Kim Mulkey has moved on from Friday's loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks. The LSU coach talked about the things that transpired in the locker room following their first defeat of the season and what she said to her team to help the Tigers get over the disappointment.
LSU women's basketball fell short again vs. South Carolina, making it 16 straight losses to the Gamecocks. After a competitive first half, Dawn Staley and South Carolina took charge in the second half and held the lead from there.
In a top-five matchup between the past two national champions, No. 5 LSU (20-0, 5-0 SEC) will play at No. 2 South Carolina (18-1, 6-0 SEC) Friday afternoon in C
I don’t know that I’ve ever coached against a team that’s got 10 McDonald’s All-Americans on a roster. How do you even keep 10 on a roster?”
Here's what Kim Mulkey wore for LSU women's basketball's pivotal SEC regular-season game vs. No. 2 South Carolina on Friday:
The No. 5 Tigers (20-0, 5-0 SEC) haven’t beaten South Carolina since 2012, which means their losing skid in the matchup now spans 12 seasons, two coaches and 16 games. Even under Mulkey, LSU is 0-4 against the Gamecocks, one of only two Division I teams with more wins than the Tigers over the last four seasons.
LSU failed to clear the hurdle of defeating South Carolina. Following the 10-point loss to the Gamecocks in Columbia, SC, Tigers head coach Kim Mulkey elected to focus on the season as a whole and not the matchup's history.
In a top-five matchup between the past two national champions, No. 5 LSU (20-0, 5-0 SEC) will play at No. 2 South Carolina (18-1, 6-0 SEC) Friday afternoon in Colonial Life Arena at 4 p.m. CT on ESPN as the Tigers put their unbeaten record on the line.
Ahead of Friday’s rescheduled top-five matchup between the No. 5 Tigers and No. 2 South Carolina Gamecocks, Mulkey debuted her latest look. Check out LSU head coach Ms. Frizzle stepping off The Magic School Bus:
Kim Mulkey's LSU Tigers women's basketball team entered their January 24 game against Dawn Staley's South Carolina Gamecocks squad as the only other undefeated team in the Top 25 aside from the No. 1 ranked UCLA Bruins.
One week after having a baby boy, the Tennessee coach was back on the sidelines Monday night, coaching against the Gamecocks. That decision left Staley in awe. Here’s what she shared postgame about Caldwell ( See the 54-second mark of the YouTube video below ):