No. 9 LSU Women Beat Texas Southern 131-22 for Largest Division I Margin

No. 9 LSU dismantled Texas Southern 131-22 on Thursday night, Nov. 5, 2026, at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge. The 109-point margin is the largest in Division I women’s basketball history, according to LSU Athletics and The Advocate.

The Tigers improved to 2-0. Texas Southern fell to 0-2. LSU hosts McNeese on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. CT on SEC Network+.

How big was the blowout?

LSU led 25-13 after the first quarter, then scored the next 50 points. Texas Southern did not score again until midway through the third quarter, LSU Athletics said. The Lady Tigers finished with just 22 points — the fewest LSU has allowed in the Kim Mulkey era, The Advocate reported — and shot 15% from the field.

The previous Division I record margin was 108 points, set by Mulkey’s 2016 Baylor team in a 140-32 win over Winthrop. LSU also topped its own program record: a 94-point win over Southeastern Louisiana (129-35) in Monday’s opener.

Other program marks from Thursday, per LSU Athletics:

• 53 field goals made (program record)
• 131 points (second-most in program history)
• 36 assists (second-most)
• 76 points in the paint and 55 points off turnovers

Who led LSU?

Seven Tigers scored in double figures. Freshman Anna Minaeva led all scorers with 21 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Senior Mikaylah Williams added 20. Iowa State transfer Jada Williams had 18 points and seven assists. Sophomore ZaKiyah Johnson scored 17, Grace Knox 15, MiLaysia Fulwiley 15 with four blocks and five steals, and freshman Lola Lampley 10, LSU Athletics reported.

“Honestly, this is the best team I’ve ever played on,” Jada Williams told The Advocate. “Everybody gonna hoop. … We’re a very unselfish team.”

All five starters played at least 20 minutes. Mulkey even put starters back in late in the fourth.

Angel Reese courtside

Former LSU star Angel Reese returned to the PMAC and watched from courtside after her Atlanta Dream season ended. LSU honored her at halftime. Reese said she wanted to support the women’s team on a weekend that also included LSU football and her brother’s work with the New Orleans Pelicans.

Mulkey praised Reese for staying connected to the program. “For them to see [Angel] walk in that locker room, and they all had her shirt on; they can be Angel one day,” Mulkey said, according to LSU Athletics.

What’s next?

LSU faces in-state McNeese at home Tuesday. After two early century-mark wins, the Tigers are using nonconference games to set a defensive and sharing tone before SEC play. Texas Southern, remade and picked near the bottom of the SWAC, is still looking for its first win of the season.

Defense and pace

The blowout was as much about stops as shots. LSU forced 38 Texas Southern turnovers and allowed zero points off its own nine turnovers, LSU Athletics said. After trading baskets early, the Tigers closed the first quarter up 12, then opened the second on a 40-0 run that became a 50-0 stretch spanning into the third, The Advocate reported. Texas Southern’s only third-quarter points came on a mid-period 3-pointer by Jayla Cornelius.

Mulkey’s group has now topped 100 points in each of its first two games. Last season LSU scored 100-plus in each of its first eight contests — an NCAA record — so the early scoring pace is familiar even as this roster mixes veterans like Mikaylah Williams and Fulwiley with newcomers such as Minaeva and Jada Williams.

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