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.
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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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