Bayou Brew 3/6: We Run This

Today, SEC Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, and game day!

Good morning! Come help send off the women’s basketball team as they head to Greenville, South Carolina for the SEC Tournament! Patrick Wright and Shaeeta Williams will lead the sendoff ceremony on the PMAC Pad at 12:45 pm today.

What did we pour into today's Brew?

🏀 Conference honors
🤸 Gymnast of the Week
🐯 And much, much more!

Play By Play. Sr. Associate AD for Football Administration, Austin Thomas, joins Chris Blair and Kent Lowe on this week's edition of Play by Play, presented by The Advocate. LSU just started spring practice, kicking off Year 3 of the Brian Kelly era in Baton Rouge.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 We Run This. Five LSU women’s basketball players earned SEC postseason honors! Angel Reese was named the SEC Player of the Year and earned a spot on the All-SEC First Team and All-Defensive Team. Mikaylah Williams earned SEC Freshman of the Year, along with a spot on the All-Freshman Team. Aneesah Morrow joins Angel on the All-SEC First Team. Flau’Jae Johnson earned Second Team honors and Aalyah Del Rosario joins Mikaylah on the All-Freshman Team.

🔼 Haleigh’s House. For the fifth time this season and tenth time in her career, Haleigh Bryant was named the SEC Gymnast of the Week! She remains the top gymnast in not only the conference, but the nation. She had a season-high 39.850 performance last week in the Tigers’ win over No. 9 Alabama. She posted a 9.900 or higher on every event for the sixth time this season. She also recorded a perfect score on floor.

🔼  Bayou Battle. The second-ranked baseball team is headed to Hammond to take on Southeastern Louisiana tonight at 6 pm! You can tune in to tonight’s game on ESPN+. The Tigers are 11-1 after claiming the Astros College Classic title. Luke Holman was just named the National Pitcher of the Month and SEC Pitcher of the Week.

🔼  Hog Huntin’. The men’s basketball team is on the road for the last time this regular season! They’ll play at Arkansas tonight at 6 pm on SEC Network. The Tigers have won four of their last five games. LSU beat the Razorbacks earlier in the season, 95-74, when Will Baker scored 25 points.

🤔 TIGER TRIVIA

Angel Reese is the third LSU women’s basketball player to earn SEC Player of the Year.

Today’s trivia question…

Who are the other two?

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

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📆 THE WEEK AHEAD

Wednesday 3/6

⛳️ Women’s Golf at Darius Rucker Intercollegiate @ 8:20am | Golf Channel
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Arkansas @ 6:00pm | Listen | SEC Network
⚾️ Baseball at Southeastern Louisiana @ 6:00pm | Listen | ESPN+

Thursday 3/7

🎽 Track & Field at NCAA Indoor Championships @ 5:00pm

Friday 3/8

🎽 Track & Field at NCAA Indoor Championships @ 1:00pm
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Ole Miss @ 3:00pm | SEC Network+
🏀 Women’s Basketball at SEC Tournament @ 5:00pm | Listen | SEC Network
🥎 Softball at Kentucky @ 5:30pm | Listen | SEC Network+
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Ole Miss @ 5:30pm | SEC Network+
🤸‍♂️ Gymnastics vs. Auburn, George Washington, and Texas at Podium Challenge @ 6:00pm
⚽️ Soccer vs. UL-Lafayette (Exhibition) @ 6:00pm
⚾️ Baseball vs. Xavier (Ohio) @ 6:30pm | Tickets | Listen | SEC Network+

Saturday 3/9

🥎 Softball at Kentucky @ 11:00am | Listen | SEC Network
🎽 Track & Field at NCAA Indoor Championships @ 12:00pm
⚾️ Baseball vs. Xavier (Ohio) @ 5:00pm | Tickets | Listen | SEC Network+
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Missouri @ 7:30pm | Tickets | Listen | SEC Network

Sunday 3/10

🥎 Softball at Kentucky @ 11:00am | Listen | SEC Network
⚾️ Baseball vs. Xavier (Ohio) @ 12:00pm | Tickets | Listen | SEC Network+
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Mississippi State @ 12:00pm | SEC Network+
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Mississippi State @ 12:00pm | SEC Network+

🎉  TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Seimone Augustus and Sylvia Fowles

🐯 Have a great Wednesday, y'all!