More on Kim Mulkey’s historic day multiple records broken

On3 article by Mathew Brune

History was made on Sunday evening in the PMAC as Kim Mulkey became the quickest basketball coach - men's or women's - in LSU history to reach 100 wins on Sunday with a 131-44 victory over N.C. Central in the PMAC, scoring the second most points in program history - two shy of the record.

Mikaylah Williams, Jersey Wolfenbarger, Jada Richard and Mjracle Sheppard all finished with 10 points. Sheppard also had a team-high 7 steals

"I was always taught that defense wins championships," Sheppard said.
"Defense is just fun to me and my whole deal is to make it fun for everybody. If you can get a deflection, it's a steal for somebody else. So, it's just a team effort, it's your willingness, it's your determination to want to get a stop on defense."

The Tigers forced 33 turnovers, including 23 steals, which led to 53 points. LSU finished with a staggering 78 points in the paint. After the Eagle scored 18 in the first quarter LSU held them scoreless in the second quarter, the second time doing so during Coach Mulkey's time at LSU. The other was in the second quarter against McNeese when LSU set the program record with 133 points, the only larger mark than Sunday in program history.

Morgan Callahan was the only N.C.
Central player to finish in double figures with 13 points and she led the team with 8 rebounds.

The Tangipahoa Parish native Mulkey is in her fourth season back home in Louisiana and captured her 100th victory as LSU's head coach in her 114th game. Sue Gunter was previously the quickest to reach 100 wins at LSU, doing so in 129 games.

LSU's win last season against Virginia Tech was Mulkey's 700th of her head coaching career. She reached 700 faster than any coach - men's or women's - in DI history. Mulkey has won at least 20 games every year throughout her head coaching career which started in 2000. She is the only men's or women's coach with National Championships at multiple programs. In her 25th season as a head coach, she holds a 732-118 record.

In her first season as LSU's head coach, Mulkey led the greatest turnaround by a first-year SEC coach in conference history. The Tigers went 26-6 during that 2021-22 season and hosted first- and second-round NCAA Tournament games, setting the stage for them to capture their first national championship during Mulkey's second season in Baton Rouge with a 34-2 record. LSU reached the Elite Eight last season with a 31-6 record. LSU is off to a 9-0 record this season to give Mulkey 100 wins at LSU.


LSU will host Stanford on Thursday at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2 for the SEC/ACC
Challenge.