Kailyn Gilbert Rediscover Touch Touch, Helps LSU Women to Remove to defeat Tennessee – nola.com

Another meeting of LSU basketball teams and Tennessee descended to the wire on Sunday.

And another close match ended with a victory for the tigers # 6, thanks to a large extent to impetus to a boost from a reserve guard.

This time, Kailin Gilbert scored 23 points, helping LSU beat No. 19 Lady Vols 82-77.

The three stars of the tigers fought with unpleasant problems. Their players almost did not see the floor against the tempo and the space of the Tennessee team. And their crime is not as evaluated as effectively as usual, especially in the half -bunch.

Still, the LSU still won the Pitt Maravic meetings center after hooking up to the lead of two possessions in the fourth -quarter declining minutes.

Just a month ago, these two teams met for a frenetic battle for insult, a clash that Gilbert decided by driving, a hook shot in the last second. Since then, LSU has proven that there has been the ability to win close games, and since then Tennessee has cemented his status as a player on the national stage. Lady Vols threatened disorders over # 4 Texas and # 2 South Carolina, then removed # 5 Uconn on Thursday for the first time since 2007, taking a statement that could nourish their journey to Baton Rouge.

Tennessee’s crime raised where it remained opposite the Husky.

But LSU corresponds to its effective evaluation, then finds edges with its protective activity and works on the offensive glass. Tigers may not have fired it well from the pitch-only 38%-but they forced Lady Vols at 19 rpm-which turned into 24 points in their subsequent chance of a quick crash-and Corral 15 offensive boards that turned into 16 points for 16 points for A second chance.

With the transitional crime of the keys to the transition of LSU, Michael Williams scored 16 points and rejected 7 assists. Flau’jae Johnson and Aneesah Morrow combined to score only 26 points when firing at 8 to 26 while fought with trouble, but reserved the Mjracle Sheppard and Kailyn Gilbert Guards raised some of their assessment. Shepard Chipir with 8 points, and Gilbert added most that she scored after the last LSU match with Tennessee.

Tennessee’s bench, on the other hand, represents only six points. Jewel Spear, Taleysia Cooper, Ruby Whitehorn and Zee Spearman were in double figures, but their contribution was not enough to beat a more balanced LSU team.

LSU’s work in the paint gave him a lead by 35-26-largest from the first half-until the brand 5:52 of the second quarter. But even a minute later, Tennessee had used his long-term accuracy to achieve this advantage to one possession. The two crimes then traded buckets down the last section of a quarter, and the tigers began a half-time break with only 41-37 leads.

Gilbert then erupted for 15 points in the third quarter, helping LSU play Tennessee in a draw through a decisive five -minute section that registered it without Johnson, and Morow.

During the fourth Gilbert Kalmi buried the two free throws that glued the victory for the Tigers.

Now LSU hosted seven matches against SEC’s ranked opponents, as coach Kim Burlks made the program in 2021. Before Sunday, it was 4-2 in these matches, with both losses coming to South Carolina.

Tigers have only five games in their regular season, and four of these competitions will probably be Quad 1 matches.

The next LSU match – the road clash with Texas – is one of these games. Next Sunday will head at 14:00.

As Longhorns defeated South Carolina by 66-62 on Sunday, tigers are already again in draw first in SEC.

This story will be updated.