BATON ROUGE, La. — It was a defensive battle in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Sunday afternoon, but the LSU women's basketball team came up short against the No. 4 South Carolina Gamecock, 69-65.
The Tigers are now 6-7 on the season and 4-3 in the SEC, while the Gamecocks improve their overall record to 12-1 and 7-0 in the SEC.
Early on in the game, both teams struggled offensively, but the defensive effort on both sides was equally impressive. The score at the end of the first half was 25-23 in LSU's favor after senior Karli Seay collected a steal and an easy layup on the other end as the clock hit zero.