BOSSIER CITY, La. — Officers introduced Tuesday that the Grambling State ladies’s basketball staff will face LSU at Brookshire Grocery Enviornment on Dec. 8.
Russ Potts Productions Inc., along side Brookshire Grocery Enviornment and the Shreveport-Bossier Sports activities Fee, introduced the matchup, which marks the fifth assembly between the 2 groups. LSU leads the sequence 4-0.
Below second-year head coach Courtney Simmons, Grambling State is coming off a standout 2023-24 season with a 23-10 general file and a 15-3 mark within the Southwestern Athletic Convention. Final season marked the primary time GSU surpassed 20 wins because the 2002-03 season. The Tigers superior to the SWAC semifinals and took part within the 2024 WNIT, defeating Oral Roberts within the opening spherical. In addition they recorded a victory over Arizona State, 70-67, marking GSU’s first win towards a Energy 5 faculty since 2017.
The sport additionally represents a homecoming for GSU participant Kahia Warmsley, a Shreveport native and Mansfield Excessive graduate. Final season, she led the staff, averaging 10.1 factors, 3.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 1.3 steals per recreation.
“Having a chance to carry the highlight that’s shining so brilliant on ladies’s basketball proper now to North Louisiana is large. I hope all of the Tiger followers throughout the state come out and help each groups,” Simmons mentioned in a press release.
LSU, led by four-time nationwide championship-winning head coach Kim Mulkey, reached the NCAA Elite Eight final season after ending 31-6.
“We’re thrilled to welcome the Tigers from LSU and Grambling to fulfill up for an in-state conflict on the impartial website of Brookshire Grocery Enviornment,” mentioned Zach Franz, president of Russ Potts Productions Inc. “With a simple drive for followers of each fan bases, we anticipate a full home and large recreation ambiance on Dec. 8.”
Sara Nelms, director of sports activities for the Shreveport-Bossier Sports activities Fee, additionally expressed enthusiasm for the occasion. “The Shreveport-Bossier Sports activities Fee appears ahead to partnering with RPPI and the Brookshire Grocery Enviornment to host a extremely anticipated LSU and Grambling matchup in December. This recreation can be an effective way for our communities and native alumni teams to unite and help ladies’s sports activities,” Nelms mentioned.
