March 24, 2025
‘I instructed myself after I got here again that I needed to be the power for the crew,’ Johnson stated. ‘I do know that is what we would have liked.’
Rapping Louisiana State College basketball participant Flau’Jae Johnson returns to the courtroom after an harm to assist her crew register a blowout win in opposition to San Diego State College.
In Johnson’s return, she helped the crew set a document after they scored 103 factors, beating the earlier document of 102 after they gained the NCAA Championship two years in the past in 2023. The Tigers greater than doubled their opponent’s level complete after they gained the competition 103-48.
Johnson had a team-high 22 factors within the victory, whereas her teammate, Aneesah Morrow, had a double-double as she scored 12 factors and snatched 12 rebounds.
This was the fourth straight NCAA Match recreation wherein Flau’Jae scored not less than 20 factors. Morrow continued including to her double-double complete for the 12 months, making it the twenty seventh time she has carried out so this season. Morrow now has 102 double-doubles for her school profession.
“I felt we at all times made the suitable performs,” Johnson stated. “I believe it helped us get in our movement. It helped everyone; it balanced the ground. That’s what we’ve been training on.”
The Tigers shot a season-high 55.6% from behind the three-point line and outrebounded San Diego State 53-31.
ESPN reported that Johnson wore a compression sleeve over her decrease leg because of the harm to her proper shin, which brought about her to overlook the Southeastern Convention match, the place the crew misplaced to the College of Texas.
“I instructed myself after I got here again that I needed to be the power for the crew,” Johnson stated. “I do know that’s what we would have liked.”
The subsequent crew that LSU will face is Florida State within the second spherical. The competition will be seen on ESPN on March 24 at 5 p.m. CT.
The present document for LSU, which is making an attempt to win its second NCAA Championship in three years, is 29-5 general and 12-4 in convention play.
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