LSU Caps Homestand with 81-67 victory over Mississippi State – Brick for a newspaper

Baton Rouge – No. 7 LSU (23-1, 8-1 sec) improved to 15-0 at home this season with a 81-67 win over Mississippi State (16-7, 3-6 sec) on Sunday afternoon at PMAC.

Flau’jae Johnson and Michael Williams He continued to shoot the ball beyond the rainbow, with the two sinking four threes against the bulldogs. Williams led LSU with 22 points after scoring 37 Thursday against Oklahoma. Johnson scored 20 points with 5 rebounds and she made a career with 4 blocks.

Johnson was tasked with guarding the leading goalkeeper of the State Mississippi, Jerkila Jordan (16.9 ppg). Jordan was coming down from a 40-point match on Monday against Missouri, but LSU keeper held Jordan up to 9 points, her season low in SEC game.

“I didn’t care if I got into this game, as long as I did what I did in the defense, and made my four -block career, so … a big four,” Johnson said.

Aneesah morrow It continues to accelerate the nation in recovery and double pairs. She had 18 points with 20 rebounds to record her 21st double double for the season and 95th of her career. It is now tied to Sylvia Fauls of LSU for the seventh most combined (1.570) in the history of NCAA DI.

Tigers also received a good contribution from Jersey Wolfenbarger, who had 12 points and 7 fights with 2 thefts and 2 blocks.

Mississippi State was led by Ennya Russell, who finished with 13 points and 4 assists. Medina Okot provided 10 rebounds to lead the bulldogs.

LSU goes on the road to face Missouri on Thursday at 7:00 pm.

The tigers opened the game with a solid play at both ends, jumped to an early advantage of 9-0 with five points from Williams, forcing the Bulldogs to take an early wait. Williams and Johnson hit a pair of threes in the elementary neighborhood, continuing to shoot it well after the two scored over 25 points on Thursday night. The first quarter ended in favor of Tigers, 24-12.

Williams added two more threes in the second quarter, as she finished with 16 points to lead all the goal scorers in the first half. LSU built an 18-point lead in the second quarter, but the Bulldogs continued with 12-0 to tighten the game. LSU led 41-35 leads in half.

Mississippi Jeraila Jordan’s leading goalkeeper was held to no avail in the first half, thanks to a large extent to Johnson’s defense with three blocks against Jordan in the first two quarters.

The tigers did not waste time to start the second half, as Morow also converted one into the rim to open the result. LSU managed to pose its advantage to 14 points at 4:37 Media Time-Aut via buckets of Morrow and Jersey Wolfenbarger. The neighborhood ended with the tigers in the front, 65-54.

The fourth quarter saw that LSU put the final touches on its victory, as they kept the bulldogs to only 23.5% shooting in the last quarter. The game ended with a score of 81-67 as the tigers took home the victory.

*LSU press release

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