Alexis Morris scored seven of her career-high 31 points in dominant fashion over an 11-0 fourth-quarter run for her No. 3 LSU Tigers that made the difference in a 76-68 victory over the Tennessee Lady Volunteers (receiving votes, 13 points) in the White Out Game Monday night at the PMAC in Baton Rouge.
The 11-0 run left LSU with a 64-52 lead and 5:20 remaining. The Tigers would match that lead margin, their largest of the fourth, with 3:57 to play. Lady Vol Jordan Horston made a three that cut it to 68-62 at 1:38 remaining, but LaDazhia Williams answered with a short jumper in the paint and then the Lady Vols were forced to foul.
To kick off the run, Morris converted on a 3-point play that gave the Tigers a bit of breathing room at 56-52. About two minutes later, she put her stamp on the game by simply sprinting through the Tennessee defense for a layup, stealing the ball on the ensuing possession and then doing the exact same thing for back-to-back layups 18 seconds apart that made the score 64-52.
Morris showed off her speed all night, slicing through the Lady Vol defense at will, and that 18-second stretch just epitomized it. She was also deadly from mid-range, with multiple pull-ups in transition, and added a 1-of-3 performance from beyond the arc.
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