2019–20 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team

The 2019–20 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team represents Louisiana State University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Tigers, led by ninth-year head coach Nikki Fargas, play their home games at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and compete as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

2019–20 LSU Lady Tigers basketball
Junkanoo Jam Bimini Division champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
2019–20 record20–10 (9–7 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Cherie Cordoba
  • Aaron Kallhoff
  • Charlene Thomas-Swinson
Home arenaPete Maravich Assembly Center
2019–20 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 South Carolina160 1.000  321  .970
No. 9 Mississippi State133 .813  276  .818
No. 24 Arkansas106 .625  248  .750
No. 16 Kentucky106 .625  228  .733
No. 19 Texas A&M106 .625  228  .733
Tennessee106 .625  2110  .677
LSU97 .563  2010  .667
Alabama88 .500  1812  .600
Georgia79 .438  1714  .548
Florida610 .375  1515  .500
Missouri511 .313  922  .290
Vanderbilt412 .250  1416  .467
Auburn412 .250  1118  .379
Ole Miss016 .000  723  .233
2020 SEC Tournament winner
As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

SEC media poll

The SEC media poll was released on October 15, 2019.[1]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team
1South Carolina
2Texas A&M
3Mississippi State
4Kentucky
5Arkansas
6Tennessee
7Auburn
8LSU
9Missouri
10Georgia
11Alabama
12Florida
13Ole Miss
14Vanderbilt

Roster

2019–20 LSU Lady Tigers women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 0 Awa Trasi 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrLycée Jeanne D'Arc
Northwest Florida State College
Toulouse, France
G 1 Jailin Cherry 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrPascagoula HS Pascagoula, MS
G 2 Tiara Young 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrWalker HS Shreveport, LA
G 3 Khayla Pointer 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrHoly Innocents' Episcopal Marietta, GA
F 5 Ayana Mitchell 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrSalem HS Conyers, GA
F 11 Emily Ward 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrBenton HS Bossier City, LA
G/F 12 Mercedes Brooks 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrRider HS
Trinity Valley CC
Wichita Falls, TX
G 13 Jaelyn Richard-Harris 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) SrDekaney HS Houston, TX
G 14 LaToya Ashman 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrWellington HS
FSW State
Wellington, FL
G 21 Domonique Davis 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) FrDeRidder HS DeRidder, LA
G 23 Karli Seay 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrHomewood-Flossmor HS
Western Nebraska CC
Flossmoor, IL
C 24 Faustine Aifuwa 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS JrDacula HS Dacula, GA
G 25 Rakell Spencer 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS JrCabrini HS
Texas A&M
New Orleans, LA
F 32 Jalaysha Thomas 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS SoWest Port HS
Florida
Ocala, FL
G 35 Sharna Ayres 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrBox Hill Senior Secondary College Melbourne, Australia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2019*
6:30 pm
Mississippi College W 77–44 
                   Pete Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019*
6:30 pm, SECN+
New Orleans W 83–49  1–0
 19  Young  13  Mitchell  4  Tied  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1,192)
Baton Rouge, LA
November 9, 2019*
1:00 pm, SECN+
No. 12 Florida State L 62–70  1–1
 22  Pointer  9  Mitchell  6  Pointer  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (647)
Baton Rouge, LA
November 13, 2019*
6:30 pm, CST
at Little Rock W 65–50  2–1
 22  Pointer  7  Aifuwa  6  Pointer  Jack Stephens Center (1,030)
Little Rock, AR
November 17, 2019*
4:00 pm
at Tulane W 59–54  3–1
 18  Aifuwa  10  Mitchell  6  Seay  Devlin Fieldhouse (720)
New Orleans, LA
November 20, 2019*
6:30 pm, SECN+
Southeastern Louisiana W 62–52  4–1
 14  Mitchell  13  Mitchell  4  Pointer  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (823)
Baton Rouge, LA
November 24, 2019*
7:00 pm, SECN
Rutgers W 64–58  5–1
 17  Mitchell  10  Mitchell  3  Tied  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1,309)
Baton Rouge, LA
November 29, 2019*
4:15 pm
vs. No. 15 Michigan State
Junkanoo Jam Bimini Division semifinals
W 58–56  6–1
 13  Pointer  8  Aifuwa  3  Pointer  Gateway Sporting Arena 
Bimini, Bahamas
November 30, 2019*
6:45 pm
vs. Memphis
Junkanoo Jam Bimini Division championship
W 89–58  7–1
 17  Pointer  7  Trasi  6  Harris  Gateway Sporting Arena (150)
Bimini, Bahamas
December 3, 2019*
11:00 am, SECN+
No. 25 Nicholls W 63–32  8–1
 21  Mitchell  6  Tied  7  Pointer  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (6,970)
Baton Rouge, LA
December 7, 2019*
3:00 pm
No. 25 at Oklahoma
Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge
L 68–90  8–2
 24  Pointer  7  Spencer  3  Pointer  Lloyd Noble Center (1,327)
Norman, OK
December 19, 2019*
6:00 pm, ESPN+
at Florida Gulf Coast W 74–63  9–2
 30  Pointer  11  Pointer  6  Pointer  Alico Arena (2,335)
Fort Myers, FL
December 28, 2019*
12:00 pm, SECN+
Florida A&M W 73–45  10–2
 20  Mitchell  7  Tied  4  Pointer  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1,287)
Baton Rouge, LA
SEC regular season
January 2, 2020
7:40 pm, SECN+
Alabama W 71–60  11–2
(1–0)
 20  Mitchell  11  Mitchell  8  Pointer  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1,667)
Baton Rouge, LA
January 5, 2020
1:00 pm, ESPNU
at Missouri L 65–69  11–3
(1–1)
 23  Pointer  16  Mitchell  2  Pointer  Mizzou Arena (4,437)
Columbia, MO
January 9, 2020
8:00 pm, SECN
at No. 10 Texas A&M W 57–54  12–3
(2–1)
 12  Cherry  10  Mitchell  10  Pointer  Reed Arena (4,007)
College Station, TX
January 12, 2020
2:00 pm, SECN+
Ole Miss W 52–44  13–3
(3–1)
 12  Mitchell  14  Mitchell  7  Pointer  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (2,030)
Baton Rouge, LA
January 16, 2020
7:00 pm, SECN+
at No. 10 Mississippi State L 60–64  13–4
(3–2)
 22  Mitchell  12  Tied  5  Richard-Harris  Humphrey Coliseum (7,846)
Starkville, MS
January 19, 2020
1:00 pm, SECN
No. 11 Kentucky W 65–59  14–4
(4–2)
 15  Mitchell  13  Aifuwa  7  Pointer  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (2,537)
Baton Rouge, LA
January 26, 2020
12:00 pm, SECN
at No. 23 Tennessee L 58–63  14–5
(4–3)
 24  Mitchell  12  Mitchell  4  Seay  Thompson–Boling Arena (10,230)
Knoxville, TN
January 30, 2020
5:00 pm, SECN+
at Florida W 77–68  15–5
(5–3)
 24  Pointer  11  Aifuwa  4  Pointer  O'Connell Center (1,018)
Gainesville, FL
February 2, 2020
2:00 pm, SECN
No. 15 Texas A&M W 59–58  16–5
(6–3)
 18  Tied  16  Aifuwa  4  Tied  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (2,494)
Baton Rouge, LA
February 10, 2020
6:00 pm, SECN
Missouri W 66–58  17–5
(7–3)
 19  Aifuwa  16  Aifuwa  6  Pointer  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1,610)
Baton Rouge, LA
February 13, 2020
6:30 pm, SECN+
No. 25 Tennessee W 75–65  18–5
(8–3)
 24  Pointer  10  Pointer  6  Pointer  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1,966)
Baton Rouge, LA
February 16, 2020
4:00 pm, SECN
at Auburn L 60–65  18–6
(8–4)
 20  Aifuwa  10  Aifuwa  7  Pointer  Auburn Arena (2,057)
Auburn, AL
February 20, 2020
6:00 pm, SECN+
at No. 1 South Carolina L 48–63  18–7
(8–5)
 13  Cherry  5  Cherry  5  Pointer  Colonial Life Arena (11,242)
Columbia, SC
February 23, 2020
2:00 pm, SECN+
Georgia L 56–73  18–8
(8–6)
 13  Trasi  6  Aifuwa  6  Pointer  Pete Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
February 27, 2020
6:30 pm, SECN+
Vanderbilt W 61–55  19–8
(9–6)
 18  Aifuwa  8  Aifuwa  7  Pointer  Pete Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
March 1, 2020
1:10 pm, SECN+
at Arkansas L 71–75  19–9
(9–7)
 16  Cherry  10  Tied  4  Tied  Bud Walton Arena (4,402)
Fayetteville, AR
SEC Tournament
March 5, 2020
5:00 pm, SECN
(7) vs. (10) Florida
Second round
W 73–59  20–9
 19  Pointer  5  Cherry  4  Tied  Bon Secours Wellness Arena 
Greenville, SC
March 6, 2020
5:00 pm, SECN
(7) vs. (2) No. 9 Mississippi State
Quarterfinals
L 49–79  20–10
 14  Pointer  10  Trasi  4  Pointer  Bon Secours Wellness Arena 
Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.
[2]

References

  1. "South Carolina tabbed as 2020 SEC women's hoops champs". SEC Sports. October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  2. "Lady Tigers' 2019-20 Schedule". LSU Athletics. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
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