After a long offseason, the preseason No. 7 LSU women’s basketball team is finally set to return to the court for its first exhibition of the season on Thursday night as it welcomes Xavier (New Orleans) to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
Both this exhibition and next Wednesday’s against LSU-Alexandria will be free to attend for fans.
It will be a new-look LSU roster in many ways after adding an experienced transfer class featuring players like [autotag]Mjracle Sheppard[/autotag] and [autotag]Shayeann Day-Wilson[/autotag], but it also returns some familiar faces like [autotag]Flau’Jae Johnson[/autotag], [autotag]Aneesah Morrow[/autotag] and [autotag]Mikaylah Williams[/autotag], who all starred on last year’s team.
[autotag]Jada Richard[/autotag], the top high school prospect in the state of Louisiana and a top-100 recruit nationally, also joins the fold and will make her debut in the purple and gold on Thursday night.
Xavier is an NAIA opponent coming off a 25-7 season that featured a first-round exit in the NAIA tournament. The Gold Nuggets were picked to finish second in the Red River Athletic Conference.
Here’s what you need to know to watch as the 2024-25 LSU women’s basketball team takes the floor for the first time on Thursday night.
How to Watch
- Date: October 24, 2024
- Time: 7 p.m. CT
- Place: Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge
- Stream: SEC Nework+ [afflinkbutton text=”Watch LSU vs. Xavier (New Orleans) live on ESPN+” link=”https://go.web.plus.espn.com/Vmrv2O”]
- Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network
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