LSU’s gymnastics team will try to follow up last week’s season high score tonight against Kentucky.The Tigers (5-1, 0-1) will take on Kentucky (1-1, 0-1) in its first Southeastern Conference road test of the year.The Tigers posted a total team score of 195.950 in a loss to then-No. 8 Georgia, which far surpassed their previous high of 194.90 three weeks ago at the Cancun Classic.Despite the season high total, the Tigers’ overall numbers have been slightly down. Through three events this season, the team average is 195.008. Last season, the team average was 195.975 after three events.LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux said she isn’t worried about the lower numbers and the slow start.”I think we were a little bit ahead of where we were right now last year because of better kids giving us more consistent performances,” she said. “Once that settles down, we know what those kids are capable of doing.”Injuries plagued the Tigers, which put more pressure on the team.They have been without senior Lauren Klein and sophomore Nicole Lyons because of foot and ankle injuries, respectively.Breaux said senior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney and junior Susan Jackson have tried to do too much to make up for the injured gymnasts.”They are trying to do it all,” Breaux said. “They need to relax and enjoy the competition and try and enjoy the performance.”Clare-Kearney said the slow start will work out in the long run. She said she would rather work out all the little things now and peak at the right time.”In the past two years … I’ve been progressively getting better as each meet went on, and I’ve peaked at the end of the season, so I think that’s where I’m definitely aiming at right now,” she said.The Tigers climbed from No. 14 to No. 11 in the polls, despite last week’s loss.Breaux said she isn’t too worried about the rankings this early in the season.”You’re seeing a lot of turnaround, a lot of people dropping low and then jumping and making a tremendous leap just because of one score,” she said. “That’s not really valid yet.”Clare-Kearney said the team isn’t overlooking tonight’s matchup despite Kentucky’s low season average of 192.53.”We’re going to go into Kentucky with the same attitude as we went into Georgia,” she said.Clare-Kearney said their two previous road scores have been anything but impressive.”We have to do everything we can to end up with a good road score, so later on down the road, when it’s time for regionals … we can put ourselves in the best possible situation [for the NCAA tournament],” she said.KLEIN EXPECTED BACK IN LINEUPThe Tigers are expected to welcome senior Lauren Klein back to the lineup tonight after suffering an ankle injury three weeks ago.”We’re hoping to at least put her in and do [uneven] bars, and then from there we’ll see where we can go,” Breaux said.Breaux said Klein’s ankle has improved, and she is about “70 percent.”She said the event they need her most in is the floor exercise, but Klein will have to be full strength in order to compete.”That will be a while,” Breaux said.Junior Sabrina Franceschelli has the flu and will not make the trip to Kentucky, according to an LSU news release. Sophomore Staci Schwitkis will likely replace Franceschelli in the lineup tonight.—-Contact Sean Isabella at [email protected]