A pair of lengthy second-half runs and a season-high 27 points by Cam Carter propelled LSU to a 78-74 victory over Arkansas Tuesday night at the M

Arkansas basketball collapsed in the second half and is now 0-4 in the SEC after a disappointing road loss to LSU.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Cam Carter scored 27 points and LSU beat Arkansas 78-74 on Tuesday night. LSU’s Jordan Sears made a pair of free throws to end the scoring with 21 seconds left. Arkansas missed its next two shots and had its last shot blocked.

LSU’s offense was sluggish to start against Arkansas (11-6, 0-4), missing its first seven shots. Corey Chest got the Tigers on the scoreboard with a baseline drive for a two-hand dunk at the 15:37 mark of the first half.

LSU basketball needed to snap its SEC losing streak on Tuesday night, and against Arkansas, that's exactly what the Tigers did.

Arkansas basketball's season feels like a nightmare after the latest loss to LSU as John Calipari and his players can't find the right solutions.

Prior to losing to LSU, the Razorbacks were among the first four teams out of ESPN analyst Joe Lunardi's updated NCAA Tournament bracket, and BartTorvik.com gave Arkansas less than a 25.3% chance to make the tournament with an at-large bid.

Anthony Kristensen joins the show from Baton Rouge to discuss Arkansas basketball's loss to LSU. Then Matt Jones and Ethan Westerman talk about what the rest of this season could look like and baseball updates.