No. 7 LSU hosts Senior Day vs. Ole Miss on Sunday
BATON ROUGE – No. 7 LSU (27-3, 12-3 SEC) will host Ole Miss on Sunday for the regular season finale at 3 p.m. CT on the SEC Network.
LSU will honor four seniors at halftime of Sunday’s game; Amani Bartlett, Shayeann Day-Wilson, Aneesah Morrow and Last-Tear Poa. Bartlett and Poa were both on LSU’s 2023 national championship roster and Bartlett is the first player to play all four seasons under fourth-year LSU head coach Kim Mulkey. Morrow is leaving her name scattered across the NCAA DI record book. Day-Wilson is in her only season at LSU and has started 20 games this season.
Kevin Fitzgerald and Anne O’Neil will call the game on the SEC Network. Fans can also listen to Patrick Wright and Shaeeta Williams on the LSU Sports Radio Network.
The Tigers are locked in to the No. 3 seed for the SEC Tournament next week. Depending on the result in the PMAC on Sunday and across the league, Ole Miss, a team who has spent time in the AP Poll this season and is currently receiving votes, will be either the No. 7 or No. 8 seed next week.
LSU is coming off an overtime loss at No. 20 Alabama. Mikaylah Williams scored a team-high 22 points and surpassed 1,000 in her career. She hit the shot the tie the game and send it the overtime.
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Morrow has put up huge numbers throughout her career. Earlier this season she became the eighth player in NCAA DI history to record 2,500 points and 1,500 rebounds in a career. She currently has the fifth most rebounds in the history of NCAA DI. With one more double-double, Morrow will become the second player in NCAA DI history with 100 career double-doubles.
Ole Miss has become known for its defense under seventh-year coach Yoleet McPhee-McCuin. The Rebels are one of three SEC teams to hold their opponents under 60 points per game this season; the other two are Texas and South Carolina. They also rank No. 2 in the SEC with just under 12 steals per game.
Flau’Jae Johnson update
Ahead of LSU’s final game of the regular season, LSU star Flau’Jae Johnson was ruled out on the SEC injury report on Saturday night. The Tigers host Ole Miss at 3 p.m. on Sunday evening on Senior Night, looking to bounce back after a road loss to Alabama on Thursday.
Johnson was questionable against Texas on Feb. 16, but ended up playing in the game and scoring 16 points in 37 minutes. After the game, Kim Mulkey said she was “fine” and since then, Johnson has played with a calf sleeve, but looked largely unbothered. Against Texas, Georgia, and Kentucky, she played 103 minutes and scored 50 points, but against Alabama on Thursday, she played 38 minutes, struggling offensively, scoring just six points — her lowest of the season. Now, with the conference tournament starting for LSU on Friday, Johnson is ruled out for this final regular season game.
