Following Auburn’s 67-58 loss Thursday at Georgia, LSU women’s basketball coach Van Chancellor said he knew his team would be facing an angry opponent.After a slow start in the first half, Auburn took out some of that anger on LSU on Sunday and outscored LSU 43-27 in the second half to secure a 66-55 win.”We wanted to make sure that [a loss] didn’t happen again,” said Auburn women’s basketball coach Nell Fortner. “We were a very hungry team.”LSU jumped out to a 28-23 halftime lead thanks to a strong defensive effort that forced 10 opening half turnovers and held Auburn to just 33 percent shooting.But Auburn sophomore guard Alli Smalley came out of halftime firing and had three 3-pointers in the opening three minutes of the half to give Auburn a 32-30 lead.For the game, Smalley had a game-high 21 points, including 5-of-5 shooting from the 3-point line.”She made two 3-balls that were beyond the NBA line,” Chancellor said. “That just ignited them.”
 
 
 
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