Good morning. Are you ready for College Gameday’s trip to the PMAC tomorrow? LSU will host Party on the Plaza at 3:30 pm tomorrow before ESPN’s College Gameday’s show starts at 6 pm inside the PMAC.

What did we pour into today's Brew?

🏆 Weekly awards
🏀 Men’s basketball hits the road
🐯 And much, much more!

Hey Fightin’ Podcast. It doesn't get much bigger than this. Patrick Wright, the radio voice of LSU women's basketball, sat down with South Carolina play-by-play voice Brad Muller to preview Thursday's blockbuster matchup at the PMAC.

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The Climb. A new episode of The Climb releases tomorrow! In the meantime, we’ve unlocked the first episode of season two for the next 24 hours. Go through the team’s annual advance, Gym 101, and watch the team come up with this year’s motto.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Double Down. After two big wins last week, the SEC named Mikaylah Williams the Co-Freshman of the Week and Angel Reese the Player of the Week! The freshman recorded her sixth 20-point game of the season against Arkansas. She shot above 60% from the field and beyond the arc. Mikaylah was also named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Midseason Top-10 Watchlist as one of the nations top shooting guards. Angel had two 15-rebounds double-doubles last week. She has 12 double-doubles this season and four games with at least 15 rebounds.

🔼 Best In The Country. The SEC awards didn’t end with women’s basketball players! Haleigh Bryant was named the SEC Gymnast of the Week. She shares the No. 1 spot as the top gymnast in the country with an average score of 39.708 in the all-around. She has averages of 9.900+ on every event this season. Haleigh scored a season-high 39.825 against Kentucky last weekend to win the all-around title, vault, and bars. This is her second SEC Gymnast of the Week award this season.

🔼 Earned Her Roses. The U.S. Track & Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association named Michaela Rose the National Athlete of the Week! She also earned SEC Women’s Runner of the Week. She broke a 41-year-old 600-yard record at the Corky Classic last weekend. She also took gold in the 4×400m relay and ran the fastest time of anyone on all 19 teams that competed.

🔼  Tigers Go Down To Georgia. The men’s basketball team is on a road trip to Georgia as they take on the Bulldogs tonight. Both teams are looking to bounce back from losses to Texas A&M and Kentucky. Tip-off is at 5:30 pm on the SEC Network! LSU’s Jordan Wright was named the college Player of the Week by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. He’s one of five players in the SEC averaging 2 or more steals per game.

🤔 TIGER TRIVIA

Today’s trivia question…

How many times has the women’s basketball team drawn more than 15,000 fans to the PMAC?

Think you got it? Scroll to the bottom of this email for the answer. 

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📆 THE WEEK AHEAD

Wednesday 1/24

🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. UL-Lafayette @ 12:00pm | Watch

🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. New Orleans @ 5:00pm | Watch

🏀 Men’s Basketball at Georgia @ 5:30pm | Listen | SEC Network

Thursday 1/25

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. South Carolina @ 7:00pm | Tickets | Listen | ESPN

Friday 1/26

🎽 Track & Field at Razorback Invitational

🎾 Women’s Tennis at Loyola Marymount @ 3:00pm | Watch

🤸‍♂️ Gymnastics at Missouri @ 7:30pm | SEC Network 

Saturday 1/27

🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Pepperdine or San Diego State | Watch

🎾 Men’s Tennis at Louisville

🎽 Track & Field at Razorback Invitational

🏊 Swimming & Diving at Tennessee @ 11:00am

🏀 Men’s Basketball at Alabama @ 7:00pm | Listen | ESPN 

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Three times.

The Tigers set the PMAC attendance record last season when 15,721 fans came to the final regular season game of the year.

🐯 Have a great Wednesday, y'all!