BATON ROUGE — LSU women's basketball depth continues to be tested in the early stages of the 2024-25 season.
As the No. 7 Tigers took the court against Charleston Southern on Tuesday morning for the program's annual school field trip, they were down another guard.
Senior point guard Shayeann Day-Wilson did not play against the Buccaneers but she was on the bench with the team during the game. Her services weren't needed against CSU as LSU dominated 117-44 in front of a thousands of elementary-aged kids inside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
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Day-Wilson is the fourth different LSU player to miss at least one game this season. Senior guard Last-Tear Poa, guard Mjracle Sheppard as well as Izzy Besselman have missed all three games this season.
"She got popped in the shoulder yesterday in practice," Mulkey said of Day-Wilson. "I think (she) could've played in the game."
Freshman point guard Jada Richard started in Day-Wilson's place, as Mulkey put it, "she's a true point guard."
Richard had a jittery opening to the her first career start with a pair of early turnovers but she settled in and finished the Charleston Southern game with 11 points, six assists and one rebound.
Mulkey also provided an update on Poa's status with the team.
"Poa will be back on the practice floor tomorrow," Mulkey says. "I don't know when that I will play her but it's time for her to be back on the practice floor."
Through the two exhibition games LSU played and the first three games of the season, Poa has been away from the team but Mulkey has repeatedly said Poa was still a part of the program and that she would be back with the team at some point.
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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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