LSU Makes Division I History With 109-Point Win Over Texas Southern

No. 9 LSU beat Texas Southern 131-22 on Thursday night at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, a 109-point margin that stands as the largest win in Division I history against a Division I opponent, according to ESPN Research. It surpassed Baylor’s 140-32 rout of Winthrop on Dec. 15, 2016 — a Baylor team led by current LSU head coach Kim Mulkey.

If Kim Mulkey wanted to send a message early in the 2026-27 season, it was delivered Thursday night against a Texas Southern team picked to finish 10th in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Mulkey is in her sixth season at LSU and has won four national titles as a head coach, the most recent in 2023.

The Lady Tigers (2-0) led 25-13 after the first quarter, then took control. Texas Southern did not score again until the 6:15 mark of the third quarter, and LSU’s 106-9 run across the final three quarters set a program record for margin of victory for the second time in as many games — the Tigers beat Southeastern Louisiana 129-35 on Monday.

Texas Southern hit a 3-pointer with 24 seconds left in the first quarter; its only other points in the third came at 6:15 when Jayla Cornelius hit her second 3, one of just three shots the team made after the first quarter.

A 40-0 second quarter broke the game open

LSU won the second quarter 40-0, holding Texas Southern without a field goal on 13 attempts and forcing nine of the visitors’ 38 turnovers in that frame alone, according to Nola.com. The Tigers shot 15-of-20 from the field in the period, 5-of-6 from 3-point range, and assisted on 12 of their 15 makes. LSU then added a 30-3 third quarter and a 36-6 fourth to reach 131 points.

ESPN Research found that the 40-0 quarter ranked as the second-largest shutout period since Division I switched to quarters in 2015-16, with only a 44-0 quarter by Texas Southern in 2024 being larger, and the 50-0 run spanning the second and third quarters was the largest by any team against a Division I opponent since Mulkey took over LSU in 2021-22.

Seven LSU players scored in double figures

Freshman center Anna Minaeva led all scorers with 21 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter, and grabbed seven rebounds. Mikaylah Williams put up 20 points, six rebounds and five assists; ZaKiyah Johnson added 17 points and eight boards; and Jada Williams, a transfer from Iowa State, finished with 18 points, seven assists and two steals. Grace Knox and MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 15 each, and Lola Lampley finished with 10, per the Associated Press.

After not scoring in the first quarter, Jada Williams hit 6 of 7 shots—three of them from 3-point range—during eight minutes of the second, putting up 15 points in the period as LSU extended its halftime advantage to 65-13 with Mikaylah Williams’ fourth 3-pointer of the quarter.

Texas Southern shot 13% and turned it over 38 times

Jayla Cornelius’ six points led Texas Southern (0-2), which shot 13% (8-of-55) and committed 38 turnovers and 24 fouls, the, AP reported. Nola.com put the shooting at 15% and noted the Tigers held the visitors to 19 points, the fewest allowed by a Mulkey-led team. LSU converted the giveaways into a 55-0 edge in points off turnovers. No Texas Southern player reached double figures. Texas Southern made only two 2-pointers and missed both of its two free-throw attempts.

LSU won 131-22 against Texas Southern, the largest win in Division I history against a D-I opponent,

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Angel Reese honored at halftime in Baton Rouge

LSU presented flowers to former All-American Angel Reese at halftime, five days after the 2023 national-title star closed her third WNBA season with a Game 7 loss in the league finals. Reese, this year’s WNBA Defensive Player of the Year in her first season with the Atlanta Dream, walked onto the court alongside Mulkey and watched from a courtside seat next to the LSU bench, Nola.com reported.

LSU has now scored at least 100 points in each of its first two games of the season — last season the Tigers reached the century mark in each of their first eight contests, an NCAA record — and improved to 7-0 all-time against Texas Southern. The Tigers host McNeese on Nov. 10. Texas Southern travels to Rice next Thursday.