LSU 85-74 Tulane (Nov 20, 2024) Game Summary

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BATON ROUGE, La. — — Flau’Jae Johnson scored 25 points and had 12 rebounds, Aneesah Morrow had 23 points and 16 rebounds, and No. 7 LSU held off Tulane 85-74 on Wednesday night.

Jersey Wolfenbarger scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds off the bench for the Tigers (6-0).

Tulane (1-3) was led by Kyren Whittington, who scored 20 of her 24 points in the second half, and Victoria Keenan, who scored all 21 of her points in the second half.

Takeaways

Tulane: Trailing by 23 points late in the third quarter, the Green Wave forced LSU to miss 14 of 17 shots in the fourth quarter as they outscored the Tigers 19-10. Tulane twice cut LSU’s lead to seven points in the final 3:03.

LSU: The Tigers have been looking for more experienced interior scorers than just Morrow. They may have found it with Wolfenbarger, the junior transfer from Arkansas, where she was basically an outside shooter. LSU head coach Kim Mulkey has moved Wolfenbarger inside to the post, where she has now scored in double figures in three of four games.

Key moment

Mulkey signed four guards in the offseason to have enough bodies to push the entire court defensively and score points in bunches on fast breaks. For example, the Tigers scored nine straight points on fast-break layups and a free throw in a 75-second stretch of the third quarter to push the lead from 11 points to 20.

Key state

Keenan, who joined first-year Tulane coach Ashley Langford this season from Stony Brook, hit 7 of 8 3s in the first half. She missed three 3-pointers in the second half after LSU’s Johnson was switched to guard her.

Next

Tulane is at home Sunday against Jackson State. LSU travels to Nassau, Bahamas to play in the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship, opening Monday against Washington.

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