Aneesah Morrow finished with 24 points, 19 rebounds and three steals and Mikaylah Williams added 22 points as No. 5 LSU buried Seton Hall 91-64 in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase in Uncasville, Conn., on Tuesday.
Morrow scored six points as the Tigers (13-0) closed the first quarter on a 10-2 run to erase a one-point deficit. Williams, who finished 6-of-11 on 3-point attempts, nailed three straight treys early in the second quarter to power a 17-4 burst that gave LSU a 39-19 lead.
The Tigers entered as the third-best scoring team in the nation, averaging 93.7 points per game. Flau’Jae Johnson added 17 points and Kailyn Gilbert scored 14.
Faith Masonius netted a career-high 29 points to go with five rebounds and three steals for Seton Hall (8-3), which shot only 31 percent from the floor, including 23.5 percent from deep. LSU hit 53.7 percent overall and 45 percent on 3-pointers.
No. 11 Ohio State 82, Grand Valley State 57
Cotie McMahon scored nine of her 21 points in the first five-plus minutes and the unbeaten Buckeyes had no problem defeating the Lakers in a matinee in Columbus, Ohio.
Chance Gray led Ohio State with 23 points and went 5-of-8 on 3-point shots, including nailing her first three attempts as the Buckeyes jumped to a 22-4 lead with 4:39 left in the first quarter.
McMahon and Gray combined to go 17 of 28 from the floor to carry the Buckeyes (11-0), who hit 78.6 of their shots in the first quarter and 52.5 percent for the game.
Abrie Cabana led the Division II power Lakers (11-1) with 14 points. She went 4-of-8 from the floor, but the rest of the team was just 16-of-49 to finish at 35.1 percent.
–Field Level Media
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