GREENVILLE, S.C. — LSU women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey provided an injury update on Aneesah Morrow following the team's 56-49 loss to Texas in the SEC Tournament semifinals.
Early in the third quarter Saturday night inside Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Morrow got her feet tangled up with Longhorns center Taylor Jones and took a hard spill. It appeared she stepped on Jones' foot during the incident and when she went to the floor, she immediately clutched her left foot.
"She re-aggravated a mid-foot sprain," Mulkey told reporters after the game. "But she's good to go. I'm not surprised. She was fighting them to get back in the game. And they were like, 'Oh no, we got bigger fish to fry.'
"But that's Nees."
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LSU (28-5) could not overcome Morrow's exit on top of already missing its leading scorer in Flau'jae Johnson as it fell short to Texas 56-49.
Mulkey said Morrow is expected to be fully healthy and ready for the start of March Madness in two weeks.
"She'll be able to go. She can go for the tournament," she said. "She was ready to come back out there. The doctors said, 'No, why would you go out there?' Win or lose, we have playoffs hosting. Flau'jae (Johnson) will be back. Everything is good."
During LSU's first game with Texas in February, the same foot for Morrow got stepped on and she wore a walking boot in the aftermath of that injury to help it heal. Morrow was wearing a boot as recently as last week, Mulkey said.
When Morrow went down, LSU players told The Daily Advertiser after the game it "shocked" the team for a few moments.
"Aneesah is a big part of our program and our team," forward Jersey Wolfenbarger said. "She's a leader on and off the court. When she goes down, it shocked us for a minute. But it's next man up. Be ready to do what you can do with your minutes.
"Hopefully, I made her proud tonight. But it's on to the next tournament, next game. Just trying to be ready, be ready for it."
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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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