BATON ROUGE - In a battle of winless teams in the SEC, LSU men's basketball erased a 12-point first half deficit to beat Arkansas at the Maravich Center Tuesday night.

The Tigers used 27 points from Cam Carter to beat the John Calipari-coached Razorbacks 78-74.

Jordan Sears added 17 points and three assists off the bench for LSU. Daimion Collins controlled the paint with seven points, 10 rebounds, and four blocks.

LSU trailed 28-16 in the first half and 36-34 at halftime. The Tigers took their first lead of the game in the second half.

LSU, now 12-5 overall and 1-3 in SEC play, plays at No. 11 Texas A&M on Saturday.