SCHEDULE / RESULTS Home: 12-2 • Away: 5-7 • Neutral: 2-0 • Overtime 0-0 Vs
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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 No. 7 Seed LSU Tigers (19-9, 9-7 SEC/7th) SCHEDULE / RESULTS Home: 12-2 • Away: 5-7 • Neutral: 2-0 • Overtime 0-0 vs. No. 10 seed Florida (15-14, 6-10 SEC/10th) • Thursday, March 5, 2020 • 5 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 Florida 9 (Sat.) #12/13 Florida State (SECN+/107.3 FM) L, 62-70 Record ................................................................ 19-9; 9-7 SEC/T6th 65.0 Points Per Game 63.7 13 [Wed.] at Little Rock (CST/107.3 FM) W, 65-50 Ranking (RPI/AP/Coaches) ...............................................33/RV/NR 59.6 Opp. Points Per Game 65.4 17 [Sun.] at Tulane (Tulane All-Access/107.3 FM) W, 59-54 Head Coach .................................................................Nikki Fargas 43.0 Field Goal Percentage 40.4 40.1 Opp. Field Goal Percentage 41.4 20 [Wed.] Southeastern Louisiana (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 62-52 LSU Record .......................................................167-115 • 9th Season 29.2 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage 29.3 24 [Sun.] Rutgers (SECN/107.3 FM) W, 64-58 Career Record ............................................... 239-141 • 12th Season Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...................................................9/2 30.1 Opp. 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage 32.3 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 5.7 30 [Sat.] vs. Memphis (1; FloHoops/107.3 FM) W, 89-58 Newcomers .....................................................................................6 4.8 Opp. 3-Pts. Per Game 5.8 All-Time Record (Years) ................................................941-472 (45) 59.6 Free Throw Percentage 58.8 December • 3-1 All-Time SEC Record (Years) ........................................283-204 (36) +5.8 Rebounding Margin +4.0 3 [Tue.] Nicholls State (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 63-32 SEC Tournament Record (Years) .....................................36-39 (39) 12.8 Assists Per Game 11.0 14.6 Turnovers Per Game 15.8 7 [Sat.] at Oklahoma (2; FSN-OKLA./107.3 FM) L, 68-90 NCAA Tournament Record (Appearances) ......................43-26 (26) 16.0 Turnovers Forced Per Game 13.7 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 0.7 28 [Sat.] Florida A&M (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 73-45 Coach Fargas Twitter ..........................................@LSUNikkiFargas 8.3 Steals Per Game 6.5 4.0 Blocks Per Game 1.9 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 • The Match-Up With Florida: This will be just the second time that Pointer scored her 900th career point on March 1 at Arkansas 9 [Thur.] at #10/10 Texas A&M* (SECN/107.3 FM) W, 57-54 LSU and Florida have faced each other in the SEC Tournament. The with her last bucket of the game. She is 21 rebounds away from 12 [Sun.] Ole Miss*^ (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 52-44 only other meeting was in 1995 when No. 6 seed Florida beat No. 11 300 for her career. 16 [Thur.] at #10/9 Mississippi State* (SECN+/107.3 FM) L, 60-64 seed LSU, 88-80. Earlier in the season, LSU beat Florida, 77-68 in Gainesville on • 30-Year Milestone: Play-by-play announcer Patrick Wright is 19 [Sun.] #11/11 Kentucky*+ (SECN/107.3 FM) W, 65-59 January 30. Khayla Pointer led the way with 24 points, off of 50 celebrating his 30th season calling LSU women’s basketball. He 26 [Sun.] at #23/23 Tennessee* (SECN/107.3 FM) L, 58-63 percent shooting from the fi eld (8-of-16). Jaelyn Richard-Harris will call the action on The Talk 107.3 FM. Jeff Palermo joins Wright 30 [Thur.] at Florida* (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 77-68 (14), Jailin Cherry (10) and Awa Trasi (10) all scored in double fi gures, on the call at home in the PMAC. while Faustine Aifuwa grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds. February • 4-3, 4-3 • TV Talent: The teams of Courtney Lyle and Carolyn Peck, and Eric 2 [Sun.] #15/15 Texas A&M* (SECN/107.3 FM) W, 59-58 • Aifuwa In The Paint: Junior Faustine Aifuwa scored her 700th Frede and Tamika Catchings will call the action courtside from 10 [Mon.] Missouri* (SECN/107.3 FM) W, 66-58 career point on Thursday, February 27 against Vanderbilt with her Greenville for the SEC Network, ESPNU and ESPN2. Andraya Carter fi rst basket of the game. She ended the game with 18 points, 8 will be the sideline reporter, with Alyssa Lang, Andy Landers and 13 [Thur.] #25/RV Tennessee* (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 75-65 rebounds and 6 blocked shots. She hit the 500 career rebounds Steffi Sorensen on the studio set. 16 [Sun.] at Auburn* (SECN/107.3 FM) L, 60-65 mark on Monday, Feb. 10 with her second consecutive game of a 20 [Thur.] at #1/1 South Carolina* (SECN+/107.3 FM) L, 48-63 career-high 16 boards against Missouri. Aifuwa now has 552 career • The Kay Yow Challenge: Women’s basketball, men’s basketball and 23 [Sun.] Georgia*#% (SECN+/107.3 FM) L, 56-73 boards and is in 22nd place on the LSU career list. gymnastics teams are uniting with the Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of 27 [Thur.] Vanderbilt* (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 61-55 Aifuwa is having a strong season in the paint for LSU. Aifuwa the Lake Cancer Center to raise $100,000 for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. is second among active players with 10.8 points per game. She is Fans can make pledges to the year-round campaign at LSUsports.net/ March • 0-1, 0-1 sporting a 46.6 fi eld goal percentage to go along with 8.1 rebounds KayYowChallenge. per game and 58 blocked shots. 1 [Sun.] at #RV/RV Arkansas* (SECN+/107.3 FM) L, 71-75 • Mitchell Suff ers Season-Ending Injury: Senior Ayana Mitchell 5 [Thur.] vs. No. 10 Florida [3] (SECN/107.3 FM) 5 p.m. • From The Point(er): Junior Khayla Pointer leads the squad with suff ered a season-ending knee injury on Sunday, February 2. She 14.6 points and 4.8 assists per game. She also has one of the best will finish her LSU career ranked on several LSU career stats lists: All times listed are Central Time Zone. free throw shooting percentages on the squad at 70.9 and the No. 3 - Field Goal Percentage - 59.5; No. 6 - Rebounds - 911; No. 22 - [1] - Junkanoo Jam (Bimini, The Bahamas) most steals with 62. Points - 1,275. More information on Mitchell is on page 4. [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 28-7 20.2 39.2 37.3 67.6 6.5 3.5 0.7 13 7 * 1 Jailin Cherry G 28-12 19.4 43.0 8.3 54.3 5.8 2.9 1.0 30 13 # - Play4Kay Game % - Senior Tribute 2 Tiara Young G 27-9 16.6 33.8 18.2 58.5 4.6 2.4 1.2 14 2 * 3 Khayla Pointer G 28-27 32.9 40.7 26.9 70.9 14.6 4.1 4.8 62 3 # 5 Ayana Mitchell F 22-22 25.6 67.9 66.7 45.8 13.0 8.5 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 28-5 11.9 32.2 23.1 66.7 2.9 2.2 0.4 8 1 * 13 Jaelyn Richard-Harris G 28-20 24.7 34.5 36.5 76.6 4.9 2.0 2.1 24 2 14 LaToya Ashman G 10-1 4.6 37.5 25.0 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0 0 21 Domonique Davis G 12-0 7.0 29.2 0.0 43.8 1.8 1.1 0.8 6 1 23 Karli Seay G 25-9 14.4 37.9 0.0 50.0 2.2 0.8 1.2 20 7 Women’s Basketball Communications Contact: * 24 Faustine Aifuwa C 28-28 28.9 46.6 0.0 51.4 10.8 8.1 0.4 18 58 Judy Willson, Associate Communications Director 25 Rakell Spencer G 18-0 8.3 34.6 50.0 75.0 1.6 1.6 0.3 5 4 Email - [email protected] Twitter - @jwillson10 32 Jalaysha Thomas F 17-0 4.7 75.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.5 0.1 4 6 Office - 225-578-1869 Cell - 225-436-7986 35 Sharna Ayres G Sitting out season due to NCAA transfer rules *Probable Starter (based on previous game) # Out for remainder of season due to injury/made start for Senior Game LSU IN THE SEC TOURNAMENT LSU • SEC TOURNAMENT HISTORY Appearances: 40 | All-Time Record: 36-39 Best Finish: Champions • 1991, 2003 1980 • KNOXVILLE, TENN.