No. 7 LSU vs Northwestern State | NCAA Women's Basketball

No. 7 LSU vs Northwestern State | NCAA Women's Basketball | 12.17.23

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6 ай бұрын

BATON ROUGE - LSU vs Northwestern State
No. 7 LSU was led by double-double duo of Angel Reese and Aneesah Morrow as it defeated Northwestern State 81-36 on Sunday afternoon inside the PMAC to claim its 11th win in a row.
Reese led all scorers with 25 points and 14 rebounds for her fifth double-double of the season, second consecutive. Morrow finished with 16 points and hauled in 14 rebounds to make her season total 7 double-doubles, six in a row.
“The more they play together, the better they become,” Coach Kim Mulkey said about her post duo. “You better get a body on them because they will be around the goal when the ball is shot. Morrow defends on the perimeter a little bit better than Angel. Then Angel will strip someone on a pick while hedging.”
Mikaylah Williams was dry in the first half with no points, but got going in the second half to finish with 14 points and LSU’s only two made threes of the afternoon. Williams added 5 boards and three steals. Flau’Jae Johnson was the only other Tiger to reach double figures as she added 13 points, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Last-Tear Poa continued to impress as a starter, this time with a career high 6 steals to go with 4 assists.
Former Tiger Sharna Ayers led the Demons as the only player to reach double figures with 10. Ayres connected on 3 three-pointers and added 5 rebounds. Other top scorers for NSU include Jenny Ntambwe with 9 and Karmelah Dean with 7.
After starting off slow on the offensive end, LSU finished the day with a 43-percent field goal percentage compared to NSU’s 24-percent. Although the Tigers were not able to get hot shooting, the LSU defense was able to effectively use a full-court press from the very beginning of the game. The Demons edged out the home team from deep as they went 5-16 compared to LSU’s 2-15 on three-pointers. The Tigers forced 31 turnovers, 21 of them came in the form of a steal.
The Tigers will head to Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday to take on Coppin State at 5:00 p.m. inside the Physical Education Complex Arena. It will be the first time Angel Reese has played in her hometown since transferring to LSU.
“It is going to be a surreal moment, it is my homecoming,” Reese said of the trip to Baltimore. “I think it is sold out right now. My Auntie went to Coppin State. Everybody is going to come out, I don’t know who they will be cheering for, Coppin or LSU, but I’m just excited to be able to see so many people in the community come out to see LSU.”
Reese scored 4 points and hauled in 3 rebounds in the first minute and a half of the first quarter to spark a 13-0 LSU run. Northwestern St. got on the board with an Ayres triple just before the first media timeout. Morrow finished the first quarter with 8 boards as the Tigers out-rebounded the Demons 14-8. LSU took a 19-6 lead into the second quarter.
Both teams were scoreless three minutes into the second quarter before Reese broke the drought with a putback layup. No one would score again until Ayres hit her second three of the night three minutes later to bring the Demon total to 9. Following the media timeout the LSU press was successful as it forced a 10-second backcourt violation. The Tigers forced 8 turnovers in the second quarter. LSU’s defense was able to offset the low scoring output in the second quarter as the Tigers went 4-15 for 26.7-percent.
After being outscored 6-2 to start the third quarter, LSU went on a 7-0 run as it forced 5 turnovers inside a 2:14 scoring drought. The Demons ended the drought following a timeout to make it 43-23. The Tigers continued to give NSU trouble on defense as they put together a 17-3 run. Williams ended the quarter with a three-pointer at the buzzer for the Tigers first points beyond the arch of the game.
NSU scored quickly in the fourth quarter but LSU responded well with a 9-0 run. The Demons were able to score on 5 free throws over two minutes through the middle of the quarter. Williams hit a three to regain the momentum and move the margin to 40-points. NSU finished just 1-14 from the field in the final half of the final quarter. LSU held on to its lead and finished with a 45-point win for its 11th straight win.

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@tiamarrow6366 6 ай бұрын

People can say what they want about Mulkey, but one thing that we cannot deny is that she goes hard for her girls and she will fight for them. A lot of referees out there will be biased and unfair and will call unfair players against certain players….Mulkey is one of the few coaches that can smell bullshit and will call it how she sees it. I’d rather have a coach who goes hard for her team and will go to war for her team and actually puts in the effort, and wants to see them succeed in life as well as win…..than a coach who doesn’t care about the team, and only cares about the win.

@michaelt8161 6 ай бұрын

I like the full court press they are running

@user-xk9dl8xw8l 6 ай бұрын

Coach KM at her best

@chelseab.2949 6 ай бұрын

LETS GOOO BAYOU BARBIE! they cant eff with you

@LSUontop513 6 ай бұрын

The defense 😮‍💨

@brianroesch3259 6 ай бұрын

Yay Coach Mulkey!

@hildaheard2185 4 ай бұрын

Flau'jae, over the head tho, you so wrong 😅😅 💪🏾

@90sHilly 6 ай бұрын

It sucks that Hailey is injured because everybody is starting to click together as the chemistry grows and they get more comfortable playing with each other

@iamgreatnow7218 6 ай бұрын

It sucks when she's playing. She hasn't made ANY impact on the court. Poa and Poole should have started at the beginning of the season.

@wordfromzic 6 ай бұрын

⁠@@iamgreatnow7218but lsu have yet to utilize her in the right way. The offense is mainly centered around bigs, and she’s often shoved to the corner where she is left to just watch. She rarely is put in position to score. Even a simple off ball play that sets her up for a 3 would result in better production.

@iamgreatnow7218 6 ай бұрын

@wordfromzic That’s the fault of the coach. She's unquestionably a winner, but Mulkey screwed up on this one. HVL can not replace Alexis Morris at the point. Bringing in HVL TO LEARN THE PG POSITION in her 5th year was foolish. Now Poole , who STARTED down the stretch last season, has left the building due to the disgraceful disrespect. HVL is an obvious vanity project for Mulkey.

@90sHilly 6 ай бұрын

@@wordfromzic With her being the “PG” it’s her job to be the playmaker creating shots for others, I think she has potential to be a great point guard but she needs to be practicing that position every chance she gets to finally become impactful, they need to bring some expert trainers in for her because she could be an offensive liability running point if she doesn’t mold fast.

@last10bandz10 6 ай бұрын

@@iamgreatnow7218so you think HVL should sit on the bench. That would cause a media frenzy coach would get a thousand more questions

@last10bandz10 6 ай бұрын

They first quarter they played so cold.. they need HVL back

@iamgreatnow7218 6 ай бұрын

They don't need her starting. Poole left because of her and would have been a better pg option off the bench. Velez (#1), the FRESHMEN, is a better pg than HVL.

@last10bandz10 6 ай бұрын

Velez the freshman needs to develop doesn’t play with confidence yet. On Poole she is a good player no disrespect to her but if that was the case she should of out work her in practice and in games then maybe it be a different conversation. But there no scenario where u get a player like HVL to transfer to the school to sit the bench.

@iamgreatnow7218 6 ай бұрын

@@last10bandz10 You develop freshmen NOT grad student, 5th year players. Mulkey is attempting to help HVL develop her game for the WNBA. That is a slap in the face to the returning players.

@last10bandz10 6 ай бұрын

@@iamgreatnow7218 how is that so. If those players that we naming job to make the coaches job harder by playing so well in practice and in games that they have no choice but to start but that’s not happening. If your using your train of thought when is HVL going to play. It’s already a battle a for playing time at all the other positions.

@HannahHannahBoBana 6 ай бұрын

Hailey isn’t even a fifth year. She’s in her fourth year right now. She did three years at Louisville and came to LSU for her fourth.