How to watch LSU vs. Florida State: Odds, storylines for women's NCAA Tournament matchup
Two of the best and fastest offenses in the field go to work Monday evening, with LSU's 'big three' hosting Ta'Niya Latson and Florida State. The Tigers will tip off as a double-digit favorite, but the Seminoles have the firepower to hang tough in The Jungle.
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Florida State finished the regular season fourth in offensive rating. No ACC member made more 3s, and no one in the country scored more points per game than Latson at 25. Four regulars shot at least 35 percent from behind the arc. On the other end of the floor, three-time All-ACC and All-Defense Makayla Timpson averaged five stocks (steals + blocks) per game.
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The program has lost in the First Four or the Round of 64 in four consecutive dances. With Saturday's thorough demolition of George Mason, Coach Brooke Wyckoff earned her first NCAA tourney win. Texas A&M transfer Sydney Bowles was a perfect 5-for-5 on the deep shot.
FSU's problems lie on the other end. It lost the foul and rebound margins in conference play and finished 172nd in defensive rating. That makes LSU a particularly tough second-round draw.
The Tigers have three certified bucket-getters in Flau'jae Johnson, Aneesah Morrow and Mikaylah Williams. Johnson is a magnetic three-level scorer, and Morrow has been humiliating opposing bigs with more than five offensive rebounds per game. Williams is a gifted distributor and a confident heaver who was the No. 1 recruit of her 2023 high school class.
Kim Mulkey's team scored more this season than their 2022-23 national title group. Williams hit all three of her 3s in the first-round cakewalk past San Diego State, and Johnson had an efficient 22 points in 22 minutes of floor time. The Seminoles are a tougher opponent than the Aztecs, but LSU should still have no trouble lighting up its home scoreboard.
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(Photo of Mikaylah Williams and Sa'Myah Smith: Tyler Kaufman / Getty Images)
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