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Sunday, Jan. 28 3:00pm ET
LSU defense smothers Mississippi State RECAP | BOX SCORE
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Marie Ferdinand scored 25 points to lead
LSU (No. 10 ESPN/USA Today, No. 11 AP) to a 78-54 victory over Mississippi State (No. 23 ESPN/USA Today) on Sunday.
It was the 23rd straight game that Ferdinand has scored in
double figures -- stretching back to the NCAA tournament last
season. LSU (14-5, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) is 17-6 during that
stretch.
Ferdinand, who left the game with just over three minutes to go,
also had nine rebounds, four assists and three steals against
Mississippi State (10-9, 1-7). She had 19 points in LSU's 70-63
victory over the Bulldogs earlier in the month.
Ke-Ke Tardy matched her career high with 20 points for LSU,
including some key baskets in the first half to get the Lady Tigers
going. Tardy grabbed eight rebounds as LSU outrebounded the bigger
Lady Bulldogs 40-31.
April Brown and Kisha James each had 12 points for the Tigers.
Mississippi State struggled against LSU's defense, shooting only
36 percent from the field.
LaToya Thomas scored 15 points for Mississippi State and had
nine rebounds. Jennifer Fambrough had 11 points.
LSU opened the game shooting 1-for-7 over the first 4:32 but
tied the game at 6 on two free throws by Tardy.
Tardy put the Tigers ahead for the first time with a bucket two
minutes later that made it 12-10. LSU took the lead for good with
9:40 remaining in the first half on a layup by Tardy that made it
16-14.
The Tigers led 34-20 at the half.
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