GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Louisiana State 69, Arkansas 45
By ERIC W. BOLIN
Associated Press
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Angel Reese and Alexis Morris each scored 19 points to lead No. 9 LSU past No. 24 Arkansas in both teams' SEC opener, 69-45.
The Tigers (13-0), who remained one of only five Division teams still unbeaten, didn't trail after the fourth minute of the game. Arkansas limited LSU to just 34% shooting, but LSU used its size to control the game on both ends.
Arkansas (13-3), which lost its third game in a row, managed to shoot only 28% and were dominated in the paint.
LSU outrebounded Arkansas 62-30, scored 22 second-chance points to the Razorbacks' 7 and outscored Arkansas in the paint 30-22.
Reese, who finished with a double-double by grabbing 16 rebounds, was one of three LSU players who had double-digit boards. Flau'jae Johnson had 11, to go along with 10 points, and LaDazhia Williams had 15 rebounds.
Samara Spencer was the Razorbacks' best player with 17 points on 7 of 15 shooting. The rest of the team went a combined 10 of 46 from the floor.
BIG PICTURE
LSU has only had one win by a single-digit margin and could stay unbeaten for a while as the Tigers don't play another team receiving votes in the Top 25 until Feb. 12 at No. 1 South Carolina.
December 29, 2022
| LSU | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| L. Williams | F | 36 | 1-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 6-15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| A. Reese | F | 30 | 6-16 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 7-16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| A. Morris | G | 38 | 6-17 | 3-4 | 4-7 | 1-5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| F. Johnson | G | 28 | 3-9 | 4-9 | 0-3 | 5-11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| J. Carson | G | 19 | 2-9 | 2-2 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| K. Poole | 23 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| S. Smith | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| L. Poa | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| A. Bartlett | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| E. Ward | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 196 | 22-65 (.338) |
20-29 (.690) |
5-18 (.278) |
23-62 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 69 | |
| Arkansas | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| E. Barnum | F | 24 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| S. Spencer | G | 34 | 7-15 | 0-4 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| M. Daniels | G | 30 | 3-11 | 2-2 | 2-7 | 0-6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| C. Carr | G | 29 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 0-6 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| S. Poffenbarger | G | 20 | 0-5 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| J. Wolfenbarger | 24 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3-6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| R. Langerman | 17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| M. Dauda | 16 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| E. Ellis | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A. Hughes | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198 | 17-61 (.279) |
5-12 (.417) |
6-26 (.231) |
6-30 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 45 | |
Officials: Joseph Vaszily, Felicia Grinter,
Attendance: 5,285
