LSU’s 75-67 win over Ole Miss in the semifinals of the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament took a scary turn in the middle of the fourth quarter when Tigers guard Last-Tear Poa was taken off the court on a stretcher after hitting the back of her head on the court while trying to take a charge.
Tigers head coach Kim Mulkey told reporters after the game that Poa’s CT scan came back clean and she has movement in her extremities.
With just under six minutes to play, Zakiya Stephenson forced a turnover, which started a fastbreak for the Rebels. Madison Scott then took the ball the length of the floor and tried to get all the way to the rim, but had her path cut off by Poa. The two collided and Poa went crashing to the floor. She was called for a blocking foul and immediately grabbed her head.
After being attended to by the Tigers’ medical staff, Poa tried to make it off the floor with assistance. She was unable to do so, however, and was brought back to the ground instead, where she was stabilized and put onto a stretcher. The LSU players were noticeably shaken as Poa was being taken off the floor.
“That was the hardest last five minutes of a game I’ve ever played, emotionally, physically,…
