LSU Destroys Texas Tech to Advance to Fourth Straight Sweet 16

Flau'Jae Johnson 4, LSU Tigers Women’s Basketball take on Texas Tech in the 2026 NCAA Div I Women’s Basketball Championship at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, LA. Sunday, March 22, 2026. | SCOTT CLAUSE / USATODAY Network / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Thanks to…well, everybody who took the floor wearing purple and gold, LSU (29-5) is advancing to a fourth consecutive Sweet 16 after drubbing Texas Tech 101-47.

Per Todd Politz, the 54-point win is LSU’s largest margin of victory against an AP Top-25 team ever. The Tigers made a second bit of history, as this was the 16th game this season that LSU has scored at least 100 points, which is now an NCAA single-season record. There’s about a hundred different places you could start (101 if we’re being precise) but the story of today was Flau’Jae Johnson.

The senior and only remaining player from LSU’s 2023 national championship team, played in her final game ever inside the PMAC and left on the highest of high notes: 24 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists. Johnson’s running mate, Mikaylah Williams, matched her with 24 points and seven rebounds. The Johnson-Williams tandem outscored the entire Texas Tech team.

Texas Tech never stood a chance Sunday afternoon. Freshman ZaKiyah Johnson scored the first basket of the afternoon 19 seconds into the game and that 2-0 deficit was as close as the Red Raiders would get. It was 10-0 before Texas Tech got on the board, and LSU would end up leading by as many as 56 points.