Williams dominates down the stretch, finishes with 32 points to lead the Tigers over Stanford in Baton Rouge.
No. 5 LSU trailed nearly the entire game Thursday night in the PMAC against Stanford , but Mikaylah Williams, who finished with 32 points and 9 rebounds, sank a turnaround jumper with four seconds left to force overtime and the Tigers completed the comeback with a 94-88 victory to remain undefeated.
Stanford called a timeout and advanced the ball. Flau’Jae Johnson’s defensive play on the ensuing inbound may have saved the game. She got in the passing lane to deflect the ball off of a Stanford player to give LSU the ball with 15 seconds remaining. Stanford, the nation’s leader in three point percentage, was hot in the first half at 6-13 from beyond the arc. In the second half the Cardinal cooled off from outside, finishing the game at 30-percent from deep, but Stanford hurt LSU on backdoor cuts getting the rim. The Cardinal outscored the Tigers 42-22 in the paint.
Stanford’s offense remained strong from behind the arc, as the Cardinal went an impressive 5-7 from three in the first quarter. At the end of the first quarter, LSU trailed Stanford 28-15. Forward Nunu Agara scored 10 points on 4-6 shooting and added 6 rebounds to lead the Cardinal. The Tigers continued the trend of playing the hot hand, as Morrow was able to get comfortable in the paint and rattle off 4 consecutive points to keep LSU within striking distance.
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