SCHEDULE / RESULTS Home: 11-1 • Away: 5-5 • Neutral: 2-0 • Overtime 0-0 at #1/1 South Carolina (25-1, 12-0 SEC/1St) • Thursday, February 20, 2020 • 6 P.M
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2019-20 SEC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS: 2005 • 2006 • 2008 WOMEN’S SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS: 1991 • 2003 BASKETBALL NCAA WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR: 2004 • 2005 • 2006 •2007 • 2008 RV/RV LSU Tigers (18-6, 8-4 SEC/T3rd) SCHEDULE / RESULTS Home: 11-1 • Away: 5-5 • Neutral: 2-0 • Overtime 0-0 at #1/1 South Carolina (25-1, 12-0 SEC/1st) • Thursday, February 20, 2020 • 6 p.m. CT • SECN+ / 107.3 FM November • 7-1 5 [Tue.] New Orleans (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 83-49 LSU LSU Team Averages S. Carolina 9 (Sat.) #12/13 Florida State (SECN+/107.3 FM) L, 62-70 Record ................................................................18-6; 8-4 SEC/T3rd 66.0 Points Per Game 83.2 13 [Wed.] at Little Rock (CST/107.3 FM) W, 65-50 Ranking (RPI/AP/Coaches) ...............................................26/RV/RV 58.5 Opp. Points Per Game 55.6 17 [Sun.] at Tulane (Tulane All-Access/107.3 FM) W, 59-54 Head Coach .................................................................Nikki Fargas 43.4 Field Goal Percentage 46.9 39.1 Opp. Field Goal Percentage 33.1 20 [Wed.] Southeastern Louisiana (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 62-52 LSU Record ...................................................... 166-112 • 9th Season 29.7 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage 36.5 24 [Sun.] Rutgers (SECN/107.3 FM) W, 64-58 Career Record ...............................................238-138 • 12th Season Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...................................................9/2 29.6 Opp. 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage 29.5 29 [Fri.] vs. #15/15 Michigan State (1; FloHoops/107.3 FM) W, 58-56 Starters Returning/Lost ..............................................................4/1 2.9 3-Pts. Per Game 5.5 30 [Sat.] vs. Memphis (1; FloHoops/107.3 FM) W, 89-58 Newcomers .....................................................................................6 4.9 Opp. 3-Pts. Per Game 4.5 All-Time Record (Years) ...............................................940-469 (45) 59.5 Free Throw Percentage 69.2 December • 3-1 All-Time SEC Record (Years) .........................................282-201 (36) +6.6 Rebounding Margin +12.7 3 [Tue.] Nicholls State (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 63-32 SEC Tournament Record (Years) .....................................36-39 (39) 12.8 Assists Per Game 16.3 14.5 Turnovers Per Game 13.3 7 [Sat.] at Oklahoma (2; FSN-OKLA./107.3 FM) L, 68-90 NCAA Tournament Record (Appearances) ......................43-26 (26) 16.2 Turnovers Forced Per Game 16.4 19 [Thur.] at Florida Gulf Coast (ESPN+/107.3 FM) W, 74-63 Twitter/Instagram .........................................................@LSUwbkb Facebook..................................................LSU Women’s Basketball 0.9 Assist/Turnover Radio 1.2 28 [Sat.] Florida A&M (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 73-45 Coach Fargas Twitter/Instagram .......................@LSUNikkiFargas 8.5 Steals Per Game 9.4 3.6 Blocks Per Game 8.4 January • 5-3, 5-3 2 [Thur.] Alabama* (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 71-60 LSU Lagniappe 5 [Sun.] at Missouri* (ESPNU/107.3 FM) L, 65-69 • Battle Tests: percentages on the squad at 70.9 and the most steals with 57. 9 [Thur.] at #10/10 Texas A&M* (SECN/107.3 FM) W, 57-54 * 5 Top 25 wins this season (5-3) Aifuwa is having a strong season in the paint for LSU. Aifuwa 12 [Sun.] Ole Miss*^ (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 52-44 - Nov. 29 - then-No. 15 Michigan State, 58-56 (N) is second among active players with 10.5 points per game. She is - Jan. 9 - then No. 10 Texas A&M, 57-54 (A) sporting a 49.3 fi eld goal percentage to go along with 8.3 rebounds 16 [Thur.] at #10/9 Mississippi State* (SECN+/107.3 FM) L, 60-64 - Jan. 19 - then-No. 11 Kentucky (H) per game and 40 blocked shots. 19 [Sun.] #11/11 Kentucky*+ (SECN/107.3 FM) W, 65-59 - Feb. 2 - then-No. 15 Texas A&M, 59-58 (H) 26 [Sun.] at #23/23 Tennessee* (SECN/107.3 FM) L, 58-63 - Feb. 13 - No. 25 Tennessee, 75-65 (H) • 30-Year Milestone: Play-by-play announcer Patrick Wright is 30 [Thur.] at Florida* (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 77-68 * 10-game home win streak celebrating his 30th season calling LSU women’s basketball. He * 4-way tie for 3rd place in SEC will call the action on The Talk 107.3 FM. Jeff Palermo joins Wright * All 4 losses in SEC play by 5 points or less on the call at home in the PMAC. February • 3-1, 3-1 2 [Sun.] #15/15 Texas A&M* (SECN/107.3 FM) W, 59-58 • Ironwoman: Junior Khayla Pointer is currently fourth in the SEC • TV Talent: Burch Antley and Khadijah Sessions will call the action 10 [Mon.] Missouri* (SECN/107.3 FM) W, 66-58 in minutes played at 32.9 per game. She played three consecutive courtside from South Carolina for the SEC Network Plus broadcast. 13 [Thur.] #25/RV Tennessee* (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 75-65 40-minute games during LSU’s recent homestand against Texas A&M, Missouri and Tennessee. • The Kay Yow Challenge: Women’s basketball, men’s basketball and 16 [Sun.] at Auburn* (SECN/107.3 FM) L, 60-65 gymnastics teams are uniting with the Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of 20 [Thur.] at #1/1 South Carolina* (SECN+/107.3 FM) 6 p.m. • Aifuwa Cracks LSU Top 30 Rebounds: Junior Faustine Aifuwa hit the Lake Cancer Center to raise $100,000 for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. The 23 [Sun.] Georgia*#% (SECN+/107.3 FM) 2 p.m. the 500 career rebounds mark on Monday, Feb. 10 with her second fundraising program is part of the annual Play4Kay campaign. 27 [Thur.] Vanderbilt* (SECN+/107.3 FM) 6:30 p.m. consecutive game of a career-high 16 boards against Missouri. Aifuwa now has 524 career boards and is tied for 28th place on • Mitchell Suff ers Season-Ending Injury: Senior Ayana Mitchell the LSU career list. suff ered a season-ending knee injury against Texas A&M on March • 0-0, 0-0 Sunday, February 2. She will finish her LSU career ranked on several 1 [Sun.] at #22/25 Arkansas* (SECN+/107.3 FM) 1:10 p.m. • Stepping Up: With the season-ending injury to senior Ayana LSU career stats lists: No. 3 - Field Goal Percentage - 59.5; No. 4 - 4-8 [Wed.-Sun.] SEC Tournament [3] (SECN/107.3 FM) TBD Mitchell, juniors Faustine Aifuwa and Khayla Pointer will be Free Throws Attempted - 586; No. 6 - Rebounds - 911; No. 22 - Points expected to step up as leaders on and off the court. - 1,275. Mitchell’s season field goal percentage of 67.9, currently Pointer leads the squad from the point with 15.5 points and 4.6 ranks No. 2 in the nation and first in the SEC. More information on All times listed are Central Time Zone. assists per game. She also has one of the best free throw shooting Mitchell is on page 4. [1] - Junkanoo Jam (Bimini, The Bahamas) [2] - Big 12/SEC Challenge Stats & Starters [3] - SEC Tournament (Bon Secours Wellness Arena; Greenville, S.C.) * - SEC Game No. Name Pos GP-GS Min/G FG% 3FG% FT% PPG RPG APG STLS BLKS ^ - Gold Game + - We Back Pat Game * 0 Awa Trasi F 24-4 18.6 37.7 43.4 65.4 5.8 3.4 0.6 9 5 * 1 Jailin Cherry G 24-9 16.8 39.8 5.6 63.3 5.1 2.4 0.8 21 11 # - Play4Kay Game % - Senior Tribute 2 Tiara Young G 23-9 17.6 34.6 20.0 56.4 5.1 2.5 1.3 13 2 * 3 Khayla Pointer G 24-24 32.9 42.2 28.6 70.9 15.5 4.4 4.6 57 3 # 5 Ayana Mitchell F 21-21 26.8 67.9 66.7 45.8 13.7 8.9 0.7 28 7 11 Emily Ward F 5-0 1.8 66.7 0.0 50.0 1.2 0.2 0.2 0 0 12 Mercedes Brooks G/F 24-4 11.9 31.6 23.1 65.0 3.0 2.2 0.4 7 1 * 13 Jaelyn Richard-Harris G 24-16 23.7 30.0 31.7 76.9 4.3 2.0 2.1 19 2 14 LaToya Ashman G 9-0 4.9 37.5 25.0 0.0 0.8 0.3 0.0 0 0 21 Domonique Davis G 10-0 7.4 30.0 0.0 43.8 1.9 1.2 1.0 5 0 23 Karli Seay G 22-9 15.5 39.3 0.0 50.0 2.5 0.9 1.4 19 7 Women’s Basketball * 24 Faustine Aifuwa C 24-24 28.1 49.3 0.0 50.9 10.5 8.3 0.4 18 40 Communications Contact: 25 Rakell Spencer G 15-0 8.6 36.4 0.0 80.0 1.6 1.6 0.4 5 4 Judy Willson, Associate Communications Director 32 Jalaysha Thomas F 14-0 4.8 66.7 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.5 0.1 4 5 Email - [email protected] Twitter - @jwillson10 35 Sharna Ayres G Sitting out season due to NCAA transfer rules Office - 225-578-1869 Cell - 225-436-7986 *Probable Starter (based on previous game) # Out for remainder of season due to injury BROADCAST NOTES (PROJECTED STARTERS HIGHLIGHTED) #0 AWA TRASI #1 JAILIN CHERRY #2 TIARA YOUNG F • 6-1 • Jr.-TR G • 5-8 • Jr.-2L G • 5-8 • Fr.-HS Toulouse, France Pascagoula, Miss. Shreveport, La. (Lycee Jeanne d’arc/ (Pascagoula HS) (Walker HS) Northwest Florida State College) LAST GAME: PTS: 3 RBDS: 5 STL: 0 BLK: 0 LAST GAME: PTS: 4 RBDS: 3 AST: 0 STL: 1 LAST GAME: PTS: 4 RBDS: 1 AST: 3 STL: 3 SEASON HIGHS: PTS: 22 RBDS: 7 STL: 3 BLK: 1 SEASON HIGHS: PTS: 13 RBDS: 6 AST: 3 STL: 3 SEASON HIGHS: PTS: 19 RBDS: 6 AST: 4 STL: 3 CAREER HIGHS: PTS: 22 RBDS: 7 STL: 3 BLK: 1 CAREER HIGHS: PTS: 17 RBDS: 6 AST: 3 STL: 3 CAREER HIGHS: PTS: 19 RBDS: 6 AST: 4 STL: 3 NOTES: Pronounced Ah-wah Trah-ZEE..