GAINESVILLE, Fla. — LSU’s 16th-ranked Lady Tigers basketball team finds themselves the road for the six time in the last eight games on Sunday when they visit Florida for a 2 p.m. CST tip in the O’Connell Center.
LSU (19-4, 7-2 SEC) has won three of the previous five road games and have won three of the last four games overall, including a 92-65 victory on Thursday night over Arkansas in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
Florida (16-6, 6-3 SEC) has won five of six games, but lost at Mississippi State on Thursday night. The Gators sit in fourth-place in the Southeastern Conference standings and game behind second-place LSU.
Seimone Augustus leads the Lady Tigers into the game. The 6-1 sophomore guard from Baton Rouge is averaging 17.9 points overall and 20.2 points per SEC game. She has scored in double figures in 14 straight games, including scoring 20 in Thursday’s win over Arkansas. Doneeka Hodges, a senior guard from New Orleans has scored in double figures in 15 of the last 16 games, is averaging 15.6 points overall and 17.0 in SEC play.
Vanessa Hayden, a 6-4 post player, leads the Gators. The senior is averaging 19.1 points and 11.5 rebounds per game. Tashia Morehead, a junior forward, is the only other starter in double figures, scoring 12.5 points per game.
This will be the 25th meeting between the two schools. LSU leads the series 16-8 and has won six of the last seven meetings, including a 74-59 victory in Baton Rouge earlier this season. LSU also leads the series 7-4 in games played in Gainesville.
Following the game, LSU returns home for the final three home games of the regular season starting with Vanderbilt on Thursday at 7 p.m. CST in the Maravich Center.
PROBABLE STARTERS
UF (16-6, 6-3 SEC)
G 3 Tishona Gregory 5-5 Jr. 6.1 ppg 1.8 rpg 2.5 apg
G 21 Danielle Santos 5-10 So. 8.7 ppg 3.7 rpg 3.2 apg
C 55 Vanessa Hayden 6-4 Sr. 19.1 ppg 11.5 rpg 3.5 bpg
F 32 Brittany Davis 6-2 So. 3.3 ppg 4.0 rpg 40.3 FG%
F 45 Tashia Morehead 5-11 Jr. 12.5 ppg 5.5 rpg 81.8 FT%
LSU (19-4, 7-2 SEC)
G 2 Temeka Johnson 5-3 Sr. 11.9 ppg 8.2 apg 5.2 rpg
G 45 Doneeka Hodges 5-9 Sr. 15.6 ppg 3.8 rpg 3.3 apg
G 33 Seimone Augustus 6-1 So. 17.9 ppg 6.0 rpg 90.3 FT%
F 42 Hanna Biernacka 6-1 Fr. 5.2 ppg 4.0 rpg 83.3 FT%
F 32 Wendlyn Jones 6-1 So. 6.7 ppg 5.2 rpg 53.2 FG%