By james art 
Baton Rouge – In a battle between two of the best offensive teams in the country No. 7 LSU (22-1, 7-1) beat # 13 Oklahoma (16-5, 4-4), 107-100, Thursday night in The PMAC as Flau’jae Johnson, Aneesah Morrow and Michael Williams Combined to score 83 points.
The 107 points scored by LSU scored the most points in the SEC game in the history of the program, exceeding 106, scored by Tigers last season against Florida. Thursday night scored the fourth match in the history of the program, where both teams scored 100 points.
Tigers leading to the whole 24 in the third quarter, but Oklahoma’s press and LSU turnover allowed SOONERS back to the game. LSU took a time-out time with 55 seconds and one point. The Tigers received two offensive struggles, and Williams nailed three, and then Aalia del Rosario blocked the shot at the other end to secure the victory.
“I know that when I hit early, it would be a real big game for me,” Williams said. “So just as I said earlier, just very grateful to my teammates for feeding the hot hand and they found me at the end of the game.”
“She wants to win and wants to get better,” said coach Kim Burlks for Williams. “Every day she wants to improve.”
The big troika of LSU from Johnson, Morow and Williams was inserting the ball at an elite level. Williams led the road with 37 points to go with 7 rebounds, 5 assists and three thefts. Johnson scored 25 points with 5 assists. Morrow recorded his 20th double double for the season with 21 points and 12 rebounds.
Oklahoma’s Peyton Verhulst led SOCs with 26 points in the evening. Reagan Beers finished with 20 points and 7 rebounds.
The game on Thursday was physical. LSU and Oklahoma performed 27 and 38 fouls respectively, and both teams fired over 30 free throws.
After two LSU firing matches, the tigers were set on fire and fired at the XX percent of the pitch on Thursday night. In the middle of the third quarter, LSU led to a quick breakage points, 16-0. But the Oklahoma 1-2 2 press created problems for LSU and allowed SOONERS to eventually win the points for a quick rest, 24-21.
“You know, you turn the ball, Bam, Bam and the good teams will take advantage of it,” Blvish said. “And so it became a game. Turnover. ”
At the beginning of the first quarter LSU Sa’myah Smith and Liz Scott of Oklahoma, they were confronted with a brawl, resulting in both discarded. Due to the rules, both will miss the next competition.
LSU returns to PMAC on Sunday at 1:00 pm CT to host Mississippi.
Oklahoma popped up to 5-0 lead to start the first quarter of two straight buckets and a converted fake shot from Raegan Beers. LSU replied to score the next six points to score the White crowd into the game. Oklahoma, led by five and quarter, ended in favor of SOONERS, 23-20.
LSU took one point lead after two made threes from Johnson and Williams at the beginning of the second quarter. These shots caused LSU to continue by 10-0 to lead 30-25 leads before the Oklahoma knocked out a threesome to put an end to running. LSU maintained and extended the lead to eight points after three distances three and assembly of Johnson turnover. SOONERS reacted with six points in just over a minute, but this time Williams drained two threes and turned one to push LSU to lead to eleven points. After Oklahoma made a free throw on the other end, the first half ended with the tigers in the lead 52-42.
The big three LSU had a big first half. Williams had 20 points in the first half, Johnson scored 13, and Morow had 12.
The tigers scored the first five points of the half to take their biggest lead from the game of 15 points. The tigers extended their lead to 24, holding the Oklahoma without a result of over a three -minute section. SOONERS gathered 9-0 run to reduce the lead to 15, but Michael Williams was ready to answer as she drained her fourth three of the night to push the lead back to eighteen. But LSU went through a poor speed spell after Oklahoma went to 1-2-2 press for a full vessel and closed the LSU margin to 12. Williams replied again with three. LSU took the 83-68 lead in the last quarter.
Oklahoma stormed back at the beginning of the last period to reduce the lead to only six with a remaining 4:01. As she did all night, Michael Williams responded to the next possession with her sixth made three of the night to push Tiger’s lead back to nine. However, SOONERS would go down without a fight, as they reduced the lead to one point with 1:35. In the next possession, Sheyan Day-Willson made three to bring the tigers forward with 4, but Ou Peyton Verhulst returned to the court and made his three to make the result 101-100 lsu with 1:08 remained. With the game of the line, Michael Williams released three and found nothing but net to push the LSU lead to four. Oklahoma continued to turn the ball over the following possession, and Flau’jae Johnson pulled the ball and scored available to put the nail in the ark. The thriller ended with the end result of 107-100, with LSU taking the victory.
*LSU press release
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