2023–24 LSU Tigers women's basketball team

2023–24 LSU Tigers women's basketball
2023–24 LSU Tigers women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 6
Record	31–6 (13–3 SEC)
Head coach	Kim Mulkey (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Bob Starkey; Daphne Mitchell; Gary Redus II; Kaylin Rice; Joe Schwartz;
Home arena	Pete Maravich Assembly Center
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 South Carolina †	16	–	0	1.000	38	–	0	1.000
No. 6 LSU	13	–	3	.813	31	–	6	.838
Ole Miss	12	–	4	.750	24	–	9	.727
Alabama	10	–	6	.625	24	–	10	.706
Tennessee	10	–	6	.625	20	–	13	.606
Vanderbilt	9	–	7	.563	23	–	10	.697
Mississippi State	8	–	8	.500	23	–	12	.657
Auburn	8	–	8	.500	20	–	12	.625
Texas A&M	6	–	10	.375	19	–	13	.594
Arkansas	6	–	10	.375	18	–	15	.545
Florida	5	–	11	.313	16	–	16	.500
Kentucky	4	–	12	.250	12	–	20	.375
Georgia	3	–	13	.188	12	–	18	.400
Missouri	2	–	14	.125	11	–	19	.367

† 2024 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2023–24 LSU Tigers women's basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers were led by third-year head coach Kim Mulkey, and played their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center and competed as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

Previous season

The Tigers finished the season 34–2 (15–1 SEC) to finish in second in the SEC. The Tigers won the NCAA tournament, 102–85, against Iowa. The championship was the first in program history and Kim Mulkey's fourth championship as a head coach.

Offseason

Departures

LSU Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes	Ref
LaDazhia Williams	0	F	6'4"	Graduate Student	Bradenton, FL	Graduated
Jasmine Carson	2	G	5'10"	Graduate Student	Memphis, TN	Graduated
Emily Ward	11	F	5'11"	Senior	Bossier City, LA	Graduated
Alisa Williams	15	F	6'2"	Freshman	Denton, TX	Transferred to Iowa State	^[1]
Alexis Morris	45	G	5'6"	Senior	Beaumont, TX	Graduated

2023 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Mikaylah Williams G	Bossier City, LA	Parkway HS	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Mikaylah Williams G	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 98
Aalyah Del Rosario C	The Bronx, NY	The Webb School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	N/A
Aalyah Del Rosario C	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97
Angelica Velez G	The Bronx, NY	The Webb School	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	N/A
Angelica Velez G	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 94
Janae Kent G	Oak Forest, IL	Oak Forest HS	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Janae Kent G	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 93
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Incoming transfers

LSU Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Hailey Van Lith	11	G	5'7"	Graduate Student	Wenatchee, WA	Louisville
Aneesah Morrow	24	G	6'1"	Junior	Chicago, IL	DePaul
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Roster

2023–24 LSU Tigers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Angelica Velez	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	The Webb School	The Bronx, NY
F	2	Amani Bartlett	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Houston Christian HS	Cleveland, TX
G	4	Flau'jae Johnson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Sprayberry HS	Savannah, GA
F	5	Sa'Myah Smith	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	DeSoto HS	DeSoto, TX
F	10	Angel Reese	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Saint Frances Academy Maryland	Baltimore, MD
G	11	Hailey Van Lith	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	GS	Cashmere HS Louisville	Wenatchee, WA
G	12	Mikaylah Williams	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Parkway HS	Bossier City, LA
G	13	Last-Tear Poa	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	UC Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra Northwest Florida State College	Melbourne, Australia
G	14	Izzy Besselman	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Episcopal School	Baton Rouge, LA
G	20	Janae Kent	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Oak Forest HS	Oak Forest, IL
C	23	Aalyah Del Rosario	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Fr	The Webb School	The Bronx, NY
G	24	Aneesah Morrow	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Simeon Career Academy DePaul	Chicago, IL

Head coach

Kim Mulkey (Louisiana Tech)

Assistant coach(es)

Bob Starkey
Daphne Mitchell (Georgia Tech)
Gary Redus II (South Alabama)
Kaylin Rice (Baylor)
Joe Schwartz (Texas)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 26, 2023* 7:00 p.m., SECN+	No. 1	East Texas Baptist	W 99–26		18 – Johnson	12 – Smith	3 – Tied	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1,771) Baton Rouge, LA
November 1, 2023* 7:00 p.m., SECN+	No. 1	Loyola New Orleans	W 121–36		20 – Williams	14 – Smith	6 – Poole	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1,605) Baton Rouge, LA
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 6:30 p.m., TNT	No. 1	vs. No. 20 Colorado Naismith Hall of Fame Series	L 78–92	0–1	17 – Williams	12 – Reese	7 – Van Lith	T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV
November 9, 2023* 7:00 p.m., SECN+	No. 1	Queens	W 112–55	1–1	28 – Reese	14 – Reese	5 – Poa	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,371) Baton Rouge, LA
November 12, 2023* 2:00 p.m., SECN+	No. 1	Mississippi Valley State	W 109–47	2–1	21 – Smith	11 – Smith	6 – Van Lith	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,720) Baton Rouge, LA
November 14, 2023* 11:00 a.m., SECN+	No. 7	Kent State	W 109–79	3–1	42 – Williams	11 – Smith	5 – Van Lith	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (9,117) Baton Rouge, LA
November 17, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 7	at Southeastern Louisiana	W 73–50	4–1	17 – Johnson	10 – Morrow	3 – Tied	Pride Roofing University Center (7,500) Hammond, LA
November 20, 2023* 7:00 p.m., SECN+	No. 7	Texas Southern	W 106–47	5–1	17 – Johnson	8 – Johnson	5 – Van Lith	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,787) Baton Rouge, LA
November 24, 2023* 12:30 p.m., FloHoops	No. 7	vs. Niagara Cayman Islands Classic	W 99–65	6–1	28 – Morrow	10 – Morrow	7 – Van Lith	John Gray Gymnasium (300) George Town, Cayman Islands
November 25, 2023* 4:00 p.m., FloHoops	No. 7	vs. Virginia Cayman Islands Classic	W 76–73	7–1	37 – Morrow	16 – Morrow	5 – Tied	John Gray Gymnasium (1,650) George Town, Cayman Islands
November 30, 2023* 8:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 7т	No. 9 Virginia Tech ACC–SEC Challenge	W 82–64	8–1	20 – Williams	15 – Morrow	5 – Williams	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,790) Baton Rouge, LA
December 10, 2023* 2:00 p.m., SECN+	No. 7	Louisiana	W 83–53	9–1	27 – Morrow	11 – Williams	7 – Poa	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,794) Baton Rouge, LA
December 12, 2023* 7:00 p.m., SECN+	No. 7	McNeese	W 133–44	10–1	27 – Del Rosario	11 – Reese	6 – Williams	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,653) Baton Rouge, LA
December 17, 2023* 2:00 p.m., SECN	No. 7	Northwestern State	W 81–36	11–1	25 – Reese	14 – Tied	5 – Johnson	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (11,432) Baton Rouge, LA
December 20, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 7	at Coppin State	W 80–48	12–1	26 – Reese	13 – Morrow	8 – Poa	Physical Education Complex (4,100) Baltimore, MD
December 30, 2023* 7:00 p.m., SECN+	No. 7	Jacksonville	W 110–68	13–1	20 – Tied	20 – Reese	7 – Poa	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (12,347) Baton Rouge, LA
SEC regular season
January 4, 2024 8:00 p.m., SECN	No. 7	Missouri	W 92–72	14–1 (1–0)	25 – Morrow	13 – Reese	7 – Williams	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (11,286) Baton Rouge, LA
January 7, 2024 2:00 p.m., SECN	No. 7	at Ole Miss	W 84–73	15–1 (2–0)	21 – Reese	9 – Reese	4 – Tied	SJB Pavilion (9,074) Oxford, MS
January 11, 2024 7:00 p.m., SECN+	No. 7	Texas A&M	W 87–70	16–1 (3–0)	21 – Morrow	18 – Reese	7 – Reese	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (11,536) Baton Rouge, LA
January 14, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 7	at Auburn	L 62–67	16–2 (3–1)	24 – Reese	15 – Morrow	5 – Williams	Neville Arena (7,720) Auburn, AL
January 18, 2024 8:00 p.m., SECN	No. 10	at Alabama	W 78–58	17–2 (4–1)	20 – Tied	17 – Reese	4 – Van Lith	Coleman Coliseum (5,575) Tuscaloosa, AL
January 21, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 10	Arkansas	W 99–68	18–2 (5–1)	21 – Williams	17 – Reese	6 – Van Lith	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (12,873) Baton Rouge, LA
January 25, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 9	No. 1 South Carolina College GameDay	L 70–76	18–3 (5–2)	16 – Morrow	10 – Morrow	6 – Williams	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (13,205) Baton Rouge, LA
January 29, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 9	at Mississippi State	L 73–77	18–4 (5–3)	20 – Reese	18 – Reese	3 – Tied	Humphrey Coliseum (9,121) Starkville, MS
February 4, 2024 1:00 p.m., SECN	No. 9	Florida	W 106–66	19–4 (6–3)	21 – Williams	20 – Morrow	6 – Reese	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (12,707) Baton Rouge, LA
February 8, 2024 8:00 p.m., SECN	No. 13	at Vanderbilt	W 85–62	20–4 (7–3)	17 – Johnson	16 – Reese	2 – Tied	Memorial Gymnasium (6,354) Nashville, TN
February 11, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 13	Alabama	W 85–66	21–4 (8–3)	27 – Reese	19 – Reese	6 – Reese	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (12,228) Baton Rouge, LA
February 19, 2024 6:00 p.m., SECN	No. 13	at Texas A&M	W 81–58	22–4 (9–3)	25 – Morrow	15 – Morrow	6 – Johnson	Reed Arena (6,908) College Station, TX
February 22, 2024 8:00 p.m., SECN	No. 13	Auburn	W 71–66	23–4 (10–3)	25 – Reese	20 – Reese	4 – Van Lith	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (11,453) Baton Rouge, LA
February 25, 2024 11:00 a.m., ESPN	No. 13	at Tennessee	W 75–60	24–4 (11–3)	26 – Van Lith	15 – Reese	5 – Williams	Thompson–Boling Arena (15,261) Knoxville, TN
February 29, 2024 8:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 9	at Georgia	W 80–54	25–4 (12–3)	18 – Van Lith	15 – Reese	5 – Morrow	Stegeman Coliseum (7,406) Athens, GA
March 3, 2024 1:00 p.m., SECN	No. 9	Kentucky	W 77–56	26–4 (13–3)	22 – Reese	14 – Reese	6 – Poa	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (13,044) Baton Rouge, LA
SEC Tournament
March 8, 2024 5:00 p.m., SECN	(2) No. 8	vs. (7) Auburn Quarterfinals	W 78–48	27–4	25 – Johnson	11 – Reese	3 – Reese	Bon Secours Wellness Arena (8,377) Greenville, SC
March 9, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	(2) No. 8	vs. (3) Ole Miss Semifinals	W 75–67	28–4	21 – Tied	17 – Reese	4 – Tied	Bon Secours Wellness Arena (12,784) Greenville, SC
March 10, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN	(2) No. 8	vs. (1) No. 1 South Carolina Championship	L 72–79	28–5	19 – Morrow	13 – Reese	3 – Van Lith	Bon Secours Wellness Arena (13,163) Greenville, SC
NCAA Tournament
March 22, 2024* 3:00 p.m., ESPN	(3 A2) No. 8	(14 A2) Rice First round	W 70–60	29–5	15 – Morrow	19 – Reese	4 – Johnson	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (12,957) Baton Rouge, LA
March 24, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ABC	(3 A2) No. 8	(11 A2) Middle Tennessee Second round	W 83–56	30–5	21 – Johnson	13 – Morrow	5 – Poa	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (12,632) Baton Rouge, LA
March 30, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ABC	(3 A2) No. 8	vs. (2 A2) No. 6 UCLA Sweet Sixteen	W 78–69	31–5	24 – Johnson	12 – Johnson	5 – Van Lith	MVP Arena Albany, NY
April 1, 2024* 6:15 p.m., ESPN	(3 A2) No. 8	vs. (1 A2) No. 2 Iowa Elite Eight	L 87–94	31–6	23 – Johnson	20 – Reese	4 – Reese	MVP Arena Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A2=Albany 2. All times are in Central Time. ^[3]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	1 (35)	7	7	7т	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	9	9	13	13	13	9	8	8	8	6
Coaches	1 (29)	5	5	5	4	6	6	6	5	4	9	9	11	12	11	10	7	5	6	6	7

References

^ "Iowa State Adds Williams to 2023-24 Roster". cyclones.com. June 14, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
^ "Hailey Van Lith Transfers To LSU". lsusports.net. April 28, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
^ "SEC Announces Women's Basketball Conference Schedule". lsusports.net. September 6, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.

[1] "Iowa State Adds Williams to 2023-24 Roster". cyclones.com. June 14, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.

[2] "Hailey Van Lith Transfers To LSU". lsusports.net. April 28, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.

[3] "SEC Announces Women's Basketball Conference Schedule". lsusports.net. September 6, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.

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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

2023 recruiting class

Incoming transfers

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References