The party was on in Baton Rouge as the buzzer sounded marking the No. 7 LSU Tigers‘ resounding 82-64 victory over the No. 9 Virginia Tech Hokies on Thursday night in the ACC/SEC Challenge. LSU players quickly donned purple shirts commemorating coach Kim Mulkey’s 700th career win. Final Four Most Outstanding Player Angel Reese and Mulkey shared a long embrace captured by television cameras. The Tigers made their rounds around the Pete Maravich Assembly Center to greet fans, fresh off a game full of high-fives, chest bumps, empathetic celebrations and hugs. Mulkey later arrived at the postgame news conference drenched after having been doused with water in a PMAC locker-room celebration.
As the calendar turns to December, the defending champions will look to hold on to the high of Thursday and leave behind a tumultuous November: The Tigers dropped their season opener to then-No. 20 Colorado, saw sophomore Sa’Myah Smith suffer a season-ending knee injury last week, and, most…
