 Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 2/26/2026 By: Terrill J. Weil BATON ROUGE, LA - It was Senior Day at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center for the Women's basketball team and LSU was able to send the seniors out with a fantastic 89-73 win over Tennessee on Thursday evening. It was a well played and exciting contest played by both teams. With the win LSU has secured a double bye in the upcoming SEC Women's Tournament LSU finished the day shooting 47% from the field. They hit 4-12 from three point land for 33%. At the free throw line they sank 15-23 for 65%. The Lady Tigers won a close rebound battle, 45-43. LSU committed 11 turnovers for the game, while the Lady Vols had 16. Williams led the team with 20 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double. Fulwiley finished with 18. Z. Johnson scored 14 points. Knox added 13. Flau'jae in her final regular season home game contributed 10 points. Richard managed 9 points. Koval finished with 3 points and Hines added 2 points. The contest began with both teams playing a physical half court style. The pace remained slow, tough and physical with LSU staying a couple of steps ahead of the Lady Vols, making enough plays to hold onto the lead. At the 4:49 media timeout, the Lady Tigers led, 10-6. Over the last three minutes of the first period, Tennessee got hot from behind the arc, hitting four straight three pointers. The Lady Vols were also able to take advantage of the five LSU turnovers, turning them into eight points. The opening period ended with Tennessee on top, 20-16. The Lady Tigers shifted into another gear to start the second period, going on a 18-6 run to build a 34-26 advantage. Tennessee battled back, going on a 12-6 run, cutting the LSU lead to four, 41-37 with 1:29 left in the first half. Mikaylah Williams hit a basket with four seconds left in the period to give the Ben-Gals a 43-42 lead at halftime. LSU shot 46% from the field in the first half. They sank 3-8 from the arc for 38%. From the charity stripe they hit 8-12 for 67%. Tennessee led the rebound battle in the first half, 26-18. LSU committed seven turnovers while the Vols had eight. Fulwiley led the team at the break with 11 point. Williams had 8. Richard finished with 7 points. Knox scored 5. Z. Johnson and Koval managed 3 points each. LSU turned up the heat again to start the third period, going on a 10-5 run to increase their lead to 53-47 with 5:36 left. The Lady Tigers continued to control the contest, fighting off any run the Lady Vols attempted. Over the final five minutes of the third period, LSU out-scored Tennessee, 18-12 to take an 11 points lead, 70-59 into the final period. Over the first four minutes of the fourth period, LSU would out-score Tennessee, 7-2 to extent their advantage to 16 points, 77-61, forcing the Vols to call a timeout with 6:33 remaining. The Lady Vols wouldn't fold and go away, going on an 8-0 run, cutting the LSU lead to ten, 81-71 at the 3:12 mark. But LSU remained in control the rest of the way for the victory. Waith the win LSU improves to 25-4 overall and 11-4 in SEC play. Next up the Lady Tigers will travel to Starkville on Sunday, March 1 to play Mississippi State at 3:00pm. The game will be televised on the SEC Network. *John 14:6 - "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior) *John 3;16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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