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No. 12 LSU Hosts No. 2 Texas In SEC Showdown

BATON ROUGE, La. – In the Tigers’ first contest against an AP Top 2 squad since the 2025 NCAA Elite Eight versus UCLA, the 12th-ranked LSU women’s basketball team will take on No. 2 Texas Sunday afternoon inside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center for the program’s fourth ballgame of the 2025-26 SEC schedule.

LSU, which earned its first SEC victory of the conference slate against Georgia on January 8, will play the Longhorns at 2 p.m. CT, and it will be televised on ESPN with Beth Mowins (pxp) and Rebecca Lobo (analyst) on the call for the Top-12 matchup. Fans can listen to the action on the LSU Sports Radio Network with Patrick Wright and Shaeeta Williams calling the action.

Tiger fans are encouraged to pack the PMAC Sunday afternoon while wearing their best white gear for this season’s White Out. LED wristbands will be placed in every seat courtesy of FMOL Health | Our Lady of the Lake, and white shirts will be placed in every lower bowl seat. Doors to the Maravich Center open at 1 p.m. CT.

LSU enters Sunday’s game against No. 2 Texas with a 15-2 overall record and a 1-2 SEC record. LSU and Texas will meet for the 11th time in series history. The Tigers are hosting the Longhorns in Baton Rouge for the first time as SEC foes and the 4th time since both teams played one another in 1977 at the first meeting in Monroe, La. (LSU won, 95-67 – AIAWT). Texas leads the overall series 7-4 with LSU holding the 2-1 advantage in games played in Baton Rouge. 

LSU and Texas last met in the 2025 SEC Tournament where UT came out victorious, 65-49. Texas has won the last three meetings (March 8, 2025; Feb. 16, 2025; Nov. 24, 2017). LSU last defeated the Longhorns, 71-55, on March 27, 2004 in the NCAA Sweet 16. In the 11 contests between the two schools, both teams have been ranked in seven games.

Senior Flau’jae Johnson paced the 12th-ranked Tigers with 25 points as she led LSU to an 80-59 victory against the Georgia Bulldogs. Johnson, a Georgia native from Savannah, bounced back from her scoreless night at Vanderbilt on January 4, putting up 25 points, four rebounds, two assists and two blocks. 

She surpassed 1,800 career points at LSU, becoming the ninth Tiger to score at least 1,800 points in their career. Johnson shot 9-of-13 from the field and drained all six free throw attempts. Johnson’s 25 points was a season high for the 5-10 guard.

Junior MiLaysia Fulwiley joined Johnson as LSU’s second leading scorer with 18 points, four rebounds, three as- sists, four blocks and two steals. Johnson and Fulwiley were joined by senior Amiya Joyner (12) and freshman ZaKiyah Johnson (12) with double digits in scoring. Joyner brought down 11 rebounds with her 12 points, which marked her fifth double-double of the season and the 46th of her collegiate career.

LSU leads the country in 7 statistical categories: bench points per game (45.2), field goal percentage (54.1), rebounds (837), rebound margin (20.2), offensive rebounds per game (18.6), scoring margin (46.5), and scoring offense (101.8).

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