Da Boot Sports 12/29/2024 By: Terrill J. Weil BATON ROUGE - The Lady Tigers returned home to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Sunday afternoon to play Albany before SEC play begins on January 2 and came away with a hard fought, 83-61 victory over a very talented and well coached Great Dame team. Albany kept the game close all day, before LSU began to pull away over the final three minutes of the contest. LSU finished shooting 32-72 from the floor for 44% on the day. They only made one three pointer, going 1-13 from behind the arc. They sank 18-21 free throws for 86%. The Lady Tigers out-rebounded Albany, 53-27. Aneesah Morrow led the team with 20 points. Mikaylah Williams scored 18 points. Flau'Jae Johnson added 15 points. Jersey Wolfenbarger finished with 11 points. Kailyn Gilbert had 8. Shayeann Day-Wilson contributed 7 points and Mjracle Sheppard finished with 4 points. LSU had a sluggish start to the contest, finding themselves down, 9-6 to the Great Danes at the 4:56 mark. Over the first five minutes of the game, the Lady Tigers shot a poor 33% and turned th ball over six times. Albany continued to hustle and play inspiring basketball as they simply out-played LSU in the first period, taking a 25-16 lead into the second quarter. With 4:44 left in the first half, Albany led LSU, 35-27 at the official's timeout. The Lady Tigers struggled to mount any type of a run against the visiting Great Danes. LSU would go on a 7-3 run, cutting the lead to 38-34 as we headed into halftime. LSU only shot 14-39 from the floor in the first half for 36%, while shooting 0-8 from three point range. They sank 6-8 free throws for 75%. The Lady Tigers committed eight first half turnovers while forcing seven. LSU out-rebounded Albany, 28-13 at the break. Mikaylah Williams led LSU at the half with 8 points. LSU would begin the second half on fire, going on a 14-6 run to take a 48-44 lead, forcing an Albany timeout with 6:15 left in the period. The Lady Tigers would then outscore Albany, 8-6 over the final 6:15 of the third period to take a 56-53 lead into the final quarter. LSU went on a 9-6 run to start the fourth period, to hold a 65-59 advantage with 5:26 left in the contest. The Ben-Gals made the plays down the stretch to slowly pull away for the win. With the win, LSU improves to 15-0. Next up the Lady Tigers will open up SEC play on the road as they will travel to Fayetteville to play Arkansas on Tuesday, January 2. Tipoff is set 8:00 pm and will be televised on SEC Network. Make sure you go to DaBootSports.com for all of your LSU, Saints and Southern University coverage all season long. Also, please Subscribe to our Da Boot Sports YouTube Channel for our live 'Talking Tigers with Da Boot Sports' Podcast. We will have our final Football podcast of the year on Wednesday, January 1 at 7:30 pm.. Then starting every Wednesday night at 7:30 pm on January 8, we will begin out Talking Tigers Basketball Podcast. Join David Penn and former LSU great, Clarence Ceasar as they talk LSU men's and women's basketball. Thank you for all the support! GEAUX TIGERS!!! **If your a Saints fan, tune into our YouTube Channel next Monday night at 8pm for our new live Saints podcast, Fleur De Lis Focus. Check it out and join us for some fun New Orleans Saints football Talk... Photos Below By: Paige Luper 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. A huge Thank You to Cardio Health Solutions owned by Ron Sancho for sponsoring and believing in our publication! CARDIO HEALTH SOLUTIONS The company who cares for your heart and what your heart cares for!! Cardio Health Solutions (CHS) utilizes PET and CPET technology to detect all forms of cardiovascular disease even in its earliest stage. We also provide financing, support, and management services to practices interested in exploring the functional capacity of their patients through detection and ancillary imaging. GEAUX to https://www.cardiohealthsolutions.net/ for more information, or call 1-800-578-0654 DA BOOT SPORTS SUPPORTS AUTISM SPEAKS
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