The LSU women’s basketball team will face one-seeded Virginia Tech in the Final Four Friday. The Hokies are led by senior center Elizabeth Kitley who’s averaging 18 points and 11 boards a game and junior guard Georgia Amoore with 16 points a game. Lady Tigers Head Coach Kim Mulkey faced Virginia Tech in the 2021 NCAA Tournament with Baylor. The Bears won 90-48 but Mulkey said she could see the talent of the budding stars.
“I know all about four of them for sure. They’re just older now and just so much more improved. Certainly you start with Amore and Kitley. That’s the two main players for them, but they’re not the only players.”
Mulkey has received a lot of attention for her flamboyant courtside fashion. While she’s happy to get more eyes on the sport, she said she doesn’t want to take away from the work she and her team have put in on the court and hopes those who come for her style stay for the game of basketball.
“If me wearing their jackets and things like that helps them, but it also sells one more ticket or puts one more set of eyeballs on our game, so be it. But those fashions don’t shoot, dribble, or anything like that or win a game for us.”
Mulkey has been to the Final Four six times as a player and coach, but it will be the first visit for LSU since 2008. In just her second season with the program, Mulkey said she and her team have helped to revitalize the program, and they’ve made exceeding expectations a habit.
“We did it last year with a team that had previously won nine games, we sold the arena out many times, we sold more season tickets, we have more marketing, we have NIL deals, we have all of that. We have exceeded probably what anybody could realistically say was possible this quickly.”
The Lady tiger will play for a spot in the championship Friday at 6:00
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