No. 9 LSU beat Texas Southern 131-22 on Thursday night at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, and the 109-point margin stands as the largest margin of victory in Division I women’s basketball history, according to LSU Athletics and ESPN Research. The record LSU broke belonged to its own head coach: Kim Mulkey’s Baylor team held the previous mark of 108 points, set in a 140-32 win over Winthrop in 2016.
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A 40-0 Second Quarter Built The LSU Record Win
The game was competitive for one quarter. LSU and Texas Southern traded baskets early, the home side edging the first two and a half minutes 10-6 and closing the first quarter ahead 25-13. What followed decided the record. LSU outscored Texas Southern 40-0 in the second quarter, forcing nine turnovers and holding the visiting Tigers without a field goal in 13 attempts. Jada Williams scored 16 of her 18 points in that quarter alone, making six of seven shots, including three three-pointers, in eight minutes.
The run did not stop at halftime, with LSU ahead 65-13. Texas Southern did not score again until midway through the third quarter, and its single three-pointer in that period was its only points of the quarter. The full scoring run reached 50-0 across the second and third quarters, and LSU won the second half 66-9 to close out the 131-22 final. Texas Southern shot 13 percent from the field, making eight of 55 shots, and turned the ball over 38 times. LSU turned those mistakes into a 55-0 advantage in points off turnovers, while allowing no points at all off its own nine turnovers.
Seven Tigers Score In Double Figures
The scoring load was spread across the whole rotation. Freshman Anna Minaeva led every scorer with 21 points off the bench, adding seven rebounds and three assists, an improvement on the 14 points she scored in her collegiate debut. Senior Mikaylah Williams added 20 points, ZaKiyah Johnson scored 17, Grace Knox and MiLaysia Fulwiley contributed 15 each, and freshman Lola Lampley finished with 10. In all, seven Tigers reached double figures, the first time an LSU team has done that since the 2026 NCAA Tournament first round against Jacksonville on March 20, 2026.
The team numbers carried their own records. LSU set a program mark with 53 field goals made, and its 131 points were the second most in program history, as were its 36 assists. The Tigers shot 53 of 89 from the field, nine of 20 from behind the three-point arc and 16 of 23 from the free throw line, scoring 76 points in the paint and 46 points off the bench.
Mulkey Breaks A Record She Set At Baylor
The historical twist sits on the LSU bench. The previous Division I record, Baylor’s 140-32 win over Winthrop on December 15, 2016, was coached by Mulkey, who has now held the record with two different programs. Thursday also marked the second consecutive game in which LSU broke its own program record for margin of victory. The Tigers opened the season on Monday by beating Southeastern Louisiana 129-35, a 94-point win that set the program mark for three days before the Texas Southern game took it 15 points further.
Through two games, LSU has outscored its opponents 260-57. The sample is small and the opposition has been overmatched, but the shape of the start is now in the NCAA record book, not just the program’s: no Division I women’s team had ever beaten another Division I team by 109 points before Thursday night.
Angel Reese Watches Her School Make History
The record night had a familiar face in the building. LSU presented flowers to former All-American Angel Reese, the star of the program’s first national championship team, who returned to her alma mater for the game. Reese was named this year’s WNBA Defensive Player of the Year and helped the Atlanta Dream to the franchise’s first appearance in the WNBA championship series.
“I think it was the perfect time for me to come see the girls,” Reese said. “It’s really exciting to see how they continue to thrive.” Mulkey pointed to what the visit tells her current players about staying connected to the program: “This is their school. They want to see it excel.”
LSU improves to 2-0 with the win and is now 7-0 all time against Texas Southern, which falls to 0-2. The Tigers stay at the Maravich Center to host McNeese on Tuesday, November 10, with a 7 p.m. CT tip on SEC Network+, while Texas Southern travels to Rice for its next game.
