In recent years when LSU’s women’s basketball team prepared for the NCAA tournament, the leadership role would be spread out among the Lady Tigers’ plethora of upperclassmen.But this season, as LSU enters its 11th straight NCAA tournament, that responsibility has been spearheaded by the Lady Tigers’ lone senior, forward Kristen Morris.And as No. 6 seed LSU prepares for its 6 p.m. matchup Sunday against No. 11 seed Green Bay, Morris has made her voice heard.”I talk to [the younger players] a lot, not necessarily just on the court, but if we’re on the sideline and I’m sitting next to somebody I know I can help, I tell them what they can do to get better,” Morris said.The senior forward has played in nine NCAA tournament games in her career, and she said the presence of junior guard Allison Hightower and sophomore guard Katherine Graham adds to the team’s leadership.”[Hightower] leads by example, and that by itself is great for us, and [Graham] is also a vocal leader,” Morris said. “We have the perfect combination basically. Next year they will have to find somebody who can be just as vocal and perform on the court as well.”Freshman forward LaSondra Barrett, the Southeastern Conference Co-Freshman of the Year, will experience her first game in an NCAA tournament Sunday. She said one thing Green Bay does best is shoot the ball, but she said LSU has the size advantage.”Green Bay is a really good team,” Barrett said. “They are defensively sound, they shoot the ball well and they play really smart. We are more athletic than them and have more size than them, but that doesn’t all win games.”LSU coach Van Chancellor said LSU and Green Bay will “present matchup problems” for each other.”[Green Bay] shoots it from the outside really well, and those are the kind of teams that give us problems,” Chancellor said. “They’re going to spread the floor, and they really run their offense well.”The Lady Tigers have won 11 straight NCAA Tournament games on their home floor. LSU football coach Les Miles, baseball coach Paul Mainieri, men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson and athletic director Joe Alleva each donated $1000 to allow students free         admission to the game.Chancellor, who will try for his 50th win with LSU on Sunday, said he couldn’t express enough gratitude to them for donating the money to the women’s basketball team.”I really appreciate the coaches and Joe Alleva buying those tickets for our students to come,” Chancellor said. “I thought that was a tremendous gesture on their part.”Morris said support from LSU fans is invaluable to the team’s energy and drive to compete.”Hopefully with those tickets being bought, people will actually show up,” Morris said. “Sometimes I don’t think they know how much they mean to us. When they come out, our energy level rises so much, and our play rises to another level.”Hightower said the team might have some nerves coming out for its first game Sunday, but once those go away, she said it’s all about taking away Green Bay’s shooters and playing for 40 minutes.”All their players can shoot [3-pointers],” Hightower said. “That means our post players have to try to take that 3 away. If you lose, you go home. The coaches have been preparing us all week, and I think we’re ready.”——Contact Rachel Whittaker at [email protected]