Mike Williams III hit six 3-pointers and finished with 20 points, both season highs, Hunter Dean and Derek Fountain each had their double-double of the season and hot-shooting LSU beat Northwestern State 96-55. The Tigers shot a season-high 61% from the field, made 11 of 21 from 3-point range and scored 29 points off 20 Northwestern State turnovers. Chris Mubiru hit a 3-pointer and Chase Forte followed with a layup to give the Demons a 7-4 lead but a steal by Fountain led to a layup by Dean to make it 9-8 with 13:32 left in the first half and LSU led the rest of the way. Forte and Jimel Lane lead Northwestern State with nine points apiece.
