Five takeaways from LSU women’s basketball’s loss to No. 1 South Carolina

Here’s what we learned from the loss at South Carolina.

LSU is undefeated no more. The Tigers suffered their first loss of the year Sunday afternoon facing the nation’s top-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks.

The top-five showdown pitted an SEC powerhouse in South Carolina against an emerging contender in LSU. It was a match between two of the sport’s best coaches with [autotag]Kim Mulkey[/autotag] and Dawn Staley walking the sidelines.

South Carolina raced out to an early lead and while the Tigers hung around, LSU could never fully fight back. The final was 88-64 after South Carolina outscored LSU 46-32 in the second half.

[autotag]Alexis Morris[/autotag] had a game-high of 23 points while [autotag]Angel Reese[/autotag] scored 16. Kamilla Cardoso led South Carolina with 18 points, followed closely by Zia Cooke’s 17 points.

Here were the takeaways from the loss.