BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Cam Carter scored 27 points and LSU beat Arkansas 78-74 on Tuesday night.

LSU’s Jordan Sears made two free throws to tie the score with 21 seconds left. Arkansas missed its next two shots and its final shot was blocked.

Carter was 7 of 15 from the floor, made three 3-pointers and all 10 of his free throw attempts. Sears also made three 3-pointers and finished the game with 17 points on 5 of 13 shooting for LSU (12-5, 1-3 Southeastern Conference).

Boogie Fland scored 19 points, leading Arkansas (11-6, 0-4) to double figures with five points. Adou Thiero scored 13 points and Jonas Aidoo added 12, and the pair grabbed 10 rebounds each.

Carter scored nine points in a 23-7 run to give LSU a 66-57 lead with 4:50 to play. Fland responded with eight points, including two three-pointers, to put Arkansas within 68-65 with 3:29 left. Carter scored four points for a 7-4 lead and extended his lead to seven points (76-69) with 46 seconds left.

Trevon Brazile hit a 3-pointer and Thiero added two free throws for Arkansas before Sears secured the win.

LSU made 22 of 55 shots overall (40%) and made 26 of 28 shots (93%) from the free throw line. Arkansas made 27 of 69 (39%) shooting and 11 of 13 from the line.

LSU plays at No. 11 Texas A&M on Saturday.

Arkansas will try to end a four-game break with a road game against Missouri on Saturday.

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