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LSU holds off North Florida 78-70

Updated Mar. 5, 2020 12:00 a.m. ET

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Antonio Blakeney scored 20 points as LSU held off North Florida 78-70 in a non-conference game Friday.

The Ospreys, who trailed by 12 points with slightly more than six minutes remaining in the game, reduced their deficit to four over the next two minutes. A basket by Romelo Banks left the Tigers (3-0) ahead 67-63 with 4:11 remaining.

Blakeney then scored six of his 20 points in the last 3 1/2 minutes to enable LSU to pick up the victory. Blakeney made two field goals and a pair of foul shots. Brandon Sampson had a field goal and two free throws in this stretch for the Tigers.

Blakeney was one of four LSU players to score in double figures. Duop Reath had 17 points before fouling out late in the game. Sampson scored 16 points and Aaron Epps added 14.

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