
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 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. Quenton Jackson led the Aggies with 17 points and Emanuel Miller 14. Trendon Watford’s layup with 12:41 before halftime put LSU up 13-12 and it never trailed again.