BATON ROUGE, La. – The No. 24/22 Alabama women’s basketball team fell to No. 6/5 LSU, 103-63, in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

Jessica Timmons and Karly Weathers led the Crimson Tide (19-4, 5-4 SEC) in scoring, finishing with 15 and 10 points, respectively. Naomi Jones paced Alabama with five rebounds and a team-high four blocks as she has collected at least one blocked shot in at least eight of the last nine contests.

LSU (20-6, 6-2 SEC) was led by Jada Richard who had 16 points, while Zakiyah Johnson grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds.

“Credit to LSU. Bob Starkey hugged my neck and said, ‘We haven’t played that well all year’, so you know just credit to them – they were phenomenal today. We hit a buzz saw, and we didn’t have a response for it after the first quarter so we’re going to try to flush it. We want our players to focus on all the positives and it’s just short-term memory in this league. We certainly have a lot we can take away from today. I think five out of our next seven games are teams ranked above us, so we can either do something about a day like today or we can continue to allow it to happen. Just credit to LSU, I think the worst thing you can do is walk in and talk about everything you didn’t do well and sometimes you just hit a buzz saw. I thought their back court really dominated us today.”

Game Notes

• With her team-high 15 points, Jessica Timmons collected her seventh straight, and 19th overall, double-digit scoring game
• Naomi Jones has now recorded at least one blocked shot in eight of her last nine contests
• Karly Weathers extended her double figure streak to six consecutive games following her 10-point performance  
• Alabama shot 22-of-64 (34 percent) from the floor, 11-of-28 (39 percent) from deep and 8-of-13 (61 percent) from the free throw line
• In comparison, LSU shot 37-of-66 (56 percent) from the floor, 10-of-21 (48 percent) from deep and 19-of-23 (83 percent) from the free throw line

How it Happened

• Alabama opened the game with back-to-back three pointers from Karly Weathers and Jessica Timmons to take a narrow, 6-5, lead to begin the contest
• Back-to-back layups from Essence Cody and Ta’Mia Scott tied the game at 10-10 before LSU responded with an 11-5 run to close out the first quarter (15-21)
• The Crimson Tide opened the second frame scoring eight points in the first four minutes, featuring three pointers from both Ace Austin and Weathers and a layup from Diana Collins (23-29)
• In return, LSU went on a 14-4 run to close the first half with a 20-point lead (29-49)
• Timmons shot 2-for-4 (50 percent) from the field and 2-for-2 (100 percent) from behind the arc to pace all UA scorers in the third quarter, despite the Tigers outscoring the Tide 25-14 in the third frame (43-74)
• LSU used an 11-3 run to start the final quarter before ending the game on a 13-4 run over the last four minutes to secure the 103-63 win 

Up Next

• Alabama will return to Coleman Coliseum on Thursday, Feb. 5, to host the Ole Miss Rebels
• Tipoff between the Crimson Tide and Rebels is set for 8 p.m. CT on SEC Network