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2022–23 LSU Tigers women's basketball team

2022–23 LSU Tigers women's basketball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 9
Record34–2 (15–1 SEC)
Head coach
Associate head coachBob Starkey
Assistant coaches
  • Daphne Mitchell
  • Gary Redus II
Home arenaPete Maravich Assembly Center
Seasons
2022–23 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 South Carolina† 16 – 0   1.000 36 – 1   .973
No. 9 LSU 15 – 1   .938 34 – 2   .944
No. 24 Tennessee 13 – 3   .813 25 – 12   .676
Ole Miss 11 – 5   .688 25 – 9   .735
Mississippi State 9 – 7   .563 22 – 11   .667
Georgia 9 – 7   .563 22 – 12   .647
Alabama 9 – 7   .563 20 – 11   .645
Arkansas 7 – 9   .438 24 – 13   .649
Missouri 6 – 10   .375 18 – 14   .563
Florida 5 – 11   .313 19 – 14   .576
Auburn 5 – 11   .313 16 – 15   .516
Vanderbilt 3 – 13   .188 12 – 19   .387
Kentucky 2 – 14   .125 12 – 19   .387
Texas A&M 2 – 14   .125 9 – 20   .310
† 2023 SEC tournament winner
As of April 2, 2023
Rankings from AP poll

The 2022–23 LSU Tigers women's basketball team represented Louisiana State University in the 2022–23 college basketball season. Led by second year head coach Kim Mulkey, the team played their games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center and are members of the Southeastern Conference.[1][2] This team achieved numerous milestones for LSU women's basketball, including the team's first ever national championship and Final Four wins.[3][4]

Previous season

The Tigers finished the season 26–6 (13–3 SEC) to finish second in the conference. They lost in the quarterfinals of SEC women's tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament as a 3rd seed in the Spokane regional where they defeated Jackson State in the first round before losing to Ohio State in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

LSU Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure
Autumn Newby 0 F 6'2" Redshirt Senior Lawrenceville, GA Graduated
Jailin Cherry 1 G 5'8" Redshirt Senior Pascagoula, MS Graduated
Khayla Pointer 3 G 5'7" Redshirt Senior Marietta, GA Graduated/2022 WNBA draft; selected 13th overall by Las Vegas Aces
Ryann Payne 10 G 5'7" Senior Valencia, CA Quit the team to focus on academics[5]
Logyn McNeil 13 F 6'3" Freshman Rockwall, TX Transferred to Houston
Sarah Shematsi 14 G/F 6'2" Senior Annecy, France Graduate transferred to Kansas State
Ajae Petty 15 F 6'3" Sophomore Baltimore, MD Transferred to Kentucky
Timia Ware 21 G 5'6" Freshman Chicago, IL TBD
Faustine Aifuwa 24 C 6'5" Redshirt Senior Dacula, GA Graduated/2022 WNBA draft; selected 35th overall by Las Vegas Aces
Grace Hall 30 F 6'1" Freshman Homewood, IL Transferred to Wabash Valley College
Awa Trasi 32 F 6'1" Redshirt Senior Toulouse, France Graduated

Incoming transfers

LSU Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school
LaDazhia Williams 0 F 6'4" GS Senior Bradenton, FL Missouri
Jasmine Carson 2 G 5'10" GS Senior Memphis, TN West Virginia
Angel Reese 10 F 6'3" Sophomore Baltimore, MD Maryland
Last-Tear Poa 13 G 5'11" Sophomore Melbourne, Australia Northwest Florida State College
Kateri Poole 55 G 5'8" Sophomore Bronx, NY Ohio State

2022 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Flau'jae Johnson
G 		Marietta, GA Sprayberry HS 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 95
Sa'Myah Smith
F 		DeSoto, TX DeSoto HS 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 94
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

2022–23 LSU Tigers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 LaDazhia Williams 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) GS Lakewood Ranch HS
Missouri 		Bradenton, FL
G 2 Jasmine Carson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) GS McEachern HS
West Virginia 		Memphis, TN
G 4 Flau'jae Johnson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Sprayberry HS Savannah, GA
F 5 Sa'Myah Smith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr DeSoto HS DeSoto, TX
F 10 Angel Reese 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So St. Frances Academy
Maryland 		Baltimore, MD
F 11 Emily Ward 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Benton HS Bossier City, LA
G 13 Last-Tear Poa 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So UC Senior Secondary College
Northwest Florida State College 		Melbourne, Australia
G 14 Izzy Besselman 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Episcopal HS Baton Rouge, LA
F 15 Alisa Williams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Braswell HS Denton, TX
C 20 Hannah Gusters (T) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr MacArthur HS
Baylor 		Dallas, TX
F 23 Amani Bartlett 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Houston Christian HS Cleveland, TX
G 45 Alexis Morris 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Sr Legacy Christian Academy
Texas A&M 		Beaumont, TX
G 55 Kateri Poole 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So South Shore HS
Ohio State 		Bronx, NY
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

[6]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 27, 2022*
7:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 16 Mississippi College W 88–35 
Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1,385)
Baton Rouge, LA
November 3, 2022*
7:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 16 Langston W 121–46 
Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1,254)
Baton Rouge, LA
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2022*
7:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 16 Bellarmine W 125–50  1–0
 Pete Maravich Assembly Center (6,109)
Baton Rouge, LA
November 11, 2022*
7:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 16 Mississippi Valley State W 111–41  2–0
 Pete Maravich Assembly Center (6,009)
Baton Rouge, LA
November 13, 2022*
3:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 16 Western Carolina W 107–34  3–0
 Pete Maravich Assembly Center (6,618)
Baton Rouge, LA
November 16, 2022*
11:00 a.m., SECN+ 		No. 15 Houston Christian W 101–47  4–0
 Pete Maravich Assembly Center (12,498)
Baton Rouge, LA
November 20, 2022*
2:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 15 Northwestern State W 100–45  5–0
 Pete Maravich Assembly Center (5,318)
Baton Rouge, LA
November 24, 2022*
1:00 p.m. 		No. 12 vs. George Mason
Goombay Splash 		W 80–52  6–0
 Gateway Christian Academy (255)
Bimini, Bahamas
November 26, 2022*
1:00 p.m., FloSports 		No. 12 vs. UAB
Goombay Splash 		W 99–64  7–0
 Gateway Christian Academy (259)
Bimini, Bahamas
November 29, 2022*
7:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 11 Southeastern Louisiana W 63–55  8–0
 Pete Maravich Assembly Center (6,592)
Baton Rouge, LA
December 4, 2022*
4:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 11 at Tulane W 85–72  9–0
 Devlin Fieldhouse (1,592)
New Orleans, LA
December 14, 2022*
7:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 11 Lamar W 88–42  10–0
 Pete Maravich Assembly Center (5,654)
Baton Rouge, LA
December 17, 2022*
10:00 p.m. 		No. 11 vs. Montana State
Maui Classic 		W 91–52  11–0
 South Maui Gymnasium 
Maui, HI
December 18, 2022*
10:00 p.m. 		No. 11 vs. Oregon State
Maui Classic 		W 87–55  12–0
 South Maui Gymnasium 
Maui, HI
SEC regular season
December 29, 2022
6:00 p.m., ESPN2 		No. 9 at No. 24 Arkansas W 69–45  13–0
(1–0) 		Bud Walton Arena (5,285)
Fayetteville, AR
January 1, 2023
2:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 9 Vanderbilt W 88–63  14–0
(2–0) 		Pete Maravich Assembly Center (7,285)
Baton Rouge, LA
January 5, 2023
8:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 7 Texas A&M W 74–34  15–0
(3–0) 		Pete Maravich Assembly Center (6,549)
Baton Rouge, LA
January 8, 2023
1:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 7 at Kentucky W 67–48  16–0
(4–0) 		Memorial Coliseum (3,410)
Lexington, KY
January 12, 2023
6:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 5 at Missouri W 77–57  17–0
(5–0) 		Mizzou Arena (2,791)
Columbia, MO
January 15, 2023
2:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 5 Auburn W 84–54  18–0
(6–0) 		Pete Maravich Assembly Center (11,475)
Baton Rouge, LA
January 19, 2023
8:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 3 Arkansas W 79–76  19–0
(7–0) 		Pete Maravich Assembly Center (7,293)
Baton Rouge, LA
January 23, 2023
6:00 p.m., SEC 		No. 4 at Alabama W 89–51  20–0
(8–0) 		Coleman Coliseum (2,586)
Tuscaloosa, AL
January 30, 2023
6:00 p.m., ESPN2 		No. 3 Tennessee W 76–68  21–0
(9–0) 		Pete Maravich Assembly Center (15,157)
Baton Rouge, LA
February 2, 2023
7:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 3 Georgia W 82–77 OT 22–0
(10–0) 		Pete Maravich Assembly Center (8,716)
Baton Rouge, LA
February 5, 2023
1:00 p.m., ESPN2 		No. 3 at Texas A&M W 72–66  23–0
(11–0) 		Reed Arena (6,482)
College Station, TX
February 12, 2023
2:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 3 at No. 1 South Carolina L 64–88  23–1
(11–1) 		Colonial Life Arena (18,000)
Columbia, SC
February 16, 2023
8:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 5 Ole Miss W 69–60  24–1
(12–1) 		Pete Maravich Assembly Center (8,753)
Baton Rouge, LA
February 19, 2023
1:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 5 at Florida W 90–79  25–1
(13–1) 		O'Connell Center (3,498)
Gainesville, FL
February 23, 2023
6:30 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 5 at Vanderbilt W 82–63  26–1
(14–1) 		Memorial Gymnasium (3,274)
Nashville, TN
February 26, 2023
5:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 5 Mississippi State W 74–59  27–1
(15–1) 		Pete Maravich Assembly Center (15,721)
Baton Rouge, LA
SEC Tournament
March 3, 2023
5:00 p.m., SECN 		(2) No. 4 vs. (7) Georgia
Quarterfinals 		W 83–66  28–1
 Bon Secours Wellness Arena 
Greenville, SC
March 4, 2023
6:00 p.m., ESPNU 		(2) No. 4 vs. (3) Tennessee
Semifinals 		L 67–69  28–2
 Bon Secours Wellness Arena (10,471)
Greenville, SC
NCAA Tournament
March 17, 2023*
4:30 p.m., ESPN2 		(3 G2) No. 9 (14 G2) Hawaiʻi
First round 		W 73–50  29–2
 Pete Maravich Assembly Center (8,608)
Baton Rouge, LA
March 19, 2023*
6:30 p.m., ESPN 		(3 G2) No. 9 (6 G2) No. 18 Michigan
Second round 		W 66–42  30–2
 Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,108)
Baton Rouge, LA
March 24, 2023*
4:00 p.m., ESPN 		(3 G2) No. 9 vs. (2 G2) No. 8 Utah
Sweet Sixteen 		W 66–63  31–2
 Bon Secours Wellness Arena 
Greenville, SC
March 26, 2023*
7:00 p.m., ESPN 		(3 G2) No. 9 vs. (9 G2) Miami (FL)
Elite Eight 		W 54–42  32–2
 Bon Secours Wellness Arena (7,988)
Greenville, SC
March 31, 2023*
6:00 p.m., ESPN 		(3 G2) No. 9 vs. (1 S3) No. 4 Virginia Tech
Final Four 		W 79–72  33–2
 American Airlines Center 
Dallas, TX
April 2, 2023*
3:30 p.m., ABC 		(3 G2) No. 9 vs. (2 S4) No. 3 Iowa
Championship 		W 102–85  34–2
 American Airlines Center (19,482)
Dallas, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
G2=Greenville 2 S3=Seattle 3.
All times are in Central.

Rankings

See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP1616151211111110975343355499Not released
Coaches141415131211101096543324434т61 (30)

See also

References

  1. ^ Kleinpeter, Jim (August 17, 2022). "The LSU women's basketball schedule is out; see the full schedule here". The Advocate. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  2. ^ Diaz, Cory (October 25, 2022). "Kim Mulkey, LSU women's basketball land commitment from 5-star forward Aalyah Del Rosario". Lafayette Daily Advertiser. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "Live Updates: L.S.U. Beats Iowa, 102-85, to Win First N.C.A.A. Championship". New York Times. April 2, 2023. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  4. ^ Johnson, Michael (March 31, 2023). "Photos: LSU Makes History with First Final Four Win". nola.com. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  5. ^ "Ryann Payne no longer with LSU women's basketball team, Kim Mulkey says". Daily Advertiser. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  6. ^ LSU Lady Tigers basketball schedule
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