No. 6 LSU faces another SEC road test vs. Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 6 LSU (23-1, 8-1 SEC) is set to face Missouri (12-12, 1-8 SEC) in Mizzou Arena at 6:30 p.m. CT Thursday night on SECN+.
Thursday’s game can be streamed on the SEC Network+; all of LSU’s remaining games will air on linear television after Thursday. Fans can also listen to Patrick Wright and Shaeeta Williams on the LSU Sports Radio Network.
LSU will return home to host No. 19 Tennessee on Sunday at 3 p.m. CT in the PMAC ahead of the Tigers’ second and final bye of the season.
The big three of Flau’Jae Johnson, Aneesah Morrow and Mikaylah Williams have put up big numbers in recent games. In two games last week, the trio combined to score 143 points.
LSU has shown increased productivity from beyond the arc over the past two games. The Tigers hit a season-high 12 threes last Thursday against No. 13 Oklahoma and then knocked down 9 on Sunday against Mississippi State. Prior to those two games, LSU made a total of 14 threes over the previous six games.
Morrow enters Thursday’s game tied with Sylvia Fowles for the sixth most rebounds in NCAA DI history with 1,570 career rebounds. She currently leads the nation with 14.2 rebounds per game and 21 double-doubles.
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Although Missouri has won just one game in conference play, the Tigers have put together some competitive games over the last three contests. Missouri beat Mississippi State and then battled top-25 opponents Texas and Tennessee within under 10 points.
Grace Slaughter leads Missouri with 14.8 points per game. As a team Missouri ranks No. 5 nationally at 38-percent from beyond the arc, averaging 7.1 made threes per game.
Kim Mulkey quotes after win over Mississippi State
On the defensive improvement…
“It’s better. Not great in spurts of the game. We still don’t communicate/. We have a tendency to loaf back down to the other end. Our point guard is always going to be back and I think a lot of it is communicating and understanding you can’t be trotting, you have to run. It’s those two things. We’re better, but I want to be perfect. I want to watch a film one day and not give up any transition or threes and when they score, they had to work to score it.”
On the 3-point shooting…
“It opens up things a lot for your post play. If you can hit perimeter shots then it’s not so crowded in the paint. We see zoe just about every game and I’m like ‘stay in it’ because we’re going to hit those shots. It makes Morrow’s job a lot easier in there and it keeps it from being crowded. It elevates confidence when players can hit threes and it makes us better.”
