Overview
- Mikaylah Williams led LSU with 20 points, 7 rebounds, 5 steals and a shot-clock-beating 3-pointer with 1:20 left to push the lead to seven.
- LSU put five players in double figures, with Flau'jae Johnson, Jada Richard, ZaKiyah Johnson and MiLaysia Fulwiley scoring 10 each.
- Texas’ Madison Booker had 24 points while Kyla Oldacre posted 16 points and 16 rebounds, but point guard Rori Harmon was held to two points and did not play in the fourth quarter.
- LSU outworked Texas on the glass with 19 offensive rebounds and converted the Longhorns’ season-high 17 turnovers into extra possessions, holding a lead throughout the second half.
- The win is LSU’s first over an AP top-2 opponent since 2008 and ends Texas’ 18-0 start, leaving UConn, Vanderbilt and Texas Tech as Division I’s remaining unbeatens; next up are LSU at No. 5 Oklahoma and Texas at No. 3 South Carolina.