Women’s hoops to face Tennessee

BY TYLER HARDEN @ttjharden8

LSU women’s basketball has been perfect to this point, sitting with a 20-0 record and 8-0 in SEC play. But the Tigers will be faced with their toughest challenge of the season Monday night in the Tennessee Volunteers. Tip-off will be at 6 p.m. Monday night at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

The timing of this matchup works heavily in LSU’s favor.

Thursday night, Tennessee faced off with the fifth-ranked University of Connecticut Huskies, and the Huskies took care of business with an 84-67 win.

Tennessee holds a 16-7 overall record but is undefeated at 8-0 in SEC play. The Volunteers played as tough of an out-ofconference schedule as a team could play. Of their seven losses, they all came to teams who, at the time of the matchup, were ranked inside the top 20.

Tiger fans may look at the seven losses and think they have the guaranteed win, but that’s far from the case. Tennessee is one of the most historic women’s basketball programs in the country, so regardless of record, they will always be a threat. In addition, they’re un-