LSU Advances To Sweet 16 With 83-56 Victory Over Middle Tennessee

BATON ROUGE — No. 3 LSU advanced to the Sweet 16 for the second straight year with a second half surge that propelled a 83-56 win over No. 11 Middle Tennessee State in the PMAC on Sunday.

Flau’Jae led the Tigers with 21 points on 6-10 from the field and an impressive 8-10 at the foul line. Johnson has now eclipsed 20 points or more six times this season, most recently in the SEC tournament against Ole Miss.

Angel Reese followed as she recorded her 14th consecutive double-double with 20 points and 11 boards after a 14 point second half. It marked her 25th double-double of the season. Reese was a perfect 8-8 from the charity stripe in the second half.

Aneesah Morrow joined Reese as the only other player to earn a double-double as she finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds. Morrow was 6-14 from the field with one three-pointer and 3 assists.

Mikaylah Williams added 16 points and Hailey Van Lith scored 4 with a pair of assists.

(Release via LSU Athletics)

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