KG makes LSU history in triple overtime loss
BATON ROUGE -- It featured 55 minutes on the scoreboard, 203 points, heroic shots, a triple-double, 14 ties and 21 lead changes, but Ole Miss survived against LSU in one of the greatest games in Pete Maravich Assembly Center history.LSU's Katherine Graham became the second player in school history with a triple-double, but Ole Miss' Kayla Holloway converted a layup with 11 seconds remaining as the Rebels outlasted the 19th-ranked Lady Tigers, 102-101, in a triple-overtime thriller on Super Bowl Sunday.The Lady Tigers (15-7, 4-6 SEC) dropped its second straight game and lost for the sixth time in the past eight contests. LSU was playing in its school-record fourth overtime game of the season, and it was the first time in school history the Lady Tigers had played in back-to-back overtime contests.
"I thought we played with an incredible effort today," LSU head coach Van Chancellor said. "I thought we fought as hard as we could fight. I felt we lost the game early, not late. Late in the game, we did all we could. They made some incredible shots in the end. The difference in the game was we couldn't rebound the ball over a team that I thought we could really keep off the offensive boards."
Graham finished with 20 points, a career-high 10 assists and 10 rebounds and provided LSU with its first triple-double since Cornelia Gayden had 32 points, 15 boards and 10 steals against Louisiana-Lafayette on Feb. 7, 1995. It was the first triple-double by an LSU player in a Southeastern Conference game and just the third in school history.
"It doesn't mean much because we lost," Graham said. "Hopefully next time I get a triple-double we can win."
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
* LSU’s Katherine Graham became just the second player in school history to record a triple-double, joining Cornelia Gayden who had two in 1995; last Feb. 7, 1995 (32 pts, 15 rebounds, 10 steals vs. UL-Lafayette).
* Graham’s triple-double was the first by an LSU player in an SEC game in school history.
* Allison Hightower scored a game-high 31 points despite missing the final eight minutes (the 3rd OT) due to cramping.
* It was the second triple overtime game in school history. Last: Feb. 15, 2003: LSU 98, Santa Barbara 90
* It was the third-highest combined scoring game in school history. Highest scoring game since Feb. 10, 1991: Georgia 108, LSU 102 (2OT in Baton Rouge). It was also the second highest scoring game in the history of the Maravich Center.
* LSU’s 31 made free throws tied a school record.