SCHEDULE / RESULTS Home: 8-1 • Away: 4-4 • Neutral: 2-0 • Overtime 0-0 at Florida (11-9, 2-5 SEC) • Thursday, January 30, 2020 • 5 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 (14-5, 4-3 SEC) SCHEDULE / RESULTS Home: 8-1 • Away: 4-4 • Neutral: 2-0 • Overtime 0-0 at Florida (11-9, 2-5 SEC) • Thursday, January 30, 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 9 (Sat.) #12/13 Florida State (SECN+/107.3 FM) L, 62-70 Record .........................................................................14-5; 4-3 SEC Points Per Game 65.7 13 [Wed.] at Little Rock (CST/107.3 FM) W, 65-50 Ranking (AP/Coaches) ............................................................RV/RV Opp. Points Per Game 57.4 17 [Sun.] at Tulane (Tulane All-Access/107.3 FM) W, 59-54 Head Coach .................................................................Nikki Fargas Field Goal Percentage 44.2 Opp. Field Goal Percentage 38.0 20 [Wed.] Southeastern Louisiana (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 62-52 LSU Record .......................................................162-111 • 9th Season 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage 25.4 24 [Sun.] Rutgers (SECN/107.3 FM) W, 64-58 Career Record ...............................................234-137 • 12th Season Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...................................................9/2 Opp. 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage 27.8 29 [Fri.] vs. #15/15 Michigan State (1; FloHoops/107.3 FM) W, 58-56 Starters Returning/Lost ..............................................................4/1 3-Pts. Per Game 2.3 30 [Sat.] vs. Memphis (1; FloHoops/107.3 FM) W, 89-58 Newcomers .....................................................................................6 Opp. 3-Pts. Per Game 4.7 All-Time Record (Years) ...............................................936-468 (45) Free Throw Percentage 58.2 December • 3-1 All-Time SEC Record (Years) ........................................278-200 (36) Rebounding Margin +6.8 3 [Tue.] Nicholls State (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 63-32 SEC Tournament Record (Years) .....................................36-39 (39) Assists Per Game 13.1 Turnovers Per Game 15.1 7 [Sat.] at Oklahoma (2; FSN-OKLA./107.3 FM) L, 68-90 NCAA Tournament Record (Appearances) ......................43-26 (26) Turnovers Forced Per Game 16.3 19 [Thur.] at Florida Gulf Coast (ESPN+/107.3 FM) W, 74-63 Twitter/Instagram .........................................................@LSUwbkb Facebook..................................................LSU Women’s Basketball Assist/Turnover Radio 0.9 28 [Sat.] Florida A&M (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 73-45 Coach Fargas Twitter/Instagram .......................@LSUNikkiFargas Steals Per Game 9.0 Blocks Per Game 3.6 January • 4-3, 4-3 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: LSU, which has 3 Top 15 wins this season, Mitchell has 36 double-doubles over her career and 9 [Thur.] at #10/10 Texas A&M* (SECN/107.3 FM) W, 57-54 continues a full stretch of Top 25 competition. The Tigers earlier in the season became the 33rd Tiger to score 1,000 12 [Sun.] Ole Miss*^ (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 52-44 will face two Top 25 teams in their next four games. Aft er a career points. She leads the team with 14.9 points and 9.2 16 [Thur.] at #10/9 Mississippi State* (SECN+/107.3 FM) L, 60-64 road trip to Florida, LSU will have a three-game homestand rebounds per game. Mitchell is on pace to become the 19 [Sun.] #11/11 Kentucky*+ (SECN/107.3 FM) W, 65-59 that features return games with No. 15 Texas A&M and No. 4th LSU player to score 1,000 career points and grab 1,000 26 [Sun.] at #23/23 Tennessee* (SECN/107.3 FM) L, 58-63 22 Tennessee on Feb. 13. Sunday’s game against the Lady career rebounds (1,271 pts-899 rbds). 30 [Thur.] at Florida* (SECN+/107.3 FM) 5 p.m. Vols wrapped up a stretch of 3-consecutive games against Pointer leads the squad from the point with 14.5 points Top 25 teams. and 4.5 assists per game. She also has the best free throw February • 0-0, 0-0 shooting percentage on the squad at 71.4 and the most 2 [Sun.] #15/15 Texas A&M* (SECN/107.3 FM) 2 p.m. • Mitchell No. 1 In Her Field (Goal %): Senior Ayana Mitchell, steals with 47. a Top 30 candidate for the 2019-20 Senior CLASS Award, is Aifuwa is having a strong season in the paint for LSU. 10 [Mon.] Missouri* (SECN/107.3 FM) 6 p.m. putting up some Joe Burrow-like numbers this season. She Aifuwa is third on the team with 9.5 points per game. She 13 [Thur.] #22/22 Tennessee* (SECN+/107.3 FM) 6:30 p.m. is shooting 71.1 percent from the fi eld overall, the best is sporting a 49.4 fi eld goal percentage to go along with 7.4 16 [Sun.] at Auburn* (SECN/107.3 FM) 4 p.m. shooter in the nation (NCAA single season record in 72.4 rebounds per game and 29 blocked shots. 20 [Thur.] at #1/2 South Carolina* (SECN+/107.3 FM) 6 p.m. - Myndee Kay Larsen, Southern Utah, 1997-98). She has 23 [Sun.] Georgia*# (SECN+/107.3 FM) 2 p.m. shot at least 50.0 percent in all 19 games this season and • 30-Year Milestone: Play-by-play announcer Patrick 27 [Thur.] Vanderbilt*% (SECN+/107.3 FM) 6:30 p.m. 70.0 or better in 10 games, including perfect games against Wright is celebrating his 30th season calling LSU women’s Nicholls and at Oklahoma. Mitchell has scored in double basketball. He will call the action on The Talk 107.3 FM. Jeff March • 0-0, 0-0 fi gures in 16 games. Palermo joins Wright on the call at home in the PMAC. 1 [Sun.] at #25/25 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 • TV Talent: Kyle Crooks and Brittany Davis will call the Faustine Aifuwa and Khayla Pointer provide the foundation action courtside from Exactech Arena at the O’Connell All times listed are Central Time Zone. for LSU’s success this season. Center for the SEC Network Plus broadcast. [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 19-1 15.5 38.0 41.4 66.7 4.6 3.1 0.6 6 3 1 Jailin Cherry G 19-4 16.0 40.4 5.9 65.4 4.7 2.3 0.7 18 10 # - Play4Kay Game % - Senior Tribute * 2 Tiara Young G 18-9 17.9 33.6 20.0 51.6 5.3 2.6 1.2 9 1 * 3 Khayla Pointer G 19-19 31.4 42.3 23.7 71.4 14.5 4.1 4.5 47 1 * 5 Ayana Mitchell F 19-19 27.7 71.1 66.7 44.9 14.9 9.2 0.7 26 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 19-4 12.7 30.6 24.3 71.4 3.3 2.2 0.4 4 1 * 13 Jaelyn Richard-Harris G 19-11 21.4 28.2 21.7 70.8 3.3 1.8 2.0 14 1 14 LaToya Ashman G 8-0 5.4 37.5 25.0 0.0 0.9 0.4 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 18-9 16.9 40.0 0.0 43.8 2.6 1.0 1.6 18 7 Women’s Basketball * 24 Faustine Aifuwa C 19-19 27.5 49.4 0.0 55.3 9.5 7.4 0.5 15 29 Communications Contact: 25 Rakell Spencer G 12-0 8.4 33.3 0.0 83.3 1.6 1.6 0.4 5 3 Judy Willson, Associate Communications Director 32 Jalaysha Thomas F 10-0 5.5 66.7 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.6 0.2 4 5 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: 8 RBDS: 5 STL: 0 BLK: 0 LAST GAME: PTS: 4 RBDS: 3 AST: 0 STL: 2 LAST GAME: PTS: 0 RBDS: 0 AST: 0 STL: 1 SEASON HIGHS: PTS: 16 RBDS: 7 STL: 3 BLK: 1 SEASON HIGHS: PTS: 13 RBDS: 6 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... Scored an LSU-high 16 points off NOTES: Scored a career-high 17 points at Mississippi State (Feb.