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LSU
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RETURNS TO ACTION AGAINST ALABAMA STATE ON SUNDAY;
LADY TIGERS TO HOLD FOOD DRIVE, BRING CANNED GOODS
BATON
ROUGE – After a 13-day break for academic final exams, the LSU women’s
basketball team returns to action with the first of four games in eight
days at 2 p.m. CT Sunday as the Lady Tigers take on Alabama State in
the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
The game will be broadcast
live on the LSU Sports Radio Network on 107.3 FM in Baton Rouge and in
the Geaux Zone on LSUsports.net. Members of the Geaux Zone can watch
live streaming HD video at www.LSUsports.net/live.
The first 1,000 fans in attendance on Sunday will receive a free Lady Tiger bottle opener key chain.
LSU
is beginning a holiday food drive in association with the Greater Baton
Rouge Food Bank. All fans are asked to bring canned goods and food
items to the Maravich Center and drop them off in the marked barrels
located around the arena. The Lady Tigers will also accept canned good
donations at the UCLA, Lamar and Grambling games leading up to
Christmas.
The Lady Tigers (3-3) are back in action for the
first time since losing at No. 18 Ohio State, 77-68, on Nov. 27.
Sunday’s game will be the first of three chances to see LSU at home
this week. The Lady Tigers welcome UCLA to the PMAC on Tuesday before
facing Lamar on Dec. 18.
Alabama State (2-2) is making its
first appearance in Baton Rouge since 2002. LSU leads the series 2-0
with an 87-69 win in 1990 and a 65-19 win in 2002. The Hornets have
also not played this month due to final exams. After losing its first
two games of the season, Alabama State has won two in a row and feature
three double-figure scorers in Kierra Page, Quentori Alford and
Danielle Gazaway.
The Lady Tigers are led in scoring by
LaSondra Barrett, who is averaging 12.7 points per game. Junior guard
Adrienne Webb has raised her scoring output the past two games and she
is second on the squad with 8.2 points per contest. Senior forward
Courtney Jones is tops in rebounding with 6.0 boards per game.
As
a team, LSU’s defense has been solid surrendering only 51.7 points per
contest and holding opponents to 32.5 percent shooting. In three
contests at home this season, opponents have failed to score 45 points.
LSU is giving up only 37.3 points per game in the Maravich Center.
Sunday’s game is the first home game for the Lady Tigers since Nov. 22 against Northwestern.
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