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LSU Sports Information By: Judy Willson Women’s Basketball Drops Game To WVU LAS VEGAS — The LSU women’s basketball team lost to West Virginia in the second game of the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout, 62-42, on Saturday night at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas. Senior Faustine Aifuwa led the Tigers with 12 points, six rebounds, and two assists, followed by senior Khayla Pointer also contributed with another 11 points, six rebounds, four steals and two assists. Freshman Destini Lombard earned her first career start at LSU, while redshirt senior Rakell Spencer earned the fourth start of her LSU career. HOW IT HAPPENED
UP NEXT LSU will host the first home game of the 2020-21 season against UCF in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Friday, Dec. 4. The game is at 6 p.m. CT and will be broadcasted on SECN+. Live stats will be available.
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By: Judy Willson LSU Sports Information Women’s Hoops Loses Opener To BYU LAS VEGAS --- The LSU women's basketball team lost to BYU in the 2020-21 season opener, 67-51. Senior Awa Trasi led the Tigers with 15 points, while senior Karli Seay recorded a career-high 12 points. Redshirt senior Faustine Aifuwa earned her first double-double of the season and the 10th of her career with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Aifuwa made the first three-pointer of her LSU career with 2:42 left in the second quarter. Five players made their LSU debuts versus BYU – Sarah Shematsi, Ajae Petty, Sharna Ayres, Destini Lombard and Treasure Thompson. HOW IT HAPPENED
UP NEXT LSU will be back in South Point Arena for the second game of the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout tournament against West Virginia. The game is at 5:45 p.m. CT and will be broadcast on South Point live stream linked to the LSU Sport Radio Network call. Live stats will be available. Head Coach Nikki Fargas Post Game Quotes On how excited the team was to start playing this game and open the season… “I thought we did a good job in coming back in the first quarter. We dug ourselves a hole in the beginning. We didn’t get off to the start I thought we would, but a lot of credit to BYU. I thought (Shaylee) Gonzales did a really good job of picking us apart. I felt like our offense was dictating how we played defensively, and you can’t allow that to happen, especially on the road. We didn’t shoot the ball extremely well in the second quarter and that’s when they separated themselves. From that point on, we played even. You can’t have a quarter where they’re +10. That’s the game right there. We weren’t getting the stops we needed, and they were scoring. We’ve got to turn around now and play a very good West Virginia team that understands scoring and transitions. This was not one of our better performances, but again we’re still early, first game of the season, and we’ve got to turn this around immediately and get ready to go tomorrow.” On the team going into the game and drawing fouls and how that affected Hanson not being a factor… “We had an opportunity there to establish ourselves. When a team is doubling on calls, we have got to have perimeter players that are ready to knock down shots. We weren’t able to do that. We weren’t able to get any scoring off of our bench plays and our starters didn’t shoot a great percentage either. That’s an area of concern for us right now; to be able to turn a team over 24 times and not be able to convert off of those turnovers. I thought there was an opportunity there, especially in the third quarter, that our defense was picking up and we got it to a single digit lead, and then we would turn the ball over. And then we would get it to a single digit lead and give up a three. Those plays are what you call backbreakers, and that happened several times. This is a 40-minute game and we tell our kids all the time that they have to be ready and locked in from the tip to the sound of the buzzer. That’s an area, when you’re looking at the veterans, that I’m going to challenge them to be better leaders on the floor and make sure defensively that we’re more locked in to guarding people.  Photo By: LSUsports.net 11/17/2020
LSU Sports Information By: Judy Willson Pointer Selected to Preseason Coaches All-SEC First Team BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU senior guard Khayla Pointer has been named to the 2020-21 Preseason Coaches All-Southeastern Conference First Team as announced by the conference office on Tuesday morning. Voting was conducted by the 14 SEC women’s basketball head coaches. The 5-7 Marietta, Georgia, native finished her junior year ranked 10th in the SEC in scoring with 14.8 points per game. A mainstay at the point for LSU for three seasons, Pointer was third in the league in assists per game (4.7), fifth in steals per game (2.1) and seventh in assist/turnover ratio (1.7). She was also the team’s best free throw shooter at 71.6 percent which ranked 10th in the SEC. Pointer was an ironwoman on the court, averaging 32.7 minutes per game. She had a stretch during the 2019-20 season where she played three consecutive, 40-minutes games – February 2 vs. No. 15 Texas A&M, February 10 vs. Missouri and February 13 vs. No. 23 Tennessee. All three games were victories at home in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Over that three-game stretch she averaged 18 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 2.1 steals per game. Pointer is on pace to become the 34th Tiger women’s basketball player to score 1,000 career points for the Purple & Gold as she starts the season with 934 points. She currently ranks 14th on the LSU career assists list with 341 and needs 60 steals to crack the LSU Top-10 career list. The coaches also selected a predicted order of finish for 2020-21 and ranked LSU seventh in the league. LSU finished the COVID-shortened 2019-20 season at 20-10 overall and 9-7 in SEC action. The Tigers return four starters, including Pointer, redshirt senior Faustine Aifuwa, seniors Jailin Cherry and Awa Trasi. It was the fifth 20-win season in head coach Nikki Fargas’ nine seasons at the helm. Aifuwa continues to dominate in the paint for LSU. The 6-5 center from Dacula, Georgia, finished the season ranked 30th in the nation with 63 blocked shots on the season and 35th in blocks per game with a 2.1 average. Both marks ranked third in the SEC. She finished the season ranked sixth in rebounds per game with a 7.9 average. Against Auburn on February 16, she scored the first 20-point game of her career to go along with 10 rebounds. She finished with seven games of double-digit rebounds, including a career-high 16 boards in a win against No. 15 Texas A&M on February 2. In the regular season finale at Arkansas on March 1, she blocked a career-tying seven shots. Cherry and Trasi locked down their places in the starting lineup late in the season. Trasi finished the season fourth on the team in scoring with 6.5 points per game, while Cherry was fifth with 5.8 points per game. Trasi brought added strength to the team’s post play while being able to hit long range from the perimeter with a team-leading 27 three-point baskets made. Cherry brought depth to LSU’s guard capabilities and was second on the team with 35 steals. LSU is scheduled to begin the 2020-21 season on Friday, November 27 against BYU in the first round of the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout in Las Vegas. The Tigers will face West Virginia on Saturday, November 28 to close out the tournament. For a complete schedule, go to LSUsports.net. For 2020-21 LSU Women’s Basketball ticket information, go to LSUtix.net. 2020-21 Preseason Coaches All-SEC Team First Team Khayla Pointer, LSU Chelsea Dungee, Arkansas Unique Thompson, Auburn Rhyne Howard, Kentucky Rickea Jackson, Mississippi State Aliyah Boston, South Carolina Rennia Davis, Tennessee N’dea Jones, Texas A&M Second Team Jasmine Walker, Alabama Destiny Slocum, Arkansas Lavender Briggs, Florida Shakira Austin, Ole Miss Jessika Carter, Mississippi State Aijha Blackwell, Missouri Zia Cooke, South Carolina Kayla Wells, Texas A&M Player of the Year: Rhyne Howard, Kentucky 2020-21 Preseason SEC Coaches Predicted Order of Finish 1. South Carolina 2. Kentucky 3. Texas A&M 4. Arkansas 5. Mississippi State 6. Tennessee 7. LSU 8. Alabama 9. Georgia 10. Missouri 11. Ole Miss 12. Florida 13. Vanderbilt 14. Auburn  11/13/2020
LSU Sports Information By: Judy Willson Women’s Basketball Announces 2020-21 Schedule BATON ROUGE, La. --- The Southeastern Conference announced the dates for 2020-21 women’s basketball league play today. The 16-game schedule will begin on Thursday, December 31, 2020 with LSU hosting Auburn at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. LSU also announced its shortened non-conference schedule. The Tigers will begin the season at the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout on Thanksgiving weekend. LSU will face BYU on Friday, November 27 and West Virginia on Saturday, November 28 at the South Point Hotel Casino and Spa in Las Vegas. The Tigers will host home games against UCF (December 4) and Texas Southern (December 14) before returning to Las Vegas for the Duel in the Desert hosted on campus by UNLV, December 19-21. Exact dates, times and opponents are still being finalized for the Duel in the Desert. After the SEC opener against Auburn, LSU heads out on the road to Ole Miss (January 3) and Alabama (January 7) to start the new year. The Tigers continue with four home games out of six to close out the month. Tennessee (January 10) and Texas A&M (January 14) come to Baton Rouge before LSU travels to South Carolina on January 24 after a scheduled bye date for all 14 teams on January 21. LSU will spend the last week of the month at Georgia on January 28 and hosting Ole Miss in a return game on January 31. The Tigers travel to Texas A&M for a return game on February 4, before the second bye date of the season on February 7. LSU will travel around the Mardi Gras break starting at South Carolina on February 14 before a stop at Kentucky on February 18. The home season will close out with games against Arkansas on the 21st and Mississippi State on the 25th. The regular season will wrap at Vanderbilt on February 28. All 14 SEC teams return to Greenville, South Carolina, March 3-7 for the 2021 SEC Tournament. The annual We Back Pat celebration will fall from January 14-21, while Play4Kay will be recognized throughout the month of February. For 2020-21 LSU Women’s Basketball ticket information, go to LSUtix.net. 2020-21 LSU Women’s Basketball Schedule Date Opponent Location Time Media Fri., Nov. 27 vs. BYU (1) Las Vegas 8:30 p.m. 107.3 FM/TBD Sat., Nov. 28 vs. West Virginia (1) Las Vegas 5:45 p.m. 107.3 FM/TBD Fri., Dec. 4 UCF (2) PMAC 6 p.m. 107.3 FM/SECN+ Mon., Dec. 14 Texas Southern PMAC 1 p.m. 107.3 FM/SECN+ Sat.-Mon., Dec. 19-21 TBD (3) Las Vegas TBD 107.3 FM/TBD Thur., Dec. 31 Auburn* PMAC 6 p.m. 107.3 FM/SECN+ Sun., Jan. 3 at Ole Miss* Oxford, Miss. 2 p.m. 107.3 FM/SECN+ Thur., Jan. 7 at Alabama* Tuscaloosa, Ala. 7 p.m. 107.3 FM/SECN+ Sun., Jan. 10 Tennessee* PMAC 1 p.m. 107.3 FM/SECN+ Thur., Jan. 14 Texas A&M* PMAC 6 p.m. 107.3 FM/SECN+ Mon., Jan. 18 at Missouri* Columbia, Mo. 7 p.m. 107.3 FM/SECN+ Sun. Jan. 24 South Carolina* PMAC 1 p.m. 107.3 FM/SECN+ Thur., Jan. 28 at Georgia* Athens, Ga. 6 p.m. 107.3 FM/SECN+ Sun., Jan. 31 Ole Miss* PMAC 1 p.m. 107.3 FM/SECN+ Thurs., Feb. 4 at Texas A&M* Bryan-College Station, Texas TBD 107.3 FM/SECN+ Thur., Feb. 11 Florida* PMAC 6 p.m. 107.3 FM/SECN+ Sun. Feb. 14 at South Carolina* Columbia, S.C. 1 p.m. 107.3 FM/SECN+ Thur., Feb. 18 at Kentucky* Lexington, Ky. 6 p.m. 107.3 FM/SECN+ Sun., Feb. 21 Arkansas* PMAC 1 p.m. 107.3 FM/SECN+ Thur., Feb. 25 Mississippi State* PMAC 6 p.m. 107.3 FM/SECN+ Sun., Feb. 28 at Vanderbilt* Nashville, Tenn. 2 p.m. 107.3 FM/SECN+ Wed.-Sun., March 3-7 SEC Tournament Greenville, S.C. TBD 107.3 FM/ESPN Networks All dates, times and TV networks are subject to change. All times listed are Central Time Zone. (1) South Point Thanksgiving Shootout, South Point Resort, Las Vegas, Nev. (2) SEC/AAC Challenge (3) Duel in the Desert, UNLV, Las Vegas, Nev.  Photo By: LSUsports.net 11/7/2020
LSU Sports Information By: Judy Willson Tigers in Battle Atop the Leaderboard At Liz Murphey Collegiate ATHENS, Ga. – The LSU women’s golf team, currently ranked No. 1 in the Golfweek/Sagarin ratings, is in a battle at the top of the leaderboard following the first round of the 48th annual Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic. The Tigers are currently in a tie for second place with a 4-over 292. Sophomores Latanna Stone and Ingrid Lindblad each finished the round at 1-under 71 and tied for fourth place. LSU started the back nine in a tie for eighth place before moving into a tie for fifth before the final hole of the day. Lindblad made birdie on 18 to put LSU in contention for the tournament title. “It was a tale of two sides for us today,” said LSU women’s golf head coach Garrett Runion. “We knew the front nine, in particular the first four holes, were some of the harder holes on the course and we didn’t play them the best that we could today. Thankfully everybody remained calm, stayed patient and kept fighting.” Stone led the charge for the Tigers all day. A candidate for the 2021 ANNIKA Award, she shot even on the front nine, settling down after bogeying two holes early in the round. After the turn she hit five consecutive pars, followed by a birdie on 15, and finished with three pars. She shot 2-under over the last 15 holes to sit below par for the round. It was the fourth time this season Stone has shot a round of par or under. Lindblad, also a 2021 ANNIKA award candidate, shot par on the first eight holes of the round before a bogey on Hole No. 9 put her at 1-over. After the turn, she stayed steady with six consecutive pars followed by birdies on 16 and 18 to shoot 2-under on the back nine and finish below par for the fifth time this season. Freshman Carla Tejedo Mulet finished the round at 2-over 74 and in a tie for 19th place. The first half of the round she shot 3-over and followed up at 1-under on the back nine with eight pars and one birdie on 15. Senior Kendall Griffin added a 4-over 76 to the team scoring, while junior transfer Jessica Bailey shot 5-over 77. Griffin finished the round with seven consecutive pars to finish even on the back nine. Bailey shot 1-under on the back nine after a round start on the front nine. “Only making two bogeys as a team on the back nine and having every player shoot the back even par or better was big for us. It ultimately helped us climb out of the hole we dug early on and moved us up the leaderboard. “Tomorrow we go off in the first wave of tee times and will have a chance to post something good. The good news is that I know all five players are capable of playing better.” LSU will tee off at 7:30 a.m. CT from Hole No. 1 for the second round on Saturday in the following order, paired with Mississippi State and Auburn: 7:30 –Bailey; 7:41 – Griffin; 7:52 – Tejedo Mulet; 8:03 – Stone and 8:14 - Lindblad. Live scoring is available at Golfstat.com. Liz Murphey Collegiate – thru Round 1 1. Georgia (A) – 288 E 2. LSU – 292 +4 2. Vanderbilt – 292 +4 2. Tennessee – 292 +4 2. Mississippi State – 292 +4 6. Auburn – 293 +5 7. Arkansas – 296 +8 7. Kentucky – 296 +8 9. Texas A&M – 299 +11 10. Alabama – 303 +15 11. Georgia (B) – 305 +17 12. Missouri – 309 +21 LSU Scores T4. Latanna Stone – 71 -1 T4. Ingrid Lindblad – 71 -1 T19. Carla Tejedo Mulet – 74 +2 T38. Kendall Griffin – 76 +4 T46. Jessica Bailey – 77 +5  Photo By: LSUsports.net 11/6/2020
LSU Sports Information By: Judy Willson No. 1 Women’s Golf Makes Return To Liz Murphey Collegiate BATON ROUGE, La. --- The LSU women’s golf team, currently rated No. 1 in the Golfweek/Sagarin ranking, is making its first appearance in the Liz Murphey Fall Collegiate Classic since 2012. LSU competed in the tournament in April 2012 and at the Liz Murphey NCAA Fall Preview in October 2012. It is the 48th Annual Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, hosted by Georgia, on November 6-8. This year’s competition will be played at the University of Georgia Golf Course in Athens (par 72, 6,302 yards). The tournament is one of the oldest sporting events in women’s intercollegiate athletics. The field features 11 SEC teams, all ranked in the Top-40 by Golfweek, with No. 6 Georgia putting two squads on the course. The pairings format will be threesomes with LSU partnered with the Georgia Red team and No. 2 Arkansas for Round One on Friday, beginning at 8:15 a.m. CT on Hole No. 1. Live scoring updates will be available at GolfStat.com. The Tigers’ lineup will consist of sophomores Ingrid Lindblad and Latanna Stone, freshman Carla Tejedo Mulet, junior Jessica Bailey and senior Kendall Griffin for the third and final tournament of the Fall portion of the 2020-21 season. LSU will start at Hole No. 1 with Bailey teeing off first at 8:15 a.m. CT, followed by Griffin at 8:24 a.m. and Tejedo Mulet at 8:33 a.m. Stone tees off at 8:42 a.m. with Lindblad going off at 8:51 a.m. “We had a good two weeks to recover and prepare for the Liz Murphey at Georgia,” said LSU women’s golf head coach Garrett Runion. “During that time our ranking improved which definitely excited and motivated our ladies to keep up the hard work and finish the semester on a high note. We will have to be focused during our practice round on Thursday as only one of our players, Jessica Bailey, has played the course before. It will be good to face another strong field with 11 of the 14 SEC teams competing on a challenging course.” LSU is currently 22-2 against Top-25 competition after back-to-back second place finishes at the inaugural Blessings Collegiate Invitational and The Ally. The Tigers competed against an all-SEC field in both tournaments. Prior to this season, the last time LSU finished as high as second place against an all-SEC field was in the 2004 SEC Championship tournament at the University Club in Baton Rouge. Lindblad and Stone, both currently listed on the 2021 ANNIKA Award watch list, continue to set the pace for the Tigers this season. Lindblad, ranked No. 2 by WAGR and Golfweek, is shooting a 70.17 average and has posted two Top-3 finishes, second at The Blessings and tied for third at The Ally. Lindblad opened each tournament with a 5-under 67 to stay in contention at the top of the leaderboard. Stone is currently ranked No. 8 by Golfweek and is shooting an average of 72.33 with a fifth-place finish at The Blessings to start the season. Tejedo Mulet, ranked No. 19 by Golfweek and No. 68 by WAGR, is third on the squad at 73.33 over six rounds and earned the first Top-10 finish of her collegiate career at The Ally, placing tied for seventh. Bailey and Griffin are providing solid rounds each tournament with both players averaging 76.00 per round. The five players combined are posting a team average of 289.83 per round, only the second season in school history to be shooting under 290. The first team to shoot under 290 for a season was the 2019-20 squad. Fans can follow along at @LSUWomensGolf on Twitter and Instagram for updates. Tournament Field Golfweek/Sagarin rankings: 1. LSU; 2. Arkansas; 6. Georgia; 7. Auburn; 9. Alabama; 10. Tennessee; 11. Vanderbilt; 13. Kentucky; 16. Texas A&M; 18. Mississippi State; 40. Missouri |
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