#44 Kristen Morris Season 2024-25
2008 Academic All-SEC
2007 Academic All-SEC
SENIOR SEASON (2008-09)
The lone senior on the squad who was a member of three NCAA Final Four appearances … Played in 25 games with 12 starts on the year and played in 107 games during her career … Earned her first career start in the State Farm Tip-Off Classic against 14th-ranked Notre Dame on Nov. 16 … Scored two points and grabbed one rebound in 14 minutes of action … Nearly registered her first career double-double with eight points and nine rebounds in 14 minutes versus Texas Southern on Dec. 1 … Turned in one her best games of the season on Jan. 25 at Kentucky when she came off the bench to tie a career high with 10 rebounds and eight points in 23 minutes … Also blocked a career-high four shots in an inspiring effort that gave LSU a second-half boost … LSU’s leading scorer against #5/4 Auburn on Feb. 1, with 14 points on 6-of-12 shooting … Collected a career-high four steals, tied a career high with two blocks and grabbed seven boards in a terrific all-around effort against the Tigers … Reached the 20-point mark for the first time in her career against Arkansas on Feb. 5 as she scored 20 points, collected five rebounds, dished out a career-high two assists and blocked two shots in only her second start of the season and first since the season-opener … Had an exceptional game in upset win over #9/11 Florida on Feb. 15 with nine points and eight boards to go along with two blocks and three steals … Played a career-high 34 minutes at Georgia on Feb. 19 and finished with eight points and six rebounds … Was a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line and made two free throws to culminate a 10-0 run that put the game away against the Bulldogs … Contributed six points, two blocks and three steals in win over #18/23 Tennessee on Feb. 26 … Made the game-winning defensive play when she tied up Glory Johnson in the final second that resulted in the ball going to LSU with a two-point lead … Her defensive stop came on the same night she played her final regular season home game … Followed up Tennessee game with another solid outing at Ole Miss on March 1 … Chipped in 11 points and five rebounds with two blocks and one steal in 25 minutes against the Rebels … Set a career high in assists with five to go along with seven boards and six points in SEC Tournament second round against Mississippi State on March 6 … Added eight points in SEC Tournament semifinal versus #22 Vanderbilt on March 7 … Registered her first double-double of the season and second of her career in her first NCAA Tournament start … Dominating career-high 16 rebound performance to go along with 13 points in 32 minutes … The 16 boards were the most by an LSU player this season and the most since Sylvia Fowles had 20 in the 2008 Final Four versus Tennessee … Followed that up with 13 points and five boards in her final career game versus Louisville in the second round.
JUNIOR SEASON (2007-08)
Played in 30 games … Recorded her first career double double on Dec. 30 against New Orleans with a season-high 11 points and a career-best 10 rebounds in 23 minutes … Grabbed a then career-high nine rebounds in the victory over Illniois-Chicago on Dec. 18 … Scored seven points in the same game … Scored eight points and grabbed eight rebounds in the victory over Ole Miss in the quartefinals of the SEC Tournament … Pulled down six rebounds in seven minutes of action at Kentucky on Jan. 27 … Grabbed six boards against Jackson State in the first-round of the NCAA Tournament … Named Academic All-SEC in 2008.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2006-07)
Played in 26 games … Scored nine points in LSU’s win over Howard on Nov. 13 … Added seven points to the victory over McNeese State on Dec. 20 … Had six points against UL-Lafayette on Nov. 16, Tulsa on Nov. 24 and Florida on Feb. 8 … Had at least one rebound in all but five games, including collecting four boards in four different outings.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2005-06)
Played in 27 games … Scored her first career points on a lay-up in the first half of the season opener at No. 13 Texas Tech … Poured in a career-high 15 points on 7-7 shooting against North Carolina A&T on Jan. 1 … Scored at least four points in five games, including eight points against Tulane … Grabbed a career-best six rebounds in the victory over North Carolina A&T.
HIGH SCHOOL
Averaged 12.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 blocks per game for coach Frank Orlando at Detroit Country Day … Helped Detroit Country Day School to three straight state titles, including her senior season … Named Nike All-American following her senior season … Was the Class B Michigan Player of the Year … Named a finalist for Michigan’s Miss Basketball … A consensus Top 25 player by position … Was a all-region performer in the high jump for the track team and was a state qualifier.
PERSONAL
Full name is Kristen Nicole Morris … Born on Aug. 3, 1987, in Detroit, Mich. … Daughter of Rene’ and Lewis Morris … Has two sisters, Alicia (21) and Marlena (26) … Majoring in business management and entrepreneurship.
Morris’ Career Highs
Points: 20 vs. Arkansas; Feb. 5, 2009
Rebounds: 16 vs. Green Bay; March 22, 2009 (NCAA First Round)
Field Goals: 7 vs. North Carolina AT&T; Jan. 1, 2006; 7 vs. Arkansas; Feb. 5, 2009
FG Attempts: 12 vs. #5/4 Auburn; Feb. 1, 2009
3-Pt Field Goals: 1 at Alabama; Feb. 7, 2008
3-Pt FG Attempts: 1 three times
Free Throws: 6 vs. Arkansas; Feb. 5, 2009
FT Attempts: 7 three times
Assists: 2 vs. Arkansas; Feb. 5, 2009
Steals: 4 vs. #5/4 Auburn; Feb. 1, 2009
Blocks: 4 at Kentucky; Jan. 25, 2009
Minutes: 34 at Georgia; Feb. 19, 2009