In the final game of the regular season, the LSU women’s basketball team earned a 77-56 Senior Day win over Kentucky to finish the regular season 26-4 and 13-3 in SEC play.
Neither team shot particularly well in the first quarter (both were under 30%) but the Tigers took advantage of some serious sloppiness from the Wildcats, who had nine turnovers in the first quarter alone.
Those led to half of LSU’s 20 points as it jumped out to an 11-point lead after the first 10 minutes. The Tigers would stretch their lead as big as 17 in the second quarter, but the frame went to Kentucky overall.
It ended the half on a 13-2 run, while LSU made just 1 of its final 10 shots in the second quarter and had a 3:28 scoring drought. Heading to the locker room, the Tigers led just 33-27.
That momentum wouldn’t carry into the second half, though. LSU came out firing, connecting on 12 of 16 shots as it scored 27 in the frame. It stretched a then game-high 19-point lead and ultimately led by 15 entering the fourth, a lead LSU would go on to expand.
[autotag]Angel Reese[/autotag] finished with another double-double (22 points, 14 rebounds), as did [autotag]Aneesah Morrow[/autotag] (15 points, 10 rebounds). [autotag]Flau’Jae Johnson[/autotag] added 21 points as well.
Now LSU will turn its attention to the SEC Tournament in Greenville this week, where it will be the No. 2 seed.
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