LSU women’s basketball coach Van Chancellor’s biggest complaint after Tuesday’s exhibition win against Loyola was the play of the team’s defense.The Lady Tigers responded with a record-setting message to Chancellor in their regular-season opener.No. 9 LSU (1-0) held the Centenary Ladies (0-2) to 19 points en route to a 92-19 domination Sunday afternoon in the PMAC.The game tied the record for the lowest amount of points scored by an LSU opponent. The last time another team scored 20 points or fewer against the Lady Tigers was Alabama State in 2002.”It was a great win,” Chancellor said. “I’m really pleased with everyone. Not every game a coach ends the game and says, ‘I liked all players, and I liked how they played.'”It was also the second largest margin of victory in school history, since LSU beat Prairie View A&M, 104-28, on Dec. 1, 1995.”We should have beat Centenary bad,” Chancellor said. “It’s what we should have done. It’s what we did.”LSU senior guard Allison Hightower led the game with 20 points in only 19 minutes of play. She was a perfect 4-for-4 from the three-point line. “Finally I knocked some down this game,” Hightower said. “This summer, I really worked on the three. When I was open, I just wanted to knock it down.”The Lady Tigers saw success from everywhere on the court. LSU drained 51 percent of its field goals and was 59 percent from 3-point range.”We really wanted to be aggressive on offense and prove something from last game,” Hightower said.The fourth matchup between the in-state schools was a blowout from start to finish.Centenary could not score against the stout LSU defense. The Ladies shot 18 percent from the floor, going 8-for-44.Centenary’s leading scorer, junior forward Ashley Jackson, had seven points. “They are out of our league,” said Centenary coach Bojan Jankovic. “There was a difference in quality. I’m sure they can compete for a national championship with what they have this year.”The Lady Tigers also disrupted Centenary’s ball handling, collecting 16 steals and forcing 33 turnovers.”We committed too many turnovers,” Jankovic said. “We couldn’t answer their pressure at all. We expected the pressure to be there, but we couldn’t break it.”LSU recorded 42 rebounds, highlighted by a career-high 13 boards from sophomore forward Swayze Black. “I just had to think like every rebound was mine,” Black said. “I just wanted to get everyone that I could.”Chancellor said Black has the tools to be a great player for LSU.”Black’s got everything,” Chancellor said. “Her defense and rebounding was excellent. She just needs a little offensive confidence.”Chancellor was pleased with junior point guard Latear Eason, who finished with five points and two steals in 15 minutes of play.”Eason played the best basketball she’s ever played at LSU,” Chancellor said. “She was hustling, talking to the team and doing everything we asked her to do.”LSU’s bench scored 53 points in the competition. Junior forward Jasmine Nelson and sophomore guard Destini Hughes added nine points each.LSU sophomore forward LaSondra Barrett led the bench with 13 points. The victory against Centenary was LSU’s 28th consecutive win against a school from Louisiana.The Lady Tigers will host No. 24 Middle Tennessee State at 7 p.m. Wednesday night.- – – -Contact Michael Lambert at [email protected]