The LSU women’s basketball team thought it had its problems on offense sorted out with Thursday’s 68-point performance.But things took a turn for the worst for the up-and-down Lady Tigers’ attack Sunday afternoon.Fresh off a 68-53 win against Arkansas in which the Lady Tigers shot 50 percent from the floor, LSU shot just 23 percent in the opening half of a 65-55 loss against Mississippi State.”We fought really hard today,” said LSU coach Van Chancellor in a postgame radio interview. “And I was really proud of how we fought so hard. But we in the first five minutes, we got completely away from our game plan.”The Lady Bulldogs rattled off an early 16-0 run including a pair of 3-pointers by junior guard Tysheka Grimes to take a quick 16-2 lead.Freshman forward Ayana Dunning helped LSU push the deficit to 18-9 with a free throw and a layup.But Mississippi State junior forward Chanel Mokango answered by starting a 7-0 run capped by a fadeaway 18-footer by junior guard Alexis Rack to push the Lady Bulldogs’ lead to 25-9 with six minutes left in the first half.Rack led the Lady Bulldogs with 22 points, while Mokango scored 15 points and had four blocks.Chancellor got his first technical foul as the Lady Tigers’ coach on the following possession while arguing with officials when an LSU player was unable to draw a foul while driving to the lane.
 
 
 
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