BATON ROUGE — LSU women’s basketball’s trip to paradise was almost turned to a nightmare in its opening game at the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship Monday.
Kim Mulkey and the No. 7 Tigers had to rally from an early 15-point deficit and a 7-point deficit with just 2:38 remaining to storm back and defeat Washington, 68-67, in a last-second game-winning layup from Kailyn Gilbert.
LSU (7-0) couldn’t get much going for much of the afternoon as the Huskies (6-2) led for more than 35 minutes in the game.
Now, Mulkey’s group will get a stiffer test as reward in No. 20 North Carolina State (4-2) Wednesday afternoon inside the Baha Mar Convention Center. The Wolfpack made the Final Four for the first time in program history last season and welcome back their entire backcourt from that squad.
NC State beat Southern, 77-47, Monday but struggled for three quarters against LSU’s neighbors in Baton Rouge as it led the Jags but only a couple of points heading into the fourth.
LSU women’s basketball’s game against North Carolina State at the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship will be exclusively streamed on FloCollege. The stream requires a paid subscription.
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Here’s a look at LSU’s 2024-25 women’s basketball schedule:
Monday, Nov. 4: Eastern Kentucky (W 95-44)
Friday, Nov. 8: Northwestern State (W 95-36)
Tuesday, Nov. 12: Charleston Southern (W 117-44)
Friday, Nov. 15: Murray State (W 74-60)
Monday, Nov. 18: Troy (W 98-59)
Wednesday, Nov. 20: Tulane (W 85-74)
Monday, Nov. 25: Washington (W 68-67), Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship, Nassau, Bahamas
Wednesday, Nov. 27: No. 20 NC State | 12:30 p.m. CST | FloCollege (Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship, Nassau, Bahamas
Sunday, Dec. 1: NC Central | 2 p.m. | SEC Network+
Thursday, Dec. 5: Stanford | 8 p.m. | ESPN2 (SEC/ACC Challenge)
Sunday, Dec. 8: Grambling | 2 p.m. (Bossier City, La.)
Sunday, Dec. 15: Louisiana | 2 p.m. | SEC Network+
Tuesday, Dec. 17: Seton Hall | 5 p.m. | FS1 (Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase, Uncasville, Connecticut)
Thursday, Dec. 19: at Illinois-Chicago | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
Sunday, Dec. 29: Albany | 1 p.m. | SEC Network+
Thursday, Jan. 2: at Arkansas | 8 p.m. | SEC Network
Sunday, Jan. 5: Auburn | 3 p.m. | SEC Network
Thursday, Jan. 9: at Tennessee | 5:30 p.m. | SEC Network+
Monday, Jan. 13: Vanderbilt | 6 p.m. | SEC Network
Sunday, Jan. 19: at Florida | Noon | SEC Network
Thursday, Jan. 23: at South Carolina | 7 p.m. | ESPN
Sunday, Jan. 26: Texas A&M | 3 p.m. | SEC Network
Thursday, Jan. 30: Oklahoma | 6 p.m. | ESPN2
Sunday, Feb. 2: Mississippi State | 1 p.m. | SEC Network
Thursday, Feb. 6: at Missouri | 6:30 p.m. | SEC Network+
Sunday, Feb. 9: Tennessee | 3 p.m. | ESPN
Sunday, Feb. 16: at Texas | 2 p.m. | ABC
Thursday, Feb. 20: Georgia | 8 p.m. | SEC Network
Sunday, Feb. 23: at Kentucky | 3 p.m. | ESPN
Thursday, Feb. 27: at Alabama | 8 p.m. | ESPN or SEC Network
Sunday, March 2: Ole Miss | 3 p.m. | SEC Network
March 5-9: SEC Tournament (Greenville, South Carolina)
March 19-April 6: NCAA tournament
Cory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow his Tigers coverage on Twitter: @ByCoryDiaz. Got questions regarding LSU athletics? Send them to Cory Diaz at bdiaz@gannett.com.
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