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 #25/RV LSU Tigers (8-1, 0-0 SEC) SCHEDULE / RESULTS Home: 4-1 • Away: 2-0 • Neutral: 2-0 • Overtime 0-0 at Oklahoma • Saturday, December 7, 2019 • 3 p.m. • FSN-Oklahoma / 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 67.2 13 [Wed.] at Little Rock (CST/107.3 FM) W, 65-50 Record ...........................................................................8-1; 0-0 SEC Opp. Points Per Game 53.2 17 [Sun.] at Tulane (Tulane All-Access/107.3 FM) W, 59-54 Ranking (AP/Coaches) ............................................................25/RV 20 [Wed.] Southeastern Louisiana (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 62-52 Head Coach .................................................................Nikki Fargas Field Goal Percentage 44.8 24 [Sun.] Rutgers (SECN/107.3 FM) W, 64-58 LSU Record ......................................................156-107 • 9th Season Opp. Field Goal Percentage 35.7 29 [Fri.] vs. #15/15 Michigan State (1; FloHoops/107.3 FM) W, 58-56 Career Record ...............................................228-133 • 12th Season 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage 25.0 30 [Sat.] vs. Memphis (1; FloHoops/107.3 FM) W, 89-58 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...................................................9/2 Opp. 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage 25.7 Starters Returning/Lost ..............................................................4/1 3-Pts. Per Game 2.2 December • 1-0 Newcomers .....................................................................................6 Opp. 3-Pts. Per Game 4.2 3 [Tue.] Nicholls State (SECN+/107.3 FM) W, 63-32 All-Time Record (Years) ...............................................930-464 (45) Free Throw Percentage 55.8 7 [Sat.] at Oklahoma (2; FSN-OKLA./107.3 FM) 3 p.m. All-Time SEC Record (Years) .........................................274-197 (36) Rebounding Margin +7.1 19 [Thur.] at Florida Gulf Coast (ESPN+/107.3 FM) 6 p.m. SEC Tournament Record (Years) .....................................36-39 (39) Assists Per Game 14.7 28 [Sat.] Florida A&M (SECN+/107.3 FM) Noon NCAA Tournament Record (Appearances) ......................43-26 (26) Turnovers Per Game 15.7 Turnovers Forced Per Game 18.7 January • 0-0, 0-0 Twitter/Instagram .........................................................@LSUwbkb Facebook..................................................LSU Women’s Basketball Assist/Turnover Radio 0.9 2 [Thur.] Alabama* (SECN+/107.3 FM) 7:40 p.m. Coach Fargas Twitter/Instagram .......................@LSUNikkiFargas Steals Per Game 9.7 5 [Sun.] at Missouri* (ESPNU/107.3 FM) 1 p.m. Blocks Per Game 3.1 9 [Thur.] at Texas A&M* (SECN/107.3 FM) 8 p.m. 12 [Sun.] Ole Miss*^ (SECN+/107.3 FM) 2 p.m. 16 [Thur.] at Mississippi State* (SECN+/107.3 FM) 7 p.m. Highlights/Up Next 19 [Sun.] Kentucky*+ (SECN/107.3 FM) 1 p.m. • Return to the Polls: The Associated Press has LSU ranked sporting a 60.2 fi eld goal percentage to go along with 6.6 26 [Sun.] at Tennessee* (SECN/107.3 FM) Noon No. 25 this week, while the USA Today/WBCA Coaches have rebounds per game and eight blocked shots. 30 [Thur.] at Florida* (SECN+/107.3 FM) 5 p.m. the Tigers sitting just outside the Top 25 at 27. This is the February • 0-0, 0-0 fi rst time LSU has been ranked since the fi nal AP poll of the • Island Queens: LSU brought home the title for the Bimini 2 [Sun.] Texas A&M* (SECN/107.3 FM) 2 p.m. 2017-18 season at No. 24. Division of the 2019 Junkanoo Jam with wins over No. 15 10 [Mon.] Missouri* (SECN/107.3 FM) 6 p.m. Michigan State, 58-56, and Memphis, 89-58. Khayla Pointer 13 [Thur.] Tennessee* (SECN+/107.3 FM) 6:30 p.m. • The Big 3: LSU’s Big 3 of senior Ayana Mitchell and juniors was named the Most Valuable Player, while Ayana Mitchell 16 [Sun.] at Auburn* (SECN/107.3 FM) 4 p.m. 20 [Thur.] at South Carolina* (SECN+/107.3 FM) 6 p.m. Faustine Aifuwa and Khayla Pointer have put LSU in a place was also named to the All-Tournament team. 23 [Sun.] Georgia*# (SECN+/107.3 FM) 2 p.m. that has not been seen since the 2013-14 season, an 8-1 27 [Thur.] Vanderbilt*% (SECN+/107.3 FM) 6:30 p.m. start. • Scoring Defense: LSU’s scoring defense is currently Mitchell is on track to become only the fourth LSU player ranked 19th in the nation at 53.2 points per game. LSU has March • 0-0, 0-0 to reach the 1,000 points-1,000 rebounds career marks. held opponents at 50 points or lower in three games so far 1 [Sun.] at Arkansas* (SECN+/107.3 FM) 1:10 p.m. 4-8 [Wed.-Sun.] SEC Tournament [3] (SECN/107.3 FM) TBD She has 31 double-doubles over her career and earlier this season and under 60 in eight, all victories. in the season became the 33rd Lady Tiger to score 1,000 All times listed are Central Time Zone. career points. Mitchell played the 100th game of her career • 30-Year Milestone: Play-by-play announcer Patrick [1] - Junkanoo Jam (Bimini, The Bahamas) against Michigan State on Nov. 29. She is averaging 12.7 Wright is celebrating his 30th season calling LSU women’s [2] - Big 12/SEC Challenge points and 8.3 rebounds per game. basketball. He will call the action on The Talk 107.3 FM. [3] - SEC Tournament (Bon Secours Wellness Arena; Greenville, S.C.) * - SEC Game Pointer leads the squad from the point with 14.0 points ^ - Gold Game + - We Back Pat Game and 4.0 assists per game. She also has the best free throw • TV Talent: Brenda Van Lengen and Dan Hughes will call the # - Play4Kay Game % - Senior Tribute shooting percentage on the squad at 69.6 and the most action from Norman on FOX Sports-Oklahoma. steals with 24. AYANA MITCHELL Aifuwa is off to a strong start in the paint for LSU. Aifuwa • Up Next: LSU will take a break for fi nals before playing is third on the team with 12.3 points per game. She is Florida Gulf Coast on Dec. 19 in Fort Myers. Stats & Starters No. Name Pos GP-GS Min/G FG% 3FG% FT% PPG RPG APG STLS BLKS 0 Awa Trasi F 9-1 14.4 37.9 46.2 42.9 3.4 3.7 0.9 2 2 1 Jailin Cherry G 9-0 14.4 36.4 11.1 57.1 3.7 1.7 0.8 10 4 2 Tiara Young G 9-4 17.7 32.2 16.7 58.8 5.4 3.1 1.3 5 1 * 3 Khayla Pointer G 9-9 28.8 43.2 26.3 69.6 14.0 3.9 4.0 24 1 • Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List * 5 Ayana Mitchell F 9-9 25.6 64.6 0.0 48.4 12.7 8.3 0.8 11 3 • Wooden Award Preseason Watch List 11 Emily Ward F 4-0 1.7 50.0 0.0 50.0 1.0 0.3 0.0 0 0 • Katrina McClain Award Watch List 12 Mercedes Brooks G/F 9-0 13.3 42.1 31.3 70.0 4.9 2.6 0.3 1 1 • SEC Preseason Media First Team • SEC Preseason Coaches First Team * 13 Jaelyn Richard-Harris G 9-5 18.9 20.0 11.1 57.1 2.1 1.8 2.4 9 0 14 LaToya Ashman G 5-0 6.4 37.5 25.0 0.0 1.4 0.6 0.0 0 0 21 Domonique Davis G 7-0 8.0 35.3 0.0 43.8 2.7 1.3 1.1 2 0 * 23 Karli Seay G 9-8 20.5 38.2 0.0 35.7 3.4 1.1 2.3 10 3 Women’s Basketball * 24 Faustine Aifuwa C 9-9 26.3 60.2 0.0 50.0 12.3 6.6 0.4 7 8 Communications Contact: 25 Rakell Spencer G 6-0 8.7 22.2 0.0 83.3 1.5 1.2 0.5 3 2 Judy Willson, Associate Communications Director 32 Jalaysha Thomas F 6-0 5.4 80.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.5 0.2 2 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: 6 RBDS: 3 STL: 3 BLK: 1 LAST GAME: PTS: 4 RBDS: 4 AST: 3 STL: 3 LAST GAME: PTS: 2 RBDS: 6 AST: 1 STL: 1 SEASON HIGHS: PTS: 11 RBDS: 7 STL: 3 BLK: 1 SEASON HIGHS: PTS: 7 RBDS: 4 AST: 3 STL: 3 SEASON HIGHS: PTS: 19 RBDS: 6 AST: 3 STL: 3 CAREER HIGHS: PTS: 11 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 11 points off NOTES: Scored a career-high 17 points at Mississippi State (Feb.