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LSU women’s basketball uses strong 4th quarter to beat the Aggies

Strong finish keeps LSU women’s basketball perfect in early SEC play

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The LSU women’s basketball team beat Texas A&M 75-66. It is the second top 25 team that LSU has beaten this season. The Tigers trailed going into the fourth quarter 49-46 but outscored the Aggies 29 to 17 to improve to 14-1 on the season.

Alexis Morris led LSU in scoring with  30 points on 9-for-16 from the field, she also hit 4-of-9 three-point shots. Morris also did a great job getting to the free-throw line converting on 8-of 12 free throws. 23 of Morris’s 30 points came in the second half.

LSU’s leading scorer Khayla Pointer pitched in with 17 points, nine rebounds, and eight assists. Jalin Cherry also added ten points for the Tigers.

The Tigers’ defense held the Aggies’ two leading scorers in check. Kayla Wells was held to 13 points on  5-18 shooting from the field. Jordan Nixon shot 1-of-11 from the field and scored just seven points. Texas A&M just shot 32.9% from the field. LSU outrebounded Texas A&M 49 to 39, including 16 offensive rebounds. Tigers head coach Kim Mulkey thought rebounding was key.

“This is going to be the way it is, it’s the SEC,” said head coach Kim Mulkey. “There are a lot of good players, coaches, and teams. I thought rebounding was key when we were not able to make shots and when we were struggling. The crowd got into it, they helped us get over the hump.”

Up next for LSU will be another top 25 against probably the best team in the country South Carolina at home on Thursday. The Gamecocks lost to Missouri on Friday night. The Tigers will need to continue their strong defensive play to be able to beat South Carolina.

Jordan Nixon’s game-winner against Iowa State was wild, but her postgame interview was even better

What a play. Wow.

March is certainly the month of madness — at least on the basketball court. And we got a bit of a taste of that on Wednesday night when Texas A&M played Iowa State in the women’s NCAA tournament.

This was easily the best game of the tournament so far. It looked like we were primed for an upset with Iowa State (7) leading the entire way through regulation against Texas A&M (2). But A&M clawed back into the game, forced overtime and even took their first lead before Iowa State tied it at 82 at the end.

But then, Jordan Nixon happened. Iowa State misses on a chance to put them up 84-82, Nixon grabs the rebound, she goes the length of the floor and the rest is history.

Watch.

What. A. Play. Game-winner. Jordan Nixon. Her timing on the layup was so perfect. It’s unbelievable.

But what made the moment even more surreal was her incredibly emotional interview after the game. She gave so much praise to the team around her.

“I say it all the time. And it really just goes back to trust. They trust me. They trust me to make plays. They trust me to lead this team. Win, lose or draw, every single person on that bench is behind me. And it just makes these moments that much more special.” 

What an incredible moment. There was more! She spoke about how resilient her team is and how proud she was.

“We keep fighting. This team is so resilient. I said it, like, two days ago, I’ll say it again, I’ll say it all season. We never say die. We never say die. And I think you saw that tonight.” 

That just makes you want to run through a wall. What an interview. What a play. What a shot.

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