After historic blowouts in the first week of the season, the #9 LSU women’s basketball team put up more standard blowouts in the second week of play. Monday, they trounced McNeese 100-43, and Friday, they crushed Denver 101-37. In total, LSU has outscored their opponents 461-137 in their first four games.
Monday’s win over McNeese was most notable for the debut of Noa Morro, the 21-year-old freshman out of Spain. She played limited minutes, but she showed off her quick-release three ball and her ability
to guard the perimeter. Combined with Anna Minaeva, she forms half of LSU’s post duo that they’ll need in their big games.
LSU came out slowly with an 18-10 first quarter, but they found their groove with a 30-point second quarter. The Tigers cruised the rest of the way with solid play and got to 100 with a Mikaylah Williams accidental buzzer-beater three that she intended for after the buzzer. McNeese shot 9/44 from beyond the arc, something LSU had expected coming in. Jada Williams led the team with 12 rebounds, Mikaylah Williams led the scoring with 17 points and assists with eight, and MiLaysia Fulwiley had an absurd stat line of 13 points, seven rebounds, four assists, three steals and four blocks.
Friday’s win over Denver saw LSU play more of their big lineup and get Noa Morrow more minutes than she was told she would get. It might also lead to the Tigers practicing their free throws a lot over the next couple days since they finished 19/32 from the line and 3/13 from the stripe in the first half. Other than that, it was a standard LSU blowout victory.
The Tigers opened with a 20-12 first quarter before shutting the Pioneers down with a 22-2 second quarter in which they kept them from making a shot for over 12 consecutive minutes across parts of the first and second quarters. LSU ramped up the scoring with 30 in the third and 29 in the fourth, and Mikayla Williams sealed the hundo with a layup. MiLaysia Fulwiley led the team in scoring with 23 points while adding three steals and two blocks. Mikaylah Williams had 20 points, seven rebounds and a career-high six steals. Anna Minaeva led the boards with 10, and Jada Williams led assists with six.
LSU is still in the midst of their long homestand next week. On Monday, the Tigers will take on Sun Belt preseason #1 Troy, and on Thursday, they’ll face reigning NEC regular season and tournament champions Fairleigh Dickinson, the latter of which I’ll be covering from the PMAC. Both games will tip at 7:00 p.m. and will be streamed on SECN+. Radio coverage will be on the LSU Sports mobile app or on Talk 107.3 FM in Baton Rouge.
