BATON ROUGE – The LSU women’s basketball team heads out on the road for the first time in the 2019-20 season to take on Little Rock on Wednesday, November 13. Game time at the Jack Stephens Center is set for 6:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network and Cox Sports Television.
The Lady Tigers are 1-1 on the season after a tough 70-62 loss to No. 12 Florida State on Saturday at the PMAC. Junior Khayla Pointer scored a season-high 22 points, while senior Ayana Mitchell and junior Faustine Aifuwa chipped in with the 10 points each.
LSU continues to play solid defense and is holding opponents to 59.5 points per game early in the season.
Pointer is leading LSU with 15.5 points and 4.5 assists per game, while Mitchell, a Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy candidate, is averaging a double-double of 12.5 points and 11.0 rebounds to start the season.
With her nine boards against Florida State on Saturday, Mitchell moved to 12th on the LSU career rounds list with 746. Pointer is 21 steals away from the 200th of her career, while Aifuwa needs 12 blocks to hit 100 in a career. Against New Orleans earlier in the week, Pointer connected on her 500th career point and dished out her 200th career assist wearing the Purple and Gold.
LSU rookie Tiara Young made the most of her collegiate debut against New Orleans on Nov. 5. Young, a Shreveport native, started the game and became the first LSU player to come close to scoring 20 points in their collegiate debut since 2002. She ended up with 19 points, the closest anyone has come to matching another Louisiana native who scored 27 against Arizona in her collegiate debut in 2002, LSU legend and Baton Rouge native Seimone Augustus.
Little Rock is the preseason favorite to win the Sun Belt Conference after earning the leagues automatic bid with back-to-back tournament championship titles in 2018 and 2019. The Trojans are off to a 0-2 start after last week’s road swing through south Texas at Texas A&M and Rice.
LSU leads the series 5-1, including last year’s 60-45 win in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The Tigers are 3-0 in Little Rock. This will be the seventh consecutive season that the teams have played each other.
Broadcast Details
Patrick Wright will call the game on the LSU Radio Network Wednesday night. Wright is in his 30th season as the “Voice of the Lady Tigers”. Fans can listen on 107.3 FM and audio broadcasts are available online at LSUSports.net/live.
Lyn Rollins and Victor Howell have the call on Cox Sports Television (CST). The game will also be available on ESPN+. Fans can watch from LSUsports.net.
Up Next
LSU travels to New Orleans on Sunday, November 17 for a 4 p.m. tip off against Tulane at Fogelman Arena.
LSU will play 12 more games in the PMAC during the 2019-20 season. Fans can purchase season and single-game tickets at LSUtix.net. There are also two mini-plans available for purchase Half-Season Pick’em Plan and The SEC Pack.
Geaux Clear at the PMAC
Fans are reminded that the Geaux Clear Policy will be in effect for all LSU women’s basketball home games. Diaper bags must be clear and no larger than 12″ x 6″ x 12″. Backpacks, including drawstring/synch bags are strictly prohibited.
Fans with medically-necessary items will be allowed to enter the PMAC following a more thorough search at the designated inspection points. The lower level inspection will take place at the southeast corner entrance near the elevator and upper level inspection is available at the South concourse near the Ticket Office.
For other updates, information is available on LSUSports.net.
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