LSU coach Kim Mulkey backs Flau’jae Johnson amid South Carolina DJ controversy – Sports Illustrated

Perhaps the biggest story within the women’s college basketball world of the weekend came on Friday, when the South Carolina Gamecocks home game (which goes from DJ to) played a song by Jason Johnson, who is the late father of LSU Star Guard Flau – Jae Johnson as the Gamecocks pulled away from the Tigers in the fourth quarter.

Many in the college basketball community — including Flau’jae herself — have spoken out about this seemingly disrespectful song decision, especially since the DJ appeared to show some initial remorse afterward by retweeting an Instagram story that highlighted the song.

The South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball program released a statement on social media on Sunday that read: “We’re reaching out to Friday’s inappropriate song selection and subsequent Instagram post from the DJ hired to work our women’s basketball games . Her actions were understandably upsetting to Flau’jae Johnson and her family and disrespectful to the LSU program and fans. ” They also said they would suspend DJ for one game.

Tigers coach Kim Mulkey spoke to the media on Sunday and sent a clear message about this whole situation.

“I know what happened. I didn’t realize at the time and I approached him about it after training yesterday,” Mulkey said, per X Post from The Daily Advertisers Corey Diaz.

“After a hearing [the situation]all I care about is Flau’jae. All I care about is her family. What makes South Carolina is what South Carolina does. I love this kid. I couldn’t imagine her thoughts when she went down,” Mulkey added.

“But she’s just so joyful. She’s so wonderful for LSU and our game. And I love that kid and I love her parents and yeah. That’s my comment on that.”

At this point, Mulkey’s focus is clearly on her player.