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LSU women’s basketball beats Florida in front of sellout crowd

The Tigers relied on strong defense in a 66-61 win over the Gators.

In front of a packed house at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, the No. 11 LSU women’s basketball team beat the No. 17 Florida Gators 66-61. With the win, the Tigers improve their record to 23-4 and are now in a tie for second place in the SEC.

LSU overcame a lousy game from their leading scorer Khayla Pointer. She only scored seven points on 1 of 17 shooting from the field. However, she did add seven rebounds and three assists.

With Pointer struggling, Alexis Morris stepped up her game and scored 20 points. She struggled from the field, shooting 5 of 15, but she was aggressive driving to the basket and made 10 of 12 from the free-throw line. It was her aggressiveness that helped the Tigers pull out the victory.

Along with Morris, Autumn Newby added 13 points on 5 of 6 shooting while grabbing eight rebounds. Faustine Aifuwa scored 10 points, but her significant contribution was on the defensive end. Aifuwa blocked five shots in the game, including two in the game’s final minutes.

Nina Rickards led the Gators in scoring with 17 points. Kiara Smith pitched in with 13 points, while Zippy Broughton added ten points.

Both teams played well on the defensive end of the court. However, LSU’s 15 points off turnovers and the fact that it made 11 more free throws than Florida proved to be decisive as the Tigers took down a hot team to stay in the hunt for a regular-season conference title.

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LSU’s defense struggles in defeat against Arkansas

Arkansas shoots the lights out from beyond the arc in win over LSU

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The LSU women’s basketball team defense struggles in 90-76 loss to Arkansas. The Razorbacks used strong second and third quarters to put the Tigers away.

Alex Morris led the Tigers with 22 points on 9-18 shooting from the field. LSU’s leading scorer Khayla Point struggled with 13 points on 4-12 shooting from the field. Autumn Newby added 15 points and nine rebounds.

Amber Ramirez led the Razorbacks with 25 points and hit five three-point shots. Makayla Daniels and Samara Spencer both had 20 points apiece. However, the Tigers could not stop the big three from Arkansas.

LSU usually is an excellent defensive team, but not against Arkansas. The Razorbacks scored 90 points and shot 50% from the field. They also shot 52% from the three-point line. Arkansas did a good job moving the basketball, and they had 19 team assist in the game.

The Tigers won the rebounding 39-29, but it did not matter; the Razorbacks shot too well from the field. LSU did not play badly offensively, but their defense let them down.

LSU will return home to play the Kentucky Wildcats on Sunday. The Tigers must play better defense and get more from Pointer to beat a struggling Kentucky team.