Bannerman leads Morgan State against No. 5 LSU after 32-point game

By Canadian Press on December 15, 2025.

Morgan State Lady Bears (1-11) at LSU Tigers (11-0)

Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Tuesday, 12 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Morgan State faces No. 5 LSU after Ja’la Bannerman scored 32 points in Morgan State’s 78-56 loss to the UCF Knights.

The Tigers have gone 4-0 in home games. LSU is second in the SEC in rebounding averaging 46.0 rebounds. Amiya Joyner paces the Tigers with 7.3 boards.

The Lady Bears are 0-5 on the road. Morgan State allows 76.9 points to opponents and has been outscored by 24.4 points per game.

LSU makes 55.7% of its shots from the field this season, which is 11.2 percentage points higher than Morgan State has allowed to its opponents (44.5%). Morgan State averages 4.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.2 fewer made shots on average than the 7.5 per game LSU gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Joyner is averaging 10.9 points and 7.3 rebounds for the Tigers. Flau’jae Johnson is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Bannerman is scoring 11.7 points per game with 1.8 rebounds and 0.6 assists for the Lady Bears. Mihjae Hayes is averaging 7.7 points and 2.3 rebounds while shooting 41.8% over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 10-0, averaging 109.4 points, 46.3 rebounds, 20.7 assists, 14.5 steals and 4.7 blocks per game while shooting 56.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 56.3 points per game.

Lady Bears: 1-9, averaging 53.8 points, 26.6 rebounds, 9.4 assists, 7.1 steals and 1.4 blocks per game while shooting 34.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.7 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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