The Flames won the ASUN regular season and tournament titles each of the last three seasons and has won 20+ games each of the last five seasons.
ASUN player of the year Darius McGhee hit five treys in scoring 21 in the win, while Joseph Venzant had 13 points.
The Tigers are 2-0 on the young season and this will be the middle game of a five-game season opening homestand.
In the game Friday, Texas State’s defensive system gave LSU some early problems at the same time the Bobcats were making six first-half three-pointers.
And adjust the Tigers did, coming out to hold Texas State to just eight field goals while LSU got the game back to its pace and posted 52 to win going away.