Lsu Women’s Basketball enters SEC Tournament quarterfinal with Oklahoma as the postseason test begins
lsu women’s basketball begins its postseason run Friday afternoon in Greenville, S. C., opening the 2026 SEC Tournament in quarterfinal action against seventh-ranked Oklahoma inside Bon Secours Wellness Arena.
What happens when Lsu Women’s Basketball faces Oklahoma in the SEC quarterfinals?
LSU enters the conference tournament after finishing the regular season with 26 wins and a No. 6 national ranking. The Tigers are the No. 4 seed and will meet Oklahoma in the quarterfinal round Friday afternoon. The game is set for 1: 30 p. m. CT on, with Ryan Ruocco on play-by-play, Rebecca Lobo as analyst, and Holly Rowe as reporter. Radio coverage is available on the LSU Sports Radio Network with Patrick Wright and Shaeeta Williams calling the action.
The matchup continues a series that has now reached four meetings in program history and marks the second meeting of the 2025-26 season. LSU won the most recent contest 91-72 in Norman, while Oklahoma won the first matchup between the teams on Dec. 7, 2019, 90-68 in Norman during the Big 12/SEC Challenge. LSU tied the series at 1-1 in 2024 with a 107-100 win inside the PMAC, before taking the series lead in 2025.
What if the Tigers’ statistical profile carries into March?
Through 30 games, LSU has averaged 94. 5 points per game, a figure that leads the nation. That scoring pace also positions the Tigers to surpass the SEC record in scoring average set by Georgia in 1986 (89. 2). LSU has totaled 2, 834 points through its 30 contests.
LSU also leads the country in three statistical categories: bench points per game (39. 1), rebound margin (18. 0), and scoring offense (94. 5). Those team-wide indicators align with several individual and postseason signals heading into Greenville.
On March 3, the SEC announced guard MiLaysia Fulwiley as the Sixth Woman of the Year. She became the third Tiger to earn the recognition, joining Sylvia Fowles and Allison Hightower, and also became the third SEC player to win the award twice, alongside Liz Sherwood of Vanderbilt (2006-07) and Jennifer O’Neill of Kentucky (2014-15).
Fulwiley ranks third in the SEC and 14th nationally in steals with 93. With four steals against No. 3 South Carolina, Fulwiley moved into LSU’s all-time top-10 for steals in a season and is currently third among LSU players. LSU’s single-season leader in steals remains Raigyne Moncrief Louis, who recorded 107 steals in 32 games in 2016-17.
LSU also placed multiple players on the SEC’s postseason teams: senior Flau’jae Johnson and junior Mikaylah Williams were named to the All-SEC First Team, while ZaKiyah Johnson was selected to the All-SEC Freshman Team.
What happens when postseason stakes meet program history and seed pressure?
LSU arrives at the 2026 SEC Tournament with a 42-45 record in the conference tournament since the 1980 edition. The Tigers have won the SEC tournament title twice in program history (1991 and 2003). This year, LSU holds the No. 4 seed and has earned a top-four seed for the fifth straight time under coach Kim Mulkey. With Mulkey leading the program, LSU is 4-4 at the SEC Tournament. In her 26 seasons as a Division I head coach, Mulkey has won 11 conference tournaments, all at Baylor.
Beyond results and seeding, Friday’s quarterfinal also arrives with individual milestones in view. Flau’jae Johnson eclipsed 1, 900 points against No. 4 Texas, becoming the seventh LSU Tiger to reach that milestone. The 1, 900-point group includes Joyce Walker (2, 906), Seimone Augustus (2, 702), Julie Gross (2, 488), Cornelia Gayden (2, 451), Sylvia Fowles (2, 234), and Khayla Pointer (1, 934). Johnson is 21 points away from joining LSU’s 2, 000-point scorers and ranks 14th among active Division I players in points scored with 1, 979.
In the quarterfinals setting in Greenville, Mulkey also arrived with a notable gameday look: a black pantsuit with a blue jacket featuring bright orange glittery basketballs, paired with black heels.
The stakes for the bracket are also clear. If LSU advances past Oklahoma, the Tigers will play No. 1 seed South Carolina in the semifinals on March 7 at 4: 30 p. m.
