SPOKANE, Wash. — LSU guard Flau’jae Johnson, who missed the final five minutes of the Tigers’ Sweet 16 game against NC State on Friday night, is available for LSU’s Elite Eight matchup against UCLA on Sunday.
“She’s good to go. She’s ready to go,” LSU coach Kim Mulkey said on Saturday after Johnson participated in the Tigers’ walkthrough.
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The junior confirmed that she began experiencing double vision following a collision with another player in the fourth quarter, which kept her from returning to the game. Mulkey credited Johnson’s continued ability to lead from the sideline through the final minutes.
“I feel good. I think her elbow just hit me in my eye, and I couldn’t really focus my eyes. I was seeing double,” Johnson said. “So, I was trying to go back in the game, and then I was like, ‘I can’t see. So, I just sat down. But I’m good, though.”
Ahead of the injury, Johnson had struggled from the floor, scoring just three points on 1-of-8 shooting in 30 minutes, though she had recorded five rebounds, four assists, one steal and one block. Johnson said she had flushed her shooting performance from her memory and was excited to return to the court…
