| The LSU women's basketball team is taking to newly named Dale Brown Court on Thursday night and grabbing the spotlight. The national spotlight. The No. 13-ranked Tigers play host to No. 1 South Carolina at 7 p.m. The showdown is expected to draw LSU great Seimone Augustus, former LSU and current Houston Astros player Alex Bregman, Gov. John Bel Edwards, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome and what LSU is hoping will be 10,000 fans in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center decked out for a white out. A top-15 matchup is a remarkable achievement for LSU in its first year under coach Kim Mulkey, win or lose. Her Tigers are 14-1 and 2-0 in SEC play, winners of 13 straight. Whether the Tigers can follow the Missouri Tigers and stun South Carolina (Mizzou won 70-69 in overtime) will be something fans either have to see in person or streamed online via SECNetwork+. Meanwhile, the LSU men's basketball team is coming off a win in one of its biggest games of the season, a 65-60 thriller over Kentucky. It was a win that may have been inspired a bit by a UK assistant's swipe at LSU's defensive principles, according to this follow-up story by our Sheldon Mickles. LSU football continued to make news in the wake of Tuesday's 42-20 loss to Kansas State in the Texas Bowl. General Manager Austin Thomas is out after his second stint at LSU. Our Wilson Alexander has details of the contracts for new offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock and quarterbacks coach Joe Sloan. And, in case you missed it, cornerback Cordale Flott has declared for the NFL Draft. We hope you will be with us in 2022 as we bring you all the stories of LSU sports. Please support our journalism by subscribing to The Advocate in print and online. Until next time, The LSU beat team (Scott Rabalais, Wilson Alexander, Leah Vann and Sheldon Mickles) | 
