The NM State women's basketball team opened their stay in Puerto Rico with a battle against Kim Mulkey's LSU squad. A halftime lead for the Aggies was erased in the final two quarters as the Aggies fell 52-72 inside Coliseo Roberto Clemente.
Bigue Sarr finished with a team-high 13 points and pulled down four rebounds. Soufia Inoussa chipped in 11 points. Molly Kaiser finished with nine of the Aggies' 24 bench points and also added a steal in the afternoon bout.
The Aggies showed no signs of San Juan distraction in the first quarter as they shot 7-of-14 to lead the Tigers by a pair at the break.