“All This to Take Down Caitlin Clark”: NCAA Champion Angel Reese Hyping Up LSU Teammates Sparks Long-Standing Rivalry Yet Again

The LSU women’s basketball team won an incredible triumph this year, defeating Iowa 102-85 to claim the 2023 NCAA National Championship. LSU’s head coach, Kim Mulkey led her team on the remarkable journey. In just her second season in Baton Rouge, Mulkey painstakingly put together the ‘Piece It 2gether’ group, which included nine transfers and freshmen. Coach Mulkey led her team to their first-ever Final Four triumph after six tries and aided LSU in winning its first NCAA Basketball Championship two days later, giving the program its 130-year history’s 50th team national championship.

As the 2024 season grows nearer, a question dominates the NCAA world. Will the LSU Lady Tigers be able to triumph over Caitlin Clark’s Iowa again?

The LSU Tigers are gearing up for the upcoming season

The LSU Women’s Basketball team, the current national champions, is getting ready to return to the hardwood. The excitement for this season is at an all-time high, and for good reason.

The remarkable forward for LSU, Angel Reese is returning for her junior season. Reese, who stands at a commanding 6’3″, led the team to victory last year. Due to this, she experienced a dramatic increase in her NIL valuation during the offseason to an astonishing $1.6 million. Expectations for her performance are quite high. And her appearance on the court is sure to be a highlight of the forthcoming season.

The LSU Women’s Basketball team also bid farewell to seniors LaDazhia Williams, Jasmine Carson and Alexi Morris. However, the team immediately strengthened its roster through the transfer portal. Notably, Reese has teamed up with former stars Hailey Van Lith from Louisville and Aneesah Morrow from DePaul in Baton Rouge.

Here is a look at the revised roster:

Guard Flau’jae Johnson is expected to have a big season. In the last game of the Women’s NCAA tournament, Johnson contributed 10 points, seven rebounds and four assists during her first season.

Angel Reese is excited too, as she added the post from Bleacher Report Hoops to her Instagram story, hyping up her teammates.

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Meanwhile, amidst the excitement building up for the upcoming season, Angel Reese will be facing her rival, Caitlin Clark again.

Caitlin Clark stands as a threat to LSU

College basketball will never be the same after Caitlin Clark’s legendary performance in the 2023 Women’s NCAA Tournament. Clark’s accomplishments alone are nothing short of spectacular, notwithstanding the Iowa Hawkeyes’ failure to win the national championship. She broke both men’s and women’s records with the 191 points she achieved throughout the competition.

Although Glen Rice’s 184 points in 1989 were renowned, Caitlin Clark’s scoring prowess currently tops the list of NCAA tournament records. Clark’s adaptability on the court adds to the brilliance of her play. She also showed off her playmaking skills by handing out 60 assists in total, averaging an astonishing 10 per game. This accomplishment set a new mark for assists in a single women’s tournament, narrowly missing Mark Wade’s men’s record of 61 assists set in 1987.

Caitlin Clark’s historic triple-double in the Elite Eight, where she recorded 41 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists, was perhaps one of the tournament’s most memorable moments. She accomplished a 40-point triple-double, becoming the first player in NCAA tournament history to do so, gender notwithstanding.

Caitlin Clark is definitely a threat to Angel Reese and the team, and the fans know it too. Even Bleacher Report Hoops’ post of the roster garnered comments reigniting the two finalists’ rivalry.

A fan wrote, “All this to take down Caitlin Clark.”

Another pointed out how LSU “built a superteam for caitlin clark.”

“All this just to get 50 pieced by Caitlin clark,” wrote a fan.

A fan believes “@caitlinclark22 >”

Meanwhile, a fan wrote, “@caitlinclark22 they plotting on you bae.”

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