Mikaylah Williams lifts LSU WBB over Oklahoma 107-100 in Sec match

Baton Rouge – In a match between two of the top offensive teams in the country defeated No. 7 LSU (22-1, 7-1) No. 13 Oklahoma (16-5, 4-4), 107-100, Thursday night in PMAC as Flau ‘Jae Johnson, Aneesah Morrow and Mikaylah Williams combined to score 83 points.

The 107 points scored by LSU marked the most points in a SEC game in the program history and surpassed the 106 scored by Tigers last season against Florida. Thursday night marked the fourth game in the program story, with both teams scoring 100 points.

The Tigers led with as many as 24 in the third quarter, but Oklahoma’s press and LSU’s revenue allowed Soners back in the game.

LSU took a timeout with 55 seconds left and a one-point lead. The Tigers got two offensive rebounds, and Williams spiked one three, and then Aalyah del Rosario blocked a shot at the other end to secure the victory.

“I know when I hit a shot early that it’s going to be a really big game for me,” Williams said. “So like I said earlier, just very grateful to my teammates for feeding the hot hand and finding me at the end of the game.”

“She wants to win and she wants to get better,” coach Kim Mulkey said of Williams. “Every day she wants to get better.”

LSU’s big three of Johnson, Morrow and Williams scored the ball at the elite level. Williams led the way with 37 points to go with 7 rebounds, 5 assists and three steals.

Johnson scored 25 points with 5 assists. Morrow recorded his 20th double-double in the season with 21 points and 12 rebounds.

Oklahomas Payton Verhulst led The Sooners with 26 points in the evening. Reagan Beers ended with 20 points and 7 rebounds.

Thursday’s game was physical. LSU and Oklahoma made 27 and 38 errors respectively, and both teams shot over 30 free throw.

After two under-pair shooting games for LSU, the tigers were on fire and shot XX percentage from the field on Thursday night. Midway through the third quarter, LSU led in Fastbreak Points, 16-0.

But Oklahoma’s 1-2-2-press created problems for LSU and soon let them soon win the quick break points, 24-21.

“You know you’re turning the ball, bam, bam and good teams will benefit from it,” Mulkey said. “And that’s how it was a game. Revenue. “

Early in the first quarter, LSU’s Sa’myah Smith and Oklahomas Liz Scott got in a scrub that resulted in both being thrown out. Because of the rules, they will both miss the next competition.

LSU is back in PMAC Sunday at. 13.00 to host Mississippi State.

Oklahoma jumped out to a 5-0 lead to start the first quarter from two straight buckets and a converted bad shot from Raegan beer. LSU answered to score the next six points to get the Whiteout audience into the game. Oklahoma led by as many as five and the quarter ended in favor of The Sooners, 23-20.

LSU took a one-point lead after two made triangles by Johnson and Williams early in the second quarter. These shots triggered LSU to go on a 10-0 race to take a 30-25 lead before Oklahoma knocked a triple to finish the race. LSU maintained and expanded the lead to eight points after a large number of three and a set -up of a turnover from Johnson.

The Soners responded by six points in just over a minute, but it was Williams this time draining two triangles and converting one and one to push the LSU lead up to eleven points. After Oklahoma made a free throw at the other end, the first half ended with Tigers at the forefront, 52-42.

LSU’s large three had a large first half. Williams had 20 points in the first half, Johnson scored 13 and Morrow had 12.

The tigers scored the first five points out of half to take their biggest lead of the game with 15 points. LSU expanded their lead to as many as 24 and held Oklahoma Scoreless for over a three -minute stretch.

The Soners put together a 9-0 race to cut the lead to 15, but Mikaylah Williams was ready to answer as she drained her fourth three of the night to push the lead back to eighteen.

But LSU underwent a bad spell to commit revenue after Oklahoma went to a 1-2-2 full court press and closed LSU’s margin to 12. Williams responded again with a three. LSU took an 83-68 lead in the last quarter.

Oklahoma stormed back at the beginning of the last period to cut the lead to only six with 4:01 back. As she did all night, Mikaylah Williams replied to the next possession with her sixth, making three of the night to push the tiger line back to nine.

However, The Sooners would go down without a fight as they cut the lead to a point with 1:35 back. At the next possession, Sheyann Day-Wilson made a clutch three to put Tigers ahead with 4, but OU’s Payton Verhulst went right back down the field and made a three of her own to make the scoring 101-100 LSU with 1:08 remaining .

With the game on the line, Mikaylah Williams launched a three and found nothing but Net for once again to push the LSU lead to four.

Oklahoma continued to turn the ball over the following possession, and Flau’jae Johnson took the ball down and scored on a lineup to put the nail in the coffin.

The thriller ended with a final score of 107-100, with LSU taking the victory.

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