BATON ROUGE, La. – Sophomore Daisa Alexander scored 20 points in her first career start, but Auburn could not hold a second-half lead in a 59-56 loss at LSU Thursday night.
Auburn (10-8, 1-5 SEC) led by as many as 11 points in the third quarter, but a season-high 27 turnovers – eight in the fourth quarter – proved the difference in a tough road loss.
“We did not do a very good job of taking care of the basketball,” Auburn head coach Terri Williams-Flournoy said. “We just didn’t handle the pressure.