Alabama vs No. 10 LSU | SEC | 1.18.24

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LSU’s 16-point third quarter margin propelled the Tigers in Tuscaloosa Thursday night with a 78-58 win over Alabama in Coleman Coliseum in front of an announced crowd of 5,575 that was the largest in Alabama Women’s Basketball history.
LSU outscored the Tide 44-23 in the second half, holding Alabama to 4-25 shooting over the final two quarters, to bounce back from a one-point deficit at halftime. Alabama dropped from 40.7-percent field goal shooting in the first half to 16.0-percent in the second. The Tigers were dominant off the glass all night and made the proper adjustments during the break to take over the game in the final 20 minutes.
“We executed, came out and ran some things there in the third quarter early that got us going,” Coach Kim Mulkey said. “I thought the big difference was we defended a little bit better.”
Angel Reese and Aneesah Morrow both finished with 20 points to lead all scorers and lead the Tigers to its 17th win of the season. The dynamic duo combined for 28 rebounds and each finished with a double-double. Reese had 17 boards to make it her 10th double-double and Morrow hauled in 11 rebounds to make it her 12th double-double of the year.
Mikaylah Williams and Flau’Jae Johnson were the other Tigers to reach double figures. Johnson also had 8 rebounds. Williams scored 14 points, 10 coming in the second half. Johnson finished with 10 points and 8 rebounds. Hailey Van Lith finished with 8 points and 4 assists with no turnovers.
Aalyiah Nye finished with 18 points after scoring all 18 in the first half to give the Tide a 1-point lead at halftime before Johnson held her scoreless in the second half. LSU’s aggressive game forced Alabama’s leading scorer Sarah Ashlee Barker into foul trouble throughout the game as she was limited to just 8 points, half of her season average going into the game. Loyal McQueen was the only other Alabama player to reach double digits with 15.
The Tigers will return home to face the Arkansas Razorbacks on Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. CT inside the PMAC on ESPN with Tiffany Greene and Nikki Fargas. LSU will then host College Gameday on Thursday before taking on No. 1 South Carolina at 7 p.m. CT.
After the Tide scored the opening points of the contest, LSU put together a 9-0 run as it held Alabama scoreless for over three minutes. Alabama responded with a 9-0 run of its own to take a 11-9 lead with over three minutes remaining on the first. Nye hit her second three of the quarter to give Bama another lead, 16-13. Van Lith scored her first point on a layup to move the Tigers within one before the end of the first quarter. LSU did not attempt any free throws through the first 10 minutes.
Both squads traded buckets throughout the first three minutes of the quarter as Alabama held onto its one-point lead following LSU’s first trip to the foul line. Johnson swooped in for a tough rebound then went cross court for a driving layup that tied things up at 25 ahead of the media timeout. Morrow connected on her first triple of the night to cap off a 7-0 LSU run and force Alabama to call a timeout. The Tide hit back-to-back threes and Nye went 2-3 from the free throw line to make it 35-34 before halftime.
Nye was the difference in the first half as she went 4-7 from beyond the arc and finished the first two quarters with 18 points. LSU was just 2-9 from deep and shot 37-percent from the field compared to Bama’s 41-percent. The Tigers had success down low scoring 20 points in the paint and out-rebounding the Tide 26-18. LSU went 6-10 from the charity stripe and Alabama made 8 of its 10 attempts.
LSU wasted no time as it executed a quick screen to the elbow for Williams who knocked down the jumper and gave the Tigers a one point lead, 36-35. Morrow hit her second three-pointer of the night to extend the LSU run to 7-0 and force a timeout. Following the break, LSU went on a 10-3 run that saw buckets from 4 of the 5 starters on the floor. The Tigers outscored the Tide 26-10 in the third quarter to take a 15-point lead heading into the final ten minutes.
Reese scored 5 of LSU’s 10 points under three minutes into the final quarter to boost the Tigers lead to 21 ahead of the media timeout. Barker fouled out with 5:51 to go and ended her night with just 8 points. The Tide was held without a field goal for over four minutes through the middle of the quarter. Naomi Jones became Bama’s second player to foul out as she sent Aalyah Del Rosario to the line for the second time. After a few more trips to the free throw lines, LSU rode its lead to finish the night with a 20-point win.

[@cliffhill8895]

LSU’s storyline is unmatched! 🔥🔥🔥I’m addicted

[@thatguybill34]

*South Carolina vs LSU is coming.*

[@tiamarrow6366]

Ever since Hailey joined LSU people have been hating on her, calling her a traitor and trying so hard to downplay her talent. I think people aren’t understanding that she’s not just a point guard anymore…..plus LSU’s program is probably much different from Louisville so expecting Hailey to easily get the same scores this time around as she did at Louisville….that’s a bit too much. Obviously she still needs to do more and get better at her shooting especially from certain angles but for being new to LSU’s program she’s actually doing very good. People wanna call her overrated….I guess she’s so overrated that Kobe Bryant traveled all the way from Cali to Cashmere High School to see her play, mentored her, gave her signed sneakers, wanted her to mentor Gianna, and I guess she was definitely overrated when she won 3-4 gold medals from playing overseas with Team USA. I guarantee that the hate towards her comes from people who are jealous of her talent, and probably have never played basketball at all or have played but their game is nowhere near Hailey’s talent level. They’re probably mad that she got to do all of that at such a young age and none of them could ever reach those levels.

[@user-xk9dl8xw8l]

She won 4 medals with team USA, where she was not the least talented but not among the best 6 (Bueckers, Boston, Howard, Jones, to name a few)

[@babyboyry9541]

I see no lies, she’s doing great! as the season progresses she’ll be even better.

[@helgar791]

I think people are understanding quite well that she isn't a PG at all, but rather an undersized, slow, average shooting wing, whose defense is suspect. I think people are understanding that the reason she went to LSU was to prove to pro scouts that she is a PG and she's anything but. I think people are understanding that she wanted to use LSU as a spring board to a pro career that her skills don't substantiate.

[@jazzbtfw9432]

@@helgar791perfectly said idk what the hell this ass kissing essay was about🤭

[@helgar791]

@@jazzbtfw9432 It was written by a young BB fan that hasn't seen much in the way of BB, nor does she know much about what it takes at the college and pro level to be a great player.

[@user-jy1nd3rx4w]

The commutators talk to much. They both never shut up

[@willthomas2310]

Talking is what they are paid to do my friend... that's the whole point of commutators

[@janaebattle8090]

I pray to God LSU finds their true chemistry again and starts rolling offensively again by the time they play South Carolina I’m really rooting for lsu I want to see them win 🙏🏽

[@FloridaGeorgia]

LSU...... Back to their winning ways 😊

[@anawhite9986]

Go Lady Tigers! excellent ball handling! Win Lady Tigers!

[@orlandotocano1323]

Angel struggles to go move up and down the court, no wonder coach Mulkey is pissed, she needs to be in tiptop shape to repeat, no Jasmine Carter anymore

[@OriginalJohnDoeFakersBeware]

3:05 -- HVL many steps 😂 5:30 -- defender moving entire time 8:42 -- HVL twice uses arm extension push away McQueen 11:15 -- defender never set, jumped in front of Reese at last second 14:58 -- slo mo replay confirms it was off Nye 15:22 -- but they didn't call this offensive foul against set defender 21:33 -- some goof told me Reese can't hit shots like this 😂 22:39 -- the two passes!!😮 25:32 -- no effect on outcome but nice bucket 29:28 -- payback failure, McQueen now uses arm extension push away HVL but could not get past her Great game for two and a half quarters; 'Bama had some moments.

[@rrosedalechonies9437]

Crazy thumbnail 😂

[@WomensBasketballAlliance]

Yes, we were going for Renaissance Painting Vibes 😅

[@lalamurray1777]

@4:21 she kicked her.. no call?!

[@Virgonation830]

Y’all they be tired . It’s gene after game .. y’all don’t think they be exhausted

[@BriaClark-ro6ds]

I love al

[@shenikarodrigues2862]

LSU baby 😂😂❤❤

[@edwinbonner2957]

She wasn’t a point guard naturally. So she’s adjusting. So I guess she’s the Russell Westbrook of WBB

[@helgar791]

Yeah. She'll only need to grow taller, be faster, be quicker, be a better ball handler, learn to be fearless, learn how to crash the boards, learn how to dunk, and suddenly become a great passer. She's already a poor shooter, so she's got that down pat. Nothing to it.

[@tenkastringer1727]

I love LSU but they losing they touch they went from scoring 90 something a game nobody not making 3s nomore what happened

[@uniquelylondon6937]

It’s cause they lost Morris, Carson, and Poole. Them three were there best shooters.

[@getoffyoursoapbox1901]

That was against unranked teams, better competition it was bound to happen

[@montrealbond4753]

Every team is bringing their top game when playing LSU.

[@antonioluckett4924]

@@uniquelylondon6937no it’s because it’s Sec play n defense is getting tougher

[@jazzbtfw9432]

@@uniquelylondon6937correct Carson was sum serious with them 3s

[@BriaClark-ro6ds]

Lay pay Alabama

[@agenaclervil9059]

LSU baby 😂

[@jamariqunegreen496]

Johnson really messing up the offense in my opinion. She don’t see the floor like everybody else. I’ll bring her as a 6th man and just let her be whatever Kim wants her to be

[@BlareJohnson]

No she got to be on the court you don't watch how much she do on the court they was bumping her with an big all game she get rebounds an as much assist as the point guards and she get shots when it matters she third in all stats on the team

[@BlareJohnson]

She was... 4-8 10 points 8 rebounds 4 assist 3 steals 1 block just saying

[@jrod9729]

Johnson is playing selfish ball right now and I hope that Mulkey reel her in

[@vanlang6604]

Good thing your not the coach!

[@jamariqunegreen496]

@@BlareJohnson she’s not seeing the court like I hope she was going to develop into for her 2nd season. She a good player but she can be a better 6th man. Her court vision isn’t there.

[@Amanda-mandi]

After watching how slow both these teams move on defenses....Iowa and they shooting (i.e. Clark and her precision shots) gonna killllllllllllllllllllllll LSU. Both these teams are slow. Congrats to Iowa and their coach on teaching their women to have discipline. It will be the difference in the second half. It's a shame but just shows you what winning a championship does to a team. LSU has a coach who had more concern about their team on beer cans than actually pushing their girls to their physical extremes.

[@antonioluckett4924]

Here y’all go talking about IOWA again if the play a decent team in the sweet 16 or elite 8 they don’t win

[@richardmillee7116]

This is an LSU channel why are you talking about Iowa😢

[@318geauxleaux]

Who gives AF about Iowa. Iowa isn't even in the SEC, so why bring them up on this video?

[@vickyokoro7856]

Iowa playing nobody in their conference. They’re gonna get exposed badly in Sec conference

[@bbickham5715]

The race is not given to the Swift and fast it's the ones who endures to the end go LSU tigers

[@Amanda-mandi]

Iowa gonna kill LSU. These girls move soooooo slow on defense. CC22 gonna score 68 points on those girls from the half court. Sorry. But coach needs to push these girls harder in their fitness and not be so impressed by women bballers being on beer cans. That don't win more championships. Even when you stack your team.

[@introvertedone9873]

You’re delusional to think Iowa would beat LSU or any other team in the SEC. LSU defense woukd be all in Clark shit. She gon hit some shots but she want be as open like has been believe that. Plus I would let her ass shoot all she wants because Iowa has no other players that are game changers.

[@oherewego3461]

Well the record shows that Lsu has absolutely no problem defeating Iowa so we’re sticking with the track record and not your wild aspirations!

[@laprisa442]

Yeah see how YOU ONLY MENTIONED CAITLIN THIS IS A TEAM WORKING SPORT USING ONLY HER THEYLL LOSE😂😂😂😂 that’s very stupid see how that ended last time stop feeding js one person of the WHOLE team😂😂 atp it’s Caitlin vs evb😂😂😂😂😂

[@comfortsheriff1352]

Has CC won any championship? Last year with CC on the court 3 points were flying in her face and she couldn't do nothing about it. It's called a team! CC can shoot 3s from now till tomorrow but if her team don't show up they are still not going to beat LSU! Look at how SC struggled until few 4th quarter before they could lead LSU

[@90sHilly]

Watching HVL improve as a player in real time 🥹 I hope she proves all the doubters wrong, grown adults are literally praying on her downfall and it’s weird.

[@antonioluckett4924]

Cause they don’t know ball they still expect her to score 19 points per game at a new position she never played

[@tiamarrow6366]

@@antonioluckett4924not only that but look at her history facts….she did a stellar job at Cashmere High School, she played for All American, she won 4 gold medals for Team USA, and she got mentored by Kobe Bryant….her gave her signed sneakers, and he even wanted Hailey to mentor Gianna. Most of the hate towards Hailey is out of pure jealousy and envy for how much she’s done at a young age.

[@OriginalJohnDoeFakersBeware]

They should pray for the fall of fascism, not for the fall of athletes.

[@medmuscle]

@@OriginalJohnDoeFakersBeware I agree. Fascism was completely and totally pioneered by men from the left. Socialists who looked up to Karl Marx were the ones who came up with it, such as Marcel Deat and Jacque Dariot. Even Giuseppe Gentile , whom had a prominent position under Mussolini was an admirer of Marx. The outright lies and propaganda of fascism being "right wing" cannot be supported when digging in history, and this notion was debunked back in 1943 with the unveiling of the Communist Directive. The ideological subversion taking place today as a result of the pushing of interests by conglomerates is truly repulsive and only propagates the spreading of ignorant banter, which is by design. People often use this word but have no bloody idea what it actually is. They do a 10 second search and see what Wokepedia says and call it a day. It's lazy and embarrassing. BTW, LSU doesn't look all that great this year.

[@richardmillee7116]

@@tiamarrow6366I don’t think there are any haters, HVL just looks really nervous playing for LSU😢