LSU women's basketball upsets Texas for big SEC win
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On Sunday, the No. 12 Tigers survived their semiannual rock fight with Texas in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and won 70-65, picking up one of the biggest regular-season wins of the Mulkey era.
LSU women's basketball senior guard Flau’jae Johnson has embraced the weight of leadership as the Tigers navigate the remaining months of SEC play, acknowledging that her role extends well beyond scoring as the only remaining player from the program’s 2022–23 national championship team.
Kentucky will be without starter Teonni Key for at least "a couple of weeks" coach Kenny Brooks said after she suffered an elbow injury.
It’s the first time that’s happened in the poll’s 50-year history. The seventh-ranked Commodores pulled off their first win over a top-five program since the 2008-09 season when they edged then-No. 5 LSU. Texas is second, South Carolina third and Oklahoma is fifth. Kentucky moved up to No. 6.
The Razorbacks committed 26 turnovers and were blown out 85-50 at No. 20 Tennessee on Sunday afternoon at Thompson-Boling Arena.
LSU dropped in the SEC women's basketball power rankings after failing its first two tests of the season, losing to Vanderbilt and Kentucky last week.
Last year, Texas split a regular-season championship with South Carolina in a league that sent a conference-record 10 teams to the NCAA Tournament. Things haven't gotten any easier in the SEC.
The Crimson Tide falls to 1-2 in conference play and will have an even steeper climb to win a third regular season title under Nate Oats.