BATON ROUGE — The LSU women’s basketball team allowed the fewest points in school history on its way to a 68-26 victory over Prairie View in its final game before the Christmas holiday on Saturday afternoon in the Maravich Assembly Center.
The previous low of 28 points was also set against the Lady Panthers on Dec. 1, 1995, in a 104-28 victory in the PMAC.
The Lady Tigers held the hapless SWAC opponent to 18.8-percent shooting for the game (12 of 64), while using a 22-0 run over the final 11:31 of the first half to take control of the game. LSU made 24-of-55 shots (43.6) overall including only 10 of 26 in the second half.
LSU improved to 6-3 overall, while Prairie View fell to 2-6.
Sophomore Temeka Johnson scored a career-high 14 points and had five assists to lead five Lady Tigers in double figures, including Scholanda Dorrell who had 12, Roneeka Hodges and Aiysha Smith with 11 and Ke-Ke Tardy had 10. Doneeka Hodges scored eight points and had 10 rebounds.
Prairie View was led by Casey Hart who had 11 points.
After the game was tied at 2-2, LSU went on a 12-0 run over the next four minutes to jump ahead 14-2, as each of the Lady Tigers on the floor contributed baskets.
Prairie View brought the game within eight, 16-8, before LSU began to click on the offensive end behind the inside play of Smith and the Lady Panthers chilled to 17.4 percent from the field (4 of 23).
Over the final 11:31 of the half, LSU went on an 22-0 run and extended the lead to 38-8.
With nine free throws in as many attempts, LSU improved to 23-of-23 from the free throw line in the first half of the past two games.
In an uneventful second half, LSU slowly extended the lead to 40, 60-20, with less than five minutes to play. Prairie View benefited from a poor shooting half by the Lady Tigers and kept LSU from getting easy transition baskets for most of the half.
The Lady Panthers’ average margin in five previous losses was 34 points.
LSU returns to action in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge in the United Spirit Arena in Lubbock, Texas, on Dec. 29 against nationally ranked Colorado at 2:30 p.m.