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LSU women's basketball is back in the Elite Eight for the third consecutive year.
"I think there's five in our locker room that have never been to a Sweet 16, so they certainly haven't been to an Elite 8," LSU head coach Kim Mulkey said during her team's press conference Friday "That's what excites you as a coach, is having players experience something for the first time. And you don't take it for granted. You just don't. We made plays down the stretch.... to pull it out and win, and it means we did some good stuff."
LSU looks to return to the Final Four for the first time since winning its first national championship in 2023. First, they'll have to go through the No. 1 overall seed UCLA. Here's a look at the full LSU women's basketball roster.
Here's Louisiana State's roster for the 2024-25 season, including each player's jersey number, their position, grade, height and hometown:
Angel Reese's departure from LSU left Barbie-sized shoes to fill in Baton Rouge.
Morrow has stepped up to the plate. The 6-foot-1 forward is a double-double machine who leads the nation in rebounds per game (13.7) and double-doubles (30). Morrow scored 30 points and 19 rebounds in LSU's 80-73 win over No. 2 NC State, following her 26-point, 11-rebound performance in the Tigers' 101-71 second-round win over No. 6 FSU. She moved to No. 4 on the NCAA's all-time career rebounding list (1,707) on Friday.
Before transferring to LSU in 2023, Morrow played two season at DePaul, where she recorded a career-high 45 points vs. Northwestern in December 2022 and a career-high 27 rebounds vs. Seton Jan. 22. She's averaging 18.8 points, 13.7 rebounds and 2.5 steals in 36 games this season and picked up All-SEC First Team and All-Defensive honors. Morrow is projected to go No. 5 overall in April's 2025 WNBA Draft in USA TODAY Sports' latest mock draft and her draft stock is quickly rising.
MARCH MADNESS:Could LSU's Aneesah Morrow and her head-turning March Madness reset 2025 WNBA Draft board?
Flau'Jae Johnson was held to a season-low three points in LSU's Sweet 16 win and suffered a scratch to the eye that caused double vision, but Mulkey said Johnson will be "good to go" in the Elite Eight vs. No. 1 UCLA. Johnson is averaging a career-high 18.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in 33 games this year and earned an All-SEC First Team nod. Her career-high is 27 points, which she's scored twice, most recently in Nov. 2024 against Troy.
Johnson not only hoops, she raps. She jumpstarted her rap career with an appearance on "America's Got Talent" at age 14. She didn't win, but went on to sign an independent distribution deal with Jay-Z's Roc Nation in 2021. You may have hear her spit in her new March Madness commercial that features a catchy song "What It Takes."
FLAU'JAE JOHNSON:LSU star has March Madness rap commercial stuck in everyone's head
INJURY UPDATE: Flau'jae Johnson 'was seeing double' after collision vs. NC State
Mikaylah Williams is averaging 17.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 36 games during her second season at LSU.
Williams has emerged as a member of LSU's Big 3, which also includes Morrow and Johnson. She finished two rebounds shy of a double-double in LSU's Sweet 16 win with 19 points and eight rebounds. Williams also earned All-SEC First Team honors. Her career-high is 42 points scored against Kent State in Nov. 2023.
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"I think there's five in our locker room that have never been to a Sweet 16, so they certainly haven't been to an Elite 8," LSU head coach Kim Mulkey said during her team's press conference Friday "That's what excites you as a coach, is having players experience something for the first time. And you don't take it for granted. You just don't. We made plays down the stretch.... to pull it out and win, and it means we did some good stuff."
LSU looks to return to the Final Four for the first time since winning its first national championship in 2023. First, they'll have to go through the No. 1 overall seed UCLA. Here's a look at the full LSU women's basketball roster.
LSU women's basketball roster
Here's Louisiana State's roster for the 2024-25 season, including each player's jersey number, their position, grade, height and hometown:
- 1 Mjracle Sheppard G Soph. 5' 10" - Kent, WA
- 2 Amani Bartlett F Sr. 6' 3" - Cleveland, TX
- 4 Flau'jae Johnson G Jr. 5' 10" - Savannah, GA
- 5 Sa'Myah Smith F Soph. 6' 2" - Texarkana, TX
- 8 Jersey Wolfenbarger F Jr. 6' 5" - Fort Smith, AR
- 12 Mikaylah Williams G Soph. 6' 0" - Bossier City, LA
- 13 Last-Tear Poa G Sr. 5' 11" - Melbourne
- 14 Izzy Besselman G Jr. 5' 10" - Baton Rouge, LA
- 16 Kailyn Gilbert G Jr. 5' 8" - Tampa Bay, FL
- 23 Aalyah Del Rosario C Soph. 6' 6" - Santo Domingo
- 24 Aneesah Morrow F Sr. 6' 1" - Chicago, IL
- 30 Jada Richard G Fr. 5' 7" - Lafayette, LA
- 50 Shayeann Day-Wilson G Sr. 5' 6" - Toronto, ON
No. 24 Aneesah Morrow stats
Angel Reese's departure from LSU left Barbie-sized shoes to fill in Baton Rouge.
Morrow has stepped up to the plate. The 6-foot-1 forward is a double-double machine who leads the nation in rebounds per game (13.7) and double-doubles (30). Morrow scored 30 points and 19 rebounds in LSU's 80-73 win over No. 2 NC State, following her 26-point, 11-rebound performance in the Tigers' 101-71 second-round win over No. 6 FSU. She moved to No. 4 on the NCAA's all-time career rebounding list (1,707) on Friday.
Before transferring to LSU in 2023, Morrow played two season at DePaul, where she recorded a career-high 45 points vs. Northwestern in December 2022 and a career-high 27 rebounds vs. Seton Jan. 22. She's averaging 18.8 points, 13.7 rebounds and 2.5 steals in 36 games this season and picked up All-SEC First Team and All-Defensive honors. Morrow is projected to go No. 5 overall in April's 2025 WNBA Draft in USA TODAY Sports' latest mock draft and her draft stock is quickly rising.
MARCH MADNESS:Could LSU's Aneesah Morrow and her head-turning March Madness reset 2025 WNBA Draft board?
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No. 4 Flau'jae Johnson stats
Flau'Jae Johnson was held to a season-low three points in LSU's Sweet 16 win and suffered a scratch to the eye that caused double vision, but Mulkey said Johnson will be "good to go" in the Elite Eight vs. No. 1 UCLA. Johnson is averaging a career-high 18.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in 33 games this year and earned an All-SEC First Team nod. Her career-high is 27 points, which she's scored twice, most recently in Nov. 2024 against Troy.
Johnson not only hoops, she raps. She jumpstarted her rap career with an appearance on "America's Got Talent" at age 14. She didn't win, but went on to sign an independent distribution deal with Jay-Z's Roc Nation in 2021. You may have hear her spit in her new March Madness commercial that features a catchy song "What It Takes."
FLAU'JAE JOHNSON:LSU star has March Madness rap commercial stuck in everyone's head
INJURY UPDATE: Flau'jae Johnson 'was seeing double' after collision vs. NC State
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No. 12 Mikaylah Williams stats
Mikaylah Williams is averaging 17.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 36 games during her second season at LSU.
Williams has emerged as a member of LSU's Big 3, which also includes Morrow and Johnson. She finished two rebounds shy of a double-double in LSU's Sweet 16 win with 19 points and eight rebounds. Williams also earned All-SEC First Team honors. Her career-high is 42 points scored against Kent State in Nov. 2023.
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