The LSU Tigers fell in their second straight game on the road. This time to the Arkansas Razorbacks, with a final score of 90-76. The offense was fine; 76 points wins you the game nine times out of 10. This was that one time though, due to a severe lack of success on defense.
Arkansas was shooting the lights out, which has been a major weakness for the Tigers this year. You can look at each of their four losses and see that the team across from them was shooting much better than them. Even if they weren’t hitting a lot of them, they were efficient with the shots they did take. And at the very least they shot much better than LSU. We knew going into the season that it would be a low point of this team — it’s just frustrating to see it play out that way when it’s the major connecting weakness throughout the season.
While 76 points is normally something to be happy about, Mulkey wasn’t satisfied with that side of the ball either. “I just thought we didn’t shoot the ball well,” said LSU Head Coach, Kim Mulkey. “They were sagging in the paint. It wasn’t like Florida where they were up on us and really guarding us hard. We had some really easy, good looks that we normally make and we just didn’t make them.”
LSU had a couple of droughts on offense that really put them out of it. It was also not ideal that they did not hit a three point shot until four minutes were left in the game. The team has shown flashes of being legitimate threats from deep, but they need to work on their consistency.
Alexis Morris gets the LSU game ball for this one, providing the most spark for the team on offense. She led the team in points and assists, while committing the fewest turnovers of the starters with only one. All of her points, however, came in the second half.
On the bright side, Khayla Pointer made history with her five rebounds as she became the first ever LSU Women’s Basketball player to surpass 1,500 points, 500 assists, and 500 rebounds. Khayla Pointer continues to make her case for one of the best players in the history of this program.
The team seems to be in a funk, but there is hope that they can return to the dominant position they held at the start of the season. They seem to know what their issues are, which is obviously a key part of being able to fix those issues.
You can support the Tigers on Sunday as the 9-8 Kentucky Wildcats come to the PMAC for a 1 p.m. tipoff.