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Fulwiley, Williams Lead No. 9 LSU’s 101-37 Rout of Denver
By Megan McCarthy
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BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — No. 9 LSU stayed perfect and kept its century-mark streak alive, rolling past Denver 101-37 on Friday at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
MiLaysia Fulwiley scored a season-high 23 points, Mikaylah Williams added 20 and ZaKiyah Johnson chipped in 13 as the Tigers improved to 4-0. LSU has scored 100 or more points in all four games to open the season.
LSU led 20-12 after the first quarter, then broke the game open with a 20-0 run in the second. The Tigers won the quarter 22-2 and took a 42-14 lead into halftime.
The dominance continued after the break. LSU added a 19-0 run in the third quarter, outscoring Denver 30-14 in the period, and then closed with a near 22-0 run in the fourth. A Lexi Pletschette 3-pointer with 38 seconds left stopped that closing burst, but Williams answered with a jumper with 26 seconds left to bring LSU to 100 — and the Tigers added one more point to reach 101.
LSU won the rebounding battle 54-22 and turned Denver’s 26 turnovers into 37 points.
Tori Baker led Denver with 16 points, and Laia Monclova added 10. Denver fell to 1-4.
The Tigers won every quarter — 20-12, 22-2, 30-14 and 29-9 — in a wire-to-wire performance that never allowed Denver to find a rhythm.
Megan McCarthy
Women’s College Basketball, The Library Media
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