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BATON ROUGE, La. -- Duop Reath scored 16 of his game-high 23 points in the second half as LSU rallied for a 91-69 victory against Wofford in the season opener for both teams Saturday.The Tigers trailed the Terriers 43-39 at halftime. However, LSU dominated the second half by outscoring Wofford 52-26. After shooting 53 percent from the field (17 of 32) before halftime, the Terriers made just 21 percent of their field-goal attempts (7 of 33) in the final 20 minutes.Reath, a junior-college transfer who was playing his first game for the Tigers, made all six of his field-goal attempts in the second half. Reath, a 6-foot-10 center, was also 4 of 6 at the foul line after halftime. Reath grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds, blocked three shots made three steals.Our two point guards (Skylar Mays and Jalyn Patterson) have a really high basketball IQ, Reath said. So, its really important that I always stay alert and keep my hands ready. Our perimeter defense made it really easy for me and Aaron (Epps). We had size already. We had to learn to take advantage of that.Epps had 17 points, all but four in the first half. Wayde Sims came off the bench and scored 13 points. Antonio Blakeney and Mays each had 10.After tying at 51-51 on a layup by Reath, the Tigers went on a 12-0 run to take control of the game. Reath scored five of those 12 points. Wofford never trailed by fewer than 10 the rest of the game.Im really proud of the guys and how they hung in there in the first half, LSU coach Johnny Jones said. They came back out in the second half and did a great job of being connected and not getting their heads down. We got off to a great start in the second half and did a good job of not looking back.Reserve Nathan Hoover was the leading scorer for Wofford with 18 points. Both Cameron Jackson and Fletcher Magee added 14 points, while Eric Garcia had 13. Wofford made just one 3-pointer in the second half after connecting on seven before halftime.We played a pretty good ballgame in the first half, Wofford coach Mike Young said. Coach Jones and his staff made a couple of adjustments coming out of the locker room to start the second half that hurt us a little bit. They gave us a couple of looks offensively that we didnt handle very well.BIG PICTURELSU: The Tigers won their 28th straight season opener at home with the last defeat coming at the hands of TCU to begin the 1986-87 campaign. The 22-point margin of victory was the largest in a LSU season opener in five seasons when it beat Nicholls State 96-74.Wofford: The Terriers have won just one season opener since they joined Division I for the 1995-96 season. That victory came against Fairleigh Dickinson 11 years ago. Woffords record against Southeastern Conference teams fell to 3-43.TURNING POINTLSU fell behind Wofford 37-28 just under three-minute mark of the first half. The Terriers made three more field goals before halftime, but the Tigers were able to reduce their deficit to four points on the strength of three 3-pointers by Epps. In his career, Epps never had made more than two 3-pointers in a game.BIG FIRST GAMEHoover, a freshman, began his career by scoring a team-high 18 points. Hoover was 5 of 11 from the field, including 4 of 6 on 3-pointers. Like his teammates, Hoover had trouble knocking down shots after halftime. He missed four of his five second-half field goal attempts.UP NEXTLSU: The Tigers will continue a season-opening three game homestand when they take on Southern Mississippi on Tuesday.Wofford: The Terriers will have their home opener against Allen University, a NAIA school, on Tuesday.Grant Dayton Jersey . -- About a third of the way through the regular season, the Washington Wizards are at . Glenn Hubbard Braves Jersey . 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The PCB confirmed the move had come from selection committee head, Inzamam-ul-Haq, but it fell through in the absence of the board chairman Shaharyar Khan, who is recovering from surgery, and executive committee head Najam Sethi, who is on vacation in England.Afridi had plans to retire at the end of the 2016 World T20 in India and Shaharyar had confirmed this earlier in the year saying, He is also a Pathan and I am also a Pathan and once the agreement is done between two Pathans it cant be changed. However, before the tournament, Afridi revealed that he was reconsidering his retirement due to huge pressure from friends and family.Following Pakistans poor performance at the World T20, and criticism surrounding his leadership, Afridi stepped down as captain but chose to continue playing in the format. However, he has not played for Pakistan since then, with the new selection committee not seeing him as a part of their plans for the side. Afridi had succeeded Mohammad Hafeez as Pakistans T20 captain in September 2014. In his second stint as captain, Afridi led the side to 11 victories in 24 matches but his personal form dipped. He averaged 14.65 during this period with a best of 49, and took 20 wickets.After the 2016 World T20, Afridi turned out for Hampshire in Natwest t20 Blast the scoring 191 runs at 17.36 in 12 matches and taking nine wickets. He also played only one match in the recent domestic National T20 tournament, before pulling out due to fitness concerns. He reportedly underwent an MRI scan on his knee and was later trained in Karachi as a part of injury rehabilitation.dddddddddddd He was also optimistic that he would be selected for the series against West Indies, but he was ignored.However, days after the team announcement, the Urdu newspaper Jang carried a report that claimed Afridi would be selected as the 16th player for the three-match series against West Indies in the UAE, as part of a planned farewell.Afridi hinted at that possibility and his retirement during a media session in Karachi, but the statement was seen as ambiguous.I have put no pressure on the board nor they on me but whatever happens it will be good and set new precedents, Afridi said in a statement in Karachi. I have always noted that in Pakistan there is no tradition of players retiring gracefully, even the big names. Every player wants to go out on a high and I am no different.Players must exit respectfully since the ones who serve the country with distinction deserve honour. I have had a discussion with Inzi bhai (Inzamam-ul-Haq) who is an elder to me and we will do what is beneficial to both Pakistan cricket and my own self. This would allow players to decide themselves when it is the right time for them to retire gracefully and with dignity.Afridis decisions to retire from other formats were also surrounded by uncertainty. His decision to retire from Test cricket, immediately after leading his side to a 150-run loss against Australia at Lords in 2010, was seen as abrupt. His ODI retirement, too, was muddled for some time before he decided to quit the format after the 2015 World Cup. ' ' '