Plaisance adjusting to life at LSU

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Article written by Chris Singleton of HoumaToday.com:

HOUMA — Even with a long list of high school athletic accomplishments, former Vandebilt Catholic basketball star Theresa Plaisance is no different from any other freshman athlete.

She has to go through the same transition process like other college freshmen, such as moving away from home for the first time, living on a college campus and starting college classes.

Plaisance, a 6-foot-5 freshman forward on the LSU women's basketball team, said college life has been an "eye-opening" experience.

"College is such a big step," Plaisance said. "I expected it to be hard, but I really didn't think it would be this hard."

Plaisance, the daughter of Nicholls State women's basketball coach DoBee Plaisance, started her freshman season at LSU earlier this month after finishing her decorated high school basketball career.

Plaisance, who led Vandebilt to its first basketball state title in school history in March, received many other individuals honors such as the Class 4A Player of the Year, the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Miss Basketball award, a two-time Gatorade State Player of the Year winner, a 2010 McDonald's All-American selection and a member of the 2010 Under-18 USA women's basketball national team that won the gold medal at the FIBA America's Championships in June.

With her successful high school basketball career over, Plaisance said the focus has shifted to her freshman season at LSU, where she said the competition is stronger and the practices are more intense.

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