No. 23 LSU allowed 30 points in almost every game entering Thursday’s matchup at Florida. But that’s all the Lady Tigers (16-7, 5-6) allowed Florida (13-11, 6-5) in Gainesville, Fla., on Thursday — four days after allowing that output in the first 15 minutes at home against Ole Miss.The LSU defense stole the show Thursday by surrendering the fewest point total this season since allowing 19 to Centenary in the season opener. Florida’s 30 points were also the fewest the Lady Gators have ever scored in the 32 games played between the teams.LSU coach Van Chancellor said the dominating nature of the Lady Tigers’ win surprised him.”I was totally shocked at this score,” Chancellor said in his postgame radio show. “[Florida] beat Mississippi State twice, Tennessee barely beat them and they beat Ole Miss in Oxford, who we can’t beat. We rebounded, didn’t give up a ton of offensive boards and only had 10 turnovers.”Florida was held to a season-low shooting percentage of 19.6 percent, and the Lady Gators finished just 1-of-19 from 3-point range. Their lone 3-pointer came on a jumper by senior guard Susan Yenser with nine minutes left in the game.”Florida was third in the league and playing well,” Chancellor said. “We jumped out on them and cut off everything they tried to do offensively tonight. That might have been the best defense we’ve had all year.”Florida turned the ball over 16 times and had no players score in double figures Thursday. Senior guard Steffi Sorensen led the team with nine points.LSU sophomore forward Swayze Black made her first career start, scoring four points, two rebounds and two steals in 20 minutes of action.”Swayze Black did not have great stats, but her 20 minutes of post defense was really great for us,” Chancellor said.Sophomore guard Destini Hughes also got the start for LSU, her second straight.”Destini Hughes was once again outstanding,” Chancellor said. “This was a really big win for us on the road.”Four Lady Tigers scored in double digits Thursday, including a season-high 11 points for sophomore forward Courtney Jones and 11 points from fellow sophomore forward LaSondra Barrett.Senior guard Allison Hightower scored 19 points and extended her streak of consecutive games of converting at least one 3-point shot to nine games, as she went 3-for-3 from beyond the arc. Freshman guard Adrienne Webb also made three 3-point baskets on her way to a career-high 13-point performance.Hightower opened the scoring for LSU against Florida with a layup 10 seconds into the game, and Florida senior guard Lonnika Thompson answered with a layup of her own 35 seconds later.Florida would get no closer than eight points behind LSU the rest of the night, and the Lady Tigers led by as many as 43 points in the second half.LSU is still No. 9 in the Southeastern Conference standings, and the Lady Tigers will travel to Auburn (12-13, 3-9) for another road contest Sunday at 3 p.m. Auburn committed 20 turnovers in its 73-58 loss to Arkansas on Thursday night.____Contact Rachel Whittaker at [email protected]