SCHEDULE / RESULTS Home: 6-1 • Away: 3-2 • Neutral: 2-0 • Overtime 0-0 at #10/10 Texas A&M (14-1, 2-0 SEC) • Thursday, January 9, 2020 • 8 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 LSU Tigers (11-3, 1-1 SEC) SCHEDULE / RESULTS Home: 6-1 • Away: 3-2 • Neutral: 2-0 • Overtime 0-0 at #10/10 Texas A&M (14-1, 2-0 SEC) • Thursday, January 9, 2020 • 8 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 9 (Sat.) #12/13 Florida State (SECN+/107.3 FM) L, 62-70 Points Per Game 68.3 13 [Wed.] at Little Rock (CST/107.3 FM) W, 65-50 Record ...........................................................................11-3; 1-0 SEC Opp. Points Per Game 57.6 17 [Sun.] at Tulane (Tulane All-Access/107.3 FM) W, 59-54 Ranking (AP/Coaches) .................................................................-/- 20 [Wed.] Southeastern Louisiana (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 62-52 Head Coach .................................................................Nikki Fargas Field Goal Percentage 45.1 24 [Sun.] Rutgers (SECN/107.3 FM) W, 64-58 LSU Record ......................................................159-109 • 9th Season Opp. Field Goal Percentage 38.4 29 [Fri.] vs. #15/15 Michigan State (1; FloHoops/107.3 FM) W, 58-56 Career Record ...............................................231-135 • 12th Season 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage 24.1 30 [Sat.] vs. Memphis (1; FloHoops/107.3 FM) W, 89-58 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...................................................9/2 Opp. 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage 29.5 Starters Returning/Lost ..............................................................4/1 3-Pts. Per Game 2.4 December • 3-1 Newcomers .....................................................................................6 Opp. 3-Pts. Per Game 5.4 3 [Tue.] Nicholls State (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 63-32 All-Time Record (Years) ...............................................933-466 (45) Free Throw Percentage 58.2 7 [Sat.] at Oklahoma (2; FSN-OKLA./107.3 FM) L, 68-90 All-Time SEC Record (Years) .........................................275-198 (36) Rebounding Margin +6.6 19 [Thur.] at Florida Gulf Coast (ESPN+/107.3 FM) W, 74-63 SEC Tournament Record (Years) .....................................36-39 (39) Assists Per Game 13.4 28 [Sat.] Florida A&M (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 73-45 NCAA Tournament Record (Appearances) ......................43-26 (26) Turnovers Per Game 14.9 Turnovers Forced Per Game 17.8 January • 1-1, 1-1 Twitter/Instagram .........................................................@LSUwbkb Facebook..................................................LSU Women’s Basketball Assist/Turnover Radio 0.9 2 [Thur.] Alabama* (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 71-60 Coach Fargas Twitter/Instagram .......................@LSUNikkiFargas Steals Per Game 9.8 5 [Sun.] at Missouri* (ESPNU/107.3 FM) L, 65-69 Blocks Per Game 3.5 9 [Thur.] at #10/10 Texas A&M* (SECN/107.3 FM) 8 p.m. 12 [Sun.] Ole Miss*^ (SECN+/107.3 FM) 2 p.m. 16 [Thur.] at #13/12 Mississippi State* (SECN+/107.3 FM) 7 p.m. LSU Lagniappe 19 [Sun.] #14/14 Kentucky*+ (SECN/107.3 FM) 1 p.m. • Mitchell’s Awesome December: Senior Ayana Mitchell and 4.2 assists per game. She also has the best free throw 26 [Sun.] at #23/24 Tennessee* (SECN/107.3 FM) Noon had an amazing December, averaging 18.5 points and 5.8 shooting percentage on the squad at 76.5 and the most 30 [Thur.] at Florida* (SECN+/107.3 FM) 5 p.m. rebounds per game. But most incredible was her 89.2 steals with 37. Pointer has scored double-fi gures in four of February • 0-0, 0-0 fi eld goal shooting percentage (33 of 37). She has shot at her last fi ve games, including a career-high 30 at Florida 2 [Sun.] Texas A&M* (SECN/107.3 FM) 2 p.m. least 50.0 percent in all 14 games this season and scored Gulf Coast. 10 [Mon.] Missouri* (SECN/107.3 FM) 6 p.m. in double fi gures in 12 games. January got off to a great Aifuwa is off to a strong start in the paint for LSU. Aifuwa 13 [Thur.] Tennessee* (SECN+/107.3 FM) 6:30 p.m. start as she scored exactly 20 points for the third time over is third on the team with 10.4 points per game. She is 16 [Sun.] at Auburn* (SECN/107.3 FM) 4 p.m. 20 [Thur.] at South Carolina* (SECN+/107.3 FM) 6 p.m. four games (Dec. 7-Jan. 2) on 70 percent shooting against sporting a 53.8 fi eld goal percentage to go along with 6.8 23 [Sun.] Georgia*# (SECN+/107.3 FM) 2 p.m. Alabama on Jan. 2. Mitchell is shooting 69.6 percent from rebounds per game and 18 blocked shots. 27 [Thur.] Vanderbilt*% (SECN+/107.3 FM) 6:30 p.m. the fi eld overall, the best shooter in the SEC and 4th in the nation. • 30-Year Milestone: Play-by-play announcer Patrick March • 0-0, 0-0 Wright is celebrating his 30th season calling LSU women’s 1 [Sun.] at Arkansas* (SECN+/107.3 FM) 1:10 p.m. 4-8 [Wed.-Sun.] SEC Tournament [3] (SECN/107.3 FM) TBD • The Big 3: LSU’s Big 3 of senior Ayana Mitchell and juniors basketball. He will call the action on The Talk 107.3 FM. Jeff Faustine Aifuwa and Khayla Pointer have LSU off to an 11-3 Palermo joins Wright on the call at home in the PMAC. All times listed are Central Time Zone. start for the fi rst time since the 2016-17 season (11-3). [1] - Junkanoo Jam (Bimini, The Bahamas) Mitchell is on track to become only the fourth LSU player • TV Talent: Courtney Lyle and Carolyn Peck will call the [2] - Big 12/SEC Challenge to reach the 1,000 points-1,000 rebounds career marks. action courtside from Texas A&M for the SEC Network. [3] - SEC Tournament (Bon Secours Wellness Arena; Greenville, S.C.) * - SEC Game She has 33 double-doubles over her career and earlier ^ - Gold Game + - We Back Pat Game in the season became the 33rd Lady Tiger to score 1,000 • Up Next: LSU will be on the road for three of the next fi ve # - Play4Kay Game % - Senior Tribute career points. Mitchell played the 100th game of her career SEC games with a stop at home up next. Ole Miss comes to against Michigan State on Nov. 29. She is averaging 14.4 the PMAC on Sunday, January 12 for the annual Gold Game. AYANA MITCHELL points and 8.6 rebounds per game. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. on SECN+. Pointer leads the squad from the point with 15.9 points Stats & Starters No. Name Pos GP-GS Min/G FG% 3FG% FT% PPG RPG APG STLS BLKS 0 Awa Trasi F 14-1 15.1 41.1 43.5 50.0 4.5 3.4 0.8 4 2 * 1 Jailin Cherry G 14-4 14.3 37.5 7.7 62.5 3.8 1.7 0.7 13 8 2 Tiara Young G 13-4 17.3 33.7 20.0 60.9 5.8 2.6 1.3 6 1 * 3 Khayla Pointer G 14-14 30.9 44.4 20.0 76.5 15.9 4.4 4.2 37 1 • Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List * 5 Ayana Mitchell F 14-14 26.8 69.6 50.0 45.3 14.4 8.6 0.7 21 6 • Wooden Award Preseason Watch List 11 Emily Ward F 5-0 1.8 66.7 0.0 50.0 1.2 0.2 0.2 0 0 • Katrina McClain Award Watch List * 12 Mercedes Brooks G/F 14-4 15.1 33.9 25.0 71.4 4.3 2.5 0.5 3 1 • SEC Preseason Media First Team • SEC Preseason Coaches First Team 13 Jaelyn Richard-Harris G 14-6 19.3 23.8 18.8 62.5 2.4 1.8 1.9 12 0 14 LaToya Ashman G 7-0 5.9 37.5 25.0 0.0 1.0 0.4 0.0 0 0 21 Domonique Davis G 9-0 8.1 30.0 0.0 43.8 2.1 1.3 1.1 5 0 23 Karli Seay G 14-9 17.5 40.5 0.0 35.7 2.8 0.9 1.7 15 6 Women’s Basketball * 24 Faustine Aifuwa C 14-14 26.0 53.8 0.0 56.7 10.4 6.8 0.5 12 18 Communications Contact: 25 Rakell Spencer G 10-0 9.4 36.8 0.0 83.3 1.9 1.6 0.4 5 3 Judy Willson, Associate Communications Director 32 Jalaysha Thomas F 8-0 6.1 75.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.8 0.3 4 3 Email - [email protected] Twitter - @jwillson10 35 Sharna Ayres G Will sit out season due to NCAA transfer rules Office - 225-578-1869 Cell - 225-436-7986 *Probable Starter (based on previous game) 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: 0 RBDS: 2 STL: 0 BLK: 0 LAST GAME: PTS: 2 RBDS: 0 AST: 0 STL: 2 LAST GAME: PTS: 18 RBDS: 4 AST: 0 STL: 1 SEASON HIGHS: PTS: 16 RBDS: 7 STL: 3 BLK: 1 SEASON HIGHS: PTS: 8 RBDS: 4 AST: 3 STL: 3 SEASON HIGHS: PTS: 19 RBDS: 6 AST: 3 STL: 3 CAREER HIGHS: PTS: 16 RBDS: 7 STL: 3 BLK: 1 CAREER HIGHS: PTS: 17 RBDS: 6 AST: 3 STL: 3 CAREER HIGHS: PTS: 19 RBDS: 6 AST: 3 STL: 3 NOTES: Pronounced Ah-wah Trah-zee..