SPORTS THE ROAD AHEAD

Who are LSU women’s basketball’s biggest threats?

BY TYLER HARDEN @ttjharden8

The SEC Women’s Basketball tournament begins next Wednesday, and the Tigers clinched a No. 2 seed in the tournament with a win Thursday night against Vanderbilt.

If the tournament was played on paper, LSU would have a very good chance of making it to the SEC Championship. But, of course, it’s not.

There are several threats in the SEC this season, most notably the No. 1-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks. But they certainly aren’t the only team in LSU’s way of potentially winning a conference championship. Below are LSU’s biggest threats headed into the SEC Tournament.

South Carolina

South Carolina has taken the women’s college basketball world by storm in recent years. This year is no different. Coming off a national championship last season, the Gamecocks returned a lot from last year’s team, including the projected No. 1 overall WNBA Draft pick, Aliyah Boston. But she leads a team that has flexed its depth all season.

In LSU’s matchup with the Gamecocks, Boston and 6-foot-7 center, Kamilla Cardoso, present-

MEN’S BASKETBALL ed a challenge to Angel Reese in the paint that she hadn’t seen this season. That being said, just about every team was in the same boat. The two post players are what

LSU women’s basketball 5th-year-senior guard Alexis Morris (45) attempts to pass the defense on Feb. 16 during LSU’s 69-60 victory over Ole Miss in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, La.

South Carolina revolves around, but their guard play to add on with it makes them that much more dangerous.

Zia Cooke is South Carolina’s leading scorer with 15.6 points per game. In the matchup with LSU, she scored 17. Brea Beal was also