Overview
- A clip circulated on social media showed Johnson appearing to shout toward Lawson after a late three-pointer in LSU’s 93-77 road win at Cameron Indoor.
- Online lip-reading interpretations claimed an expletive, though the remark has not been independently verified.
- LSU’s official account posted a photo captioned “Had a blast in Cameron Indoor” with a winking emoji, which was widely read as trolling.
- Head coach Kim Mulkey publicly backed Johnson postgame, and Johnson posted that she respects Lawson, who coached her on the United States AmeriCup team.
- The victory moved No. 5 LSU to 9-0 and snapped its seven-game streak of scoring at least 100 points; Johnson finished with 18 points and three made threes.