 Photo By: Michael Bacigalupi Da Boot Sports 2/22/2024 By: Terrill J. Weil BATON ROUGE, LA - The LSU Women's Basketball Team returned home and won their 5th straight game, beating Auburn, 71-66 in front of 11,453 fans in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Thursday night. The Lady Tigers were their own worse enemy, committing 23 total turnovers. The officials also made several bad and questionable calls against LSU in the second half. “It is a good sign and we will find the positive tomorrow when we look at the film,” Coach Kim Mulkey said about the defense. “We will continue to show film on the things we have to clean up. We have to clean up turnovers.” LSU shot 23-50 from the floor on the night for 46% while hitting only 2-5 from behind the tree point arc for 40%. They finished 23-27 from the charity stripe for 85%. LSU also out-rebounded Auburn, 42-28. Angel Reese led the Tigers with a double-double, scoring 25 points while grabbing 20 rebounds. Last-Tear Poa scored 13 points, Flau'Jae Johnson added 11, Hailey Van Lith had 7 points, Aalyah Del Rosario scored 6, Aneesah Morrow finished with 5 points and Mikaylah Williams contributed 4. The Tigers controlled the opening tip. Aneesah Morrow took the ball straight to the basket drawing a foul. She sank both free throws to give LSU an early 2-0 lead. Auburn would race out to a 6-2 lead, but the Tigers fought back going on a 8-0 run to hold a 10-6 lead at the 4:47 official's time out. Auburn outscored LSU 11-9 over the final 4:47 of the first quarter, but a three pointer at the buzzer by Hailey Van Lith gave the Ben-Gals a 19-17 lead as the period ended. The contest had shaped up to be a physical back and forth affair, with the visiting Tigers holding a 25-23 lead with 7:02 left in the first half. With Auburn leading 28-25, LSU would go on a 15-2 run to end the half, taking a 40-30 lead into the locker room at the break. The Tigers shot 16-30 from the floor for 53% in the first half. 2-4 for 50% from the three point line and 6-8 from the free throw line for 75%. Angel Reese finished with 11 points, Flau'Jae Johnson added 7 points, Aalyah Del Rosario scored 6 points. Annesah Morrow finished with 4 points, Hailey Van Lith had 3 points, while Mikaylah Williams added 2. The third quarter remained a physical battle over the first five minutes, with Auburn outscoring LSU, 12-8. The Lady Tigers held a 48-42 advantage at the official's time out with 4:58 to go in the 3rd period. Over the final five minutes of the third period, LSU out-played Auburn, 10-7, taking a 58-49 lead into the fourth quarter. LSU struggled to pull away from a hustling, pesky Auburn team that came to Baton Rouge ready to play. With five minutes remaining in the contest, LSU lead by eight, 64-56. LSU did what they needed to do over the final two minutes of the contest, playing great defense, grabbing big rebounds and making their free throws to hold off Auburn for the victory. With the win LSU is now 23-4 overall and 10-3 in SEC play. Next up the Tigers will travel to Knoxville to take on Tennessee on Sunday, Feb. 25th. Tip-Off is set for 11:00am CST. The game will be televised on ESPN. Don't forget to tune in every Monday night on our YouTube Channel at 7pm for Talking Tigers with Da Boot Sports as we talk LSU Basketball. GEAUX TIGERS!! Photos Below By: Michael Bacigalupi 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   #52 Ron Sancho DA BOOT SPORTS SUPPORTS AUTISM SPEAKS
0 Comments
Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
Leave a Reply. |
Archives
April 2024
|
RSS Feed