WOMENS BASKETBALL
Louisiana State 64, Texas A&M 51
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BATON ROUGE, La. — Flau’Jae Johnson scored 22 points, including eight in the fourth quarter, to help No. 5 LSU
beat Texas A&M 64-51 on Sunday.
Aneesah Morrow added 19 points for the visibly fatigued Tigers (21-1, 6-1 SEC).
LSU was playing its second game in 48 hours after losing at No. 2 South Carolina on Friday in a contest postponed from Thursday.
LSU opened the second quarter on a 15-2 run and never trailed the rest of the way though the Aggies (10-9, 3-4) made it a one-possession
game in the first four minutes of the fourth quarter.
The Aggies were led by Taliyah Parker, who scored 14 points off the bench. Aicha Coulibaly and Sole Williams added 12 and 10 points.
THE TAKEAWAY
Texas A&M: The Aggies, sensing LSU’s fatigue, attacked the basket the entire game. A&M got the Tigers’
Johnson, Morrow and Williams in first-half foul trouble – a rarity this season.
LSU: The Tigers’ lack of depth showed late in the second quarter when their scoring trio of Johnson, Morrow and Williams were all
on the bench in foul trouble with 4:30 left in the half. From that point, LSU missed its last 7 of 8 field goal attempts with A&M’s
9-3 scoring burst cutting the Tigers’ lead to 30-25 at the half.
KEY MOMENT
Sole Williams’ 3-pointer cut LSU’s lead to 48-46 with 6:45 left but the Tigers responded with a 12-3 run that
featured two Kailyn Gilbert 3-pointers and three Johnson drives.
KEY STAT
LSU, which entered the game ranked third nationally in offensive rebounds, had a season-high 30 of them.
It allowed the Tigers to attempt 21 more field goals (72 to 51).
January 26, 2025