The ninth-ranked LSU Tigers started their women's basketball season in emphatic fashion with a 129-35 win over the visiting Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions on Monday.
After the SLU game on Monday , legendary LSU coach Kim Mulkey asked fans to show up for Thursday's game with Texas Southern, promising a "surprise" — but jokingly clarifying that she wasn't teasing her retirement announcement. On Tuesday, the school announced that WNBA star Angel Reese, the key player in the program's 2023 NCAA title run, will be honored at halftime of the TSU game.
Against the backdrop of the school announcing Reese's return to Baton Rouge, the star forward took to her X account on Tuesday, confirming her presence at the SLU game.
"THE BAYOU BARBIE IS BACK! 🎀💛💜", Reese wrote on X.
Upon hearing the news of the return of LSU's beloved Bayou Barbie at the iconic Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, fans on X couldn't contain their excitement with Reese's half-time recognition show.
In her third season in the WNBA and first with the Atlanta Dream, the star forward led the Dream to the WNBA Finals, where they lost in seven games to the Golden State Valkyries. She also won a gold medal with Team USA in the FIBA World Cup in September.
The sheer prospect of forward Angel Reese's return to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center has left fans excited and rightfully so.
After two seasons with the Maryland Terrapins, where she was a 2022 third-team All-American, the Baltimore native joined the LSU Tigers ahead of the 2022-23 season.
At LSU, Reese led the Tigers to the school's first NCAA title in women's basketball in 2023, topping Caitlin Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes in the championship game. She was the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament and a unanimous first-team All-American that season. She was the SEC Player of the Year and a second-team All-American as a senior in 2024.
At LSU, Reese played 69 games, starting all of them, and averaged 20.9 points, 14.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game across two seasons. She recorded 1,443 points, 996 rebounds and 157 assists.
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