By james art 
Baton Rouge – LSU is ready to host a pre -season WNBA game between Chicago Sky and Brazil’s national team on May 2 at 7:00 pm in PMAC, as LSU star Angel Reese returns to Baton Rug. Tickets will be available on Lsutix.net on a later date.
“We are excited to host the WNBA game in May with the participation of Chicago Sky and Angel Reese,” said coach Kim Bully. “Angel played a major role in creating our LSU program and I know that our fans will be excited to return it to PMAC. She had such a great season for a rookie and we can’t wait to continue to watch WNBA flourish. “
“I am very excited that the sky will play a pre -season game in LSU,” Reese said. “It will be amazing to return to Baton Rouge, a community that means so much to me. LSU plays an important role in my preparation for WNBA and I can’t wait to hit the court in front of Sky’s tigers and fans! “
Reese had a great start to LSU, led the Tigers to her first NCAA championship in 2023. She set the NCAA record with 34 double doubles throughout the National Championship season. Reese was named the most exclusive player of the NCAA tournament. It is an average of 23.0 points, 15.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.8 thefts and 1.6 blocks in its junior season. Reese continues to be announced as Sect Player of the Year (2024), three-time AP All-American (2022-24), two-time first-team All-SEC Member (2023-24), two-time SEC All-Defense Honorary (2023-24) and a member of the US team of a wooden prize since 2024.
In 2024, Reese led an SEC on evaluation (18.6 points) and struggles (13.4) for the second consecutive season, becoming the first player after Wendy Scholens of Vanderbilt (1989-90), which leads the league in both statistics in consecutive seasons S Reese completed his LSU career with the third most points in one season in LSU history (829 in 2023) and as a leader of the Career Struggle Program at a match (14.4).